Current Members and Associates:
Sharon Bouchard Barbara Bean Laurie Burhoe Judy Conlan Jack Gable Andrea Galuza
Claudette Gamache Livy Glaubitz Sharon Greenlaw Marnie Hackenberg Sarah Harvey
Jillian Herrigel Tom Hinkle Victoria Hope Jackson Daniele Lambrechts Jackie Melissas
Shelby Patton Lea Peterson Mary Jane Rosenfield Sarah Wilde
Sharon Bouchard Barbara Bean Laurie Burhoe Judy Conlan Jack Gable Andrea Galuza
Claudette Gamache Livy Glaubitz Sharon Greenlaw Marnie Hackenberg Sarah Harvey
Jillian Herrigel Tom Hinkle Victoria Hope Jackson Daniele Lambrechts Jackie Melissas
Shelby Patton Lea Peterson Mary Jane Rosenfield Sarah Wilde
Andrea Galuza
As an Artist I am interested in shape and color, in particular how different forms in a piece interact with one another. I may find the form in nature, in my kitchen, or in a place I’ve visited. Recreating a subject in a painting whether it is here in Maine, Mexico, or Italy allows me to revisit places I love once again.
I enjoy mixing my own colors, blending colors, and glazing. I seldom use paint “straight up.” Watercolor is my primary medium, largely because of its translucency and unpredictability. I enjoy seeing how the paint behaves and the persistent element of surprise and challenge.
maineartistandreagaluza.artspan.com
e-mail to: artistgaluza@gmail.com
As an Artist I am interested in shape and color, in particular how different forms in a piece interact with one another. I may find the form in nature, in my kitchen, or in a place I’ve visited. Recreating a subject in a painting whether it is here in Maine, Mexico, or Italy allows me to revisit places I love once again.
I enjoy mixing my own colors, blending colors, and glazing. I seldom use paint “straight up.” Watercolor is my primary medium, largely because of its translucency and unpredictability. I enjoy seeing how the paint behaves and the persistent element of surprise and challenge.
maineartistandreagaluza.artspan.com
e-mail to: artistgaluza@gmail.com
Claudette Gamache
I believe in following my passion where the spirit of the essence of what I paint transfers to the paper.
At this time my passion is with the Maine Coast where I live. Nature, the sea, rivers, landscapes, daytime, nighttime, all seasons capture my interest. I love to explore the mood of a scene, one that is congruent with my feelings at the time. Painting is my life. I breathe, live and sleep art. When I paint, I forget time and when I stop, I often wonder who helped me paint certain areas in my painting.
The art feeds my soul.
Www.ClaudetteGamache.com
I believe in following my passion where the spirit of the essence of what I paint transfers to the paper.
At this time my passion is with the Maine Coast where I live. Nature, the sea, rivers, landscapes, daytime, nighttime, all seasons capture my interest. I love to explore the mood of a scene, one that is congruent with my feelings at the time. Painting is my life. I breathe, live and sleep art. When I paint, I forget time and when I stop, I often wonder who helped me paint certain areas in my painting.
The art feeds my soul.
Www.ClaudetteGamache.com
Livy Glaubitz
I love to be outside most times of the year and love to paint outdoors as much as I can. Mid-coast Maine provides inspiration in its woods and streams, ponds and pathways, coastal waters and working waterfronts, weather and topography and above all, its special light. My father was a home builder and I seem to have a need to include architectural elements as well as the natural in my compositions. Before moving to Maine, I won awards in NJ, both local and statewide. Since moving to Maine, I’ve been in many local juried shows and now have my own place to paint, Creekside Studio, for when it’s nasty outside.
