

Neal Parent
A professional photographer for over 40 years, Neal Parent started his career as a photojournalist for a small mid-coast Maine newspaper. Although his primary subject has been the coast of Maine - its waters, landscapes, boats and people; in recent years his work has expanded to include Scotland, Wales, Italy, Ireland, France, China, California, Florida, Wyoming, and Montana where he has held photography workshops,
Holly Lombardo
You could say she’s been a painter her whole life, she just didn't know it. Holly attended a science and engineering college and earned a Master of Science degree in Cell Biology, not art. But her desire to be creative has always existed. Now she paints with a purposeful urgency, expressing the colors and textures she noticed growing up spending most of her free time outdoors in Maine. As a child Holly tromped through the snow chasing rabbit tracks, examined the undergrowth on the forest floor, and noticed details on painted Trillium and the birch tree trunks- her observations inform her work today. Holly is grateful to be able to merge her scientific and observational skills as she literally engineers her artwork by applying math and proportions to the canvases; she eagerly mixes colors much like a scientist mixes their solutions in the lab. She cannot separate the scientist and artist that she is, and she does not want to.
Jo Rocknak
Jo Rocknak was born in Eastern Pennsylvania and educated at the Portland School of Art in Maine from 1993 to 1996 graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Painting. She also studied at the Massachusetts College of Art and Boston Museum School. She has been passionate about creative freedom as far back as she can remember. For her, becoming an artist was a sole life’s option. She currently works and lives in Camden, Maine. Her work has been exhibited in group shows from Pennsylvania to Maine and is held in private collections.
Nicole Peak
Moving to Belfast as a teenager from an urban area, I have much appreciation for Maine’s natural elements. I collect much of the material for my pieces right on the mid-coast. Trying new mediums is always exciting and interesting to me. Taking classes with local artists, Joanne being one of them, has broadened my love of art even more.