Charles Laurier Dufour, Belfast, ME(web)
Fine Art Photographer

"The Wait"

2007; B & W Film Photograph; 18x24

Artist Statement: "The human condition, the veritable sea of our shared emotional experience, is one of the underlying themes in my work. One individual’s artistic expression can be seen as human emotion transformed into social communication. We feel and we think. And we act. That’s about the sum of it. A general goal of mine is to create work that will be perceived as provocative and/or evocative; that is, it will lead the viewer to think and/or to feel. Ideally, this would happen both while the viewers are examining my work and after they’ve moved on. For many of my photographs, I will never know whether I truly have provoked or evoked. I can live with that fact.” --Charles Laurier Dufour

Call 207-338-6448 or e-mail charlie@du4photo.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

Melissa Post van der Burg, Augusta, ME (web)
Painter

"Floating"
oil on panel; 16x20

Artist Statement: "I like to focus on the life around me—my family and the various artifacts that accompany our lives.” --Melissa Post van der Burg

Call 207-621-0980 or e-mail mpvdb@gwi.net