The Winter Artist Market at Harpswell Corner Market will run November 28th to December 21st, Thursdays through Sundays, from 10am — 3pm each day. This holiday pop-up will feature local artists and craftspeople, and include ever-green items and holiday cheer. Please see below for a bit about each of the participants, and we hope you will swing by for a visit. The Winter Artist Market will conclude with an afternoon of wood fired pizza and sweet treats on Sunday December 21st, from noon until we run out!
Barbara Coburn is an artist in Harpswell that works in watercolor and egg tempera. Her realistic paintings are of coastal and rural Maine and New England.
She is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society. Her award winning paintings have been in many juried shows and can be found hanging in private and corporate collections.
Liz Stamey makes functional pottery for everyday use and enjoyment, handmade in Harpswell.
Instagram lizstameypottery
Nearly 20 years ago Lee Centeno took a jewelry making class at Maine College of Art, seeking a creative outlet while working for a large corporation. All these years later, she has a home studio where she makes contemporary
jewelry using mix metals including silver, gold filled and copper. Her designs include the use of patinas and hammers to create additional colors and textures.Lee is also the co-owner of Meraki Gallery, a seasonal gallery in Harpswell that promotes Maine artists and crafts people.
Nancy Marstallar has been creating art all her life. Her art is inspired by the world around her, especially birds. Working with watercolor, pencils, collage, printing, and fabric, she also makes flag strings and banners as a way to put more beauty, smiles, and positive energy into the world.
Her work has been shown in local businesses and galleries including Markings Gallery in Bath and The Mix in Brunswick.
Joelle Feldman is a representational painter who seeks to capture the range of vibrancy, subtlety and shadow that nature offers at a given instant. Joelle worked in watercolor and oil for a time before she discovered pastels, which have become her medium of choice.
Joelle is an award winning artist and highly respected instructor and her art is on display in galleries in Maine and Massachusetts.
For the past 39 years Marcia Stremlau has lived and painted on Flye Point in Brooklin. Enthralled with the beauty of the natural world and the ever changing landscape of the coast of Maine, the granite shore, the untamed woods, the meadows and fields. Marcia works in watercolor, ink and acrylic on panel and paper, and creates watercolor accordion artist books. I love Plein air painting when I can be outside. In winter, I bring nature inside to draw
She shows work regularly at Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill; Meraki Gallery, Harpswell and Gallery b, Castine.
Instagram: marciastremlau
Annie Gatewood is a ceramic artist living in Harpswell. She works primarily on the wheel, making functional pottery decorated with carving, alteration, slip, or handbuilt elements. She uses white stoneware and fire to cone 6 in an electric kiln and is continually exploring shape and form, making each piece unique.
Her work is for sale at Studio84 in Cundy’s Harbor.
Nancy Grice’s paintings combine landscape and abstraction. Her current work is mostly acrylic, based on the view of the trees and skyline outside of her studio in Harpswell. The trees, in dynamic collaboration with the earth and sky, seem to be a perfect metaphor for connecting the dirt of earth with the cosmos.
For Nancy, painting is a way to participate in the activity of life and my experience of nature and spirit.
Claire Loon Baldwin is a natural science illustrator and designer based in Maine, specializing in watercolor botanicals, wild foods, and biodiverse landscapes. Claire's art is informed by her experience working in state and national parks across the US.
When not in her studio, Claire spends as much time as she can exploring the coast and mountains of Maine.