Joann & David Caron - Nature and scenic photos combined with handcrafted woodwork and creative home furnishing and accessories
Cobscook Bay Designs
65 Calais Avenue
Calais, Maine 04619
207/454-0397::info@cobscookbaydesigns.com
http://cobscookbaydesigns.com

We are excited about our Saltwater Farm Decor Collection and captivating original photos. Everything is designed and built by David and Jo-Ann, a husband and wife team of 39 years. All items are handmade from select Eastern White Pine or other native American woods. We hand finish everything to a smooth high gloss and guarantee our products for a lifetime. Visitors are always welcome at our studio and workshop

Bernadette Cunningham - Pencil, acrylic, clay, sculpey
21 Hill Street St. Stephen
New Brunswick E3L 1N6
506/467-3338:: bernie_cunn_nb@yahoo.ca

Bernadette has a wide range of artistic intrests and enjoys working with different mediums. Sculpting figures with clay or sculpey, acrylic painting as well as doing custom portraits in pencil.

Leah Pryce-Jones - Acrylic and watercolour paintings
Quailscapes & Escapes
20 George Street
St Stephen, New Brunswick E3L 2A8
506/466-6747::shalimar0@hotmail.com
http://quailscapes.htmlplanet.com

Leah is self-taught, although she has attended workshops presented by professional artists. With the enthusiastic encouragement of her tutors she has been exhibiting and selling her work throughout Canada, the UK and France. Her love of nature shows in her paintings of landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, animals and flowers.

Mark and Arlene Wren - Stained glass artwork
Wrenovations Stained Glass Creations
6 Steam Mill Road
Robbinston, Maine 04671
207/454-2832::wrenovations@midmaine.com
http://wrenovations.com

"We offer an imaginative and extensive line of stained glass artwork for sale at our studio. We have been designing and creating stained glass artwork for almost twenty years. What began as a part-time hobby quickly grew into a passionate full-time commitment. Our artwork has been juried and we have been accepted as artists in a number of art festivals. Custom installations in our local area may be viewed at the Down East Heritage Museum, Calais; Union Congregational Church, Grand Lake Stream; Grace Chapel, Pembroke; Down East Memorial Hospital, Machias; and, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. We are able to create custom designs and artwork especially for you to fit an exact location, and match the decor, color and theme of your home or business. Or, you may select from the wide variety of artwork that we have already created. Shipping and Commisssion Work is available. "

Jerome Andrews - Watercolour, ink, acrylic, and pencil
Boatshop Gallery
14 Clines Point Road
Leonardville, Deer Island NB
506/747-2310::andrjj@nbnet.nb.ca
http://www.jeromeandrews.com

Jerome has been a professional watercolourist, illustrator, and graphic designer since 1978. Over the years, Jerome's work has ranged from land and seascapes to surrealistic fantasies and impressionistic watercolours and drawings. He has taught watercolour and drawing classes at the Sunbury Shores Art Center in St. Andrews and has personally offered many workshops. His work is represented in many American and Canadian corporate and private collections.

Bonnie Beard - Oil, pastel, charcoal, and pencil
Crow Town Studio
406 South Lubec Rd
Lubec, Maine 04652
207/733-8860::crowtowngallery@yahoo.com
http://bonniebeard.blogspot.com

Bonnie Beard works both outside and in her studio, sometimes painting the views the studio. Always inspired by the scenery and people of Down East Maine and the Maritimes, although her work is realistic, she strives to be expressive even playful with form and color.

D. Lynne Bowland - Flameworked/lampworked glass beads & sterling silver jewellery
Fireball Studio & Gallery
281 Route 772
Lord’s Cove, New Brunswick E5V 1J2
506/747-2009::fireball.beeds@gmail.com
http://www.fireballbeeds.com

"I have been a full time glass artist since the late 80s. In the last 20 years, my work has evolved from huge windows and fused pieces to tiny little beads which I call Fireballs because they look like little balls of fire as they are being made. I turn most of my flameworked glass beads into one of a kind jewellery pieces, which can be found in a number of East Coast galleries."

