Our Artists
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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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Ginger Harbin - Acrylic, Watercolor, Mixed Media
"Making the unseen visible” is at the heart of why I create. I believe art tells the stories we sometimes cannot put into words, giving shape to memory, emotion, identity, and the parts of ourselves that are waiting to be seen.
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Erika Jamece
“I create to connect stories, cultures, and feelings.”
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Jen Joaquin
"Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet." - Paul Klee
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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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Jan Koris
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." Aristotle
Whether beneath the night sky, in the wilderness or halfway around the world, I am driven by a passion to create images that inspire wonder and invite others to experience the beauty of our world through a different perspective. -
Russ Lamer (Art by Russ) - Acrylic on canvas
“Explore your passion for art, let your imagination guide you, and paint what you feel.”
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Darlene Mantis
”Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one”. - Stella Adler
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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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Denise McKew
“If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere.” - Vincent Van Gogh
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Cecelia Moody - Acrylic
My creative philosophy is, “Start where you are with what you have.” Gratitude, connection, and love for the process always.
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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.”
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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.