David Connor: is a Maine native who grew up in Cape Elizabeth. When he’s not creating art, he teaches it at a charter high school in Portland. He is a husband, father, and veteran of the Coast Guard. Most of his work is 6×6 inch blocks matted in a 10×10 inch mat. He makes all his frames out of reclaimed hardwood that he scavenges from the local dump. He has done original prints for business logos, rock bands, craft brewers, surf shops, and film festivals. His work has been shown in a variety of Greater Portland restaurants and stores and can be found at Maine Craft and Casco Bay Artisans. davidconnorlinocuts.com

Mike Cockrill: has been making conceptually engaged, socially challenging work since his first exhibitions in Brooklyn and the East Village in the early 1980s. He grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC in the Cold War era. He has a particular affinity for the pop–culture images of postwar America and their darker subtexts. Classically trained at PAFA, he employs a deep understanding of visual idioms that he deftly twists. His art is ever evolving: often playing the unnerving against the sublime. He lives and works in Brooklyn. mikecockrill.com

Barry Britton: was born and bred in County Donegal. He is a self taught artist and has spent most of his life in his native Rossnowlagh, close to its magnificent golden strand creating and surfing to his hearts content. A few years were spent in exile in Dublin in the 1970s where a promising career in architecture beckoned. However, by 1978, he made good his escape from the big city and put in the foundations for a home on his father’s farm in Rossnowlagh. He is still there today designing posters for surfing events.

Allan Bealy: is a Canadian graphic designer and collagist, living in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from The School of Art and Design in Montreal and was affiliated with Vehicule Art, a cooperative gallery, before moving to New York in 1975. He has been active in publishing two arts magazines: Davinci in Montreal in the mid 70s and Benzene in New York through the mid 80s. There are several collections of his collages published, including Conjure, in 2021 by Red Fox Press. instagram.com/allan.bealy