Artists | Chaptertwo

Chapter Two is proud to show the work of exceptional, locally connected artists and artisans creating original work of the highest caliber in a variety of media. Visit the gallery to savor our current selection of fine art and craft, or contact us for further information about available work by a particular gallery contributor.

Rose Arenstam -- Quilts

Gouldsboro, ME, artist Rose Arenstam is a quilter extraordinaire and her work is filled with an extravagance of color, dimension and shape. Although she often incorporates traditional quilting patterns, blocks and shapes into her work, she puts in her own contemporary twists, resulting in eye-catching, artful fiber pieces which go far beyond the normal concept of a quilt. Rose’s quilt are expressions of delight and celebrations of the beauty of life.

Lou Charlett - Turned Wood

New Gloucester, ME artist Louis Charlett designed and built hand crafted furniture for more than 30 years. More recently, he has focused on producing lamps, turned bowls, and trays. With a distinctive style his work pays homage to classic design and contemporary influences. Each of Lou's woodwork pieces is a unique creation that highlights the natural elegance and beauty of wood, combining functionality and glamour in a stunning work of art

Martha Chessie - Handwoven Baskets

Roque Bluffs and Shapleigh, ME, artist Martha Chessie creates incomparable hand woven baskets that capture the essence of Maine. Her intricate pieces are both beautiful, functional and collectable. From berry picking baskets to market baskets, picnic baskets to Adirondack pack baskets, Martha's work is intricate, solid and elegant. Many of here pieces incorporate color, carefully chosen embellishments, adornments and whimsical elements, that give them individual character that is uniquely Martha!

Natalie Craig -- Painter

San Francisco, CA, artist Natalie Craig was a 2007 Acadia National Park Artist in Resident and has shown work at the gallery since 2008. Her art explores the relationship between observation and interpretation in everyday landscapes and is a search for beauty in chaos. She strives to create art that pays homage to contradictions and compliments in the environment. In her work Natalie captures tranquility and mayhem, fear and courage, fragility and strength.

Corea, pottery, coffee mug, ceramics, plates, bowls

Lee Cummings - Pottery

Portland, ME potter Lee Cummings has over 50 years of experience creating with clay, as a production potter and a college level pottery instructor. Whether working with sinuous coils, soft slabs or balls of clay, Lee sculpts pieces that are both utilitarian and beautiful. Her mugs, plates and bowls, in vivid colors and subtle designs are perfect statements of the importance of design in everyday items.

Kurt Einhaus - Painting

Corea, ME, and Beverly, MA, artist Kurt Einhaus creates visual expressions inspired by his life in New England. Nature and wildlife fuel his creative process. He uses color, brush technique, stroke and mark making to translate the concept art in his head into vibrant finished paintings. Immersing himself in his art Kurt gets into a flow state in which time seems to melt away and worries about past, present and future fade. The result is a body of work which captures a deep mindfulness of his environment and celebrates the energy and life of his world.

collage artist, papwer artist, Maine artist

Barbara Fernald -- Collage

Isleford, ME, artist Barbara Fernald loves working with paper. In June 2022, her good friend, artist Miklos Pogany, arrived on Little Cranberry Island, and Barbara spent time with him working on collages and talking about life and death. After Miklos passed that August, his widow offered Barbara a large flat file of Miklos’ castoff collages and monotypes. The colorful abstract art inspires her. As she looks through Miklos’ work, elements jump out at her. She cuts up and rearranges what speaks to her to create art that is unique and a testament to island life, connections, community, generosity and friendship.

Roy Gruver - Fused Glass

Prospect Harbor and Bethlehem, PA artist Roy Gruver, along with his partner Rhonda Snowaert, specializes in kiln-formed glass creations. He uses color, line and heat to create movement and intricate patterns in functional fused glass pieces -- bowls and platters. He also creates geometric wall panels in striking colors. Roy and Rhonda have a long history of teaching art glass techniques, most recently at The Corning Museum of Glass and locally through Schoodic Arts for All.

Tom Hitchins -- Folk Art

Steuben, ME, artist Tom Hitchins has turned to creating art for solace and pleasure. Tom's eye for space, shape, geometry, line, material and design emerged from his very successful career as an architect in New Jersey and Maine. Focusing on sustainability, Tom makes new art from old bits, pieces and whatnots, repurposing the detritus of life into art evocative of the coast of Maine. His downeast boats, schooners and airships are quirky and quaint, sassy, witty, sarcastic, sardonic and downright fun.

