Meet our 2023 Nature's Canvas Artists!
Visit the artist on KLT trails to observe them creating their vision of our beautiful trails.
Join us on September 28th at The Elective for a reception and auction!
Take nature home with you!
Storm update!
Please take caution as you head out into our preserves. Artists will be painting mainly on Friday and Sunday.
Linda will be painting at Madelyn Marx Preserve on Sunday the 17th afternoon from approximately 1 o'clock onwards.
Parking is along Route 9, in the small parking area or along the road.
Linda Cerosimo
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. Read more...
Tamara will be painting at Butler Preserve on Friday, September 15 starting around 9 a.m. Parking is along Old Port Road.
Tamara Jones
Visit: www.tamara-jones.com. Instagram: @tamtamstudios
Tamara is a Maine artist who grew up in a rural town outside of Bangor. She studied Studio Art and Painting at the University of Maine in Orono, and through the Maine College of Art. Tamara has spent her entire life steeped in Maine’s natural abundance and beauty.
Primarily as a plein air artist, Tamara paints viscerally, letting each experienced moment speak through the artwork. She uses bold and luscious colors with high contrast to create strong dynamic compositions that resonate with the viewer. She sees her artwork as a record of joy.
Wade will be painting at Alewive Preserve, along the red or white trail.
Wade Zahares
https://www.zahares.com/
Artist and children’s book illustrator Wade Zahares works out of his studio on his small farm in southern Maine just outside of Kennebunk where he grew up. He takes inspiration for his whimsical landscapes from the rolling hills surrounding his studio and the creatures that live there. A graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, Zahares’ work has been singled out by Time Magazine and The New York Times as amoung the very best picture books of 1998. His work is sold through selected galleries thoughout New England, is in many private and corporate collections, and the permanent collection at the Decordova Museum of Art in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His 8th picture book, “Frosty The Snowman” Performed by Kenny Loggins, published by Charlesbridge was released this past year.
Doris will be painting at east of route 9/Western Avenue on Madelyn Marx Preserve Friday, September 15 around 10 - 12pm.
Parking is along Route 9, in the small parking area or along the road.
Doris Porell
I became interested in art at a very early age starting with drawing and taking a few lessons in oil painting. I did not pursue this interest until much later in life when it became apparent that, after raising a family and co-operating a family business, time would finally allow me to develop this ability that turned into a passion. I am self-taught for the most part; however, I have taken instruction from award-winning artists, namely Tania Amazeen-Jones (acrylic and pastel) and Claudette Gamache (pastel). I have also attended many various art workshops in both the Southern Maine area as well as in Arizona. I enjoy creating landscapes and seascapes using vibrant colors working mostly from my own photographs and plein air. Read more...
Lizzie will be painting with Trey at two locations: Butler Preserve on Saturday the 16th and the Kennebunk Plains Sunday the 17th.
Lizzie Abelson
Instagram: @lizzieabelson_artist
A New England native, Lizzie was born (1971) and raised in Suffield, Connecticut. She went on from there to study painting at the Rhode
Island School of Design, spending her junior year abroad with RISD’s European Honors Program. She currently lives in Boylston, Massachusetts.
Primarily a studio artist, Lizzie is also a fair-weather plein air painter. Her artistic focus has shifted over the years from figurative work to
botanical illustration to small, intimate landscapes. Her most recent paintings depict spaces that feel at once familiar and foreign. Occasionally, a piece will drift off into abstraction. She is drawn to liminality, quiet colors, strong compositional elements, and balanced arrangements of perfect imperfections that invite the viewer in while also evoking a subtle sense of mystery, unease, or aloneness. Wanderlust and daydreamy escapism move in tandem as a constant undercurrent.
Russel will be painting at Butler Preserve, Sunday the 17th around noon.
Please note: Russel will not be present at the September 28th event, but his art will still be on auction.
