July 2025
Hello everyone! For the month of July we have Desi-Rae. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
photo taken by Ariel Collins.
“My relationship to my art is akin to that of my feet to the ground. I am always in contact with it, and it supports me wherever my journey takes me.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
For more information on this Artist please visit their webpage/Facebook page at: https://odysee.com/@desiraearts:a.
February 2025
Hello everyone! For the month of February we have Martha Sappington. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“She believes that there is beauty in everything when it is framed well. Her photos tend to include bold color and movement in line and form.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
January 2025
Hello everyone! For our first month of 2025 we have Elaine A. Donato. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“In all these years, I maintained the gift that God gave me in my art abilities. I’ve made several murals for the White Field School plays. Cinderella and Sound of Music. Also did a lot of art work for the Seventh Day Adventist Church.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
July 2024
Hello everyone! For the month of July we have Matt Wheeler. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“since buying his first “real” camera about 25 years ago, he has loved capturing the beauty of his adventures.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
For more information on this Artist please visit their web page at: www.mattwheelerart.org
May 2024
Hello everyone! For the month of May we have Callie Smith. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“I mostly enjoy still life acrylic paintings. I have taken many art classes here at the library over the years and I have learned and improved a lot from them.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
April 2024
Hello everyone! For the month of April we have Carla M. Lapierre. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“my grandmother patiently let a three year old look through the viewfinder of her box camera and my mother loved walks in the woods taking the time to examine and name whatever we found. The camera never lost its magic and those little walks became longer hikes and backpacks.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
March 2024
Hello everyone! For the month of March we have Nancy Rousseau. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“I’ve always loved to draw since I was a child. I never put my heart into it until I was much older when I learned to breathe life into paper and even glass. I love to work with European scratchboards, pen and ink, pastels, oils, colored pencils, watercolors and pencils.”
-Excerpt from Artist Biography
January 2024
Hello everyone! For the month of January we have Betsy Hess. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“Her preferred medium is acrylic, but she also works with pastels and colored pencils. Both in her daily surrounding and in her art work, she is in love with color, especially bright colors and sharp contrasts.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
December 2023
Hello everyone! For the month of December we have Lorena Jean Scolere. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
“I have exhibited at WREN in both Bethlehem and Berlin, the Medallion Opera House, Randolph Town Hall, and Philbrook Farm in Shelburne. My paintings also appear in several private collections.”
-excerpt from Artist Biography
October 2023
Hello everyone! This month our Artist of the Month has moved!
The Artist of the Month is now located to the adjacent wall instead of behind the circulation desk. We hope to see you when our next Artist’s work is up.
Interested in becoming Artist of the Month?
If you or know of anyone who would like to be nominated for our artist of the month wall, then please contact Will O’Brien 723-7672 or the Gorham Public Library 603-466-2525. Thank you!
August 2023
Hello everyone! For the month of August we have Lilymay Jenkins. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
My art career started when I was in the 6th grade with plastic canvas. As an adult, a friend suggested that I try taking lessons with an art teacher. I have continued with plastic canvas for the last 27 years and painting acrylic landscapes for the last 20 years. I took lessons with artist Mike Eastman for 5 or 6 years before he retired.
July 2023
Hello everyone! For the month of July we have Janet Poirier. A self taught artist who began drawing portraits at an early age. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
Janet Poirier, grew up in Northern New England and was first influenced artistically by her mother who rendered portraits of her children. For more than 40 years the artist has been creating art, working in various mediums, such as wood, watercolor, pastel, acrylic and now works primarily in oils. She’s drawn to figurative, portraiture and natural settings and often combines the two. From her inner vision, her aim is to capture the beauty in life and express it into a personal and meaningful implementation.
For more information on this Artist please visit their webpagee at: janet-poirier.pixels.com.
April and May 2023
Hello everyone! For the month of May we have artist Tim Sappington. Tim Sappington is an artist and architect based in New Hampshire. We invite you to come see their work at the Gorham Public Library!
Originally from Washington DC, Tim received his Master’s in Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. Throughout his career, Tim has extensively worked not only as an architect and artist, but also in theatre as a stage designer, in film, and in animation. Some of his art direction and animation work has been featured on PBS.
He interned for Giuliani Associates in Washington DC before relocating to Northern New Hampshire, where he has now worked as a resident artist and architect for 39 years. As such, Tim finds major influence from oriental painting and architecture, often interweaving the surrounding nature into the spatial environment of his buildings and scenic art. His visual point of view celebrates graceful line and simplicity of form, while also finding a delight within the intricacy of ornament. Tim’s primary inspiration has been the incredible atmosphere and playfulness of nature found in scenic New Hampshire and Maine. The Portland Art Gallery of Maine featured and sold his seacoast paintings for four years. With every project, Tim embarks to heighten the way humans experience their world.
For more information on this Artist please visit their webpage/Facebook page at: timsappington.com.