CONTACT
P.O. Box 599
Eliot, ME 03903
phone: 207.748.3105
http://donalddemers.com
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GALLERIES
J. Russell Jinishian, Fairfield, CT
Tree's Place, Orleans, MA
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Riversway Gallery,  Eliot, ME
R, Wilson,  Nantucket, MA
Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT
Art of the Sea,  S. Thomaston, ME

RESUME

Born & Raised 1956, Massachusetts & Maine

Education
School of the Worcester Art Museum, MA
Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, MA.

Selected Exhibitions
2012-2011
The Allure of Water: On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA

2013-2009
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2010
Turning Tides, Changing Light, Solo Exhibition, Vose Galleries, Boston, MA
2008
European Tradition, American Vision, Paintings by the Plein-Air Painters of America, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD

2007
From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America 21st Annual Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA

2006
Laguna Plein Air, Laguna Art Museum, CA

2005-2004
Plein Air Painters of America, Lake Tahoe, NV

2002 Three-Man Show, John Pence Gallery, D.Demers/W. Davis/J. McGurl
St. Botolph Club, Marine Art Exhibition
Marine Masterworks, One Man Show, J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters Invitational
Plein Air Painters of America, Catalina Island

2001
One-Man Show, J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
Twelfth National ASMA Show, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
First USA Riverfront Arts Center, Wilmington, DE
Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters Invitational
Contemporary Artists Paint Yosemite and the Eastern Sierras: A California Art Club Invitational, Haggin Museum
On Location-Coast to Coast-Small Works by Nine American Artists, Tree’s Place

2000
One-Man Show, J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
Three-Man Show , John Pence Gallery, D. Demers/W. Davis/J. McGurl
Three-Man Show, Tree’s Place, New American Luminists, D. Demers/W.Davis,/J.McGurl

1999-1985
Eighth National ASMA Show, Newport News, VA
One-Man Show, Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT
Ninth National ASMA Show, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD Tenth National ASMA Show, Schaefer Gallery, Mystic, CT
One-Man Show, Robert Wilson Gallery, Nantcuket, MA
Two-Man Show, Robert Wilson Gallery, Nantucket, MA
"A Seagoing Dynasty, The Pattens of Bath", Maine Maritime Museum
Eleventh National ASMA Show, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Cummer Museum of Arts and Flowers, Jacksonville, FL
Three-Man Show, Tree’s Place, New American Luminists, D. Demers/W. Davis,/J. .McGurl
One-Man Show, J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
Portrayals of Patrick O’Brien Stories, Seaman’s Institute

Selected Bibliography
2006 Rachel Wolf, "New American Luminists," Fine Art Connoisseur, April
2005 "Painting the Visual Language," Plein Air Magazine, March

Affiliations & Awards
Signature Member, Plein Air Painters of America
Fellow, American Society of Marine Artists, 9 awards at the Mystic International Marine Exhibition, Mystic, CT
Museum of American Illustration national competition, 4 awards