Russel Whitten
Instagram : @whittenrussel
’Painting and drawing are the daily remedies for my abiding urge to create.’
Russel Whitten studied art at Maine College of Art, Heartwood College of Art and the Art Students League of New York. He is represented by The Wright Gallery in Cape Porpoise and a member and showing artist with The Ogunquit Arts Association/Barn Gallery. Russel has been teaching for 20 years at art institutions in Southern Maine including Rivertree Center for the Arts in Kennebunk, Sanctuary Arts in Eliot, Old Orchard Beach Adult Education, Wells Adult Education and The University of New England in Biddeford. His painting experience includes scenic artistry in theater painting at The Ogunquit Playhouse, Good Theater in Portland Maine and Prescott Park, Portsmouth NH.
Mary will be painting at east of route 9/Western Avenue on Madelyn Marx Preserve Friday, September 15 around 10 - 12pm.
Mary Greto-Brunner
Instagram: @marygb29
I am a native New Yorker now based in Southern Maine. I continue to do some sea and landscapes but have been exploring abstraction for the past year. I find it freeing and complex at the same time. It’s a challenge.
I use the principles of design I learned over a career as a fashion designer, interior designer, and floral designer. My career was focused on designing and creating for others. Now I focus on art for art’s sake.
Cheryl will be at Sea Road on the 15th to the 16th and Butler on the 17th.
Cheryl Hughes
Visit: www.tinkerscartartart.com
https://www.facebook.com/tinkerscartart
I am a passionate artist with a lifelong love for color and creativity. From my earliest years, I found joy in pencils, markers, and paints, which opened the world of drawing, painting, and illustration for me. I was born and raised in Massachusetts, and now I divide my time between the picturesque landscapes of Maine and the vibrant art community in Florida. This diverse exposure to different environments enriches my artistic perspective, infusing my work with a range of influences. Plein air painting, in particular, has become a deep-seated passion of mine, as I cherish the fresh air and
spontaneity it offers. With each new creation, I invite viewers to experience the world through my unique lens, evoking emotions and inspiring a deeper appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us. I also love to share my passion for painting with my students. I teach both in-person classes and lead a successful online art membership.
Bruce will be at the below locations:
Friday Sept 15
Strawberry Island
Late afternoon, Low Tide 6:21 pm, Sunset 6:52 pm
Bruce McMillan, VWS, IWS
bruce@brucemcmillan.com | www.theartofbruce.blogspot.com
After a career as a photo-illustrator I evolved to watercolors, to interpreting what I see rather than recording it. I paint both plein air and from my photos. I paint almost daily and post to my blog, even if it's merely a sketch.
I'm a Signature Member of the Vermont Watercolor Society (VWS), a member of the Icelandic Watercolor Society, the Plein Air Painters of Maine, and the Art Guild of the Kennebunks (Maine). I'm fortunate to have had a successful career in children's books with more than forty-five published garnering many honors and awards, all but two illustrated with my photography. I live in Maine while continuing my visual journey.
I've published a limited-edition watercolor calendar since 2013. When painting, my mind hears the voice of my sometimes-fellow painter grandson Teague, "It's a painting; you can do anything." And also, the voice of fellow painters, "Keep it fresh," and "Stop, it's done."
Sunday Sept 17
Butler Preserve, Picnic Rock
Late Morning-Early afternoon, High Tide 01:27 pm
Trey will be painting with Lizzie at two locations: Butler Preserve and the Kennebunk Plains.
Trey Wackman
Trey grew up in Texas and has travelled the US extensively, enjoying the varying landscapes along the way. He spent his childhood roaming the woods and playing in the creeks of his family’s property. Art, in its many forms, has always played a part in his life. Drawing, painting, printmaking,
sculpting, ceramics, and metalwork have provided avenues for different types of artistic expression. The sense of place has always been a driving force in his life. From the Pine Ridge in Nebraska, the Chama River and the Cruces Basin Wilderness in New Mexico, the Hill Country of central Texas and the beautiful landscapes of the Northeast, beauty and wonder abound.
