Kieran Kammerer
Kieran is a local craftsman who is perhaps best known for building and maintaining the iconic Rainbow Chairs in Granite City Park. He also built the Hallowell Lights Christmas Trees that are displayed during the holidays in place of the chairs.
Bruce Mayo
Bruce Mayo is a Hallowell artist and owner of the Easy Street Lounge (which is itself a work of art),
Chris Cart
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Chris Cart is objectively the most prominent artist in Hallowell given that one passes by his 3-story tall Hallowell Mural (below) on the way into downtown.
Click on image for more about Chris’s Hallowell Mural
Harold Roberts
Harold Coryell Roberts has been crafting pottery for more than five decades, infusing each piece with his own glazes and one-of-a-kind designs. Harold draws inspiration from the rich cultural heritage of Maine.
Marlene Flaherty
Bloom Again
Email: bloomagain.me@gmail.com
Up-Cycled + Floral Inspired Art using hand collected and pressed local blooms.
From the artist: Hi there! I’m Marlene - the floral gatherer, petal presser, and creative behind Bloom Again. With a passion for reducing consumption, I thrift/salvage all of the frames, beads, and vintage vessels used in my unique up-cycled/floral inspired art pieces. The idea for Bloom Again came from finding hobbies in hard times, finding joy in creating for others, and wanting to share that joy more widely.
Élise Bolduc
Pet Portrait Artist
From Élise:
I am originally from Quebec, Canada. I moved to Maine in 2013 to study Architecture at UMA. I live in Hallowell with my husband, son, 2 dogs, 2 cats and a bunny. Art is a hobby for me. I do primarily animal portraits in white charcoal on black cardstock paper. I recently started oil pastel (mostly nature scenes, animals as well)
Last year I had the chance to illustrate a book cover for Maine writer Philip Baker. The book is called Hunger Hill.
I have also done some cards to raise money for Hallowell’s historic building preservation group called Row house. They are watercolors and represent some well known building in Hallowell. They are sold at Berry&Berry and the Rusticator Emporium.
Taylor Newbeck
As an artist, I make art inspired by the world around me. I draw and paint a variety of subjects; from landscapes and various botanicals to portraits, both human and animal. My media focus is primarily acrylic and watercolor paintings. My artwork is stylized, as I find when you focus too much on making your work too realistic, you tend to lose the soul that gives art life. I consider my style colorful and my technique inspired by surreal and impressionist painters.
I was born in Lewiston on April 29th 1997. I was raised in Auburn where I started taking after school art lessons at the age of 11 years old and have been painting since. I graduated high school at Edward Little in 2015, then graduated college at the University of Maine at Farmington with a bachelors in elementary education in 2019. After working in special education, art education, and working with those experiencing mental illness, I began working at the studio for gallant therapy services in 2023. I have been married to my husband, Matthew Newbeck, for 4 years and have been with him for over 10 years. Whenever I can I apply for art festivals and exhibitions in order to try and get my artwork noticed.
Kathryn Corbett
When I first heard the words Star Therapy, they resonated deep inside me. It perfectly captures the peace and comfort that fills my soul while experiencing and photographing the night sky. Under the stars, the world seems to pause, offering a reprieve from the never-ending busyness of life.
Through my photography, I explore the natural beauty Maine has to offer. That beauty doesn’t diminish when the sun goes down; in fact, it transforms, glowing with the brilliance of stars light-years away. The night sky is magical, a canvas of mystery and brilliance that constantly captivates me. Vincent understood this and was quoted saying, “I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”
Life is filled with to-do lists—laundry, dishes, appointments, work, and school events. It’s so easy to let self-care fall by the wayside. For me, self-care is found under the night sky. When conditions align—a clear night, a new moon, the right season, and the chance to head out—I’m filled with excitement. Meeting the technical challenges to capture these celestial wonders becomes part of the magic.
Out there, with my camera, I am fully present. The endless lists fade away as I lose myself in the moment, marveling at the stars and the awe-inspiring thought that I am photographing light from objects trillions of miles away. The process is calming, grounding, and exhilarating all at once.
Through my images, I invite you to pause, set aside your to-do list, and share in this sense of wonder and peace. Let yourself be mesmerized by the beauty of the cosmos and the serenity of a quiet moment under the stars.
Join me for some Star Therapy.
Christine Sullivan
Always hopeful the future brings time to paint all those images she sees in her mind.
From her website: Christine Sullivan has been pursuing art since early childhood and professionaly for over 35 years. Love of the surrounding environment is what motivates her to paint.
First painting in watercolor and other water media. Now mostly acrylics, loving the quick dry time and the challenge to keeps things loose.
Painting is a challenge, it takes much time and thought and study, but the rewards are very gratifying.
Just walking in her garden at her home in Maine or by the harbors on the coast, through her travels in the south, or to the family home in Michigan, there is no shortage of inspiration.
Always hopeful the future brings time to paint all those images she sees in her mind.
Jen Greta Cart
Goddess art, mermaid prints, unusual and romantically strange dragon greeting cards, paintings of strong and magical women and a secret world.
From Her Website: “So, my paintings tell about women and how our breath is the Goddess’s breath, how we’re not so different from the foxes, the deer. How our dreams are mermaid dreams, as we breast the waves and plunge beneath the chill green silk of their sides. My paintings are about flying, floating, on the night breeze because the fireflies and moths and owls call us to come to the window, raise our arms and ride the wind. My paintings are about walking into a jungle filled with perfumed flowers and friendly tigers and winged lizards, and knowing it for both a creation of our minds, and more real than anything. I paint joy in the grace and strength of a young body, and I paint the dignity of the wisdom of age.”
Michel-Paul Cyr
Michel-Paul Artist Studio
Located in Hallowell, Maine, Michel-Paul utilizes oil paints to create paintings that embody both impressionism and realism in the cozy, welcoming space of his studio.
Michel-Paul also shares his talents by offering acrylic painting parties for aspiring artists of all ages.