LEWISTON — The works of two Maine painters will be featured at the Central Maine Medical Center Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery during October.

Paintings by Scott Hunter and Melanie Therrien will be on display at CMMC from Sept. 29 to Oct. 27

Hunter, a Turner resident, says he combines “styles from impressionism to realism,” but that “for me style and technique are afforded by the subject to be painted. I let the subject declare how to be portrayed in a painting.”

His work has been shown in juried exhibitions in Maine and Florida. He participates in the copyist program at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston each winter. He is a member of the Western Maine Chapter of Plein Air Painters of Maine.

Melanie Therrien owns and operates Wicked Illustrations Studio and Gallery in Auburn, which offers art classes, art parties, murals, commissions, illustrations and art.

She has done mural work for local businesses and homes for almost 20 years, as well as illustration work for various publications and a series of children’s books called “The Cape Cod Witch Series.” Her original paintings have been shown in venues such us the Gritty’s Art and Ale Window, Gallery 5 and the Nettie Ricker Gallery. She was a featured artist at Captive Elements Art House in July and displayed her work in the Lewiston/Auburn August Art Walk at the Vault.

Therrien primarily works in acrylic and watercolor. She says she is inspired by the surrealist movement – in particular surrealist artist Frida Kahlo – and art nouveau.

Some of the works on display at CMMC may be purchased through the WHA Gift Shop, located adjacent to theMain Lobby. A percentage of sale proceeds benefit CMMC.

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