Orson Horchler: was born in Philadelphia in 1978. In 1983, he moved to France with his mother. It was the work of Francis Bacon, first encountered during a visit to the Gallery Lelong in Paris when he was 9 that would profoundly mark him. By the end of junior high school, he escaped the rain, concrete, and gang violence of the Northern suburbs of Paris to roam the beaches of Southern France and drink cheap wine with his hobo mentors.  In 1997 he moved back to the USA. Since then he has lived in Maine, New Orleans, and Loísaida, NYC. Since 2011, he has delved — with a seemingly total lack of restraint — into covering the walls of Bangor, Maine and Harlem, New York with his street art. Under the name of Pigeon, he is slowly making these places feel like home while, in the process, becoming a formidable catalyst for community building and interactive play between residents. His gallery and museum exhibits often include drawings inviting gallery goers to put their own marks on them.

Stephen Burt: is a painter and printmaker living and working in Portland, Maine. Born in Deland, Florida in 1962, he has traveled extensively and most notably lived in Tehran, Iran from 1976 through 1978, witnessing the revolution. This formative period in the artist’s life nurtured both an interest in the power of decorative form drawn from Islamic art and an abiding interest in the dynamics of human passions. He was educated at Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 1987) and SUNY Purchase (MFA 1991). His work can be found in numerous public collections including, The Fogg Museum at Harvard, New York Public Library, and the Library of Congress. He is a recipient of grants from the Pollock – Krasner Foundation, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and Ruth Chenven Foundation, among others.  An active member of Peregrine Press in Portland, Maine, he currently teaches drawing, painting, and design at the University of New England.