a celebration of artists in Gardiner, Maine
August 14, 2026 Artists
Learn more about our local artists displaying in Downtown Historic Gardiner this summer at ARTWALK GARDINER!
Donald Patten
Oil paintings, graphite pencil drawings, waterproof stickers, and ceramics
Donald Patten is an artist and cartoonist from Belfast, Maine. He creates oil paintings, illustrations, ceramics and graphic novels. His art has been exhibited in galleries throughout Maine.
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olipeachykeen
Embroidery art, hand sewn dolls, art prints, and stickers
olipeachykeen creates embroidered wall hangings using a base of felt with embroidery floss, beads and pearls. olipeachykeen also makes a variety of hand sewn dolls, felt bookmarks, stickers and art prints illustrated with Procreate.
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KBK Ceramics
Pottery / ceramics
Kalee Beckim is a ceramic artist from Augusta, Maine. She makes handmade ceramics for decorative and functional pieces. She is inspired by pop culture, mid-century furniture and decoration, contemporary art, and fellow modern artists.
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CC's Photography
Photography on canvas, metal, acrylic and under glass
Christine Caron captures images that create a feeling from within. Christine finds fulfillment in photography if the viewers are moved in the same way.
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Just Playing With Glass
Fused and found glass
Just Playing With Glass is Amy’s creative outlet and space for continuous learning and experimenting with glass. Pieces may start from sheet glass or are found glass transformed into something new.
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Plantladypaints
Illustrated prints and cards and up-cycled painted clothes
Plantladypaint’s whimsical style connects the audience to their inner joy. Illustrating birds, bugs, castles, sleeping fairies, and colorful landscapes to inspire others to look for the fantastical in what may seem mundane.
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D. L. Duda
Oil, watercolor, pencil
As an artist and writer, D.L. Duda tells stories using color and words. As a life-long Mainer, D.L. Duda's connection to the forests, fields, soil, and sea of this state runs deep through generations upon generations of other Mainers who farmed and fished here.
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My Happy Octopi
Resin based art
The life of an octopus shows the world how precious and quick life can be. Inspired by the marine world, My Happy Octopi started working with resin 4 years ago and is motivated to bring happiness and smiles to people’s faces through the different collections they create. Every summer My Happy Octopi hides an octopus each week for the Gardiner community to find with clues, and they get to keep it.
Taylor Newbeck
Acrylic and watercolor paintings
As an artist, Taylor Newbeck makes art inspired by the surrounding world. From landscapes and botanicals to human and animal portraits, Taylor's artwork is stylized, colorful, and inspired by surreal and impressionist painters. Taylor finds when you focus too much on making your work realistic, you tend to lose the soul that gives art life.
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Nathaniel Smith
Photography
Nathaniel is a mostly self taught photographer born and raised in Maine. Nathaniel's obsession with cameras and how they work began at age 9 after receiving a little Walmart camera from Nathaniel's parents.
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Pamela Hetherly
Printmaking
Pamela's first drawings were of horses when Pamela was a child. Then in the third grade Pamela drew a primer to help math-haters realize just how wonderful geometry was, and how geometry explained and related to the world they live in. Maybe this was the beginning of Pamela's long and quite diverse career, from medicine, to engineering, and now painting and printmaking.
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Lilac Lotus – Mushlove Project
Mushroom spore jewelry
Mushlove Project has a fascination for mushrooms and a goal to get people to love them as much as Mushlove Project does - even the people who don't like mushrooms. Mushlove Project brings this passion for mushrooms into the world through the creation of unique jewelry. Mushlove Project uses mushroom spores in the creation of jewelry. Through the capturing of spore prints, Mushlove Project brings to life a moment in time that represents a deep passion of mycology.
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Mike Gent
Oil paintings on canvas or panel
Mike Gent enjoys layering and mixing images to draw the viewer beyond the obvious.
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Dandelion Art - Photography by Jen Hickey
Photography
Dandelion Art is a funky little art studio that is full of color, energy and spunk. Art pieces are created by Jen Hickey in hopes to bring energy, joy, peace and mindfulness to viewers. Her inspiration comes from many sources - Mother Nature to vintage teddy bears to rusty old coffee pots. Hickey’s studio captures the soul of living, the art in the earth and vibrancy of life.