Jean Bookman Finke - Oil, encaustics, assemblage
Creative Arts Studio
473 South Lubec Road
Lubec, Maine 04652
207/733-2068::dickh@wwsisp.com

Jean Bookman Fincke uses oil, encaustic, and assemblage to express the energy and joy she feels in her surroundings..

Fred and Patty Hartman - Pen and ink, with watercolor, photography
DownEast Drawings - Wildlife Art Gallery & Gifts
Route 189
Whiting, Maine 04691
207/733-0988::dnestdrw@localnet.com
http://www.downeastdrawings.com

"We specialize in wildlife art."

Joyce Morrell - Watercolor Painting
Owen House Gallery
Welshpool, Campobello Island, New Brunswick
506/ 752-2977::jj@owenhouse.ca
www.owenhouse.ca/gallrypg.html

"I am a visual, not a verbal, artist and my watercolors are my statement. I paint what I see around me and what I love most. Please come and enjoy them."

Patty Pendleton - Watercolor, oils, acrylics, pastels, Japanese woodblock
50 Leaman Road
Lambertville, Deer Island, New Brunswick E5V 1E6
506/747-0002::drpatty@nb.aibn.com

"Always, I try to render the emotion of the land and sense of movement energy of the place or the face. I work in a free, flowing style in oils, watercolour, acrylic and pastels. I received most of my training in California, at the Art Academy of San Fransisco and the University of California. I always fought the age-old battle of science vs. art, art vs. science. I chose the science route as a career, but would meander through the art buildings at SJSU, in California, on my way to the science wings. My father was a gifted artist and cartoonist. His mother was born and raised on Deer Island and he inherited a one-room school house and would pack us up, when summer school break allowed him to escape the California heat and make the yearly pilgrimage from one coast to another. He left me all his palette knives and vast collection of brushes, as well as a summer cottage, his love for this Island and the waters that surround it. I moved here in 1992, married my childhood sweetheart and I do love it, even if I complain about the snowdays."

Les Rolston - Acrylic, watercolour & pen
Six Acre Studio - on Deer Island
Saint John, NB
506/747-1188::dearislanddream@yahoo.com

A retired art instructor at the Saint John Campus of New Brunswick Community College, Les Rolston''s specialty is marine, wildlife, forest and shore scenes. He works in acrylic, watercolour and pen. From his small gallery on Deer Island, his paintings have found permanent homes in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia as part of private and corporate collections.

Shanna Wheelock - Clay and Fiber
Cobscook Pottery
162 North Lubec Road
Lubec, Maine 04652 207/733-2101:: luna_spirit@yahoo.com

Shanna Wheelock works with clay, kiln, fiber and loom to create primal artworks. Her masks, sculptures, tapestries and potteries draw from archetypal and ancient inspirations, such as the Goddess of Willendorf, Native shamanism, and Celtic symbology. All work is lovingly handmade in a small cottage environment. Feathers, stones, plants and other raw natural adornments from Lubec's wild coast and woods are often employed.

Arthur Cadieux - Abstract and representational oil and acrylic paintings
6 Trecartin Avenue
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/853-4377:: http://arthurcadieux.org

Abstract and semi-abstract textural works in watercolor, acrylic, oils, ink and pastel.

Ben Georgia - Abstract oils on canvas
Ben Georgia Gallery and Studio
143 Water Street
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/853-4098::bengeorgia@sprintmail.com
http://bengeorgia.com

Abstract expressive oils with lyrical inclination, often inspired from my observation of Nature to create beautiful color and visceral feeling in perfect harmony with form to express delight in the sensual and visual world of experience. Former student of Theodore Stamos.

Martha Howbert
Howbert Sculpture
9 Mitchell Street
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/853-0909::mhowbert@yahoo.com
www.howbertsculpture.com

Functional, figurative and abstract steel sculpture.

