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Resa Blatman is a visual artist from Somerville, MA. Her works are in private and public collections throughout the United States and abroad, including Italy, England, Switzerland, and South Africa. Resa’s volunteer pursuits have supported the artist community, including initiating the Nave 155 art fundraiser and founding the non-profit Somerville Makers and Artist, Inc, creating artists’ work-only spaces.

Contact: resablatman.com or resablatman@gmail.com

Paula Borsetti creates abstract paintings that are a story of her life. Her work reflects her love of family, friends and the natural environment of New England.  Working primarily in acrylic on linen and panel, she borrows colors, patterns, textures, forms and movement to create layered paintings meant to evoke personal moments and narrative. She is interested in the act of painting, how movement and materials become formal elements, how thoughts and feelings weave in and out and the dance between it all.  While being an art educator for almost 3 decades fed her creativity and her desire to nurture, Paula is now painting full time. “I am pouring out the past 61 years of experience every day in my studio. I am so grateful and  loving every moment!”  Paula’s work is exhibited locally, virtually and is in several private collections. You can find her work in person at the Salted Cod Arthouse in Rocky Neck, the North Shore Arts Association, The Crane Estate Art Show & Sale and other local exhibits.

Contact: www.paulaborsetti.com

John Caggiano was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he studied pre-engineering at Brooklyn Technical High School. He received a BA degree from Brooklyn College and an MFA from Pratt Institute, both with honors. His education was supplemented by courses at The Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Studio and Forum of Stage Design in New York City. He relocated to Rockport, Massachusetts, in 1981, drawn to the physical beauty and unique quality of Cape Ann’s light. Aside from participating in up to twelve juried plein air events a year, he travels extensively, here and abroad, painting on location. John has served as President of the Rockport Art Association and Museum and has been a member of its Board of Governors for more than sixteen years. His art has been featured in and graced the covers of numerous books, magazines, and newspapers including Marine Art: A Gallery of Marine Art, Monhegan: The Artists’ Island, and The Best of Oil Painting. John is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, American Society of Marine Artists, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, the Salmagundi Club; as well as Academic Artists, Hudson Valley Art, Lyme Art, North Shore Arts, and Rockport Art – Associations. John Caggiano has maintained a gallery and studio on Bearskin Neck in Rockport since 1981.

Contact: JohnCaggiano.com

Diane grew up near the ocean in Beverly, MA, on Boston’s North Shore and spent many barefoot summers exploring there. To this day she is forever enchanted by the vast natural wonder of the North Shore and the infinite combinations of color, light, and texture that it offers. She received her education from Endicott College and Montserrat College of Art and has a parallel career as freelance graphic designer and illustrator in educational book publishing. Diane was the winner of the People Choice Award at the 2017 Crane Estate Art Show and Sale.

Contact: dianecarnevale.com or 978.468.0519

Donna Caselden is an award-winning experimental artist known for diverse techniques and mediums, most notably contemporary paintings ranging from impressionistic to abstract. Her work has been positively reviewed by various publications including USA Today and New England Home, and has been displayed in museums, galleries, universities and private collections throughout the country, including the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. She is also part of the Corporate Art Program through the DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum. Caselden has gallery representation at Gallery on Jarves and One Dock Square, both in Massachusetts, and at The Christopher Hill Gallery and Casa Design in Napa Valley, California. The artist employs a studio at SoWa in the design district of Boston.

Contact: donnacaselden.com

Anne studied art and education at Tufts, becoming an elementary/middle school art teacher. She continued her studies in California at The Art Studio in Mill Valley and the San Francisco Art Institute. Initially producing silkscreen designs for the juvenile market, she was nationally represented and distributed by Balangier Designs and Green Frog Art. Anne traded in her silkscreen for painted canvas 20 years ago, and in that time her work has evolved toward the loosely structured landscapes she currently explores. As a contemporary colorist, she strives to capture the play of light on the horizon, using only bold strokes of a palette knife and layers of vivid color.

Contact: annedcowman@gmail.com

Ray is a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts an has been a professional artist for more than 30 years, including a period as artist in residence at Boston’s Museum of Science. Today, he is best known for his classic maritime paintings that how traditional sailing vessels at familiar places along the New England coast, often from a historical perspective. Recently, his horizons have expanded to include New York and the Hudson River Valley, with its unique visual beauty and rich maritime history. Ray’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the U.S. and is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution/National Air & Space Museum as well as many private collections nationwide. It has also appeared in books, magazine, and calendars. He has a studio and gallery in Rockport, MA.

Contact: RayCraneStudio.com or Ray@RayCraneStudio.com

Marcia Crumley creates joyful, layered landscapes known for their vibrant color palette and richly-textured surfaces. Marcia’s art has been featured in Art New England, The Boston Globe, Boston.com, and other publications. She has been named one of “five standout artists to keep your eye on” by Maine Home + Design and one of Maine’s “most collectible artists” by artmaine. Her work is held in corporate collections including Boston Children’s Hospital, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, and the Tower Corporation, and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Encaustic Art in Santa Fe, NM. Her most recent solo exhibition, Finding Joy, runs through November 8th at the Blue Door Gallery in York, Maine. Marcia studied painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) in Boston.

Contact:  marcia.crumley@gmail.com.

