1) Gavin & Rosalie Bayley

“The Friendly Maine Lobsterman”

Rosalie, 16, and Gavin, 14, are published illustrators as of 2024, and commissioned since ages 8 and 6. They both go to Deer Isle-Stonington High School and love helping and growing our artist community on Deer Isle. 

2) Peter Beerits

“Cat-Faced Man”

Made of lead chimney-flashing from South Deer Isle house, silver-plated tray, 19th-century gold braid from Stonington Odd Fellows Regalia, red stained glass fragment, and Peter’s mother’s art school brass wire. The bowl is stained with Scottish Breakfast Tea, rust, and sunlight.

3) Iana Cranewing

“Phases of Love Mandala”

Iana has used the mandala form as a way of journaling since 2019 and finds it an inviting format, free of the literal exactness of words. When she chooses a color or shape, it is directly related to a deep feeling that rings true for her in that moment.

Made from acrylic and oils coated with satin polyurethane, this platter can be used for dryish food once it has cured (about two weeks). Do not use metal utensils or hot soapy water, though. Just wipe with a damp cloth.

4) Ian Cust

Ian Cust is a Deer Isle native, brought up around the creative influences of Haystack, the Opera House, and the island community as a whole. He ventures forth searching for a satisfying place between form and function to inhabit. This has led to his current study of woodcut printing at Southern Maine Community College.

5) Noël Da

“Harbor Banana”

Noël Da is a self-taught artist who attended George Stevens Academy as a boarding student and now resides in Blue Hill for the summers. She works with gouache, watercolor, pen and ink, and has exhibited her work at several venues, including Baltimore’s MAP. Noël loves Maine, its tides and pines, and especially its seals, who bask on sunlit rocks.

6) Sarah Doremus

“Living in a Fish Bowl”

Sarah Doremus dabbles in different media, most recently wood. She likes things that move and tries to incorporate that into her art. Her work often tells a story or pokes fun at our collective human angst. 

7) Steve Ettlinger

Steve Ettlinger lives in Brooklyn, NY, and spends as much time as possible in his house here in Stonington. That’s where he gets all the logs and the inspiration (chainsaws and art!). Steve exhibits often at the DIAA and has several pieces in rotation at Ronald Harte Art and Antiques in Deer Isle; he also shows in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

8) Maureen Farr

“SAND BEACH”

This is Maureen’s interpretation of Sand Beach in Stonington, Maine, based on an aerial photo from Google Maps.

The bowl includes sand and rocks from Sand Beach, with multiple layers of dyed and clear food-safe resin. The outside is left natural with satin finish MinWax polyurethane. This bowl can be displayed on the wall or used as a platter for fruits or to serve cheese and crackers. It is not recommended you serve anything with liquid or dressing.

9) Carole Ann Fer

“NERVOUS SYSTEM MANDALA 2025”

Carole Ann Fer has maintained a studio practice on Deer Isle for 25 years. Fer co-owned Dowstudio Gallery with wife and metalsmith Ellen Wieske, which showed the work of emerging and established contemporary potters and jewelers. Dowstudio also represented the artists of Spindleworks, located in Brunswick. Dowstudio closed her doors in 2019 and now has occasional and delightful pop-up shows. Carole Ann Fer’s pots are defined by a funky juiciness and always designed for daily use. Fer spent many years as an arts educator and was on staff at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts for more than 25 years.

This bowl was made with prisma color pencils and calming the breath. It is not food-safe.

10) Mia Fioravanti

Mia uses photography as a form of artistic expression and as a source of inspiration for her paintings and drawings. She works in many mediums and sometimes integrates them into a concept. Those are photos, drawings/paintings/clothing, millinery, and short movie making. Part of her photographic journey has been spent documenting herself.

“It seems self-indulgent, but for me, it’s about self-discovery, whether I’m taking my photos or if they’re coming from another point of view. We are fascinating creatures, and everyone has their genius and uniqueness. I am doing this with myself, so that I can see other humans with reasonable expectations.”