Lisa Holt - Pebble and Seaglass Collage

Camden, ME, artist Lisa Holt has been creating whimsical collages using beach stones, pebbles, seaglass, and shells for more than 20 years. Often found wondering Maine's beaches for inspiration, the now retired elementary school teacher has an exceptional eye for shape, detail and design. Lisa's creations achieve a level of sophistication and nuance that set them apart.

maine, art, acrylics, painting, coast, seascapes

Lucille Holt Sottery -- Painting

Steuben and Cape Elizabeth, ME, artist Lucille Holt Sottery, having grown up in the hustle and bustle of New York loves the beauty and peacefulness of Maine . Early in her art career, she focused on water colors but transitioned to acrylics for the control and texture the medium offers. Her work is inspired by her surroundings. She explores her world with curiosity and passion, interpreting what she sees with an unparalleled depth of detail and vibrancy of color. The results are perceptive views of life and nature that inspire, calm and warm the soul

Margo Klass -- Bookmaking & Mixed Media Constructions

Corea and Fairbanks, AK artist Margo Klass creates intricate art books as well as phenomenal mixed media constructions. She internalized the meticulous craftsmanship that bookbinding demands early in her career, and the tools, materials, techniques, and skills of bookbinding are still the foundations of her artistic process. Her artist books that are more traditional in structure -- configurations of two-dimensional pages between front and back covers -- are bound with precision and craftsmanship. Margo also does a lot of three-dimensional work, box constructions and other sculptural works. These focus on a single theme, often incorporate found objects and are reflections of the kind of aesthetic solitude that has always been important to her. Always, she strives for intimacy, contemplation, and stillness in time and place.

maine artist, watercolors, acrylics, contemporary art, abstract art

Sember Lockwood -- Painting

Camden, ME, artist Sember Lockwood is a self taught artist who approaches her work with curiosity, passion and spirituality. She explores and interprets nature and her environment through a strong sense of color, movement and design. She believes that understanding beauty is a sensory experience — visual, tactile and whole-body encompassing, and she incorporates this philosophy into each piece of her work. Using bits of nature and a variety of media, forms and styles, whatever Sember touches becomes a unique work of art.

Julie McWIlliams -- Painting

Milbridge, ME, artist Julie McWilliams is best known as a figurative painter from lower New York City. Although her focus continues to be with the human form, she has been influenced by the Maine landscape since moving here in 2019. Her art is still strongly based in expressionism, but she is developing a deep appreciation for simple deliberate draftsmanship. The result is a body of work that is evolving, alluring, arresting and engaging.

Dan Miller - Woodblock Prints and Woodblocks

Corea, ME, and Christiana, PA, artist Dan Miller has taught at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts since 1964. Although gifted in a variety of media, Dan considers himself to be primarily a printmaker. He is renowned for his Corea inspired works: seascapes, landscapes, birds, insects and animals. He also creates detailed portraits of writers, philosophers, artists and musicians, focusing on people who have interesting faces with exceptional character. Using soft pine, he carves his blocks using a straight-edged razor blade. After completing a print run, he used to use his blocks as firewood, but then came to see them as original works of art that are available for sale. This summer, he will celebrate his 97th birthday.

Marianne Perlak --

Corea, ME, and Watertown, MA, artist Marianne Perlak, skilled in a variety of media, and with an eye to the eclectic, each year creates a body of work that is different from the previous years work. It is, however, always eye stopping art that challenges perceptions and demands thought. Marianne’s 2025 “Polychromes” are luminously enthusiastic and celebrate vibrancy with abandon. Seemingly simple, they are, in fact, a collage of color, texture and photograph meticulous designed with carefully considered layouts, intricate details and painstaking marks. They are stand alone paintings that can also work in groups of 2, 3 4 or more.

Elizabeth Petersen -- Eco-Dyed Textiles

Lamoine and Scarborough, ME, artist Elizabeth Petersen creates unique scarves, pillowcases, coasters, table runners and more by eco-printing locally foraged plants on high quality silk and linen. She designs each piece by arranging the plant leaves and fruits on her base material and then transferring the natural plant dyes, colors and images to the base material. Elizabeth's pieces are classy, refined and sophisticated.

Laura Pierce -- Iris Designs Jewelry

Whiting, ME artist Laura Pierce creates unique jewelry inspired by the beauty and spirit of Maine. Using gemstones, beads, hand-forged metal shapes, sea glass and stone elements, each of Laura's pieces is a one of a kind creation. She loves the challenge and reward that comes from using what nature tosses into her path and aims to convey the wildness and freedom of the sea in her work. Her jewelry speaks of the remoteness, breathtaking views and the close knit community that is Downeast Maine and indelibly etched into her being.

Rebecca Poole-Heyne -- Acrylic Paintings

Bucksport, ME, artist Rebecca Poole-Heyne grew up in rural Maine and sought the landscape as a place of peace, refuge and hope. After teaching art in schools on the Blue Hill Peninsula for the past two decades, Becca has returned to the landscape as a theme in her painting. This has opened a door to the remnants of old emotions which are poignant and powerful. Trees, bushes, blossoms, light and water resonate with Becca. She takes photos to capture the spectacular beauty and the ordinary vitality if everyday life in the deep woods. Inter studio, she distills and abstracts her images with small ink drawings and then ut brush to canvas. The woods rescued Becca as a child and now Becca finds they provide solace through light, color and shape as an adult.