As residents of this shared planet, Catherine Cummings believes we are intrinsically connected—through the earth beneath our feet, the waters that sustain us, the air we breathe, and the light of the sun that touches us all. Her hope is that we each recognize the infinite perspectives from which to view the world, especially its natural beauty. Her work reflects one such perspective—her own way of seeing and honoring this extraordinary world. Her creative path began in an unexpected place: with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. Though rooted in science, this foundation deepened Catherine’s understanding of the human form and eventually led her back to her early love of drawing. She pursued formal art training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she began working in oils, focusing on the human face and learning the language of paint.  While living in Dublin, Ireland, she studied at Byrnes Art Studio under the guidance of noted artist Brian Byrnes. Over the years, she continued to refine her practice through workshops and classes in figurative and landscape painting across the U.S., Ireland, and France.  Upon returning to the United States, Catherine transitioned to acrylics on wood, and her focus shifted from the figure to landscapes—expressions of the natural world’s quiet power and beauty. Painting and photography have remained lifelong passions.

Contact: cmc243@gmail.com

Carol is a visual artist and initiated shaman in the Peruvian Inca tradition. In addition to painting sacred sites in the natural world, Carol gives gallery talks and conducts classes and workshops for artists, educators, spiritual groups, and the general public. Offered in conjunction with her exhibits, these talks and workshops often center on Earth-honoring principles and practices, and the importance of art in an evolving human consciousness of reverence and the responsibility for all life.

Contact: cdearborn@comcast.net or caroldearborn.com

Mike Dorsey is a Signature member of the American Society of Marine Artist, a juried artist member* of the Rockport Art Association and Museum and former member Board of Governors. He is also a juried artist member of the North Shore Art Association and a Board member, and a Master Level member of the Newburyport Art Association. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and has won numerous nation and regional awards. He is collected in the U.S., Canada and Europe. He is represented by Sidoti Gallery of Fine Art, Rockport, Ma, Charles Gallery, Gloucester, Ma and Zenobia, Ipswich, MA.

Contact: fmdorseyart.fineartstudioonline.com

Cassie Doyon divides her time between Haverhill, MA and Boothbay Maine.  She has worn various hats as an artist for over thirty-four years, starting off as a graphic artist and then continuing in mixed media art and sculpture.  Over the past ten years, Cassie has focused on mosaic sculpture.  In addition, Cassie has worked as an art educator for over twenty-five years, teaching art in a variety of settings, including private schools and galleries, most recently at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Essex Art Center in Lawrence. Cassie has an undergraduate degree concentrating in graphic design from Salem State College and a graduate degree in art education from SMFA/Tufts University. She has exhibited her work internationally via galleries, craft guilds/societies and collaborations and her work has been publicized in various news sources, books and magazines.  Cassie’s work has won several awards in area galleries including best in show and most innovative/experimental sculpture. She has done public architectural and sculptural installations solo and as part of a collaborative and has curated mosaic exhibits.

Contact: kcdoyon@gmail.com

Susan is a pastel artist working in the style of realism with expressive color. She focuses primarily in still life and figure. She loves color, with all its implications of mood and energy. The pastel medium especially excites her because of the way the colors interact with each other through the many applied layers. She works on sanded paper. Susan works from her home studio in Ipswich, MA. She is a member of the Pastel Society of America, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod (Signature Member), Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Connecticut Pastel Society, North Shore Arts Association, and the Newburyport Art Association, and sells her paintings in galleries and stores in Newburyport, Essex and Ipswich.

Contact: susan.ellis.m@gmail.com

Jeannette received her art training at Kent State University, where she studied with Douglas Unger, a protégé of Henry Henche of the Cape Cod School of Art. An award-winning artist, Jeannette has shown her work in numerous juried shows, as well as one-woman shows in New York City, Damariscotta, York, and Stonington, and the North Shore of MA.  An artist member of Rockport, Newburyport, and Concord Art Associations, Jeannette is also a member of Confetti, a group of women artists based in Essex.

Contact: paintingsbyjse.com

As a New England landscape painter, Brett works outdoors throughout the year, enduring the weather, and striving to capture nature’s ephemeral beauty with paint on canvas. For the past few seasons, he has painted on-sight in the treasured nature preserves in Ipswich, MA. He found great artistic inspiration in painting the vast wetlands from atop the Crane Estate as well as deep within the meandering sand dunes that run along majestic Crane Beach. His aim is for these paintings to showcase the beauty and vital importance of the sacred seacoast and help shine a light on what is at stake of being lost at this crucial tipping point in the climate crisis.

Contact: brettgamache.com

Elizabeth is an artist and teacher. She was born and raised in Manchester-By-The-Sea. Elizabeth earned her BFA with a dual degree in Fine Art and Art Education at Mass College of Art and her MFA from Boston University. She has taught various disciplines at the high school level and in different arenas for many years on Cape Ann and in Boston.

Contact: summerbeachsky@yahoo.com

Paul was born in Cambridge, MA. He has a BS from Northeastern U. Boston. He studied at the MFA School in Boston and is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and a member of the Cape Cod, North Shore, Academic Artists, New England Watercolor Society, and Rockport Art Associations. He gas been teaching watercolor workshops since 1996. His work can be seen at the George Morse Gallery in Ipswich, MA.

Contact: paulgeorgeartist.com or PG77@mac.com

A graduate of the Vesper George School of Art in 1981, Richard spent several years studying portraiture with Robert Cormier at Fenway Studios, Boston. In 1986 he received a five-year scholarship to study drawing, painting, and design at the R.H. Ives Gammell studios in Boston, an atelier system of art training emphasizing the traditional craft of painting, with criticism from David Lowrey, Robert Douglas Hunter, Robert Cormier, and Robert Moore. Richard is a member of Central Street Gallery in Manchester and The Guild of Boston Artists, and a former member of the Copley Society of Boston. Many of his works are in private and in corporate collections.