11) Missy Greene

“Salad Days”

Successful ceramic artist, Missy Greene, and her husband, Eric Ziner, are the owners of Yellow Birch Farm on Deer Isle, which boasts one acre under intensive, MOFGA Certified Organic vegetable production, a herd of Alpine goats, several high tunnels, and a licensed dairy kitchen. Missy’s goat cheese, skin products, and greens are legendary for their beauty as well as their taste – and Missy’s bowl is … you guessed it … a salad bowl, filled with greens.

12) Sasha Gross

“Sunflowers”

Sasha Gross is a local artist who became a year-round resident of the island in 2020. She typically works in watercolor but used food-safe milk paint for this piece, which she finished with a food-safe wax top coat. Sasha finds inspiration in the beauty of our island landscapes and architecture, with an appreciation for bold colors grounded in the ever-changing rhythms of the seasons.

For this piece, Sasha drew her inspiration from the wood used to craft the bowl. She sought to highlight the beauty of the natural material by incorporating the “flaws” of the wood into her final design by using the knots in the grain as the center for each flower. Sasha recommends cleaning the bowl with a soft, damp cloth and reapplying a wax top coat periodically if the bowl is to be used on a regular basis.

13) Kate Hanlon

“Girlfriends”

Kate Hanlon’s lifelong involvement with printmaking includes a 30-year engagement with the uniquely American medium of white line woodcut. This method, developed in Provincetown, MA, in the early 1900s, allows multicolored images to be made from a single block of wood, with just a few simple tools. Kate’s images, a synthesis of observation and invention, reflect scenes from her life on Boston’s North Shore and her travels throughout New England and beyond. A recent move to Deer Isle inspires Kate to carry the tradition of white line woodcut into Maine, and the 21st century.

“There’s something about working with wood that I love; its warmth to the touch, color and fragrance. The woodblock had a full life of its own as a tree before lending itself to my own creative impulses, and the history of its life is captured in the grain patterns that become a part of my print. It’s a sort of collaboration; in my response to the woodgrain, I enjoy allowing the tree to live again through my prints.”

Kate’s HIP bowl was created by the same process as her white line blocks are made, where the drawing is inscribed by a small V-gouge carving tool, and the shapes individually inked.

A member of the Boston Printmakers and the Society of American Graphic Artists, Kate’s award-winning woodcuts may be found in many private collections, as well as the collections of the Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Danang Museum of Art, Vietnam and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She is represented locally by Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth.

www.katehanlon.com
IG: kate_hanlon_art

14) Julianne Harris

“King of the Streets”

Julianne uses paint to indulge hope, curiosity, and an abiding love of nature. Unbound by an allegiance to one medium, she celebrates nature’s versatility and power with watercolor, oil, acrylic, resin, and alcohol ink. In honor of her muse, she incorporates recycled materials whenever possible, sourcing scrap wood from local woodworkers, thrifted canvases, and antique books resurrected from consignment trash bins. Above all, her creative commitment honors the latent talent within each of us and the fulfillment born of exploring even the most flippant curiosities. Stay curious, friends!

Julianne@jharrisart.com
Instagram: @julianneharrisart

15) Lynsey Hardy

“The Sign of the Blue Heron”

A lifelong creative and devoted hobbyist, Lynsey Hardy has called Deer Isle home since her high school days. Married to a local fisherman, she’s known for her ever-evolving list of “projects” that keep life interesting—and her husband on his toes. Her love of watercolor stems from its unpredictability and fluid beauty, offering a meditative escape from the fast pace of everyday life.

This piece is created using watercolor and ink on wood panel, embracing the natural grain as both texture and tone. Though sealed with a protective glaze, the surface remains delicate. The materials are not water-safe — exposure to moisture may damage the surface and alter the integrity of the artwork.

