Summer studio in the garage! Love creating with that garage door rolled up letting the sun, the air and the insect and bird sounds filter through.
Lora Whelan lives in Maine, way Downeast, where she maintains her studio. She is self-taught and revels in the exploratory nature of learning through the process of experimentation. One- and two-person shows have included: Islands, 2017; Endangered/Extinct, 2018; Angels and Furies, 2019; a one-person show in 2024, Echoes of Place, at the Washington Street Gallery in Eastport, and Ocean Land Lines at Gallery Sitka in Shirley, Mass. She is represented by Full Fathom Five Gallery in Eastport, and Gallery Sitka, in Shirley, Mass., and Newport, RI.
Born in New York City, Whelan graduated from Bennington College in Vermont with a BA, and from Mercy College in New York with a MS. She lives year-round in Eastport, Maine. She works as the assistant publisher of the Washington County, Maine, newspaper, The Quoddy Tides.
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Representation
2023 to present: Gallery Sitka, Shirley, Mass.
2022 to present: Full Fathom Five Gallery, Eastport, ME
2017-2022 Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Selected Shows
2025 — scheduled
Three-person show, MOTHER’S Gallery, Columbia Falls, ME
One-person show, Lubec Library, Lubec, ME
2024
Ocean Land Lines, one-person show, Gallery Sitka, Shirley, MA
Echoes of Place, one-person show, Washington Street Gallery, Eastport, ME
Gallery Sitka Group Show, New Dawn Arts Center, Ashburnham, MA
Summer season show, Full Fathom Five Gallery, Eastport, ME
Hearts for the Arts, ArtFests, Eastport, ME
2023
Hearts for the Arts, Artwalks, Eastport, ME
Illuminaries, group show, Washington Street Gallery, Eastport, ME
2022
Hearts for the Arts, Artwalks, Eastport, ME
Gallery show, Full Fathom Five, Eastport, ME
2021
Hearts for the Arts, Artwalks, Eastport, ME
Membership shows, Eastport Gallery, ME
2020
Group show, “Four Elements.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Rebellion.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
2019-2020
Group show, “Winter Comes I and II.” Washington Street Gallery, Eastport, ME
2019
One-person show, “Angels and Furies.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Abstract Only.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Dancing.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Self-portraits.” Washington Street Gallery, Eastport, ME
One-person show, “Small works,” Dastardly Dicks,” Eastport, ME
2018
Two-person show, “Harmony/Disharmony.” Washington Street Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Flowers.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Pirates.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Nothing but Nudes.” Washington Street Gallery, Eastport, ME
2017
One-person show, “Islands.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Nest.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Shadows.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Group show, “Fogged in.” Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Artist Talks
2023
From smudge to line: Nine years of process into art. Artist talk, Eastport Arts Center, Eastport, ME
2021
Writer Catherine Lee, virtual interview, Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
2020
Writer Katherine Stanley Obando, virtual interview, Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Poet Jason Gundrom-Whitney, virtual interview, Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
Art Talk, Life in Washington County project: Life in the Virtual Age, Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
2019
Angels and Furies show, WSHD Radio, Eastport, ME
Art Talk, interview with sculptor Richard Van Buren and dancer Batya Zamir, Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME
2018
Art Talk: Endangered/Extinct show, Washington Street Gallery, Eastport, ME