Meet The Artists 2026
Meet our 2026 Nature’s Canvas Artists!
Join us at the Colony Hotel on December 12th for an artist open house during Prelude!
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The Colony Hotel Coveside Lobby (across from the main building)
Meet the artists, see their pieces, bid for them online, snack on snacks, drink on drinks, and take nature home with you!
Linda Cersosimo
Visit: lindacersosimo.com
Linda Cersosimo is an artist and fine arts professor. She creates art in several mediums including acrylic paint, encaustic, watercolor, mixed media, collage, monotype, etching and silkscreen. She also teaches multiple art courses at Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH, where she is an adjunct professor in the Fine Arts Department. Linda received the President’s Award for Outstanding Adjunct Professor at Great Bay Community College in 2019. Born in Boston, MA, Linda has produced art throughout her life. She graduated from MA College of Art and Design where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education and a Master of Science in Art Education.
Linda retired after a successful career as an art specialist in the Billerica MA Public School system, teaching there for 36 years. Linda has enjoyed working at the college level now for over a decade. She continues to share her love for the visual arts with her many students.
The natural world is an endless source of inspiration for Linda. She often paints outside, en plein air, where she captures the transient light, color, and organic composition of the natural environment. She shares the visual surprises she’s discovered embedded in a setting, using color intuitively to recreate the dynamic energy and friction she’s observed. Each piece conveys her personal connection with the landscape. In addition to her creative practice, she is a curator, educator, and arts organizer, and has served on Boards of Directors for arts organizations.
Linda’s artwork is on view at Gallery 302 in Bridgton, ME where she is an exhibiting member. She has exhibited her art in galleries and business throughout New England. lindacersoimo@gmail.com
508 574 1602
Danielle Lehoux
Danielle Lehoux (pronounced “Lehoo”) creates graphic artwork out of her studio in Wells, Maine. Using a stylus and a touchscreen laptop, she digitally paints subjects that evoke joy and nostalgia. Every product tells a story, whether it’s the call of a loon, a pine-silhouetted moonrise, or that feeling of salt air and stillness.
Richard Perry
Retired and longtime conservation organization supporter, I have been exploring sculpture, and sculptural furniture for a number of years. I particularly like to incorporate found or repurposed objects and materials.My present pieces encompass those by using carrara marble, coarse veined marble, metal and fir and mahogany offcuts.
I have shown and sold my work at the Wright Gallery, Rivertree Arts, Corey Daniels Gallery and at George Marshall Gallery. My mentor was Gil Page, a well-known local sculptor. I am proud to have been chosen by her family to receive some of her materials, unfinished works, books and tools following her passing.
Laura Dauphinais
Living on the south coast of Maine, Laura Dauphinais is primarily a landscape and wildlife photographer. In her local and travel photography, she spends time capturing both color and monochrome images, with the dramatic monochrome genre being her initial draw to photography. After taking pictures most of her life, she is now increasing her knowledge, sharpening her skills, and truly enjoying her hobby in retirement.
Currently, Laura is utilizing her photography skills to support non-profit organizations. She responds to requests for event coverage, special projects, photographing artifact collections, and donating images for fundraising auctions. Her images have appeared in books, catalogs, print and online media. See some favorites at ShootToStill.com.
Nancy Naimey
I have been painting since college and really enjoy using acrylics to create a painting that is full of color and evokes a feeling in the viewer. I have always supported conservation efforts so I hope I can raise some money for Kennebunk Land Trust with my paintings.
Brooke Tuttle
Brooke Tuttle
I am a 69 year young lifetime fabric artist and painter!
Jack Coughlin
My interest in nature began in elementary school; my passion for photography started in high school. Those interests continued through college where I double-majored in biology and chemistry, then through graduate study in biology and as a biology faculty member at Boston College. Later training in psychiatry, neurochemistry, internal medicine and endocrinology deepened my understanding and appreciation of how we perceive and appreciate the natural world. My photographs have been featured at several locations such as: the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, the Kennebunk Land Trust, the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, and the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.