16) Jill Hoy

“The Virgin of Guadalupe”

Working with Maine light has long been a primary focus of Jill Hoy’s plein air oil paintings. Additional primary concerns are composition, pattern, energy, rhythm, power of place, and soul. Each painting has a story and a distinct reason for being chosen as a painting site. Jill has summered on Deer Isle since the age of nine and lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Michigan, California, New York City, and now splits her year between Stonington for seven months and five in Somerville, Mass. She earned her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has run the Jill Hoy Gallery in Stonington since 1985, a true visual feast. She exhibits with Portland Art Gallery, who has made excellent short videos and interviews of her. Hoy’s paintings are in the collections of the Portland Museum of Art, Harvard Business School, Boston Public Library, Art in the Embassies, and over 800 others. Her paintings are included in David Little and Edgar Allen Beem’s Books on Maine Art. She has been featured in Maine Boats and Harbors, Maine Home and Design, Yankee Magazine, and Down East with her late husband and painter, Jon Imber, with whom she co-stars in the Maine Masters film, ”Imber’s Left Hand” – a must-see. Carl Little curated her into “Picturing the Penobscot Bay” at the Penobscot Marine Museum in 2022, and there is now a book on that theme. She paints portraits throughout and figurative narratives in the winter. 

17) Chris Joyce

18) Eugene Koch

“Nova”

Gene Koch has been living in the same house on Russ Hill in Stonington, ME, since 1987. It’s a big old house with room for studios and a wood shop. Here he makes his home with wife, artist and designer Julie Morringello, and daughter, Mitike (and two Corgis). Gene retired from Haystack Mountain School of Crafts after 31 years in May 2022. Haystack was an excellent place to work, with a very creative staff and creative students, and especially suitable for Gene, because his position, Facilities Director, was seasonal and gave him a lot of winter studio time. A good day job for an artist! Gene is a painter, sculptor, and digital artist. His work has been selected for two Portland Museum of Art Biennials. He’s shown in numerous galleries over the years, in Portland, Boston, and on Deer Isle. 

19) Jadyn LaDeau

Jadyn LaDeau grew up in Deer Isle, surrounded by the ever-changing coastal Maine landscape. Inspiration comes from her everyday experiences living in small-town Maine and from the unique surprises that come from exploring the world around her. Her subjects are generally local landscapes and characters. Jadyn primarily works in oil and gouache paint.

20) Stephanie Lee

Stephanie’s grandmother Lucy’s ancestors lived very briefly on Little Deer Isle before the First Nations people chased them off. They fled by canoe – some settled in Montville, Maine, some carried on to Ohio and then California. Lucy’s family settled in the Santa Maria, and on their farm, there were peacocks! Stephanie is a fifth-generation Californian and now a returned Mainer.

This bowl includes a copper plate, is etched with Lucy’s laces, and many layers of lacquer. 

21) Richard Lindloff

Richard Lindloff lives in Stonington with his lovely wife and her amazing sister. He is an artist; many people know him as the artist that made the Boyce’s Motel sign. Another sign he had the honor of doing was for the Island Heritage Trust (IHT) viewing platform at Settlement Quarry. Richard comes from an art background. He made a living in commercial art as a designer and illustrator. Today is a new day. One day older. He is interested in art wherever he sees it. He loves doing stained glass, painting a picture, or playing pool. 

22) Frederica Marshall

“Zen Bowl”

Frederica Marshall is an international award-winning artist. She lived 28 years in Japan and lives in Deer Isle because it reminds her of her home in Japan. She has been in more than 100 group shows and has had more than 25 solo shows. Her art school, The Creative Renewal Center, and her gallery are located at 81 N Deer Isle Road. Her website is fredericamarshall.com

This bowl is acrylic and 24 K gold leaf on wood. It was created in the style of Japanese lacquerware. It may be used for dry food, utensils, and decoratively.

23) Buzz Masters

“The Day Breaks”

Buzz Masters was born in New York and raised between there and Provincetown, Massachusetts. She has worked as a coat check girl, an editor, a corn detasseler, a receptionist, a historical guide at the Hoover Dam, a gallery manager/owner, and has been fired from every waitressing job she ever had for mixing up orders and then bursting into tears. She now happily lives in a house in the woods built by some of her favorite people, loves her dogs, iceberg lettuce, traveling in Italy, and randomly mowing her lawn. When not in her studio, and recognizing the privilege of living on the remarkable island of Deer Isle, she serves her community as an AEMT with Memorial Ambulance and is dedicated to their Community Paramedicine program. Her favorite flower is the tulip. 

