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This gallery sells 19th- through 21st-century Maine and New England landscapes and seascapes by nationally recognized and emerging artists who work in a variety of media. It also carries the proprietor's own photography.

This unassuming, two-story space focuses on contemporary painting and sculpture. The gallery is often used as a venue for performance art and poetry readings as well. 

This nonprofit gallery, fondly referred to as DIAA, comprises works from local artists with rotating exhibits every two weeks during the summer months. 

Founded in 1998, the gallery sits on the edge of Stonington Harbor. It shows contemporary art and landscape paintings. Check out its Facebook page for upcoming events.

Artist Jill Hoy has summered on Deer Isle since she was 10. In 1986, she opened her own gallery to exhibit her contemporary landscapes that can also be seen at the Portland Museum of Art, Harvard Business School, and the Boston Public Library.

On exhibit here are oil and watercolor paintings, hand-color engravings, and woodcut birds and flowers.

It's well worth a stop here to spend part of an afternoon (it's not open in the morning) browsing items made by local photographers, seamstresses, fiber artists, and potters.

Started in 1982, the Turtle Gallery resides in the 1876 Centennial House and barn. Exhibits range from contemporary painting and sculpture to crafts. There's also an outdoor sculpture garden.