Rufus Coes
Rufus Coes: born 1940 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He moved to Phippsburg, Maine to paint full–time over thirty years ago. For the next twenty years he exhibited his work at galleries, juried exhibitions, and one–man shows throughout the northeast. Juried, group, and invitational exhibitions include, DeCordova Museum, Slater Memorial Museum — One–man Show, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, American Watercolor Society, Maine Coast Artists, All Maine Biennial, William A. Farnsworth Art Museum, and others. He also exhibited in numerous one and two–man shows in galleries in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York.