Richard Klyver - Sculpture in wax, clay, bronze and pewter
Northeast Foundry
8 Prince Avenue
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/853-0909::windigo2@verizon.net

"You've all heard of 'taking the road less traveled'. Well, I have taken the road through the wilderness that no one else has traveled. Along the way I made many inadvertent discoveries. I believe that the motion I see in all living things - that which animates and forms a telling gesture - equates with Emotion. I see an Emotion that lifts, and it is this Emotion that is at the center of who and what we are - a dynamic part of the human spirit and of all that really matters. It makes the world beautiful and it makes us happy."

Roland LaVallee - Carved wood sculpture and paintings
Crow Tracks
11 Water Street
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/ 853-2336::crowtracks1@msn.com
www.crowtracks.com

At the Crow Tracks Woodcarving Gallery one will find a large selection of original bird carvings, unusual carvings, and paintings on a variety of themes. All work is made in Eastport by year around resident artist Roland LaVallee. The Crow Tracks Woodcarving Gallery has been helping to make Eastport an arts destination since 1983.

Elizabeth Ostrander - Ceramic sculpture, acrylic & mixed media paintings, digital art prints
Ostrander Studio Gallery & Sculpture Garden
83 Clark Street
Eastport, Maine 0463
207/853-4342:: ostranderstudio@gmail.com
http://ostranderart.com

"My imagery is inspired by the restorative power of quiet, gentle, yet joyous beauty - the harmonic intertwining of nature and the human heart. It gives me pause and a sense of being part of something wonderful, something transforming. Journeying through my own clattering mind and our too-frequently fast-paced world, this experienced beauty allows me serenity. This is what I want to express through my art. Intuitively this beauty turns into metaphors and my sculptures, paintings, and digital art prints fill with soul illuminated, magical beings, soaring birds, and metamorphosing butterflies. Originally from New York, I have lived and pursued my work as an artist in Eastport, Maine, for over 25 years. My work can be seen in several galleries through out the state, and I am a member of the Maine Sculptors and the New England Sculptors Association."

Heidi Reidell - Oil and watercolor paintings
Reidellvision Ink
3 Dana Street (2nd floor)
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/853-0749::heidi.reidell@gmail.com

Heidi's paintings are inspired by local landscapes, seascapes and great vistas, the recreation of which are a spiritual joy.

Al Salleroli - Collages, sculpture
Knotts So Famous Gallery
9 Dana Street
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/853-9598::rosegardencafe@verizon.net

Donald Sutherland - Ceramic sculpture
Earth Forms
5 Dana Street
Eastport, ME
207/853-2430::erthfrms@webtv.net
www.earthforms.biz

"In my work, symbolic form is created by means of mass and volume. The basic vocabulary utilizes plane surfaces which capture or modulate light and hollow spaces to evoke the mystery of dark inner sanctums - grotto, cavern, catacomb, labyrinth - the regenerative womb or - -the ultimate void - the choice is the beholder's. On another level, I attempt to show the echos and correspondences between artifacts of culture/technology and elements of biological/geological provenance: alike, all a manifestation of nature."

Barbara Toothpick - Paintings, art books, found object sculpture
Toothpick Factory Enterprises
102 Front Street
Pembroke, Maine
207/726-4544::barbara@toopik.com
www.toopik.com

"What drives my work is TiKerEeeeeeee. I jam the Eye full of delight, the Ear full of sound scapes, the Mind full of see/sawing words. I sneaking the behind the usual. It is not boring. Some critics say that I follow the cubist traditions."

Viola Francis - Traditional Passamaquoddy basketry and beadwork
P.O. Box 224
Perry, Maine 04667
207/853-2921::viola@wabanaki.com

During the art tour Viola will be a guest at Waponahki Museum and Resource Center in Pleasant Point.

Creating traditional beaded items: barrettes, earrings, necklaces, head bands and more, Viola also designs shawls, makes handdrums, regalias and beaded floral vases. She has been beading since youth. Her interest in traditional Passamaquoddy arts led to her becoming an apprentice with tribal traditional artists Clara Keezer (a National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowships awardee) learning basketry and with Frances "Gal" Frey.

