Galen Davis
https://www.galendavisgallery.com/
I am a landscape artist living and working in Brooksville and Isle au Haut, Maine. I’ve worked in a variety of mediums over the years, but now paint primarily in oils. Most of my paintings are of places I’ve known and loved for decades. I’m drawn to the overall pattern of dark and light and try to convey something of the beauty and mystery, the starkness and “pull” of these landscapes.
Krisanne Baker
Krisanne Baker is an ocean advocacy artist residing on the Coast of Maine whose ‘sci/art’ concerns water quality (especially climate change induced acidification), water availability, the rights of water and its inhabitants both locally and globally. Baker is a naturalist at heart. Her work culminates from the practice of observing from nature – specifically she loves to snorkel and then make art based upon her experiences below the ocean’s surface. Her marine environments bear witness as a voice for the currents and creatures that sway within protective seaweed homes. As an art and ecology educator, her goal is to inspire ocean stewardship through hands on art and science experiences in student’s communities using the Gulf of Maine: Dare to Care ocean artivism curriculum she developed.
Jeannet Leendertse
https://www.jeannetleendertse.com/
Dutch Fiber Art • Craft
Having grown up on the Dutch shore, my fiber work now responds to the rugged coast of Maine, where I find sculptural form in the landscape and its creatures. Exploring the concept of belonging, I develop work that feels at home in this marine environment.
As a crafts person, I feel a strong responsibility to consider my materials, and what my creative process will leave behind. This past year I started foraging seaweed—in particular Rockweed—to work with. I discovered the amazing benefits this natural resource provides. Seaweed not only creates a habitat for countless species, it sequesters carbon, and protects our shoreline as our sea levels are rising.
My work grows from coastal impressions and material experimentation. It takes on a new life when moved out of the studio and placed back in its natural environment. It is this feedback that keeps me going.
Lisa Tyson Ennis
Lisa Tyson Ennis is a photographer who works with historical processes—large and medium format cameras, black and white film, handmade toners and oil paints, and most recently cyanotypes.
Cyanotype is a beautiful nineteenth century photographic process whereby two benign iron salts become light sensitive when mixed together with water. Ennis combines these salts in her darkroom and gently brushes several coats onto heavy watercolor paper. Plant material is then laid onto the wet paper and taken outside to be exposed to the elements for many hours, sometimes days.
