The frescoes at the South Solon Meetinghouse were painted in the 1950s by students from the nearby Skowhegan School of Art. They are interesting, they both do and don’t go together. Some of the students were (it seems) heaving into their Picasso phase at the time. Others *may* have found some mushrooms in the forest, if you know what I mean.

But whatever their influences were, the frescoes definitely add a layer of mystical sensibilities to the place. And that mystical layer was ever-present in our contemplative few days there. (Don’t misconstrue what I am saying, though: we were silent, camera-toting monks. There was plenty of laughter. And conversation.)

South Solon Meetinghouse
Solon, Maine
photographed 3.19.2026