Carole Fonde

Renowned for her unique eye as a colorist, Carol Fonde is a dedicated professional, an esteemed color printer, teacher and photographer. Carol’s personal work reflects her unique perception of color in the natural world. Her land and seascapes have been noted for being intense visual expressions of her reverence for the unusual and sublime.

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Carl Austin Hyatt

Carl Austin Hyatt uses classical black-and-white photography to explore the intersection of the human and natural worlds in images charged with emotional and eloquent beauty. Hyatt revisits the landscapes of his world – rocks, shorelines, tides, horizons- knowing that perception is a living choice created anew in each encounter.

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Frederick Lynch

In a career lasting over 50 years, Frederick Lynch’s work began with the observed world and then delved deep into the underlying structures below surface appearances. He lived in Maine for 44 years, teaching at the University of Southern Maine. In 2005, the Farnsworth Art Museum exhibited a 20-year survey of his work, and his work is in numerous public and private collections, including the Portland Museum of Art.

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Peter Ralston

Peter Ralston grew up in Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania, worked for a decade as a freelance photojournalist, and then began photographing the coast of Maine in 1978, drawn especially to the working communities that define the coast’s enduring character.

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Lesia Sochor

An artist for over 40, Lesia Sochor began her Threads series in 2007 when she was inspired by wooden spools of thread connecting her to her female ancestors. This work evolved into her Bodice and Mannequin series as well as the other work included in our “Sartorial Self” exhibition.

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Celeste Roberge

Born in Maine, Celeste Roberge received her art education at the Maine College of Art, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She is Professor Emerita, after twenty-two years as Head of Sculpture, at the School of Art + Art History, College of the Arts, University of Florida. She maintains a studio in South Portland, Maine.

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Gin Stone

An ardent environmentalist and lover of living creatures, Gin Stone uses hand-dyed reclaimed longline fishing gear to create “humane taxidermy.” By bringing the recovery and recycling of use North Atlantic fishing gear to the creation of her sculptures of unusual creatures and otherworldly chimera, she hopes to put a spotlight on the collaboration of science, sustainable fishery practices, and creativity.

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Ni Rong

Born in China but now having lived half her life in the U.S., Ni Rong’s work explores “the dichotomy of two worlds, East and West, Old and New. Where home is, and what home means.”

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