Contact4: richardgiedd@yahoo.com or Richardgiedd.com

Cara is a New England based award winning contemporary artist in both painting and printmaking. Her work is collected internationally and is featured in solo, group, invitational, museum and juried exhibitions. Cara’s work is described as atmospheric, meditative and evocative while alluding to landscape in minimal detail, keeping viewers interest in the subtle flux of tones and texture in her paintings. Cara founded and is the director of Gonier Fine Art Landscape Workshops, a workshop program promoting and educating students on the techniques of cost effective, minimal equipment fine art printmaking.

Contact: caragonier.weebly.com

Justin Gordon has been sculpting since 1974 and professionally since 1991. Justin now sculpts in 8 medium: ice, snow for ski areas, clay for ceramics and bronzes, wax for the jewelry industry, stone, foam, wood, and sand. Sand sculpting has taken Justin from Oman and Kuwait to Taiwan, to England, and all over the US and Canada. He also used to do the Topsfield Fair sand sculpture and still competes in the Hampton Beach Masters Sand Sculpting Competition. Justin mostly concentrates on wood carving doing architectural carved elements, custom clock cases, gun stocks, and figurative sculptures from fine art sculptures to caricatures. Justin has also done large scale tree carvings using chainsaws and chisels for Storyland in NH and private commissions. He’s also a member of the New England Wood Carvers, The Newburyport Art association, The Rockport Art Association and Museum, and holds a weekly wood carving class in Groveland, MA. He says: “It’s all about bringing joy to our lives.”

Contact: www.ElwinDesigns.com

Growing up near the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, Patricia’s early passion for drawing and painting led to a BA in Fine Arts/Art History from the College of William and Mary.  Now living in New Hampshire, she has been represented by galleries in New England for over 20 years. Inspired by her surroundings and particularly drawn to cloudy skies, she creates ethereal, dreamlike paintings serving as windows into universal emotional states.  Her process of thinly layering paint allows a story to unfold, creating a juxtaposition of her own world with a deeper transcendent meaning.  Her landscapes and cloudscapes are an exploration of felt emotions, leading the viewer on their own personal journey.

Contact: patriciasgordon.com 

Having lived and painted most of her life in New England, Dale has studied art in many forms for most of her life. Since settling in Ipswich, MA in 1994 she has been inspired most by studying oil painting with Albert Handell, Richard McKinley, Donald Jurney, Dennis Sheehan, Lully Schwartz, Nella Lush and most recently with Ian Roberts. She loves the challenges that painting en plein air presents including the opportunities to really see, feel and connect with the changing moods of nature. More abstract work and work from image is done in her studio. Capturing a special moment in time in oil or acrylic is both her intention and pleasure. Dale is an Artist Member of the Rockport Art Association and Museum and a past juried member of the National Association of Women Artists. She is also a member of the Newburyport Art Association, where she won the Laura Coombs Hills Winter Juried Show Award for Excellence in Oil.

Contact: DalePartisGreene.com

Larry began painting under the tutelage of his artist grandfather in the Alps of Switzerland, and his childhood love of seeing and capturing and understanding nature has never left him. In his work now, he seeks to encourage us all to approach our surroundings with a lighter hand. His ‘geo’ informed landscapes blend his studies in geography, cartography, and art with a dose of nature spirituality. Larry’s medium is pastel, and he paints both in-studio and en plein air…traveling through Cape Ann and the North Shore, along the Maine seaside and island, and not the hills and farms of Vermont. His work has earned recognition from the Pastel Society of America and the International Association of Pastel Societies, and is on display at the North Shore Arts Association, the Rockport Art Association, and ECGA’s Art in the Barn.

Contact: lagrob@mac.com

Marion is a recognized watercolorist whose painting feature seascapes, landscapes, and wildlife from Cape Ann Massachusetts, New England, Upper Captiva Islands Florida, Cornwall England, and Provence France. Her work renders real subjects with an impressionist’s style using vivid color, light and shadow, reflection, and sufficient detail to reveal new insights into the world around her. Marion is an Artist Member of the Rockport Art Association and the North Shore Arts Association. Marion is a Signature Member of the New England Watercolor Society.

Contact: mrh0432@yahoo.com or marionhallwatercolorist.com

Anne Harney is a contemporary painter best known for her large-scale oyster paintings. Viewers are drawn to her soothing peaceful color palette. Paintings are influenced by the New England landscape and especially Martha’s Vineyard, where she sent a lifetime of summers. Anne is a Boston-based artist who received her BFA with Honors in painting from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2011. Awards include the George Nick Award, Marcia Lloyd Award, Book Award, Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant and Residency in 2016 and 2019. Anne is a member of the National Association of Women Artists, NYC and MA; Sowa Artist Guild, and Fenway Artist Studios. Her paintings have been exhibited extensively and reside in public and private collections.

Contact: AnneHarney.com

Nicole a BA from Skidmore College with concentrations in the Studio Arts and French. She works primarily from direct observation, be it plein-air, from still-life or from the live model. Nicole’s work has been selected for numerous juried exhibitions including at Rocky Neck Art Colony, the Newburyport Art Association, the Ipswich Museum, the Crane Estate Art Show, and the Sargent House Museum. Her drawings and paintings garner many private collections in the U.S., Europe, and Canada. Before settling in Ipswich, Nicole spent over a decade living and working in France, a place and culture which has had much influence in her life and her art. Nicole has taught classes and workshops to all ages at the Ipswich Museum Dow Arts Program, the Waring School, and out of her private studio in Ipswich. She also loves working with children and teaches art in French immersion at the Devereux School at Waring Program. Nicole’s paintings can be viewed on her Instagram account at: @nicole.hupin.otis.

