Botanical Illustrations by Linda Heppes Funk
July 25 – August 15, 2010

Linda Heppes Funk is an artist with 35 years experience in design and illustration. She works only from live plant specimens, specializing in pencil, drybrush watercolor, gouache, and metalpointe drawing, She tutors private students at her studio in Maine and for many years has taught at various venues, including The New York Botanical Garden; College of the Atlantic and The Farnsworth Art Museum in Maine; and in Massachusetts at the Creative Arts Center in Chatham, South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, and Wellesley College. In addition to work as a fine artist and decorative painter, she designs furnishings fabrics and ceramic dinnerware. Her work is exhibited widely and appears in many publications.

Susan Van Campen
August 23 – September 12, 2010

Susan Van Campen received a certificate of fine art in oil portraiture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadephia. “I like to paint what I see that strikes me at the moment,” she says, “things that don’t last long – like flowers and skies, water, the sunrise, clouds, approaching storms, a dandelion, an open tulip just before the petals fall off – a poppy bud before it bursts … as simple as possible, without laboring. I am trying to capture the color and shape the first time, that’s all.” Susan was featured in the March, 2009, issue of Maine Home + Design Magazine-March 2009 issue.

Joan Hooker: A Maine Harvest
September 13 – October 17

A Maine Harvest features exquisite still-life oils inspired by the rich harvests from all aspects of Maine life and its glorious seasons. Joan W. Hooker strives to express the essence of her subjects, as well as represent in her work the response which motivates her to paint those subjects. She received a master of fine arts in painting from the New York Academy Graduate School of  Figurative Art in 1993, where she studied with Eric Fischl and Ted Schmidt, among others. She had previously studied at Pratt Institute, the Corcoran School of  Art, and Smith College, where she received her BA. Joan benefited from the inspiration and tutelage of her grandfather, Pennsylvania impressionist John F. Folinsbee, and her uncle, landscape and portrait painter Peter G. Cook. Her work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums.

Jacobus Baas
October 18 – November 14, 2010

Born in the Netherlands in 1945, Jacobus spent his early years in Rotterdam. He moved to the U.S. in his early teens. Following his interest in art as an adult, he created jewelry that contributed to his success as a goldsmith. In 1975, he opened his business in Laguna Beach, Cal., Jacobus Goldsmiths, which is still in the same location. This afforded him the freedom to pursue his first love, painting. Beginning in 1978, Jacobus exhibited his paintings, executed in a studio, alongside his jewelry at the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach. In 1994, he began painting on location during a trip to Santa Fe. “It was like discovering a new world!” Jacobus exclaimed. On subsequent trips to New Mexico and Hawaii, he produced vibrant color-filled landscapes that inspired him to begin a remarkable body of work that is widely acclaimed and admired.

Colin Page
November 15 – December 19, 2010

Colin Page was raised in Baltimore, Md., and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. He transferred to Cooper Union to study painting. Upon graduation he lived in New York City for three years, where he was an active member in the art world. In search of a more-diverse landscape, Page moved to Maine where he found more time to devote to his art. He creates all his work on site and focuses on capturing the atmosphere and light of a scene. He believes through painting he finds moments of beauty in the space around him. Colin Page was featured in the January/February issue of Maine Home + Design magazine.