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Artists
Michele
Stapleton
Maine location
photographer specializing in travel, people & documentary photography for
editorial, education & commercial clients. Also accepting a limited number
of bookings each year for weddings in a documentary (photojournalism)
style.
 Evelyn
Dunphy
My paintings are symbols
of places I love and of ordinary things transformed by light shining through
them. I'm deeply drawn to the northern landscape, from Maine to Newfoundland
and Labrador.
I've hiked through the woods to a wilderness camp on Katahdin
Lake in northern Maine and slept in a bunk bed in a hundred year old log cabin
- to get up at dawn and be taken by a Maine guide down the lake to a remote
spot and dropped off to paint by myself with only the sound of wind and waves
lapping on the shore. There's an indescribable beauty in the remote, often
barren and solitary places. I work in transparent watercolor because I love the
pure washes and the luminosity of it. The medium suits my purposes and the
possibilities are endless.
Born: Rumford, Maine Education: Rumford High
School 1971,University of Southern Maine, B.F.A., 1976 Awarded the Carina House
Monhegan Artists Residency, 1996 Founding member, former Board Member and
President of the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club.
An avid backpacker, camper,
photographer and amateur naturalist, Phil camps year round in the northeast, as
far north as central Quebec and Labrador.
As a recipient of the Carina
House Monhegan Artist's Residency sponsored by the Farnsworth Museum, Phil
spent five weeks on Monhegan Island, painting and hiking the island's natural
wonders in the summer of '96.
Influences: from the luminists, the idea of
the landscape imbued with the spiritual Asher B. Durand, a highly underrated
nineteenth century painter Neil Welliver helped Phil to see that it was O.K. to
paint the interior.
Mt. Katahdin is Maine's highest mountain at almost one mile high and
located in Baxter State Park. In order to reach the park, one must drive by the
famous landmark called "Pockwockamus Rock" which was painted by the Maine
Conservation Camp Kids.
Inspiration for my art comes from living in Maine
year round and loving the entire state.
By living in Millinocket, directly
in the center of Maine, I am able to access the whole state within hours.
Camera in hand, I traverse the area in search of subject matter. Not only do
the scenes of mountains and ocean in seasonal dress provide inspiration for me
in my art studio, but also in my photography…my second love. I am a
self-taught artist and have been painting for over 30 years. I work primarily
in acrylic and strive for realism, with a flair for looseness and
imagination.
Galleries:
Memories of
Maine Gallery -
80 Penobscot Ave - Millinocket, Me.
04462
207-723-4834
Birdsnest Gallery - 12 Mt. Desert Street - Bar
Harbor, Me. 04609
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