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Auson Arts
Handmade dog collars and stickers
Auson Arts explores the intersection of function and personality through handmade dog collars and adorable sticker designs. Auson Arts is drawn to the idea that everyday objects can be both useful and expressive, especially in the way people connect with their pets.
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Kate Philbrick Designs
Multimedia
With over 30 years of experience in film photography and darkroom printing, Kate is a lifelong educator and visual storyteller. She taught at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies for nearly two decades, serving as Director of Photography from 2008–2011, and most recently chaired the Visual Arts Department at Episcopal High School in Texas.
For over three decades, Kate’s practice has been shaped by photography, drawing, teaching, and the habit of walking. Time spent outdoors provides a continuous source of inspiration, where Kate collect images, sketches, and observations of the patterns, textures, and forms found in nature.
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Kelly Maines
Paintings
Kelly begins working with an inspiration, which can be anything; a blade of grass, a plastic bag blowing across the street, or the smell of a garbage truck passing by. She experiments with materials, color, and design. Painting is a physical activity as she moves and manipulates materials and paint, forming the shapes, values, and works placed in space. Kelly weaves these things in and out of the surface until reaching her destination with the piece.
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Karen Adrienne
Printmaking
Nature and printmakers love the diversity of repetition. Karen's printworks are underscored with reiteration and distill observations and reflections of the natural environment. She makes drawings and photographs to capture moments in time on her daily walks and world travels. The notations are the inspiration for her concepts and monotype images.
Her monotypes are built by overlaying multiple flats of color with repeated marks and shapes. These elements come to life with the pressure of the press. There is always a balance between careful planning and chance: between ideas and the diverse physical properties of printmaking techniques. The evolving images stretch to capture personal insight, environmental concerns, and all the surprising places between.
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Tanya Russell
Photography
Tanya Russell is a visual storyteller interested in stories of growth, healing, and community. Her work is a celebration of people and the challenges they work to overcome. Her nature photography represents her own strategies for navigating difficult times through exploration and adventure.
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Omi Oh My Creations
Mixed Acrylic, 3D Minerals, Gemstones and Florals
Omi is a Maine-based artist creating nature-inspired and ethereal paintings that invite viewers into calm, luminous worlds. Her work blends soft abstraction with elements of landscape and organic forms, making each piece feel like a window into a serene, otherworldly version of the natural world.
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Rin Will Studio
Acrylic, Guache, Ink, Photography
Rin Will Studio captures the intersection of past and present, where memory and moment collide. Through vibrant color, shifting light, and layered energy, Rin Will Studio explores the subtle imprints we leave on one another and the spaces we inhabit.
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VibrantToad
Paintings and Pen on Paper
VibrantToad grew up with artists in their family and explored different art styles until playing with abstract art stuck. Enjoy the fun side of abstract art.
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Our Busy Hive Creations
Embroidered Items
Our Busy Hive Creation’s love for embroidery began in childhood where they learned to sew, crochet, knit, and embroider with both grandmothers. Each stitch is a reminder of these early childhood lessons and cherished memories. Discover original designs inspired by people, wildlife, plant life, and life in Maine.
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David Bumpus
Etch-A-Sketch Drawings
An artist of many mediums, David found his calling in Etch-A-Sketches.
Isabel’s Illustrations
Watercolor Portraits and Architectural Illustrations
Isabel Wood has been painting with watercolor for years, often drawing from the environment and animals as inspiration. Isabel loves painting special memories and places that people can recognize. Every detail tells a story.
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Flower Art by Linda
Pressed Flower Jewelry and Suncatchers
Linda has always been a flower gardener, and when a friend taught her how to press flowers and make notecards, it sparked a post-retirement obsession that ALMOST kept her out of trouble. She pivoted from notecards to jewelry and suncatchers.
Experience unique jewelry and suncatchers made from pressed wildflowers and flowers from Linda’s garden.
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Big Wierdo Prints
Relief printmaking
Emily Bonner is a relief printmaker based in Lisbon, Maine. Owner of Big Weirdo Prints, Emily uses her craft as a way to explore all of the wonderful, beautiful weirdness that comes with existing in this lovely, old world. Her art is inspired by nature, fantasy and folklore, and a love of all things strange and human.
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