David Graeme Baker; Hancock ME (web)
Painter/

"Late October"

2009, oil on linen, 14x18
Artist represented by The Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth (web)

Artist Statement: "A career artist and graduate of Wesleyan University and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, David Baker moved to Maine in 2000. His paintings combine figure, still life, and landscape into compelling narrative paintings that invites the viewer to create their own story. The slower pace and domestic surroundings created by his young family (Baker and his wife, Sarah, have two young sons) have influenced his work. ”

Call The Courthouse Gallery: (207) 667-6611 or e-mail info@davidgbakerpainting.com

James W. Strickland, Belfast ME (web)
Scultptor & painter

"Voyager" | 2009 | $15,000

24 carat gold, wood and metal
Utilizing IC technology for levitation
7 feet high x 2 feets wide x 2 feet deep

Artist Statement: "In my work I would like to convey the sense of the voyage of ideals, the arrival of a dreamworld. To hover between the real and the spiritual world. To call up ‘stories’ from our collective past, still points around which our private memories revolve.” --James Strickland

Call: (207) 338-5177 or e-mail james@jamesstricklandart.com

James W. Strickland, Belfast ME (web)
Scultptor & painter

"Voyager" | 2009 | $15,000

24 carat gold, wood and metal
Utilizing IC technology for levitation
7 feet high x 2 feets wide x 2 feet deep

Artist Statement: "In my work I would like to convey the sense of the voyage of ideals, the arrival of a dreamworld. To hover between the real and the spiritual world. To call up ‘stories’ from our collective past, still points around which our private memories revolve.” --James Strickland

Call: (207) 338-5177 or e-mail james@jamesstricklandart.com

Ingrid Ellison, Camden, ME (web)
Painter

"Rose Blood"
2009, oil on two panels, 10x18

Artist Statement: "Painting is record-keeping. My aim is that each piece evokes a quiet moment in time. My paintings are an exploration of color, line and composition informed by impressions of place and aspects of nature. The visual structure for my work has led me to build my paintings in layers, much as a printmaker would combine multiple plates to create an image. With a meditative commitment to draw with paint, I study elements of nature, both from my surrounding environment and from the microscopic world. These I combine with intuitive mark making and invented iconography. Additionally, the seduction of color and paint itself play an important role in the process of making my work. The juxtaposition of these elements, along with imagery both real and unreal, is what I strive to mesh into a total visual experience. Each element contributes to the effect of the whole, while never losing its own identity in the piece.” --Ingrid Ellison

Call: (207) 236-3963 or e-mail ingrid.ellison64@gmail.comm

Ingrid Ellison, Camden, ME (web)
Painter

"Watch Over Me"
2009, oil on panel, 14x14

Artist Statement: "Painting is record-keeping. My aim is that each piece evokes a quiet moment in time. My paintings are an exploration of color, line and composition informed by impressions of place and aspects of nature. The visual structure for my work has led me to build my paintings in layers, much as a printmaker would combine multiple plates to create an image. With a meditative commitment to draw with paint, I study elements of nature, both from my surrounding environment and from the microscopic world. These I combine with intuitive mark making and invented iconography. Additionally, the seduction of color and paint itself play an important role in the process of making my work. The juxtaposition of these elements, along with imagery both real and unreal, is what I strive to mesh into a total visual experience. Each element contributes to the effect of the whole, while never losing its own identity in the piece.” --Ingrid Ellison

Call:(207) 236-3963 or e-mail ingrid.ellison64@gmail.comm