Silent Auction Featured Artists
The Artists listed below are part of the fundraiser for the restoration of the Wood Island Lighthouse boathouse and the preservation of the Fletcher Neck Preserve. The Silent Auction will take place on August 9, during the reception.
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Grounded in representation, Gerding’s work portrays a deep connection to solitude and the landscape. Along with paintings inspired by travel, her move to Kennebunkport in 2015 solidified her commitment to the landscape of Southern Maine. Capturing real moments in time, Gerding allows the viewer to experience the intimacy of nature. She works in the studio and plein-air, allowing for intense, direct observation.
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Represented by:
Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Many years as a Plein air painter through art schools at the Maryland Institute College of Art, University of Pennsylvania and Skowhegan.
Now a painter whose natural world involvement is also informed by a deep dive into the mystery of what makes us human.
Contact Information for Christy Bergland:
Email: christy.bergland@gmail.com
Phone: 410-404-5115
Best way to be contacted: Either phone, text, or email
Personal Website: www.Christybergland.com
East Point Sanctuary
12x12" o/p, framed
Value $1800
Saco Bay Changing Weather
Oil Pastel on Paper
16" X 20"
Value $675
Claire Bigbee, a Maine resident, takes her inspiration from the grandeur of southern Maine’s varied landscapes and changing seasons. To Claire, coastal views, salt marsh settings, and cows grazing in pastoral fields reflect Maine’s unlimited ranges of color and light. She works intuitively and strives to let her work arrive at its essence by staying open to the possibilities that spontaneously emerge while the painting is underway. Whether capturing a moment in time, or reflecting a remarkable spectrum of colors, there is a distinctive energy and harmony in Claire’s art.
She is currently represented by MAINE ART Hill, Kennebunk, VAN WARD GALLERY, Ogunquit, THE GALLERY AT THE CLIFF HOUSE, Cape Neddick
Fortunes Rocks, Biddeford Pool
Oil on Canvas
12" X 24" x 1.5
$1595 value
Kathleen "Teen" Dancause
Kathleen (Teen) Dancause received her ‘Associate of the Ontario College of Arts degree (AOCA) in Toronto in the late forties. An award-winning artist and founding member of the Cornwall Arts Development Committee, her work can be found in parts of Europe, the United States, and of course her homeland, Canada.
Kathleen arrived in Biddeford Pool in 1970. Her love for the rocky coast of Maine had her returning to BPool for well over 40 years. “Teen’s” paintings are most noted for capturing the essence of summertime in the Pool: local landmarks, active summer scenes at the beach, the Annual Lobsterfest, Hattie's, Crawley's Lobster Pound, Goldthwaite's, the Good Humor truck, etc. - all of which are familiar scenes to those who love BPool as much as she did.
Eagle's Nest
Watercolor on Paper- Framed
12" X 16"
Watercolor - Framed
48.5 x 21”
Value $2500
'Painting and drawing are the daily remedies for my abiding urge to create.’
Russel Whitten studied art at Maine College of Art, Heartwood College of Art, and the Art Students League of New York. He is represented by The Wright Gallery in Cape Porpoise and a member and showing artist with The Ogunquit Arts Association/Barn Gallery.
Russel has been teaching for 20 years at art institutions in Southern Maine including Rivertree Center for the Arts in Kennebunk, Sanctuary Arts in Eliot, Old Orchard Beach Adult Education, Wells Adult Education, and The University of New England in Biddeford. His painting experience includes scenic artistry in theater painting at The Ogunquit Playhouse, Good Theater in Portland Maine, and Prescott Park, Portsmouth NH.

I'
Watercolor Framed
31” x 38”.
Value $3000