The Gleasons' decades of dedication to Maine art

Gleason Fine Art featured in Maine Home+Design magazine. Contributing writer Joshua Bodwell discusses economic impacton galleries, Portland's Arts District

From Maine Home + Design
By Joshua Bodwell
Photography Irvin Serrano
Issue: JanFeb 2009

In spite of this economy, the city’s Arts District is really gaining some traction,” says Marty Gleason, sunken into a leather armchair in the back gallery of Gleason Fine Art on Portland’s Congress Street.
Beside Marty, her husband and business partner Dennis Gleason nods in agreement.

Outside, it is a bracing day, yet the street is busy. The gallery door swings open occasionally and an art browser is carried in on a gust of wind. Lucy, the little black-and-white dog asleep in Marty’s lap, rouses for a moment, only to drift quickly back to sleep. The Gleasons’ son, Andrew, a young man in his mid-twenties, helps manage the gallery and is busy fielding phone calls and emails.

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