Contact: nicolehupinotis@gmail.com

Susan Stranc works primarily in linoleum block printing with special interest in making multi-color prints using a reductive method– a complex and captivating printmaking technique which requires meticulous planning and precision. Her distinctive style blends bold color, intricate details, and storytelling elements. Susan lives in Newburyport, MA.

Contact: sjaworskistranc-printmaker.com

A lifelong resident of New England, Margery Jennings grew up in northwest Connecticut, and since the 1970s she has lived in the seacoast area of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and southern Maine. She got her first set of oils at 13 and has been painting most of her adult life.

Following a long career as a graphic artist and designer, Margery turned to full-time fine art in 2007.While the bulk of her work consists of landscapes painted on location, she also does figural painting and explores other themes. She also works in pastel, watercolor, acrylic and monotypes. She has been a juried participant in the Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, plein air festival and a participant in the2018 and 2019 Tamworth (NH) Invitational Plein Air E.vents.

Contact: www.margeryjennings.com

Ingrid is a painter who takes her inspiration from nature. Since her early years in Michigan, she has been painting what she loves – the world outdoors. Now, it’s the ocean, lakes and woods of Massachusetts and Maine that inspire her. Her artwork evokes a sense of time and place and connection. Her current work often captures recognizable landscape blended with intuitive abstraction. An artist selected by the National Association of Women Artists, her work has been shown in Boston and New York galleries, the U.S. Courthouse in Boston, and the New York City Public Library. More locally, her work has been shown at the Rockport Art Association and Museum, Concord Museum and the Newburyport Art Association. Her works are in private collections locally and abroad.

Contact: gaviaimmer24@gmail.com 

Cindy loves creatively interpreting life. When she looks at something she imagines it as something else. Her process begins by making a sculpture in clay which forms the base of a new work. She places a webbed material which is knitted from silk wrapped yarn over the sculpture. Then a conversation with the piece continues back and forth until it becomes what is destined to become. It is treated with metal paints. When separated from the underlying clay what is left is a new interpretation. Cindy is a member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and a board member of New England Sculptors Association (NESA). Cindy’s studio is located on Bearskin Neck in Rockport, MA.

Contact: cindyjourney.com

For Colleen, painting is a way of remembering a place or a moment in time. With bold and lively brushstrokes, Colleen intuitively captures the light and evokes a mood in her land and seascapes. Colleen has lived in Ipswich for over 25 years and the passion that she feels for the surrounding marsh and ocean views is evident in her paintings of the North Shore. From 1998-2003, Colleen studied with Rockport Artists Caleb Stone working plein air which became the foundation of her approach to painting. Travel and workshops with Caleb to Tuscany and Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine greatly influenced and inspired her work. Colleen’s paintings are shown by appointment at her studio in Ipswich.

Contact: ckidderstudio@verizon.net or ckidderstudio.com

Barbara has studied pottery, painting, and drawing. She has undertaken painting studies with David Curtis, Robert Cormier, and Michael Dowling among others. Barbara has exhibited solo extensively in Natick, including at Center for the Arts, Arts Bridge, and Gallery 55. Additionally, she has participated in exhibitions and competitions at Concord, Newton, North Shore, and Rockport Art Associations. In 2006 and 2007, she won awards from the Rockport Art Association. Her work can be seen at the Central Street Gallery in Manchester and Gallery 55 and Renjeau Gallery, both in Natick.

Contact: barbaralevinearts.com

Betsy is a prize-winning artist in plein air oil painting since 2006. In 2017 she began working with watercolor that she finds exciting. She has received instruction for oil and watercolors with notable North East instructors both in formal classes and workshops. Her oils and watercolors have been juried into several art galleries, most recently into the Barn Gallery’s Annual Regional Show in Ogunquit, ME this summer. Betsy is a member of the Newburyport Art Association and the Kittery Art Association. She is paints and shows her watercolors with the Watercolor Interest Group of Newburyport. She maintains a studio at 14 Cedar Street, 207b, Amesbury, MA.

Contact: blnatureartist@gmail.com  

John has a degree in fine arts and art history from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University. In 1977, he founded John Maciejowski Interiors, Inc, a successful company working in Boston, New England, and New York.

Contact: jpminteriors@comcast.net

Katrina is a born and bred New Englander, but her favorite places by far are Crane Beach and Castle Hill. Her landscapes attempt to capture the vibrant colors and rhythmic wind of its grassy waterways. When she’s not painting her favorite vistas, Katrina also creates art that examines how social traditions impact civil and social rights, often lecturing and exhibiting at colleges across the U.S. Mic Media has listed her as one of four artists starting a new chapter in feminist art. She also published her first non-fiction book, The Adventures and Discoveries of a Feminist Bride: What No One Tells You Before You Say ‘I Do’ (Black Rose Writing, 2018).

Contact: KatrinaMajkut.com or katrina.majkut@gmail.com 

Marie was born in Lynn but has been a resident of Ipswich for the last forty years. She began painting as a result of taking two electives in college while pursuing a finance degree. Exceeding in both courses, and her teacher’s confidence and encouragement to continue was the start of her art journey and what is now her life-long passion. She has advanced her painting and drawing skills by taking workshops and classes with professionals such as David Curtis, Caleb Stone, Allen Bull, Paul Ciarmitaro and many others. For ten years she studied under Copley Master, Robert Scott Jackson. She is a member of the Ipswich Cultural Council, Newburyport Art Association, and an associate member of both the Rockport and Northshore Art Association.

Most Recent awards include a 2015 Award of Excellence In Painting at the Northshore Art Association Associate member show in Gloucester, and in 2014 an Award for Excellence for Portraiture at the Rockport Art Association Contributing Members Exhibition.