"I have learned more than the art of basketry from my mentors, Gal and Clara, I learned more about my culture and our Passamaquoddy ways. It was wonderful experience to learn from these two great women." Viola’s love of both art forms has led her to a unique style creating ash and sweet grass baskets combined with beaded embellishments. In addition, she has utilized the beadwork process in group work with teenagers, elders and special needs populations, as a way to assist healing and communicating.

David Umholtz
Home studio: Deer Island, New Brunswick

Guest artist at the Tides Institute

Pierre Woog - Wood Sculptures (Woogwood)
Woogwood
29 Boynton Street
Eastport, Maine 04631
207/853-6616::pkwoog@gmail.com
www.woogwood.com

The Woogwood ethos is an attempt to clarify my thinking. I only use hand tools and only, with few exceptions, wood that can be found on a woodpile. Thus, a sculpture tends to be flat on both ends and stand between one and two feet in its original state. Each tool and each piece of wood has its own history, and I remember most: the tools I use from my son Keith; the custom-made scrapers from Pictou, Nova Scotia; and those from local flea markets and a modern woodworking store in Hartford, Connecticut, where my daughters attended college. I try to bring out the best of what is inherent in the piece of wood. I only have one over-arching rule in this endeavor: don't violate the grain of the wood. Don't go against the grain. To do so would be to destroy the integrity, the dignity, the soul of the wood

Brian Allen Adams - Mixed media, watercolour, india ink, pastel, acrylic paintings
Great Canadian North Art Gallery
284 Water Street
St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1B7
506/ 529-4126::p9decoy@nb.aibn.com

Each painting brings forth the Spirit of Canada through the artist's interpretation of Canadian and Native folklore. Brian's inspiration is derived from Canada's rich history, our Aboriginal people, the Hudson's Bay Company and the wonderful work done by Sir Wilfred Grenfell.

John S. Anderson - Traditional wooden boat building
John S. Anderson Boatbuilding
21 Moore Clarke Drive
Champlain Industrial Park
Bayside, New Brunswick E5B 2J6
506/529-1985 ::mcadam@nbnet.nb.ca
http://johnsandersonboats.com

John Anderson has 25 years of boatbuilding experience including ten years as a boatbuilding instructor at the college level. As a small boat designer, John has captured the lines of traditional working boats and given them a stylish and modern update with a full range of finish and appointments. Each of his designs can be custom-built to the owner's specification and needs. John''s last project received honorable mention in the Concours de Elegance at the Wooden Boat Show, 2007, in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut."

Jantje Blokhuis-Mulder - Acrylic, ink & watercolours, pyrography, mixed media sculpture
Jarea Art Studio
Lower King Street
St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1Y2
5 06/529-4936::jan@jantjeblokhuismulder.com
www.jareaart.com/jantje

Jantje's work reflects her seaside surroundings, and her colourful, gameboards, collages, paintings, woodburnings, floorcloths and folk art sculptures can be found in collections around the world. In addition to making art, Jantje writes for magazines such as Senior Living, The Outsider and Folk Art Life. She is also co-founder of KinderArt.com and teaches art to children & adults of all ages. She has been featured both in print and on television in Canada, USA and the UK. Jantje is the Director of the Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.

Sheryl Crighton - Oil, Acrylic, and Watercolour
Crighton Studios
312 Montague St.
St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1J6
506/529-0110::sacrighton@gmail.com

Sheryl believes that the creation of art is a spiritual experience. Whether it is the simple capturing of a moment of quiet beauty or the profound challenge of a moment of truth, art is a gift which revitalizes the human spirit.

Bertha Day - Textiles, acrylics, watercolours, mixed media
Bertha Day Art & Craft Gallery
275 Water Street
St Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1B8
506/529-8837 7::bertha@berthaday.com
www.berthaday.com

Using various media to express her love for our coastal life, Bertha interprets the amazing nature of our everyday world. Working in textiles, watercolours, acrylics and mixed media collage, her fascination with the land and sea is clearly evident. The result is unique art with a real downeast feeling.

Betty Drummie - Oil, pastel
Home studio: 382 Queen Street
St Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1G6
506/529-8437::duster@nbnet.nb.ca

During the art tour Betty will be a guest artist at the Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre in St Andrews.