Attending RISD’s painting program was a major turning point in his life. Studying under Dean Richardson and Dave Frazer provided excellent tutelage in the ways of paint. Many studio hours were spent loading up the car with canvases and supplies and seeking out landscapes to challenge the eye. After school, Trey moved to New Mexico, where he lived and worked for 18 years. There he fell in with an amazing community of metalworkers. Days were filled with sculpting, fabricating architectural pieces, furniture, and seeking out as many beautiful places as time allowed, painting and sketching along the way. Now living in Arundel, with his wife Keelan and two kids, Colter and Estelle and Cricket the dog, he seeks out the the wild places of Maine. Having access and supporting the wild public spaces and the properties under land trust status is important to him.
Linda will be painting with Michael in the afternoon on September17 around 1 pm until 3pm at Alewive Pond.
Linda Sciaba
I have been painting for many years, mostly in water, colors and acrylics. I love the way the colors blend and flow with watercolors and the freedom of acrylics. I’ve studied with many wonderful artists in watercolor and other mediums, and continue to learn on my own, and from artists whom I admire.
Michael will be painting with Linda in the afternoon on September17 around 1 pm until 3pm at Alewive Pond.
Michael Sciaba
I am a ceramic artist and painter that makes sculptural, functional, and acrylic work. I focus on the expressive nature of the clay itself, as it can accumulate layer, aggregate, fracture, and metamorphosis into a surface or exterior that speaks for the natural physical tendencies of clay this is work that looks like natural formations of rock that you might find in a canyon, at the beach, or in the woods. I strive to find a way for ceramics to breathe new life into artistic expression by leading material properties, and universal aesthetic come together to create some thing with the what might be a life itself I have exhibited in a number of calories and was part of a group show at the Maine Center for Contemporary Art in Rockport in 2008.
Andrea will be painting at the east of Route9/Western Avenue on Madelyn Marx Preserve Friday, September 15 around 10 - 12pm.
Andrea Roth Kimmich
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, indulged myself with a sola show with 90 pieces up at Kennebunk Free Library’s Speers Gallery last year, along with numerous other showings in Lewiston’s Munka Gallery, and Kennebunkport’s Masonic Lodge under the banner of the Maine Women in the Arts.
In my role as environmental activist and advocate I was particularly delighted to be part of Kennebunk’s Brick Store Museum’s recent “Earthly Observations” Exhibit as it engendered my passion for community building and collaborative art work in the context of celebrating and caring for our environment in the face of the climate change pandemic. I am likewise thrilled to participate in Kennebunk Land Trust’s “Nature’s Canvas Unveiled” event.
Beverly will be at Sea Road on the 15th to the 16th and Butler on the 17th.
Beverly McCarthy
Beverly McCarthy is a New England native, enjoying the beauty of Maine in the summer, and a rural small town in Massachusetts in the winter surrounded by apple orchards and local farms.
Her love and gift of creativity started as a child and bloomed over the decades. She has had art in her blood from a very young age, always having paper and pencil nearby.
After completing college with a degree in Commercial Art/Advertising Design, she had a successful career as an Art Director and Graphic Designer. Her artistic endeavors flowed simultaneously with her career and her work evolved into a multitude of fields and mediums. Currently, her interests include Watercolor, Acrylics, and Mixed Media.
Her work focuses on capturing aspects of nature, botanicals, the ocean and landscapes, and the shapes, textures, and colors related to it.
Currently, she is the owner of Bev McCarthy Art and she pursues her love of painting and mixed media, while enjoying the creative side of travel and outdoor sketching.
L.M. will be painting at Butler Preserve
Sunday, September 10: Preliminary sketching, w/c.
Wednesday, September 13: Continuation
Thursday, September 14 - Sunday, September 17: Final plein air painting
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.