My Happy Octopi
Glass Figures
From FaceBook: I’m Jen, from Gardiner, ME. I create octopi critters, frogs, seahorses…
My favorite are the wall decor Octopi and now Rememberance Pieces. Ash Rememberence pieces are detailed with your ideas to help me create a loved ones memory to display beautifully.
Mike Gent
Oil Paintings
Cattywampus Studio
From his website: Like most artists, Mike doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t drawing or painting. Also, like most artists, he has experimented with many forms of media, currently focusing on charcoal drawing and oil painting. At this stage of his artistic career, he is fascinated by and immersed in the various theoretical aspects of color as well as the limitations imposed by the oil-based pigments available. Mike is experimenting with glazing and color contrasts. Mastering techniques and color theory are keys to fully expressing himself through his work.
Matt Demers
From his Website: Matt Demers is a visual artist living and working in Gardiner, Maine. A quiet person, Demers closely observes the fevered and cross-talking world, absorbing and collecting its art and ephemera, and learning or imagining the meanings that odd objects, forgotten texts, and torn treasures carry with them. Demers is or has been an art and antiques collector, sign maker, gravedigger, embroiderer, antiques dealer, and graphic artist; those experiences shape the various techniques and media that make their way into his paintings. He is drawn to the misfiled and overlooked fragments of the past and the ways they might shine if rightly considered.
Demers’ paintings are abstract, and include media like acrylic, spray paint, house paint, and collaged ephemera. Drawing is critical to his artistic practice. His drawings on post-its, the backs of work orders, or on vintage writing pads fill his studio and notebooks, forming a loose index of observations and ideas about them. Demers’ abstract, mixed-media paintings accordingly emphasize line, yet rather than delineate, Demers’ line tangles forms and associations within each other, suggesting the all-at-onceness of careworn antiques, Charlie Brown, graffiti, medieval armor, Instagram, floral wallpaper, and music.
Marylu Wellwood
From her Website: Marylu Wellwood grew up on the coast of Massachusetts among many lakes, ponds and beaches. Observing the movement and moods water creates, she attempts to capture and preserve those feelings with art.
After spending 15 years on the Canadian west coast with her husband, she relocated with her family to West Gardiner, Maine.
Although mostly self-taught, Marylu studied drawing at UMA in Augusta, Maine and enjoyed nearly 20 years teaching decorative art for Gardiner Adult Education. She has participated in several local art walks, exhibited in many local businesses, plus recently participated in an episode of the Maine Cabin Masters show.
The Augusta area benefits from six murals painted by Marylu. At the Stockholm museum in northern Maine, she painted a potato harvest mural for their farm display.
Marylu’s goal is to capture the mood and beauty of different places. Many of her paintings reflect her time exploring lakes, oceans, and countryside. She lets her viewers step into a different day to feel the mood and beauty each one brings.
Marylu currently lives in Litchfield and is represented by the Gallery of Maine Art in the Evergreen Hotel, Augusta and Small Wonder Gallery of Camden.
Living Lines Illustration
environmental illustrations by Isabella-Zoe
Environmental illustrations by Isabella-Zoe
From the Living Lines website: My name is Isabella-Zoe, I am an independent illustrator based in Southern Wabanaki Territory. My passion is creating thoughtful illustrations that aim to map the organic relationships that bind us to the natural world.
I am a lover of clean lines, snow days and opossums. My illustrations focus on the many complex relationships I find myself having with the natural world (humans included). Creating compassionate and interactive educational material is a major passion, that and keeping my fig trees alive. I have spent the majority of my life working as a carpenter and only recently am transitioning into illustration.
Kelly Maines
From Artdogs Studio: Kelly Maines recently moved back to Maine from Texas. She is the newest studio artist in the Artdogs Studio community.
"My working style begins with an inspiration, which can be anything; A blade of grass, a plastic bag blowing across the street, or the smell of a garbage truck passing by. I may photo reference the inspiration and begin to sketch out my ideas. I experiment with materials, color, and design during this beginning process. Painting is a physical activity as I move and manipulate materials and paint, forming the shapes, values, and works placed in space. I weave these things in and out of the surface until I reach my destination with the piece."
Kelley Maines’ Website
Karen Adrienne
From Art Dogs: Karen Adrienne is the owner and founder of ARTDOGS Studios. She is also an artist and former professor of art at the University of Maine at Augusta.
“Something special happens when Karen Adrienne takes a walk. Nature flattens out into shimmering planes of color, mark, and movement, and these reflect an emotional conversation with a piece of sky, water, night, or moment of transformation. Each individual print is made utilizing the unique qualities of a printing press to capture ink, folds and embossing all at the same time.Through both intention and chance, the original vision and emotional connection to nature is re-awakened for the artist and the viewer.” - David Morgan, Green Lion Gallery
Karen Adrienne Website
John Carnes
From Art Dogs Studio: John Carnes has been painting for over twenty-five years. He works in watercolor, gouache, pastel, and graphite.
Although his primary subject matter is the New England landscape and the human figure, his finished works are as likely to be abstract as they are representational.
John Carnes Fine Art
Ellen Roberts
From Circling the Square: Ellen Roberts, of Farmington Maine, has been a member of Circling the Square Fine Art Press since 2007. She has enjoyed working both independently at the press and also in collaboration with other artists. Roberts creates fine art as wall pieces and installation work. She also prints her art on functional objects.
Ellen’s work often begins by studying the color and structural patterns in nature. It is a compilation of her extensive experience in fiber art. A weaver and sculptor, Roberts has taken photos of everyday life such as the vacuum cleaner cord piled on the floor. Using stencils and string she has created patterns of color that resemble the work of a weaver.
Website: EllenRoberts.me
Donald Patten
From an Interview with Donald Patten: I was born and raised in the Mid-Coast region of Maine, and since I can remember, lighthouses, blueberries, and bright red lobsters have been the subjects of many stereotypical “Maine artworks''. There is a problematic belief that Maine artists must only use stereotypical Maine subjects to have any semblance of commercial success. Every artwork I produce is in defiance of that belief. I make oil paintings and ceramic artworks, whose subjects are not associated with Maine stereotypes. I strive to make either joyful or horrific art as I feel is necessary, and I continue making such artworks to hopefully inspire others to openly make the art they want to make.
Donald on FaceBook
Donald Patten at NewGrounds
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.
Kerry Parker
Kerry Parker lives in Central Maine where she thrives in her creativity. She enjoys painting playing her violin and loves being in nature. Kerry loves traveling and learning about different countries and cultures.
She gets most of her inspiration from nature and her trips to Italy. Color theory has always brought out her best work.
Kerry is also the author of “Connected”
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.
Carole Storro
It all begins with an idea.
From her website: The last 25 years I have dedicated myself to teaching students about the arts and now, in this next chapter of my life, I am a full time artist in Maine. The process of making art is a joyful experience for me. I create landscapes on canvas and wood panels using acrylic paints. My inspiration comes from observing the beauty found in the light, colors and shapes of nature which I feature throughout my work. My pieces all share a unique quality of bright colors and textured backgrounds.
Birch trees are my absolute favorite subject matter as well as landscapes, sunrises/sunsets and florals. I often enhance colors and composition to capture a moment or feeling. I want to share with my viewers what I see and feel with my heart, expressing the moments of joy in the world around me.
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.”