Betty's subjects are varied, having experimented with all media including oil, acrylic, watercolour and pastel. Abstracts compete with landscapes, seascapes and animals. Her work hangs in private homes and businesses in Canada, Venezuela, USA and Spain.

Jenepher Hooper - Handmade paper art
498 Glebe Rd.
Chamcook, New Brunswick E5B 3C8
506/529-8342::zorro@jenchi.ca
www.jenchi.ca

Jenepher Hooper is a hand-made paper artist with a theatre and film background. "I also like to capture stories. The act of creating an image in paper fascinates me," she says. "From the initial idea through the many layers of the creative process, I am always engaged with an image and a story demanding to be expressed. My challenge is to create a picture out of the wet medium of paper pulp." Jenepher tells her stories in paper in Ottawa, Ontario, and Chamcook, New Brunswick. Her pieces are part of personal art collections in North America, Europe and the UK.

Colleen Lynch - Sculptural objects and reliefs in metal and fibre
Colleen Lynch Studio
291 Glebe Road
Chamcook, New Brunswick E5B 3B9
506/529-4019::colleen@colleenlynch.ca
www.colleenlynch.ca

Fisheries practices in the Bay of Fundy continue to be a rich vein of inspiration. I have photographed boats and gear, talked with many fishermen and read scientific reports. From these sources I develop a visual vocabulary of shapes, textures, colours and metaphors that then inform my artwork. It is gratifying to see the work being critically received in both the United States and in Canada. I am now exploring avenues through which my intimate-scale sculptures can expand to architectural dimensions

Maureen McIlwain - Traditional rughooking, with wool fabric and yarn on burlap or linen
220 King Street
St. Andrews,New Brunswick E5B 1Y8
506/529-4189 and 506/529-3335 [ext 2]::maureen@kingsbraegarden.com
http://quoddyloopers.blogspot.com

During the art tour Maureen will be a guest at Kingsbrae Gardens Visitors Centre in St Andrews.

Maureen is part of a St Andrews group of keen traditional rughookers, the Quoddy Loopers, enjoying the infinite play of colours and textures, working with wool fabric and yarn to create expressions of life and nature in all its many moods. A ifelong textile artist, Maureen has been rughooking for six years and expects to be hooking for many more. Loops are what make a rughooked mat a simple stitch, making the craft an easy one to learn, yet giving an astonishing breadth of expression and individuality to each person's design, with an infinite palette possible through dyeing wools.

Andrea Mulder-Slater - Acrylic, coffeecolours, watercolours, ink and pastel
Jarea Art Studio
Lower King Street
St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1Y2
506/529-4936::andrea@mulderslater.com
www.mulderslater.com/andrea

In addition to painting the beauty of the land and sea in watercolour and acrylic, Andrea also creates textural abstracts, coffeecolours, mixed media paintings and floorcloths. When she's not creating art, Andrea writes for various publications. She is co-founder of KinderArt.com and teaches art to all ages. Andrea has appeared on television in Canada, USA and Japan, on CBC Radio in Canada and in print worldwide. She received her Fine Arts Diploma from Georgian College School of Design & Visual Arts and did her BFA coursework at Thompson Rivers University.

Margaret R. Peterson - Fibre arts (quilting)
75 Ernest Street
St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 2C5
506/529-3236::mpetersn@nbnet.nb.ca

During the art tour Margaret will be a guest at Kingsbrae Gardens Visitors Centre in St Andrews.

Raye's pictorial quilts are inspired by the scenery around the province.

Geoff Slater - Acrylic, watercolours, graphite, printmaking
Jarea Art Studio
Lower King Street
St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1Y2
506/529-4936::geoff@geoffslater.com
www.geoffslater.com

In addition to creating images using watercolour, acrylic and graphite, Geoff also makes prints using woodblock, intaglio and lithograph techniques. His unique style of painting, which he invented 12 years ago, is known as line painting. These are images that are created using one continuous line. He is also a muralistm, and his outdoor art can be seen throughout St. Andrews. Geoff studied landscape design at Fanshawe College, Fine Art at Georgian College School of Design & Visual Arts and printmaking under a master printer.