Contact: m_mancinelli@verizon.net

Katalene (Kat) Masella was born and raised by a single mother in Hartford, Connecticut. Daily art-making as a child allowed her mother to sleep days after working night shifts as an ICU nurse. At a young age, Kat learned how her art could elicit smiles from those around her. She was later adopted into a loving family of Italian immigrants who nurtured her sense of empathy. Her work has been included in national and international juried shows with galleries and museums, where she has collected numerous awards. Corporate collectors include Honeywell International. Kat splits her time between her Boston studio in the SoWa Art+Design district as well as her Gloucester studio where she resides with her husband and their two sons.

Contact: katmasella.com

As a retired English teacher, Alden’s paintings are influenced by words from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau as well as by paintings of Thomas Cole and Fairfield Porter. Thoreau stated: “We can never have enough of nature.” Landscape painting surely provides the challenges and rewards of trying to capture the scope and scale, composition and power of Nature. The attempt is simultaneously daunting and energizing; Alden looks to the land, water, and sky for both subject and inspiration.

Contact: aldenmauck58@gmail.com 

Emer McCourt is an artist living and working in Hamilton on Boston’s North Shore. A lifelong animal lover and a late blooming artist, Emer discovered how much she loved drawing animals with charcoal in 2020 and has been drawing ever since. She uses charcoal in a “painterly” way, and her goal always is to capture a little of the animal’s expression. To learn more about Emer and her art visit artbyemermccourt.com or follow her on Instagram.

Contact: info@lovedrawinganimals.com

Contemporary Impressionist painter Kathleen was born and raised in Gloucester, MA. The rich art history of the area had a strong influence on Kathleen, and she began taking drawing and painting classes at the young age of 6, and continued studying art throughout high school, college and beyond. Although her academic major was Counseling and Psychology, in which she completed her Master’s Degree, Kathleen’s art education continued as she took night classes and intensive workshops in painting and fine art. Her studies eventually led her to train in Art Therapy as she joined her Counseling skills and her passion for art. She now works as a full-time artist, but her background as a therapist greatly influences her work. She infuses each of her pieces with emotion and uses art as a vehicle for expression. Her landscapes convey to the viewer her connection to the beauty and intensity of the coastline, her main source of inspiration. She uses color, texture and bold paint application to demonstrate not just the beauty and the ever-changing moods of the landscape, but the shifting perspective of the artist herself. Painting for Kathleen is a mode of self-expression, a way to form a deeper connection with others and the natural world. It is also a tool for healing- for both the artist and the viewer.
Kathleen works primarily in oil and mixed media. Her style may be described as Contemporary Impressionism, with strong expressive and abstract influences.

Contact: kathleenmillerart.com

Through her long career, Dorothy Kerper Monnelly has photographed for several land conservation groups and was awarded an Audubon A for her contribution to land conservation. She was also an Artist in Residence at Acadia National Park in Maine. The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA commissioned Monnelly to photograph the Great Marsh landscape with her 8×10 camera for the creation of a Great Marsh wall mural. Dorothy’s large format silver gelatin prints are in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. and are also held in several major museum collections nationwide. Her photographs have been exhibited in galleries from Maine and New York City to Seattle and Hawaii. She has shared and discussed her photography at numerous locations including Photo LA and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Many of her photographs are in private collections.

Contact: dorothykerpermonnelly.com

Ed specializes in large format photography of the local and national scene. His images have been published in national books and calendars and he has exhibited at galleries in Maine, California, and Washington, DC. Since 2000 his work has been featured in The Nature Calendar of Essex County in support of local conservation organizations.

Contact: epmonnelly@gmail.com

Many local residents know David as a third-generation boat builder, who, for some thirty years crafted one-of-a-kind pleasure boats, and the locally-famous Monty Cat fish boats. What few knew was that David was also a fine artist, equally skilled in the mediums of charcoal and paint. In 2005, David put away his boat building tools and decided to become a full-time painter. Now instead of painting boat bottoms, David paints boats on canvas, often they are the very boats he built. David also is a gifted portrait artist, praised for capturing a likeliness, as well as for portraying something of the character and personality of his sitter.

Contact: davidhmontgomery.com

KT Morse earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts in 1976.  While an undergraduate, she studied extensively with Carl Schmalz, a protege of Eliot O’Hara, who traveled and painted plein air, writing many books on watercolor. She began painting plein air in 1973 and has continued to work outdoors since that time, as well as in the studio.  Her education continued through graduate courses at the Museum of Fine Arts and Mass. College of Art. She has been painting primarily in oils for the past 14 years and has been accepted as an artist member at the Rockport Art Association, North Shore Art Association, the Hudson Valley Art Association, Lyme Art Association, and the National Association of Women Artists. Her paintings reflect strong value and color.  She is a master of skies and clouds and has become known for her large skyscapes.

Contact: Ktmorse.com or ktmorse@yahoo.com

Scott began his journey as a furniture maker and designer. In 2006, he crafted the first Circa Chair—and since then, nearly 200 unique pieces have followed. These chairs have become a space for unbounded creativity, offering a freedom not often found in more structured projects. Each one is guided by the character of the wood itself; rather than following a fixed blueprint, the design evolves organically, shaped by the material’s grain, texture, and story. Every Circa Chair is a one-of-a-kind creation, signed, dated, and numbered. Scott uses a wide range of wood—from freshly milled timbers to 200-year-old reclaimed planks, and even whimsical materials like antique board games. Most are built using traditional through mortise and tenon joinery and finished with a durable varnish for longevity. These chairs are not only functional works of art—they’re made to last, to be used, and to be passed on to future generations.

