LEWISTON — The works of two painters are on display at the Central Maine Medical Center Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery.

Paintings by Joseph Cousins of Freeport and Nancy Bryant Trider of Leeds will be displayed at CMMC throughout November and may be purchased through the WHA Gift Shop, located adjacent to the main lobby. A percentage of sale proceeds benefit CMMC.

Cousins, who maintains a studio gallery in Freeport, has been invited to exhibit in many New England juried shows, including the Maine Biennial at Bowdoin College and the Maine Biennial at the University of Southern Maine. His work has been shown at The Maine Coast Artist Gallery in Rockport, The O’Farrell Gallery in Brunswick, The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset and at other galleries around the State.

The distinct style of his paintings captures the essence of Maine’s unique beauty and unusual moods. His work has received many “Best in Show” awards in Maine and other New England states. He was recently awarded the “People’s Choice Award” for the fourth year in a row at the Brunswick Downtown Arts Festival, as well as one of the top prizes for acrylic paintings at the Londonderry, N.H., Annual Art Show. His work is included in corporate and private collections around the world.

Trider, a native of Leeds, has worked in many mediums, but finds that watercolor and oil enable her to reflect Maine living with an unusual perception for detail.

Her formal training includes work with fellow artist Irene Duplissis and more recently with Mike Ranucci, studying old world oil painting methods.

She enjoys painting with the Western Maine Plein Aire Group, is a member of OilPainters of America and will soon be published in the Best of American Artists Landscape catalog.

Her works have been shown throughout Maine and in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Illinois, Nevada and California, and she has been accepted in many juried art shows.

Her work may be viewed on her website or at her home in Leeds.

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