“New Beginnings,” the theme of the show opening on Sept. 4, represents different steps in each of the five artists whose work will be featured for the month of September at Saltwater Artists Gallery.

Erik Minzner of Newcastle is new to Saltwater this year, bringing his great experience in plein air work to the gallery, having won awards in plein air events along the east coast. Minzner works in oil, pastel, watercolor, and both wood and lino cut block prints as well. While his work is reflective of his own thought and emotion, he recognizes that the journey he has begun must not only relate to the past, but live in the present and look towards the future.

Barbara Egbert’s watercolor paintings continue to offer local scenes for her collectors as she challenges herself to capture new subjects to delight the visitors to the gallery. A resident of New Harbor, she finds herself surrounded by the wonderful color and light on the peninsula and shows her work at Saltwater and other venues in the state.

Watercolor and calligraphy are the wonderful combination offered by Rutherford Island artist, Maude Olsen, one of the original founders of Saltwater gallery. She spent last winter working on her poetry and this season has offered new works combining her poetry into her work, providing both thought and beauty in paintings. Maude is a Life-Fellow of the American Artists Professional League and a juried member of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. Olsen was on the faculty of the Farnsworth Art Museum for 22 years, and continues to teach drawing, calligraphy and watercolor in the Midcoast area.

Scott White of Chamberlain is enjoying his first year at Saltwater and brings his very colorful paintings to the gallery, always striving to push past reality in his art to create more liveliness. White’s favorite subject is the seacoast of Maine and his paintings of dockside activity, including the visiting seagulls, have been a particular favorite of Saltwater collectors.

Painter Midge Coleman of Sheepscot has shown her work in six states on the east coast, meeting her collectors and sharing with them her approach and painting technique. Coleman continues her journey to capture on canvas the scene before her, hoping that the viewer can experience as well the emotion of the scene and feel the time of day in each painting. She has been the recipient of multiple awards in three mediums.

This cooperative gallery is located at 3056 Bristol Road (Route 130 S) in New Harbor, just a half mile from the entrance to the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park. Come visit all seven rooms of painting, photography and fine craft for a taste of Maine in two and three dimensional art.

Profiles and work of the 27-member artists can be seen online at www.saltwaterartists.com. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.