Contact: Circachairs@yahoo.com

Early in his life, Paul picked up his mother’s interests in artistic activities. He had formal academic instruction at the Visual Arts Center of Harvard University. Over his life, he has worked in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media, traditional and contemporary. In recent years, he has taken up oil painting and stone carving. The raw sculptural material includes marble, slate and granite, originating from quarries of bedrock in Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as loose surface stone. Of particular interest is rock from the Newbury Volcanic Complex, formed during the ancient Paleozoic Era and much more recently spread southward by the Laurentide Glacier. The molten stone often crystalized in dramatic stripes and swirls of different materials, examples of which are widely strewn over the ground in Ipswich and nearby areas today.

Contact: paulnordberg.net or mail@paulnordberg.net

Melissa is an accomplished Colorful Intuitive Artist living in Newburyport, MA, and works at her Studio at the Artists’ Muse in Amesbury, MA.  She is inspired by her love of Color, Texture & Travel.  Travels to Costa Rica, Morocco, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, England, France Canada and across the United States have influenced her work.  When Melissa is not creating her Colorful Intuitive Art, you can find her enjoying New England Art Museums, reading at New England Beaches, doing Yoga, walking her rescued Pointer/Hound Samson and Spending time with Family & Friends.

Contact: melissapartridgeart.com

Patterns and textures of waves and currents, woody vines, light and shadows and reflections are inspiration for Mary’s work as an artist. She transfers ink to paper with an etching press with monotype and other printmaking techniques. Her process of creating “unique” prints includes experimenting with mixed media, carborundum, overprinting and reassembling prints. She uses a variety of printmaking papers, inks, and paints to create subtle alterations. Mary has been an artist and teacher in Boston, the North Shore and Maine since moving to MA from the Midwest after college. Mary works in her printmaking studio, Indigo Artist Studio in Ipswich and is a member of the Monotype Guild of New England, North of Boston Printmakers Collaborative and several local art associations.  She has shown work in New England Galleries and museums and received many awards for her monotypes.

Contact: maryapollak@gmail.com

Fletcher Ian Potter is a part time photographer who has been learning the craft since 2017. His curiosity for understanding how things work has driven both his full-time career as an engineer and interest in using a camera as the tool of his art.  Having enjoyed learning to work with his camera so much Fletcher decided to learn how to do his own printing. “There’s something special about seeing your work as a tangible item instead of on a screen. Wanting to see the processes through from taking the picture to framing, I then started woodworking so that I can create my own custom frames for my printed works.” Fletcher grew up in Northern Vermont and has lived in Beverly Massachusetts since 2011. Having Beverly as a home base has allowed him to explore the North Shore and capture images of the local landmarks and seascapes. Not to mention trips down to Boston for city photography. Follow him at www.fianpotterphoto.com or instagram: skiian.vt

Contact: fianpotterphoto@gmail.com

Julia spent her childhood in Virginia and Pennsylvania, graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Fine Arts, pursued a course of study at the School of Fine Arts in New York City, and now divides her time between Washington, DC and Vermont’s Mad River Valley. Purinton’s paintings have been selected for exhibition at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House, the University of Vermont Hospital (Burlington, VT,) and Glen Echo Park (Washington, DC.)  Gallery representation includes Edgewater Gallery (Middlebury, VT,) Paula Estey Gallery (Newburyport, MA) and the Sargent Gallery on Martha’s Vineyard. Her decorative painting company, Medusa Studio, provides custom murals for commercial and private interiors across the country, twice winning Best of Boston Awards for murals and decorative paint finishes.

Contact: julia@medusastudios.com

John Redick studied at Valparaiso University and The Ohio State University. His work has won prizes at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Newport Art Museum, the Von Liebig Art Center in Naples Florida, the Artists’ Guild of Chicago, and the Crane Estate Peoples’ Choice Award 2013. His work is in public art collections including the American Hospital Association, Chicago Film Council, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U Mass Memorial Hospital, Children’s Hospital Boston, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Bentley University, Grant Thornton Edison NJ and Miami, and the Brauer Museum of Art—Valparaiso University. His work may be seen at North Light Gallery in Belfast Maine. His process simplifies the landscape to the edge of abstraction.

Contact: johnredick.com

Pamela Redick, a lifelong artist, studied at the Worcester Art Museum and Valparaiso University. Her work has won prizes at the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Academy of Design and the Chautauqua Institute. Her work is in public art collections including Fidelity Investments, UMass Memorial Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania, WPI, the Brauer Museum of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and the Miami Dade County Public Art Collection. This year she won prizes from Plein Air Magazine and the Duxbury Art Association. She exhibited at Flanuer Gallery Art Show and participated in the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s Paint for Preservation. Her work may be seen at North Light Gallery in Belfast Maine. She enjoys painting the many moods of nature capturing what it is like to be immersed in its beauty.

Contact: pamredick.com

When Realism meets Impressionism in pastel, that’s where the excitement begins for Massachusetts artist Lisa Regopoulos. That’s how she likes to paint. First impressions of a scene are moments she wants to capture. That is why plein air painting excites her most. Working in pastel and teaching workshops in this versatile medium are two of her greatest passions. She has worked in the medium full time for the past eight years. Lisa has recently earned Master Circle status with the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS/MC) and is a Signature Member of both Pastel Society of NH and Pastel Society of Maine. She was also awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2022 Pastel 100 Pastel Journal Competition. She has studied art at the Worcester Art Museum, Sharon Arts Center, and has learned from some of the top names in country at the IAPS Convention and the Plein Air Convention, which she has attended four times.

