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Celebrating 20 years of savoring art and celebrating artists
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.
Katie Busick - Oil Painting
Salisbury Cove, ME, artist Katie Busick creates oil paintings that offer a quiet moment of peace and a sense of wonder. Growing up on the North Shore of Massachusetts, her camera, sketchbook and paint were always close at hand. Now she draws endless inspiration from the islands, rocky shores, shifting light and ever-changing sea of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Her pieces are dramatic statements of the duality of nature, capturing both vastness and intimacy. They inspire viewers to look closely and step back in awe.
Brian Caine - Oil Painting
Bar Harbor, ME, artist Brian Caine, retired from practicing medicine after 45 years as a family physician, and on a whim, took a watercolor class at the local high school. This sparked his interest in painting and led him to a local community arts organization, where he explored oil painting and was captivated by the depth and luminosity of the medium. Brian finds inspiration in the beauty of everyday surroundings, and after several years of intense study and practice, he has come into his own.
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
W.R. (Bill) Cheney - Watercolors
Swan’s Island, ME, artist W.R. (Bill) Cheney got his first sailboat when he was twelve and began a long association with boats and the sea. Both his parents were painters, so his interest in art had an early start. It intensified during summer sojourns with his mother on Monhegan Island, where he plied his brush alongside many of the prominent artists of the day. Just recently, he found some of his mother’s old paint brushes and a palette. One thing led to another and for the first time in sixty years Bill has been enjoying the special pleasures of putting paint to canvas, creating fanciful images of boats, the sea and the relationship between the two
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.
Brenna Crothers - Linocut Print Making
Sorrento, ME and Portland, ME artist Brenna Crothers creates fanciful linocut printed runners, napkins and totes. Focusing on bold patterns and bright colors, her designs on cotton and linen are celebrations of nature and life. Simple yet elegant, Brenna's designs lead to pieces that dress up, enliven and beautify.
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.
Maria Dejongpa - paper mache
Beverly, MA, artist Maria Dejongpa finds something magical in the hard hollowness of paper mache: the fact that something like old newspaper can transformed into something hard, three dimensional and filled with life. Her art is non-cerebral; it comes from turning off the thinking part of her brain and allowing whatever flutters up in the branches or lurks in the dark corners to find physical form. Maria’s then paints and repaints many times until the colors and patterns are right, and the form finds its essence.
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.
Barbara Fernald - Needle Felting
Isleford, ME, artist Barbara Fernald creates felted birds which are the essence of whimsy. Each has a unique personality that is expressed through detail, pose, color and adornment. Her goal is to provide relief, release and a surge of pleasure. She wants to bring us each a little joy and a lot of happiness
Roy Gruver - Fused Glass
Prospect Harbor, ME, 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.
Lucille Holt Sottery -Painting
Steuben, ME, 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, ME, 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.
Chris Leith - Fiber Art
Sedgwick, ME, artist Chris Leith is a master weaver and unparalleled dyer, textile designer, seamstress and fiber artist. She has always loved thread. Simple stitching settles her restlessness. She works intuitively, often with no particular product in mind. Stitches emerge wander through her thoughts and come together as either art pieces or functional wearable fiber art.
Jeff Loxterkamp - Oil Painting
Bangor, ME, artist Jeff Loxterkamp's goal is to create a virtual reality. Working on an easel in his studio from photographs he has taken, he creates detailed abstractions. His art attempts to allow viewers to experience and explore a location as if they were physically there.
Rocky Mann - Pottery
Bar Harbor, ME, artist Rocky Mann has been a studio potter for over 53 years, and still remains continuously challenged and fascinated with the art of clay. He focuses on using clay as a canvas, employing a variety of techniques to create graphic themes and patterns which reflect the natural world that surrounds him on Mount Desert Island.
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.
Robert Miller - Watercolors
Beals Island, ME, artist and small boat lobsterman Robert Miller has been creating and fishing for 40+ years. An abstract-expressionistic painter, his primary medium is watercolor. His work is bold, stimulating and graphic exactly like the Downeast waters and coast around Beals Island and Jonesport where he fishes.
Jaye Orgera - Hand Knit Sweaters.
Steuben, ME, artist Jaye Orgera is a knitter extraordinaire. She creates warm, sweaters, capes, stoles and other wearables using exceptional wool she selects for its quality, color and texture. Her designs are contemporary, sophisticated and fun.
Jaye Orgera - Painting
Steuben, ME, artist Jaye Orgera creates abstract paintings inspired by her gardens and the coast of Maine. Her "scribbles" are filled with life and energy and color and brightness. Although very alive and fluid, they are also calming, and allow for interpretation based on personal experiences and values.
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