She may be reached at livyglaubitz@yahoo.com and additional work is at: www.livyglaubitzart.com
I love to be outside most times of the year and love to paint outdoors as much as I can. Mid-coast Maine provides inspiration in its woods and streams, ponds and pathways, coastal waters and working waterfronts, weather and topography and above all, its special light. My father was a home builder and I seem to have a need to include architectural elements as well as the natural in my compositions. Before moving to Maine, I won awards in NJ, both local and statewide. Since moving to Maine, I’ve been in many local juried shows and now have my own place to paint, Creekside Studio, for when it’s nasty outside.
She may be reached at livyglaubitz@yahoo.com and additional work is at: www.livyglaubitzart.com
Victoria Hope Jackson
Victoria Hope Jackson was born in Boston and moved to Maine in 1995 after a career in interior design. Victoria earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Asian Studies from Wheaton College, in Norton, MA.
Since moving to Maine, she has returned to painting, while working as an arts administrator for various galleries and now as part owner of Centre St Arts Gallery, in Bath. Victoria is active in volunteer activities for Maine Street Bath’s Art in the Park, Chocolate Church Arts Center Gallery, and 5 Rivers Arts Alliance. She continues to study from local artists in her preferred media of watercolor, oil, pastel and acrylic. Her work is in private collections throughout the country as well as at Centre St Arts Gallery, LLC in Bath, Maine.She can be contacted via email: mailto:centrestartsgalleryllc@gmail.com
Victoria Hope Jackson was born in Boston and moved to Maine in 1995 after a career in interior design. Victoria earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Asian Studies from Wheaton College, in Norton, MA.
Since moving to Maine, she has returned to painting, while working as an arts administrator for various galleries and now as part owner of Centre St Arts Gallery, in Bath. Victoria is active in volunteer activities for Maine Street Bath’s Art in the Park, Chocolate Church Arts Center Gallery, and 5 Rivers Arts Alliance. She continues to study from local artists in her preferred media of watercolor, oil, pastel and acrylic. Her work is in private collections throughout the country as well as at Centre St Arts Gallery, LLC in Bath, Maine.She can be contacted via email: mailto:centrestartsgalleryllc@gmail.com
Shelby Patton
I have drawn, painted, and worked with my hands since I was an adolescent. I have traveled extensively, as my Father was in the military and during young adulthood, lived in Hawaii. These adventures and experiences continue to influence my work today.
In order to support myself I obtained an RN degree. I moved to Maine in 1978 and attended Me College of Art for two years. I continued to take classes there over the years and worked with Janet Manyan of MECA, Sally Loughridge at Round Top, Helen Warren of Yarmouth, Stuart Ross of Bath, Evelyn Dunphy of West Bath, Fred Graff of Ohio, and Katharina Keoughan of Damariscotta. Two of my paintings were accepted into a juried show at Pleasant St Center for the Arts in Brunswick in 2005. I was accepted into a juried show at the Chocolate Church in Bath in 2012. Currently I show my work at the Centre St Gallery in Bath Maine.
I have drawn, painted, and worked with my hands since I was an adolescent. I have traveled extensively, as my Father was in the military and during young adulthood, lived in Hawaii. These adventures and experiences continue to influence my work today.
In order to support myself I obtained an RN degree. I moved to Maine in 1978 and attended Me College of Art for two years. I continued to take classes there over the years and worked with Janet Manyan of MECA, Sally Loughridge at Round Top, Helen Warren of Yarmouth, Stuart Ross of Bath, Evelyn Dunphy of West Bath, Fred Graff of Ohio, and Katharina Keoughan of Damariscotta. Two of my paintings were accepted into a juried show at Pleasant St Center for the Arts in Brunswick in 2005. I was accepted into a juried show at the Chocolate Church in Bath in 2012. Currently I show my work at the Centre St Gallery in Bath Maine.
