Gena Neilson

After graduating from the Portland School of Art in 1973, I had a 35 year career as a graphic designer in Portland, Maine where I operated my own business. I retired  in 2008 and moved to Thomaston in the Midcoast. It is here in Thomaston that I have been able to indulge my life-long love of making art. I've worked in many mediums throughout my life—photography, sculpture, assemblage, drawing and painting. But I have found my true calling in oil painting—specializing mostly in portraits, (people and animals!) both formal and environmental, .   My work has appeared regularly in the Port Clyde Art Gallery, where I have been a member on and off since 2006.