Skude 360 Degrees: An Exhibition of Paintings by Severin Haines
Curated by Hannah Haines

Boknfjell
Severin Haines
2007
oil on canvas
36" x 36"
The New Bedford Art Museum is pleased to present the first major American one-person painting exhibition in 10 years by Fairhaven artist and UMass Dartmouth art educator, Severin Haines.
SKUDE 360° is an engaging and seductively beautiful array of 38 oil paintings and pastel studies focused on the dramatic land, shore and townscapes of his native Skude, located on the southwest coast of Norway. The exhibit also serves as a visual memoir of the site of Haines’ boyhood.
Sig Haines, as he is known locally, earned his BFA from the Swain School of Design in New Bedford in 1968, then went on to earn his MFA in Painting from Yale University in 1972. For several years, he taught at Swain and then continued as an art educator at UMass Dartmouth when it established itself in the SouthCoast.
He has exhibited widely in the region, as well as in Norway. And to extend public interest in Haines’ artistic reputation and career, SKUDE 360° will travel to the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle next winter.
Haines is a colorist painter who has always been inspired by nature. A rare combination of a representational artist, with a priority interest in the interaction of colors as the agent for creating visual space and depth, SKUDE 360° represents Haines at his creative and artistic peak. Not only will the exhibit be of interest to aficionados and connoisseurs of painting, but equally for our Norwegian community as they peruse the vivid images of their homeland.
SKUDE 360° is curated by the artist’s daughter, Hannah Haines, who is known regionally as a celebrated graphic designer. Ms. Haines has created a spectacular 44-page, full-color catalog for the exhibit, which will be available in the NBAM gift shop for a donation of $20.
In addition, NBAM will offer two free-to-the-public Artist Talks, on Saturday, March 1, at 2 p.m. and on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m.