Léa Peterson
Léa Peterson’s original and sizable body of work is heavily influenced by the Impressionist School. She is particularly adept at conveying light and shadow, the sweep of surf, and the color and texture of coastal and mountain scenery. Having spent many years in a stressful corporate work environment, Léa attempts to make of her art an oasis where viewers can linger and refresh. Best known for her land- and seascapes, Léa has expanded her content to include scenes from her travel destinations; puffins nesting on a remote Maine island, people at work in industrial settings or at play in leisure pursuits; and a series of floral still-lifes. Finding plein-air painting exhilarating, she is inspired by the out-of-doors and makes that her primary subject matter, collecting resource material too for those winter days spent in the studio. Léa is a Juried Associate Member of both the Oil Painters of America and the Pastel Society of America. Her paintings are held in many private collections in several countries.
http://leapetersonart.net mailto:llpmaine@hughes.net Léa Peterson, Georgetown, ME 207 371 2015 (home); 207 271 1710 (cell)
Léa Peterson’s original and sizable body of work is heavily influenced by the Impressionist School. She is particularly adept at conveying light and shadow, the sweep of surf, and the color and texture of coastal and mountain scenery. Having spent many years in a stressful corporate work environment, Léa attempts to make of her art an oasis where viewers can linger and refresh. Best known for her land- and seascapes, Léa has expanded her content to include scenes from her travel destinations; puffins nesting on a remote Maine island, people at work in industrial settings or at play in leisure pursuits; and a series of floral still-lifes. Finding plein-air painting exhilarating, she is inspired by the out-of-doors and makes that her primary subject matter, collecting resource material too for those winter days spent in the studio. Léa is a Juried Associate Member of both the Oil Painters of America and the Pastel Society of America. Her paintings are held in many private collections in several countries.
http://leapetersonart.net mailto:llpmaine@hughes.net Léa Peterson, Georgetown, ME 207 371 2015 (home); 207 271 1710 (cell)
Jane Rosenfield
Painting offers me a unique approach to the subject matter. I like a loose representational style along with intuitive color choices.
This not only sets the image free, but leaves room for the imagination
of the viewer.
Painting offers me a unique approach to the subject matter. I like a loose representational style along with intuitive color choices.
This not only sets the image free, but leaves room for the imagination
of the viewer.
Sharon Bouchard
I am a Maine native of Franco-America heritage and a retired school psychologist. During my parenting and professional years I was lucky to be able to direct time and energy to my other passion: art. I took continuing education classes at Maine College of Art and with local, national and international instructors to improve my technique and develop my own personal style. After experimenting with oil paints and Chinese ink painting, I discovered watercolors and became fascinated by their fluidity and evolution as they mix together on paper. Watercolors also help me create themes and study the subjects I’m most drawn to, including landscapes, people, animals and cityscapes. Many of my subjects are drawn from my experience in the mountains of New Hampshire, growing up on the coast of Maine, the multitude of animals I’ve raised and my visits with my daughter in New York City.
I am a Maine native of Franco-America heritage and a retired school psychologist. During my parenting and professional years I was lucky to be able to direct time and energy to my other passion: art. I took continuing education classes at Maine College of Art and with local, national and international instructors to improve my technique and develop my own personal style. After experimenting with oil paints and Chinese ink painting, I discovered watercolors and became fascinated by their fluidity and evolution as they mix together on paper. Watercolors also help me create themes and study the subjects I’m most drawn to, including landscapes, people, animals and cityscapes. Many of my subjects are drawn from my experience in the mountains of New Hampshire, growing up on the coast of Maine, the multitude of animals I’ve raised and my visits with my daughter in New York City.
Sharon Renk-Greenlaw
I was raised in Northern Michigan by parents who were great observers and participants of Mother Nature. I was taught to respect nature’s beauty, and to record it on film by my photographer father. As a young woman, I also took up the camera and discovered my ability to duplicate my powerful emotional responses to nature on my film. I am now discovering the gift of putting this same emotional response on paper with watercolors. I am self taught thru books and workshops.
My current career as a sea captain, and operator of a sailing school for women, rewards me with spending my summers sailing, observing, and recording the spectacular coast of Maine. I want to paint everything I see!!