Tom Smith, RCA - Clay and glaze, various media painting
Tom Smith Pottery
35 Edward Street
St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1V5
506/529-3542::raku@nb.sympatico.ca

Tom has been making pottery for 50 years and painting and drawing forever. The winner of many prestigious awards, he is recognized as one of Canada's best raku potters.

Pat Staples - Watercolour, collage, acrylic, oil pastel
Quoddy Cottage Studio
St Andrews, NB
506/529-4144::quoddy@nb.sympatico.ca

Maritime scenes and flower paintings. Pat paints in watercolor and acrylic, venturing at times to mixed-media and abstract collage. Color is the prime catalyst in her works. Having studied art at the University of Guelph, she has been painting for over 25 years. She has participated in many group shows in Ontario, Florida, British Columbia and New Brunswick. Her pictures are in private collections across Canada, the US, Russian, the UK and Germany.

Robert A. Van de Peer - Non-toxic techniques in the techniques of etching
Sunbury Shores Print Shop
139 Water Street
St Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 1A7
506/529-3386::nature@sunburyshores.org
http://sunburyshores.org

During the art tour Robert will be a guest artist at the Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre in St Andrews.

"For the last two years, my work has been involved in the development of non toxic techniques in printmaking, in particular the medium of etching. This medium is now a 'green' method for producing and creating original art works. It is safe for any artist. At Sunbury Shorts, printshop we offer a toxic-free studio for experienced artists and up-and-coming students of the arts."

Theresa Taylor - Oils, watercolour, acrylics
5559 Route 127
Bocabec, New Brunswick E5B 3H7
506/529-3656::burl@nb.sympatico.ca

Since 1995, Theresa has been painting in oil, watercolour, acrylic and other media. She has participated in local, provincial and national exhibits and received an honourable mention in the Moncton Art Society Juried Competition. Theresa enjoys painting a variety of subjects, but prefers landscapes, flowers and family and pet portraits. Inspired by her Acadian heritage, her paintings clearly demonstrate her delight in nature and are found in collections across Canada and in the United States and Australia.

June Cable - Fibre arts (wool and felting)
60 McKay Loop Road
Pennfield, New Brunswick E5H 2K4
506/755-3388::felter_june@yahoo.ca
http://wizardoffelt.com

During the art tour June will be a guest artist at Bertha Day Art and Craft Gallery in St Andrews.

I am a Fibre Artist with a passion for felt and recycling. I feel that I am now into the F.U.N. Factor (frivolity and uninhibited nonsense). I am trying to stay in the 'Green Zone.'

Carolyn Connor - Digital photography
Mascarene Images
193 Mascarene Road
St. George, New Brunswick E5C 2P6
506/755-7872::carolynconnor3@hotmail.com

"Beauty is not hard to find on the Passamaguoddy Bay. I was fortunate enough to grow up in Letete, delighting in the pure freshness of the Atlantic Ocean, and the simple goodness of the people who speckle her shores. My interest in photography was born in capturing family events, then caught fire when the lens turned outward to our amazing habitat. This corner of the world is a fresh gift to be savored, like new stories shared amongst old friends."

Anne Hill - Watercolour
Hill Studio
613 Mascarene Rd
Mascarene, New Brunswick E5C 2S3
506/755-4283::anne.hill@gnb.ca

Anne Hill enjoys painting mostly out of doors along the shores of Charlotte County, NB. She is also a biologist working with the Department of Agriculture & Aquaculture, St. George. Her love of the natural world shines out from her watercolours. Her work is on display in a cottage next to her home, over looking a magnificent view of the Maguadavic River / Passamaquoddy Bay estuary.

Sara Sparks - Oil paintings on canvas
Gillmor's Coach House
17 Clinch Street
St. George, New Brunswick E5C 3S9
506/755-3567::sarasj@nb.sympatico.ca
http://sarasparks.ca

"I have been painting professionally for over 30 years. While my subject matter may vary, my style is representational. For some time, I've been exploring the world of animals. There's an emotional component in my work."