Plante was born in Sanford, Maine in 1943. He was ordained a Catholic priest May 8, 1971, and has served in parishes throughout the state. He graduated from the Seminary of Philosophy in Montreal with a BPR and from St. Paul University in Ottawa with an STL.
In 1987, Plante received his BFA in painting from the Maine College of Art in Portland. He has been included in a number of museum shows, including the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, the Colby College Museum in Waterville, and the Biennial at the Portland Museum of Art.
His work is shown at MixedGreens.Com in New York, the Nielson Gallery in Boston, June Fitzpatrick in Portland, the Firehouse Gallery in Damariscotta, the Caldbeck in Rockland, the Bayview in Brunswick, and the Susan Maasch in Bangor.
He is currently the pastor of Our Lady of the Lakes in Oquossoc, also serving Rangeley and Stratton.
Plante’s work has focused on a series of fruit and the eyes of birds, fish and other animals. The works are small, oil pastel on paper. He said that “being a priest and being an artist are naturals to me. One is into a spiritual and religious realm and the other is on the edge of it.”
Plante’s work will be on display throughout the month of September for the public to view and purchase.
SugarWood Gallery is at 248 Broadway and is open Monday thru Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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- “Northern Cardinal” by Paul Plante
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- Father Paul Plante’s work has focused on a series of fruit and the eyes of birds, fish and other animals.
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