Christina Davis
Visit: www.christinadavispaintings.
I grew up in the rural part of Westbrook, Maine in a small blue house, surrounded by wide open fields where I kept my horse. I went to college at the Portland School of Art. There I majored in painting and later attended classes in painting and jewelry design at Texas Tech University. After my education I pursued a career as a Jeweler but never stopped painting.
I now reside in Scarborough where the beauty of the beaches, trees, and open marsh fields called me back to painting on a full-time basis. My heritage also inspires my artwork. As a child, my family and I visited our cottage on the beautiful red sand beaches of Prince Edward Island. Now, with a family of my own, I make the trek to the Island each year to paint En plein air. Painting landscapes gives me a freedom to use broader brush strokes and play with the natural light of the time of day.
When starting a painting, the energy in the brush strokes provoke a movement and a commitment from me as a painter to my viewers. While immersed in the process of painting, and even just observing the scenic beauty of driving down a road, I see the world in mixtures of color, shapes, light, and contrast. My goal as a painter is to capture the essence of the beauty I see. I strive to translate these complexities and peace of the natural world around us through my art. I love keeping my mind open to expand this process each day.
I paint with oil, acrylic or pastel, really enjoying what each medium has to offer. I tend to let the subject matter and “what feel I want to go after” dictate which process I will use. I would describe my paintings as vivid landscapes of places I have a connection to. Whether I am in my studio or outside working fast to capture the moment, my paintings tell a story of where life has taken me, and sometimes, where I want to be.
Marguerite Genest
Visit: www.mgenestart.com
I have loved drawing and painting since childhood. A passion for figure drawing and fashion design could easily distract me from my homework, and my mother often found me doodling in the margins of school notebooks. Mom, who designed and made all of our clothes (prom and wedding gowns a specialty), had an great eye for design and passed her love of fashion on to me. I started with paper dolls and continued on to more serious painting.
I graduated as an art major with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, and have since exhibited in both juried and non-juried shows throughout New England. Over the years my art has evolved to include landscape, seascape and portrait painting. During this evolution, I also developed an interest in the way children learn. I went back to school and earned a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, and eventually a Doctorate in Educational Psychology. These degrees were instrumental in helping me carve out a career where I could help parents to understand how their children learn best, and also work with teachers to incorporate certain practices into their classroom. I have used art to develop visual aids for students as they tackled academic tasks, and encourage them to also use art as a learning tool.I have been fortunate in being able to combine my love for art with my interest in education. In helping to develop a Wellness Center at a local private school, I learned the importance of art for relaxation and meditation – for both children and adults.
I teach classes on the psychology and creation of mandalas, which participants find not only anxiety reducing but revealing of talents they never knew they had! Since relocating to Kennebunk Maine from Western MA, I have discovered a love for beaches and for the people and pets who gather there to enjoy the sea air. I am creatively inspired by the energy of local pets and their owners, who love them as family members. In addition to painting lively pets, I have had the opportunity to memorialize cherished ones who have passed. I love painting their soulful eyes although I do tend to become attached as I bring them to life on canvas! When accepting commissions, I find that collaboration is the key to your satisfaction when painting your beloved pet(s).
Bruce McMillan, VWS, IWS
bruce@brucemcmillan.com | www.theartofbruce.blogspot.com
After a fortunate career as a photo-illustrator for 45 children’s books using the photo realism of photography, Bruce McMillan embraced expressive watercolors, to interpreting what he sees. As his watercolor painting evolved it simplified, using fewer colors but ones that play well with others. He often goes bold with his drawing, using permanent ink instead of graphite. As he says, “Color, bright color, is pure delight. For me, watercolor painting is play.”
Mary Naples
Mary Naples is a resident of Kennebunk who has been studying under local artists since 2020. She primarily works with colored pencils and at times incorporates watercolor enhancements. Mary loves all things nature in her beloved town and finds enjoyment and peace drawing birds and flowers.
