AUBURN — The GreenWood Gallery, 99 Old Danville Road, Auburn is having an open house on Saturday, July 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  “I enjoy creating fine art and sharing my art talents and marketing skills with other artists. It is my hope that GreenWood Gallery will become a stepping stone for developing Maine artists,” said Anita F. Poulin, founder of the gallery, now in its third year. 
Poulin is a registered state of Maine artist, art instructor, entrepreneur and owner of AP Graphics and Fine Arts.  Her art specialty is acrylic painting. 

GreenWood Gallery exhibits art in several media created by artists who were born in Maine or artists who are currently living in Maine. This is the criteria for  artists to exhibit at the gallery.   She may be contacted at (207) 782-5118 or by email at [email protected]  The Gallery website is www.apgraphicsme.com
The opening exhibit will feature the work of 10 Maine artists:
1. Moe Auger of Alfred is a watercolor artist as well as a sculptor. His work depicts the beautiful state of Maine.  A series painter, he is working on trees. He is a retired art teacher and works at LL Bean taking groups outdoors.  He carves huge pumpkins in the fall and winter finds him painting Christmas ornaments to raise money for area charities.
2. Meg Betts of Auburn is a watercolor artist as well as a photographer. Her paintings tell a story or hint of one. Meg is a retired secretary from St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Yarmouth.
3. Tony Brown of Lewiston is an acrylic painter, creating delightfully whimsical and colorful fantasies on large canvasses.  His floral paintings are crisp, bright and colorful. He is a retired health care worker.
4. Pat Clement of Auburn is a self-taught acrylic painter and retired teacher. She is known locally and regionally for her art on natural eggs of many sizes depicting motifs of various complexities, including carvings.
5. Sharron Crocker, is a Maine native now living in New York City, working as a secretary in a law firm.   She is an Edward Little High School graduate and focuses on photography, taking photos almost daily. Her photography is ever evolving, keeps her focused, interested, inspired and gives her great joy.
6. Martha Levesque of Litchfield discovered the art of Pergamano years ago and became a certified instructor in 1999.  Pergamano is an art that goes back to the 18th century and was done by the nuns.  Martha taught at the Villages in Florida and now brings this beautiful art to Maine. She works with pen and ink on parchment which is stretched. Colors can also be used. Needle tools are then used to create the lace effect and very fine scissors finish off the wonderfully delicate lace-effect pieces.
7. Linda DeSantis of Auburn, a multimedia artist, taught art in the Auburn school system for 34 years.  She also taught drawing classes at L-A Senior College.  Her artwork was exhibited in the USMLA Maine Artists Biennial in 2013 and 2015. Now retired, Linda is focusing on working with
art media on a more expressive level.
8. Nahid Fekri of Rumford is a photographer and self-taught artist.  ” I love the moon because it reminds me of my childhood in Iran. Hot summer nights on the roof with my mother looking at the sky. She would tell me that whenever I am looking at the moon I should remember she is looking at the same moon. She is gone now and I still look for the moon every night.”
9. Susan Hanson is a watercolor artist and photographer living in southern Maine.  She uses her photographs as subjects for her paintings. She enjoys visiting estuaries and marshes near her home. Taking in the beauty of her surroundings is inspiring to her, whether it’s the changing colors of the seasons, the structure and color variations in rocks, clouds or quality of light. She has found peace and balance in her life through art-making.
10. Shalimar A. Poulin is a multimedia artist who teaches art at Wiscasset High School. She earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Hartford Art School in Connecticut and a master in art education from Temple University in Pennsylvania.  “I look to summers and shorter vacations for creating and building a body of art with side-walk art shows in mind… It gives a nice break from the intensity and demands of teaching,” Poulin said.