Our Artists
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Stephen V Beckett - Oils forever!
“I’m just a kid from Orange County and I swear I mean you no harm.” — “Why I paint? Light”
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Paul Black (Estate of)
Paul Black was a modern impressionist painter. As a life-long Maine resident, he drew inspiration from its beautiful and varied landscapes. Using a brilliant balance of detail and abstraction, he was able to bring these simple moments to life.
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Jean-Marie Caterina
I love to create art as it feeds my soul, and the souls of those who appreciate creativity in others. I know that every piece I create will reverberate for someone else. Art is for everyone! Hence my tag line, “Art for ME! “ Enjoy!
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Frank Conroy - Oil and Acrylic
I am drawn to the coast of Maine especially Downeast. Light and movement fascinate me.
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Susan E Cunniff, Pastel
"I'm curious about our attachments to cherished people, pets, found and savored objects, and places. I am most in flow with my art when I am tuned in to the emotion of the subject in front of me."
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Donna DiMatteo - Acrylic painter
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Pat Eltman - Oil painter
A lifelong South Portland resident, Eltman has always been drawn to the sea for healing and renewal . That’s what she captures in her art.
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Liz Gold
"I love the spontaneity of abstract painting, the movement, the texture, the color - I believe in neon all year long!"
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Sara Goldberg
“Colors! Always colors and always thinking about the natural world. I use water soluble oil paints mostly but also oil pastels, watercolor or ink pens or anything I can draw with too.”
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Erika Jamece
“I create to connect stories, cultures, and feelings.”
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Melissa Kane - Encaustic & Oil
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way” - Georgia O’Keeffe
Each piece is an expression of what I feel in the moment. I’m drawn to bright colors that reflect the energy behind my work.
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Dawn Maron - Oil and occasionally watercolor
“Let the painting tell you what it needs.” - Charles Reid
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Mike Maron - Oil and Watercolor
"You do need a clear idea of your main design idea before you start painting. But you must let the painting decide where it is going and you cannot always predict that in advance." - Claude Monet
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Elle McCarthy - Acrylic portraits
“I paint windows into the soul… to create deep connections that tug at the heart.”
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Tom Mowry
I paint so that people can have a place to go when the world feels too big.
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Amy Mulkerin
"There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty" - Gustav Klimt
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Sara Ostrov
“Water, trees, rocks and sky rendered in Pastel”
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Richard "Dick" Peacock
I enjoy painting people and capturing their spirit.
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Amy Therrien - Acrylic
“I observe between what was, and what is becoming, there is light. That is where I paint.”
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Sarah Winslow
“ It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been “ George Eliot
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Arts of August Studio - Kaleigh Anderson - Oil on Canvas and Gold Foil
"A photograph may begin the work, but the painting becomes something of its own — shaped by hand, light, color, and surface."
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Gail Angellis - Oil painter
"I am drawn to the in-between: the blurred threshold where the ordinary becomes sacred, and mystery takes form.”