Mary Greto-Brunner
Visit: marygretobrunner.com
Norma Johnsen
Norma Johnsen studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design. She’s an award-winning artist working in pastel, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media. She’s a member of the Maine women in the Arts, the Pastel Society of Maine, the Pastel Society of New Hampshire, and the Union of Maine Visual Artists. Norma also studied English at the University of New Hampshire where she earned a PH.D. and taught writing and literature in the University of Maine system. She lives and paints on Peaks Island,
Maine. Selected Art Awards:
Abstract Award, Pastel Society of New Hampshire Member Show, 2024, 2023
First prize Pastel Society of Maine’s National Juried show, 2023
Best of Show Maine Women in the Arts, 2016, 2014
Best of Show Art Guild of the Kennebunks, 2012
Honorable Mention Annual Animals in Art Exhibition, University of Louisiana, 2011, 2004
Third prize Pastel Society of New Hampshire’s National Juried show, 2010
Ellen Pelletier
Member Art Guild of the Kennebunks and Maine Women in the Arts
Doris Porrell
L.M. Turner
My art interests have been an ongoing journey across the country and around the world. From the Gallery of Modern Art and the Phillips-Bourne Collection in Washington, D.C. to galleries in San Francisco, Saigon, Boston and Maine. In Maine, I am associated with a multi gallery business.
My media have includes dry and oil pastels, acrylics, oils, Chinese Ink, archival paper creations, pottery, cold wax, print making and silk screening, basket weaving and stained glass. There are no limitations to what I will try.
Memberships in Maine have included Maine Women in the Arts, Saco Bay Artists, Pastel Society of Maine, and the Maine All-Inclusive Pastel Society. In the 2017 Pastel Society International Juried Show I received recognition and a show prize. I was invited to be the Judge for the Art Guild of the Kennebunks Annual Juried Show in 2017.
Paisley Turner
Paisley has won awards for her creative compositions, including an award from Sony. She sells gyclee fine art prints and large-format, museum quality prints on metal, which have been collected by art buyers across the US and around the world.
Andrea Roth Kimmich
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreakimmichinthearts/andreakimmichinthearts
I dabble in a variety of arts. So many art forms and enterprises demand and compete for my attention. I feel such joy in making something from nothing, whether it’s a gazpacho made from produce picked up at a farmstand, a gypsy scarf made from a leftover wool, or a painting using some discarded paints and wood.
My paintings are acrylic and/or oil on wood custom selected for each piece. In actuality though it’s the wood that determines what’s to go on it. Call me a wood-whisperer. I won’t mind. I am. Some pieces of wood speak louder and more clearly than others, but most have a story, and all can tell one, and I’m happy to bring them to life, based on landscapes profoundly dear or familiar to me, ones that draw me in, some over and over again. And while i was once serious about coloring within the lines, i now enjoy painting the way i see things – a bit blurry! 🙂
I’m a relative newcomer to the area, especially by Maine standards, and have had most of my showings in New York’s greater metropolitan area. I’m delighted to have moved a part of my focus to Maine and its spectacular landscapes, and I am eager to share my work with visitors here in support of the Kennebunk Land Trust.
Marie Wilson-Lago
I love to paint! My dad loved to paint! He painted the sea and ships beautifully and I like to think, and hope, that I have inherited a few of his genes. My choice of subject is nature, our meadows, streams, seacoasts, marshlands, and simply what we see each day living here in Maine. I started my education by attaining a Bachelor’s Degree in the Visual Arts from the New York State University system. Through the years, I’ve studied with Richard MacDaniel, Karen O’Neil, and Elizabeth Mowry at the Woodstock School of Art in Woodstock, NY. I also spent two years attending art classes at the Boston Fine Arts Museum with Lewis Berenberg. Now living in Maine I have attended classes at Heartwood here in Kennebunk, and now study with Dennis Rafferty. Through the years, I have been in shows in Woodstock, NY and Rhinebeck NY. Here in Kennebunk I had a one-woman show Speers Gallery, and have been in multiple Maine Women in the Arts Shows, Gooseneck Beach Association’s shows, Colours in Falmouth.