Just as my work on the water has evolved from my passion for sailing and love of adventure and challenge, my need to paint watercolors has evolved from the emotions that overcome me as an observer of mother nature and my desire to share my experience and emotions by painting beautiful watercolors.
I was raised in Northern Michigan by parents who were great observers and participants of Mother Nature. I was taught to respect nature’s beauty, and to record it on film by my photographer father. As a young woman, I also took up the camera and discovered my ability to duplicate my powerful emotional responses to nature on my film. I am now discovering the gift of putting this same emotional response on paper with watercolors. I am self taught thru books and workshops.
My current career as a sea captain, and operator of a sailing school for women, rewards me with spending my summers sailing, observing, and recording the spectacular coast of Maine. I want to paint everything I see!!
Just as my work on the water has evolved from my passion for sailing and love of adventure and challenge, my need to paint watercolors has evolved from the emotions that overcome me as an observer of mother nature and my desire to share my experience and emotions by painting beautiful watercolors.
Jillian Herrigel
Born in Surrey England, Jillian Herrigel grew up in Northern Virginia spending many home leave holidays touring coastal villages of Britain. Earning a degree in Art History and later a Master in Fine Art Education, she taught art for 14 years in a blue ribbon school district in New Jersey. After having summered for years in a fishing village in Maine, Jillian changed direction in 2006 from teaching to work full time as an artist when she purchased a 19th century farm house in Bath, Maine. Jillian particularly enjoys depicting how homes and buildings fit in with their surroundings in Maine coastal villages, and believes a successful work conveys the interaction of her intuitive connection to the scene or idea, a structure based on a combination of color, shapes, line and techniques as well as accidental events. www.jillianherrigel.com FB: jillianherrigel/maine artist
Born in Surrey England, Jillian Herrigel grew up in Northern Virginia spending many home leave holidays touring coastal villages of Britain. Earning a degree in Art History and later a Master in Fine Art Education, she taught art for 14 years in a blue ribbon school district in New Jersey. After having summered for years in a fishing village in Maine, Jillian changed direction in 2006 from teaching to work full time as an artist when she purchased a 19th century farm house in Bath, Maine. Jillian particularly enjoys depicting how homes and buildings fit in with their surroundings in Maine coastal villages, and believes a successful work conveys the interaction of her intuitive connection to the scene or idea, a structure based on a combination of color, shapes, line and techniques as well as accidental events. www.jillianherrigel.com FB: jillianherrigel/maine artist
Sarah Wilde
My paintings are a reflection of what I love; movement, ocean/lakes, mountains and most of all light. I have painted buildings, animals, people and still-life’s, but my passion remains with nature and its mysterious play of light. Being a passionate and bold person, I work in an expressive, bold style……. although sometimes a serenity emerges in a painting which is a total delight.
www.twosisterspaint.com
My paintings are a reflection of what I love; movement, ocean/lakes, mountains and most of all light. I have painted buildings, animals, people and still-life’s, but my passion remains with nature and its mysterious play of light. Being a passionate and bold person, I work in an expressive, bold style……. although sometimes a serenity emerges in a painting which is a total delight.
www.twosisterspaint.com
Sarah S. Harvey
I am a realist. I paint with watercolor, and casein tempera, and make artist books to honor our natural environment. The act of painting invites me to see our visible world more clearly. It is a way of offering praise to the universe, like writing a poem. I am as excited about the images of open sky, islands, low tide, spruce trees, and beaches as I was the first time I came to Maine in 1970. I fear for the loss of the beauty and uniqueness of our land, state forests, natural areas, and shorelines, through our greed and miscalculations. So I preserve these scenes for myself, the people who share my eye and love of a certain spot on the road as they ride or walk by, and for those who could appreciate them should they stop for a moment.
