Kathleen Miller

Gallery owner and artist Kathleen Miller is a native of Cape Ann. Growing up in Gloucester and currently residing in Rockport MA, she has been influenced by the rich art history of the area. She works primarily in oil and mixed media, experimenting with texture and loose, bold paint application.

Her work is greatly inspired by the natural beauty of Cape Ann, however, she infuses her emotions and personality into each piece. Her art represents the changing beauty of the landscape, as well as the shifting perspective of the artist herself. Kathleen’s style ranges from contemporary impressionism to expressionism, with strong abstract influences.

STEFAN MIERZ

Stefan was born in Lowell MA and grew up in Rockport MA. He began painting in oils at age 15 and attended Johnson State College in Johnson VT from 1999 until 2004. During this time, he worked part time at the Vermont Studio Center. 

Experimental and stylistically diverse, Stefan's paintings are typically very colorful and can range from textural pointillism to geometric and abstract. His subject matter is usually inspired by nature and music but is not always figurative.

LARRY Martin-Bittman

Lawrence Martin-Bittman was a naturalized American who grew up in Czechoslovakia. After receiving a Doctor of International Law and Master’s degree in journalism, he held various positions inside the Czechoslovak diplomatic and intelligence services. After the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in August 1968, he refused to accept the authority of the new regime in occupied Prague. He escaped to Germany and asked American representatives for political asylum. For this decision, the communist military court sentenced him to death in absentia. In the United States, he devoted most of his energy to academic work at Boston University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on international communication, disinformation, propaganda and covert action which have been published in the US, Germany, Switzerland, Indonesia, Spain, Portugal, Canada and, after 1990, also in the Czech Republic.Gradually he became interested in visual art and after September 1996 when he left Boston University as Professor Emeritus, he devoted all of his time to painting. He worked in watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. With their colorful vitality, Prague, Gloucester and Rockport are the major sources of his artistic inspiration. Lawrence became a member of the Art Nook Gallery in Rockport, MA where he showed his work from 2012 until his death in September of 2018. For extensive information about the artist’s life story, consult Google under his original name Ladislav Bittman and his American name Lawrence Martin.