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Medium: pastel

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Rebecca Yates Shorb lives the artful life. As an educator, she spent 29 years sharing art with youth throughout the public school systems. In 1998 she returned to her passion for plein air painting after she and her husband purchased a home in Maine. She currently conducts an outdoor group with fellow painter Carol Smith, where artists are encouraged to express and challenge themselves artistically. Passionate about the arts, she supports and encourages other artists through collecting, mentoring, and creating. Hosting numerous shows throughout the East Coast has provider her many opportunities to meet artists and art enthusiasts and provides her with a broad audience. Rebecca also volunteers her time serving on the board of the Maine Art Gallery, and Chairing the Scholarship Committee at Hanover Arts Guild.  In 2009 she was the recipient of four awards- the most recent which was the prized Rottler Award at the York (PA) Art Association.

Medium: oil,watercolor,pastel

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Even though my paintings are traditional I believe they reflect my 
background and interest in graphics, whether a simple still life or 
an elaborate landscape.
A fleeting moment: a street scene, an object, the time of day, 
something in nature right in my backyard. I have to capture it.
Painting is about emotion, study, thought and perseverance.
I find acrylics allow me to be freer with my brush strokes, use 
bolder color, and allow for faster drying time.
Starting with a colored background on my canvas: sometimes orange  or 
red, maybe even purple, gives more life to the painting and allows me 
to capture my initial response: a fleeting moment.

Medium: watercolor

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Website: http://tonyvanhasselt.com/

Medium: watercolor

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Website: http://michaelcwelchfineart.com/

Media: oils, watercolors, pastels and sculpture

Artist Statement: “I believe that the reason for painting (or drawing or sculpting) is embedded in the works themselves.  If I knew why, in words, I probably would not have to paint.” —Michael Welch

A Maine native, Michael paints his regular haunts at Biddeford Pool, Fuller Farm in Scarborough, Evans Notch, and the Saco River. This series embody his fascination with the interaction of color and how they relate to these Maine places.

Medium: watercolor, acrylic, collage

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I have followed two distinct and equally serious paths in my artwork, fine art (mostly watercolor, collage, acrylic, oil), and children’s illustration. My fine art subjects include landscape, still life, the figure and portraiture, Much of my work is said to lead the viewer into the realm of the interior, into  “caves, unfolding flowers, and through half opened doorways.”  I look beyond likenesses when it comes to portraits and figures, and sometimes extract connections: a small child and his father, a man and his saxophone,   and sometimes see irony:  the tender expression of a big old boxer dog, a demure and self-assured, collaged girl - melting.  My interpretation of subjects varies from finished realism to textured abstraction.