Seal Cove Pond www.sarahsharvey43.com ssharvey43@gmail.com
I am a realist. I paint with watercolor, and casein tempera, and make artist books to honor our natural environment. The act of painting invites me to see our visible world more clearly. It is a way of offering praise to the universe, like writing a poem. I am as excited about the images of open sky, islands, low tide, spruce trees, and beaches as I was the first time I came to Maine in 1970. I fear for the loss of the beauty and uniqueness of our land, state forests, natural areas, and shorelines, through our greed and miscalculations. So I preserve these scenes for myself, the people who share my eye and love of a certain spot on the road as they ride or walk by, and for those who could appreciate them should they stop for a moment.
Seal Cove Pond www.sarahsharvey43.com ssharvey43@gmail.com
Marnie Hackenberg
I've always been fond of drawing, but never had the time to pursue drawing or painting until 2007, when I enrolled in a watercolor class with Evelyn Dunphy. I was hooked! Have been painting with watercolors ever since. I've tried other media,but always returned to watercolor. I prefer painting animals and people rather than seascapes or landscapes. Being a part of the Centre Street Arts Gallery has been wonderful. Having the support and encouragement of the other artists is extremely important to me.
I've always been fond of drawing, but never had the time to pursue drawing or painting until 2007, when I enrolled in a watercolor class with Evelyn Dunphy. I was hooked! Have been painting with watercolors ever since. I've tried other media,but always returned to watercolor. I prefer painting animals and people rather than seascapes or landscapes. Being a part of the Centre Street Arts Gallery has been wonderful. Having the support and encouragement of the other artists is extremely important to me.
Barbara Bean
I have always had an intense involvement in the arts. I worked in stained glass, clay, jewelry-making and antiques. I made things, sold things and collected objects of art. Now, in retirement, I spend every day in my studio where I draw, paint, print, make art books, jewelry and sculpture. I love constructing assemblages and spending time in markets where I can explore new materials as well as remnants from the past. In short, I can’t imagine a life more satisfying than the one I have and am glad that I have maintained an insatiable appetite for creating new work.
I have always had an intense involvement in the arts. I worked in stained glass, clay, jewelry-making and antiques. I made things, sold things and collected objects of art. Now, in retirement, I spend every day in my studio where I draw, paint, print, make art books, jewelry and sculpture. I love constructing assemblages and spending time in markets where I can explore new materials as well as remnants from the past. In short, I can’t imagine a life more satisfying than the one I have and am glad that I have maintained an insatiable appetite for creating new work.
Laurie Burhoe
I have lived in Bath Maine for 35 years working and raising a family. As a child I made art and continued into college at Museum School of Fine Arts and MECA painting and drawing and exploring all facets of the visual process. I graduated from USM and taught art and library studies in the Bath schools until his past spring. I also ran a school garden that taught organic agricultural practices to children in the Bath area. Now I work at home in my studio. Most recently I have begun to explore landscapes in acrylics. I find I can express my interest in color and light while painting the natural world around me. I like to paint large paintings and expand on the idea of scale.
www.laurieburhoe.wix.com/artist
I have lived in Bath Maine for 35 years working and raising a family. As a child I made art and continued into college at Museum School of Fine Arts and MECA painting and drawing and exploring all facets of the visual process. I graduated from USM and taught art and library studies in the Bath schools until his past spring. I also ran a school garden that taught organic agricultural practices to children in the Bath area. Now I work at home in my studio. Most recently I have begun to explore landscapes in acrylics. I find I can express my interest in color and light while painting the natural world around me. I like to paint large paintings and expand on the idea of scale.
www.laurieburhoe.wix.com/artist
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Jackie Melissas has an extensive background as a teacher, ceramicist, painter, printmaker and book illustrator. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has work in numerous private collections . Melissas majored in painting/printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design and has both Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. She is drawn to the sensual nature of clay, fire and the organic use of media. Her work reflects an examination of archeological roots and contemporary aesthetics. Jackie's Raku and Smoked works are fired in pine needles, twigs, and seaweed harvested in mid coast Maine. |