24 & 25) Jay Peterson

“Deer Isle”
“Stonington”

Jay has been a professional sign artist since 1973. He is one of only a handful of Old School Sign Painters still standing in Maine. At 71, he is busier than ever, largely due to the many shops now doing computer-generated vinyl lettering, efficient but not artistically interesting. Jay seldom employs computer graphics, having apprenticed to the old masters in his home state of Minnesota. 

He moved to Sedgwick in 2002 and to Deer Isle in 2023.

26) Boo Reynolds

Boo Reynolds is a painter from Deer Isle, Maine. She likes to work big scale with oil paints to create colorful imagery inspired by home. She also dabbles in ink, gouache, and colored pencils. Currently a UMaine sophomore, Reynolds is excited to continue studying art and seeing where it takes her.

27) John Rohman

Retiring from the architectural field and inspired by the many artists he has known as a board member of the Maine Crafts Association, the Maine Arts Commission, and the American Folk Festival, John is now excited to actively use his own watercolor brush and put his woodcut tools in action.

The bowl was inspired by two wood cuts that were completed over the last couple years, with images known to all of us on this beautiful island.

28) Dave Ryan

“Sea Floor”

Dave is a full-time Stonington resident inspired to reflect the beauty of coastal Maine in the medium of wood.

This bowl uses wood veneer marquetry.

29) Mia Sartori

“Pin Drop Collaboration”

Mia Sartori is a Deer Isle-based artist working in mixed media and found object sculpture. Through her sculpture, Mia strives to examine the everyday and elevate the mundane. This bowl is filled with hand-pulled glass stringers. @miasartori / miasartori.com

30) Martha Spector

“Mondrian’s Picnic”

Martha started out as an art student but took a wrong turn and went to law school. But she never lost her passion for beauty and creativity. She strives every day to create. Sometimes it’s in the kitchen… sometimes it’s entertaining friends… sometimes it’s appreciating music… and sometimes it’s making art.

31) Alice Spencer

32 & 33) David Taylor

34) Tracy van Buskirk

“Justin’s Herring”

Tracy and her husband, Peter, bought an old farmhouse on Oceanville Rd twenty years ago and come up from Connecticut whenever they can. Tracy has always loved making art, and the journey has taken her through pottery, painting, polymer clay, and relief block printmaking. She exhibits in her hometown in Connecticut and at DIAA here on the island.

“It was so lovely to be asked to contribute to this auction to help HIP achieve their goals. This piece is entitled “Justin’s Herring”. Our neighbor Justin Boyce gave us a bucket of herring after fishing one day this spring, and I was taken with the beauty of these little guys, so I took a few photos before they became dinner.”

35) Geoff Warner

“DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP”

As an artist/craftsman and singer songwriter, it’s too hard for Geoff to look the other way when our local to global world needs helping, and people need to be inspired!

“Rene asked if I could be creative in working with the one bowl that was broken? What an opportunity to make something from what others might consider discardable nothing! I hope the message is clear. There is a very special underlying story to how this piece evolved, that I will share with the highest bidder! It’s certainly worth an extra bid or two!”

36) Ellen Wieske

Ellen Wieske is an artist who works in many materials. Primarily a metalsmith, she received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Arts. She worked in the jewelry industry for 18 years as a jeweler/stone setter/designer in Detroit, Michigan. She has taught internationally and across the USA. Wieske maintains Dowstudio, her studio/gallery with wife and potter Carole Ann Fer on the coast in Deer Isle, Maine. Wieske was the Assistant Director at Haystack Mountain School of Craft since 2003, was the interim director in 2022, and retired after 25+ years with the school in April of 2023. “A wonderful place in a divine location,” Wieske says. She returns to her studio full time with ideas and projects, great and small. She typically begins each day by putting on her apron, turning on something to listen to, and doing a little drawing or repairing something.

This carved bowl uses prisma color pencils, olive oil, and a beeswax finish.