Claudette Gamache, Eminent Pastelist and oil painter, will be our featured artist for the month of July at the Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery in Portland, Maine.  She has been working on a new series of art focusing on Light: A Creative Journey including symbolism, spirituality, nature, and healing well-being. She is a retired RN and Registered Art Therapist.  She was president of the Pastel Society of Maine for four years and has taught workshops in New England, France, Hawaii, California, and she also presented in China with the Art Therapy Delegation.  She has painted with pastels for over 30 years.  Her concentration is on Art and Medicine incorporating Light and Nature.

Claudette’s new show is titled Art as Medicine:  Light, Opposites, Integration.  Since the fall of 2023 she has focused on capturing images of light upon darkness, beginning with candlelight and expanding into light in sky, water, and space.  Her paintings evoke feelings of connection to the universe, our journey within it, and the healing power of art.

Claudette will be at our Creative Portland’s First Friday Art Walk and plans to give a talk about how she was inspired to create this dramatic series with the influence of personal and world events.  The First Friday Art Walk event is on July 5th from 5-8pm.  Wine, cheese, and other refreshments are served and all are welcome to come meet this influential artist.  Claudette will begin her talk about the inspiration for this creative journey beginning at 5pm.