LEWISTON – The artist for October at the St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Visiting Artist Gallery is Mercedes Gastonguay of Lewiston.

A Maine native, Gastonguay does artwork on commission in all subjects and media. She is noted for her pen and ink renderings and paintings of homes, businesses and portraits. Her works include Maine seascapes and landscapes, rustic still lifes, flowers and Franco-American heritage scenes that have been displayed throughout Maine galleries.

She has been invited annually with her students to exhibit a variety of subjects and media at the Atrium Gallery of L-A College.

Gastonguay has been teaching art professionally for more than 20 years and works with about 80 students, including children and adults. A self-taught artist, she also credits workshop instructors for much of her education. She owns and operates JMG Art and Framing Inc.

For information regarding exhibiting at St. Mary’s Visiting Artists Gallery, call Vyonne Spaar, Visiting Artist Gallery coordinator, at 784-5323.