River Arts in Damariscotta celebrates the opening of “Beyond the Surface ”in the River Room with a show created by four artists in four different mediums: fiber, acrylic painting, photography and mixed medium. “Beyond the Surface” will run Jan. 9 through Feb. 5 at the gallery, 36 Elm St. in Damariscotta.

A portion of Holly Anderson Baumm’s piece, “A Tribute to MyCousins.” Submitted photo

Holly Anderson Baumm says of her impressive fabric installation, “When I started to create this artwork, ‘A Tribute to My Cousins’, it was first like watching a film and then allowing my imagination to join in. I worked in mixed media to capture the essence and philosophical point of view on the subject and then created a visual artwork. I look forward to sharing this work in the River Room.”

Alice de Mauriac presents a large, action filled and texture rich painting, “Foreign Passages.” She says, “Lately, I have been considering the condition of uncertainty. How much emotional content and unruliness can be packed into a painting without completely losing balance? Shedding the urge for resolution, I have explored a fluid, layered space creating a wide range of experience. Fraught with loss, the painting holds its ground. All of life is uncertain and yet we carry on.”

Photographer Jan Corneal says of her work, “I took these photos of the hulls of antique boats at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, last fall. I was struck by their quiet wabi-sabiness … sea-weathered, faded, well past their prime…. but then imagined them joyful and radiant in past voyages. I gave them names and let them sing their stories: Ahab, Ishmael, Queequeg and The White Whale.”

Heather Greene shares a mixed media exhibit featuring altered books inviting dialogue on censorship, creativity, and the power of the written word in challenging societal norms.

A public reception is set for 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, in conjunction with the gallery’s Members’ Show reception.

Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

For additional information visit riverartsme.org or call 207-563-6868.

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