Harbour Lights Decorative Lighted Nautical Charts designs, produces, and sells framed acrylic-protected NOAA nautical charts for decorative purposes. All lighted navigational aids (buoys and lighthouses) are represented by 3mm LEDs (light emitting diodes), which flash on and off in the correct color and time period.
Jeff Scher is an internationally known professional free-lance photographer based in Portland, Maine. A contributing photographer to Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine, Jeff is highly skilled at photographing a wide range of subject matter, including marine lifestyle, people, custom homes, adventure sports, and gourmet food.
Photographer Alison Langley, based in Camden, Maine, is one of the world's premier classic yacht and wooden boat photographers specializing in all types of sailing photography. Her sailboat photos, seen internationally in print advertising, calendars, prints, and note cards, capture the essence of world-class yachting and power boating, and the tradition and pure elegance of wooden boatbuilding.
Anne has been working in the midcoast area for the last 39 years painting scenes of lighthouses and coastal villages, as well as inland New England gardens and farms. Come see her originals as well as prints, notes, and calendars.
206 Long Meadow Road
Greenville, NC 27858
941-228-0924
Buckley Smith, a native Southern Californian, has always had a passion for boats. His marine and fantasy art reflect his love of wooden craft. He now resides on an island off the coast of Maine. The quiet solitude of Penobscot Bay provides a simple yet elegant background for his creative efforts.
My Fish, Etc. are all made of recycled roofing tin. I make each one by hand, cutting it with a torch and painting it. I consider each one a piece of art. No two are exactly alike. They are coated to withstand weather, and can hang inside or outside.
203 Flying Point Road
Freeport, ME 04032
207-865-1627
David Burtt offers finely-crafted custom metalwork and restoration. Pieces are hand-forged using traditional methods, with attention and care given to quality and aesthetic detail. Styles range from traditional to contemporary, from balustrades to lighting.
My drawings, paintings, and metal sculptures reflect influences from youth, my father a sea captain and my mother a designer. Ships, tug boats, schooners and yachts, and boatyards come together on my paper and canvas. I draw from real-life experiences to create scenes that come to life.
A production hand papermaker now in my fourteenth year, I specialize in artist-grade papers of intriguing colors and textures, custom lampshades, and one-of-a-kind lamps. Special to this show will be a series of lamps made with found objects including antique bronze portholes and fire hose nozzles.
19 County Road P.O. Box 890
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-3282
Hoppy's Fine Art Wares features clothing and gift wares with fine art reproductions. The featured artist is Racket Shreve of Salem, MA, who focuses on marine art.
Our leather journals and bags are hand-stitched in a variety of beautiful colors. They are decorated with antler, jade, or metal buttons. Our felted hats and mittens are knit with 100% wool. We also make hand-turned wooden bowls. All of our items are uniquely one-of-a-kind.
The Norton Studio at 109 Bay View St. in Camden is the artist’s working studio and can be visited by appointment (207-230-0129). Watercolors are displayed at Linda Norton Studio II at 75 Mechanic St., Rockland, which is part of Friday night’s "Arts in Rockland" openings. Ask about “Studio II” information and times.
Melissa Green’s painted ceramic pots and bowls are made from white earthenware clay in Deer Isle. They balance the narrative and the decorative—some featuring plants and animals from the Atlantic coast and the Maine mountains, others showing the strength and creativity that Melissa sees among women in other cultures.
75 East Shore Road
Westport Island, ME 04578
207-882-6835
At Mermaid Bindery fine crafted hand-bound blank books of various styles and sizes are created for many uses. You can also find albums for any occasion as well as boxes of various sizes and uses. Designs are based on historical models, using traditional techniques in a modern way.
Michael’s fascination with the sea has led him to turn driftwood into elegant designer furniture and sculptures. Dynamic in scale, these forms are striking in their purity and sheer aesthetic impact. Michael carefully selects the driftwood for its calming color, luxurious texture, and organic shape.
