Dennis Sheehan, born in Boston in 1950, is a member of the Guild of Boston Artists, and currently lives and works in the New Hampshire countryside.  His work is in major public and private collections, including the White House.  Sheehan paints in the Barbizon mode with remarkable authority and faithful adherence to his 19th century precursors.  In the tradition of the Tonalist painters, Sheehan creates landscapes of mood, affected by nature's changing seasons.  "My goal is to have the painting emanate light, rather than be just a surface that records the reflections of light.  This is why the shadow areas are important, for it is from them that this emanation proceeds.  The light areas are focal points of this effort, but the power comes from the shadows." 

Lorraine Lans paints the Maine coast en plein air in the Impressionist tradition. She studied with master Impressionist painter Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, Mass. and at the Fenway Studios, Boston. Originally from Massachusetts, Lans has lived in Maine for twenty years painting landscapes on Monhegan Island and in the fishing village of Stonington.                                         

Her many awards and exhibitions include top prize at the prestigious Academic Artist’s Association’s 57^th national exhibition in 2007, national juried shows at the Salmagundi Club, NY, the Ventura County Maritime Museum, CA, the Boston Athenaeum, the "Salon International 2004" a 2005 exhibition at Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, Texas, where art is chosen for excellence in realism. She was awarded a residency at Acadia National Park and her work has been selected to hang in the Governor's Mansion in Augusta, ME. Her work is published in the volume A Gallery of Marine Art and she has been featured in articles in the Cape Cod Review, Ellsworth American, Waterville Sentinel and Manchester Journal.

Yvon Duranleau

Charles Gruppe was born in Canada, and moved to New York State was he was ten. Primarily a tonalist landscape and marine painter, Charles Gruppe was largely self-taught although he spent time studying in Europe, eventually settling in Holland for a time where he developed his skill at subtle coloration and careful draftsmanship. Charles Gruppe returned to America becoming a painter and well as a dealer. His son, Emile, who became a famous painter himself, was born in 1896.

 In 1925, after seeing a number of Rockport and Gloucester harborscenes painted by Frederick Mulhaupt at an exhibition in New York, father and son traveled to the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts. They fell in love with the location, set up studios and painted there for the rest of their lives. The Gruppe family studio remains there to this day.

Charles Gruppe exhibited at the National Academy of Design (NAD), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), the Boston Art Club, and also in Paris where he won a gold medal at the Rouen Exhibition. His paintings are included in the collections of the National Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the National Arts Club, the National Gallery in Canada, the Queen of Holland Collection, and in the Art Museum in Rouen, France.

Vivian Walker studied Art at Sir Williams College of Art, Montreal, Quebec. She had several successful Exhibitions between 1943 and 1962. She had 4 paintings at the Canadian Exhibition in Washington D.C. in 1954. Which were very well received with positive accounts in the press. She was Honorary Treasurer of the Woman’s Art Society of Montreal.

This Impressionist forest scene was most likely done in and around the Laurentians, north of Montreal. Her strong use of color gives this work a lyrical and evocative qualities associated with 19th century French works, while maintaining a distinctive North American flavor. 

Dennis Poirier grew up in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He began his studies Butera School of Art in Boston, then returned to Cape Ann to study with John C. Terelak and Ted Goerschner at the newly formed Gloucester Academy of Fine Arts. Later he moved to New York City to study at the Arts Student League winning the Charles J. Romans Memorial Award at his very first national exhibit at the Allied Artists of America Show. Dennis is a member of many prestigious art associations including the Oil Painters of America, North Shore Arts Association,Rockport Art Association, the Copley Society of Art (a Copley Artist), the Hudson Valley Arts Association, and the Academic Artists Association.

Christian Bergeron was born in 1945 in Charlevoix,Quebec, and developed his talent for figurative art at a very young age and has been earning his living with his art since the age of 20. Influenced by Impressionists, his mastery of colors is very distinctive. His skillful use of spatula has made him a well-known artist. His works are sold in galleries from Halifax to Vancouver; and can be found in many corporate collections.

Brad Betts paints a variety of landscape scenes from Maine seascapes, farm life, fishing and sailing, to historical maritime scenes as well as floral still life.  Brad has been an artist for over 15 years and received his education from the University of Maine in Orono.