Contact: lisaregopoulos.com

Katherine was born in Boston in 1959, and currently lives and works in Gloucester, Massachusetts. She started taking photographs in high school, and went on to study photography, geology, and geography at Northeast Vermont University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree. Since 2012, Katherine’s work has been exhibited in many juried

photographic competitions and shows. Her work has won over 60 awards, including 40 from major international photography competitions. Her photos have appeared in regional and national publications, and many are included in private collections. She is a member of the Copley Society of Art, Boston MA, represented by Charles Fine Arts, Gloucester, and this summer was part of a group show at the at Cape Ann Museum called “Quarry Art”.

Contact: KatherineRichmondPhotography@gmail.com or CapturedTheLight.com

Ohio native Charlotte Roberts graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art where she studied design and painting. Her professional career is a dramatic blend of the duality between graphic and fine art. Charlotte lives and works in Manchester- by- the-Sea, Massachusetts. She has studied printmaking and painting at Massachusetts College of Art, Montserrat College of Art and School of the Museum of Fine Art. Charlotte’s work has been exhibited throughout New England. She has won multiple juried awards.

Contact: charlotterobertspainter@gmail.com

Brent, a local artist from Merrimac, was born 1954 on the north shore of Boston.  His interest in painting maritime subjects began while spending time as a Merchant Marine after graduating from Maine Maritime Academy.  His days spent on the ocean and local waterways as a Merchant Marine gave him a great love and appreciation for the beauty and balance of nature.  As a self-taught artist, in search of a more solid training he sought out workshops, lessons, and demonstrations from local artists whose work he admired such as Todd Bonita, Donald Jurney, Robin Thornhill, Rosalie Sidoti, and others.

Contact:  978.979.4227 or brentrotsko.com

Artist Glenn Roundy of Hamilton, Massachusetts creatively transforms sheet metal, wire and often found objects into captivating mobiles and abstract sculptures. Intrigued by the works of Alexander Calder, Glenn started experimenting with mobiles out of curiosity and his works quickly became gifts for family and friends.  Self-taught, his work continues to evolve exploring the tension between balance and freedom of movement. Glenn experiments with scale, balance, space, and subject matter to create truly unique pieces. The shadows cast by the movement of his mobiles create evocative displays nearly as interesting as the pieces themselves. His lifelong love of nature is reflected in his works which often incorporate ocean and plant life into his delightful designs. His work has been sold at Essex County Greenbelt’s Art in the Barn, Monserrat’s Artrageous annual fund raiser, and the Crane Estate Art Show & Sale.

Contact: glenn.roundy@outlook.com

Gary was born and raised in rural Indiana on a farm where his appreciation for nature was born. From painting and photography projects in 4-H, and building elaborate hay forts in the barn, Gary’s interest in art and design led him to architecture school where he developed a taste for adventure and had a chance to travel. From the Midwest to the West Coast, New England, and beyond, he’s lived and worked in a variety of urban and rural contexts.  Gary moved to Manchester-by-the-Sea in 2010 and fell in love with a crumbling mid-century modern Acorn Deck House, which he and his husband Daniel are (slowly) restoring. The abundance and variety of spectacular natural settings across Cape Ann inspired Gary to rediscover his artwork; much of his current work features local scenes and animals that live nearby.  See samples of work at essex-uncommon.com

Contact: info@essex-uncommon.com

Carol Schena is a sculptor specializing in wire, bas reliefs, and white-line block prints. Her wire sculptures include animals and people in action such as musicians and dancers. Her bas reliefs are plaster or hand-made paper of mostly children and her block prints add color to her works. She is a resident of Melrose, MA.

Contact: cjschena@gmail.com

Hillary is an academically trained landscape painter from northeast Massachusetts. She earned her BFA from UMass Lowell in 2002. She illustrated books for many years before making the transition to landscape painting in 2014. Hillary has an affinity for marshes, seas, and skies and finds endless inspiration in the New England landscape. She creates her light filled paintings through a combination of plein air studies, photography, direct observation, memory, and imagination. Since she began exhibiting her oil paintings several years ago she has been accepted into numerous national shows and won several awards. Her paintings are in private collections worldwide. Most recently she has been recognized as one of Plein Air Magazine’s 15 most influential landscape artists on Instagram and took 2nd place in the last two International Artist Magazine’s landscape competition for her paintings “Morning Mystique” and “A Dusting of Magic”. Hillary is a member of the Oil Painters of America, a master artist member of Newburyport Art Association, and represented by Valerie’s Gallery in Newburyport, MA, Martinhouse Gallery in Blowing Rock, NC, and the Todd Bonita Gallery in Portsmouth, NH.

Contact: hillary@hillaryscottstudios.com

Stoney (aka David Stone) recently retired from his position as a photographer in the Photography Department at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. He thinks of himself primarily as a photographer of the natural scene, though he finds himself drawn to anything where light, shadow and line are at play. He has led photographic workshops in Rockport and Gloucester and an Ipswich workshop for The Trustees of Reservations at the Crane Estate. He’s an instructor at the Ipswich Museum’s Dow Art Program and at Newburyport Art Association teaching digital photography and iPhone photography workshops. toney is a Master Artist member of Newburyport Art Association and participates regularly in Association shows. He’s a Castle Hill Artist, showing annually at the Crane Estate Art Show and he is a select Medici Artist showing annually at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Show and Sale. He served on Ipswich’s Cultural council and he’s also founding member of the Ipswich East End Artists.

Contact: stoney@stoneystonephoto.com

After a career in professional photography in Boston spanning many years, Susan settled in Ipswich with Stoney Stone and their family 13 years ago. She works as a paraeducator in the Ipswich schools. She served as the president of the Ipswich Garden Club, a member of the Ipswich Cultural Council, a greeter and volunteer at the Ipswich Museum and a garden and event volunteer at the Crane Estate. Susan is a founding member of the Ipswich East End Artists and an active Artist Member of the Rockport Art Association. Her photography explores the multitude of ever-changing colors found in nature’s palette, and Ipswich provides and abundance of visual opportunities and subjects waiting to be captured.