Miller Marine Photography... by George A. Miller. Specializing and focusing on Rockland Harbor and its working and recreational waterfront. Windjammers, sailboats, fishing boats, lobsterboats, lighthouses, ships, kayaks, dinghies, tugs, and ferry boats. Matted and/or framed. Sizes 8 x 10 to 16 x 20. Also offering Note Cards of Rockland Harbor, Maine.
Moss Keep Studio is home to fine artist Kaitlyn Metcalf. Kaitlyn’s current body of work, The Starboard Series, features paintings of boats on charts of the waters they sail. All works are done in acrylic on USGS/NOAA charts, mounted on panels, with a majority of the series derived from custom commissions.
Exquisitely handcrafted decorations inspired by the sea, to ornament your boat, your home, your life. Ocean Ornaments is the maker of custom and nautical floorcloths, welcome mats, baskets, hangings, totes, purses, and jewelry. Made in Maine.
403 Youngtown Road
Lincolnville, ME 04849
207-763-3433
Imaginative clay objects for home and garden. Featuring blue-and-white glazed dinnerware, unique outdoor sculpture, and handmade relief tile-work, plus whimsical ceramic fish and birds. Randy Fein is an accomplished artist and noted arts instructor. A large portion of Fein’s work is commissioned for both public and private sites.
Award-winning Maine photographer Peter Johannes has photographed most of Coastal Maine for more than two decades. His captivating images have been published by Barnes & Noble, Maine Geographic, Classic Boat Magazine, Go Boating and numerous others. His images convey a sense of intimacy with the coast that he proudly calls home.
Rebecca Daugherty paints in her studio overlooking Stonington harbor where she draws upon the large fleet of fishing boats and visiting yachts as subjects for her paintings. Her work can be seen in Stonington at Isalos Fine Art and in Camden at the Camden Falls Gallery.
Brenda Erickson is a watercolor artist specializing in recipe illustrations. Her favorite paintings are your family recipes as each one comes with wonderful, nostalgic stories. Choose from a wide variety of styles, flavors, and colors for your kitchen or galley from appetizers and main courses to desserts. Have your family recipe painted.
37 Garfield Close
Franconia, NH 03580
603-348-7669
Inspired by history and especially New England's nautical past, Jean Colquhoun captures forgotten moments in time. She searches for forgotten letters, newspapers, and notices dating back to the 1800s, which become the inspiration of Colquhoun’s creations. What would be lost to the ages comes alive with original and captivating oil paintings.
39 Woodledge Lane
Thomaston, ME 04861
207-594-5043
Rob Jones offers unique, hand-carved wooden gifts as well as commissioned carvings in any subject. His work is a combination of his own developed techniques with unconventional wood materials. The result is something totally new--plywood seashells. You simply won’t believe how realistic they look and feel.
Russ Kramer is one of America's leading marine artists. His dramatic oil paintings bring the viewer right on board America's Cup yachts and other famous vessels. Combining figurative and maritime painting with historic narratives, Russ' work is unique and inspiring. Works available in limited-edition prints, and commissions are welcome.
Hand-crafted pack baskets, creels, purses, and baskets of Maine brown ash and English bridle leather. Exquisite wearable miniatures hand woven and forged in sterling silver and in 18k and 22k gold.
1074 East Waldo Road
Belfast, ME 04915
207-781-8082
Susan lives on the coast of Maine on board a 25' wooden sailboat. The sea and coastline are their constant companions, and the subject matter for her artwork. Susan creates graphite drawings of the islands of Maine, and offers signed, limited-edition Iris giclée prints, open-edition laser prints, and note cards.
Suzanne Norton creates painted furniture such as chart tables, interior murals, and jewelry of seaglass, pottery shards, and semi-precious stones. Available by cell phone at 207-380-3762.
T.J. is a wooden boatbuilder, woodcarver, stone carver, weathervane maker, artist, gilder, craftsman, and father. His work may be seen at his Maine artists’ co-op gallery in Portland: 9 Hands Gallery, at Thos. Moser showrooms in Freeport and Los Angeles, the Harrison Gallery in Key West, Florida, and at his workshop in Freeport.