Contact: stonesue@icloud.com

A graduate of the Cooper Union School of Art, she began her career illustrating books and record jackets for the Crown Publishing Group and Macmillan Publishers in NYC. She moved to New England more than three decade ago, and inspired by its beauty, began to paint the landscape. She has been juried in as an artist member to the Rockport Art Association & Museum, the North Shore Arts Association, and the Oil Painters of America. The recipient of numerous awards, and regularly participates in juried plein air events. She is lucky to share her love of painting with her artist husband, Mike Dorsey. They live in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Janet’s work can be seen at the Sidoti Gallery of Fine Arts in Rockport and Charles Fine Arts in Gloucester. Her paintings are in the collection of both U.S. and European art collectors.

Contact: janetsutherlandart.com 

Katharine “Kim” hails from a long line of artists and educators in America since the early 1600’s.  In high school her gift was recognized and she was awarded an apprenticeship at the renowned etching studio, Crown Point Press, in Oakland, California.  After graduating U.C. Berkeley, she pursued more studies at the San Francisco Art Institute.  She has since followed the centuries old tradition of working with master artists.  Her studio is located on the Massachusetts North Shore. She travels for commissions and shows, and her work is carried by galleries nationwide. Kim paints most small pieces outdoors on location and reworks some of them into very large canvases in the studio.  Her goal in any work is to move a viewer to the feeling of a place and make them want to be right there.

Contact: ThayerArt.com

Combining collage ideas with quilting materials and techniques, Lee uses fabric and thread to show viewers what she treasures. Having studied geology and natural science, Lee pays close attention to the details of the natural world. She translates these details into intricately stitched works using skills acquired from sewing quilts, garments and toys.

Contact: lee@dancingcrowdesigns.com

Terri grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended The Pennsylvania State University where she studied political science. Images from Life Magazine including work from the Farm Security Administration (Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, etc.), and MOMA curator, Edward Steichen’s Family of Man exhibition influenced her greatly and had a powerful effect on her decision to become a photographer.  Terri’s work has always straddled art and journalism. Earlier work in Boston included street photography and essays on social issues published in regional magazines.  In 1998 following the birth of her first son, Terri started a portrait business in the tradition of her early influences, documenting families in their homes.  This work earned her a ‘Best of Boston Award’ by Boston Magazine for “her intimate and artistic approach to family portraiture.”

Contact: Terriungerphoto@gmail.com or TerriUnger.com

Michael studied art at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Trained as a sculptor, Michael is a designer for Mariposa. He also creates personalized memorial stone sand slate carvings. Michael has exhibited his works at the Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit at Pingree School Michael lives in Newbury, MA.

Contact: mupdike222@comcast.net or 978.412.9481

“I received my BFA from Mass. College of Art in 1993. While there, I studied with George Nick and Jo Sandman, among other influential artists. Since graduating, I have shown my work in numerous exhibits in and around the Boston area. In addition to exhibiting my work, I accept commissions and am especially interested in public art projects and murals. Lately, my painting has focused more on surface quality and paint texture than on subject. I have been exploring impasto, stains and washes, varnishes and waxes. With subject, I am drawn to negative spaces and strive to give substance to those voids through the use of color, texture, and contrasting sheen, as I continue to be inspired by the snippets and corners of commonplace domestic vignettes.”

Contact: mmupaint.com

Juni Van Dyke is a graduate of The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; BFA

Tufts University, MAT. Van Dyke is a recipient of The St. Botolph Foundation Award.

Her work is held in the permanent collection of The Cape Ann Museum, and in numerous private collections. In 2015, Van Dyke’s work was selected by Room&Board for ongoing inclusion in its limited edition art series and is on view throughout the U.S. in Room&Board locations.

Exhibitions in 2024 include: The Jane Deering Gallery; The Rocky Neck Cultural Center;

The Whistler House; UMass Lowell; The Cape Ann Museum;  Inner Space Gallery in Reading, MA;   Concord Arts in Concord, MA; The Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA.

Contact: junivandyke@yahoo.com

Self-taught and always learning, Jeff finds it humbling when people say they love his pieces, but when they discover the artwork is made from old tools and antique metals, that’s the fun part. Taking a forgotten piece of trash, no longer deemed useful, and forming it into a sculpture to be seen ad enjoyed by many is satisfying. Giving new life to discarded metal is just one part of the process Picking though piles of scrap metal destined to be melted down, searching for finds at flea market or yard sales, or simply the side of the road, the hunt and the creation is all about the shape. Finding those pieces with interesting or odd shapes is like finding treasure.

Contact: jeffwhittum.com

Mary Woodall-Jappe has returned to a childhood fascination with colored glass after a career in biomedical research. She now enjoys experimenting with glass, a medium that offers almost limitless possibilities. After learning some basic techniques with blown glass, she was captivated by the less well-known techniques of kiln-formed fused glass. Once she got a kiln and started experimenting, she has never looked back. Mary has exhibited pieces at numerous local venues, including fundraiser art shows for Montserrat College of Art, Essex County Greenbelt, and the Ipswich Cultural Council. She has also had solo exhibitions at the Hall-Haskell House Gallery in Ipswich and the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute. Mary is a member of the Local Colors Arts Cooperative, where she maintains a display in the group’s gallery on Main St. in Gloucester. She is a founding board member of the Ipswich Art Association.

Contact: nextwaveglass.com