5 Portland

Adam credits his mother, a high school art teacher, with introducing him to art and leading him down a creative path. He took art lessons from childhood to high school, taking many family trips to various museums along the way. In his upbringing, he was exposed to a gamut of visual art and music, during which he developed a fascination with the likes of Van Gogh and Edward Hopper. Adam's collegiate pursuits culminated with a degree in Communication Arts from the University of New Hampshire. He also took several courses at the New Hampshire Institute of Art to further satisfy his artistic passions. More recently, he has led guided Segway tours of Manchester and commissioned several art works. Adam's unique blend of communications and artistic experience makes him a great asset to Muse Paintbar.

Ayla Wolfram is a wife, mother, and artist from Chicago, IL currently making her home in Portland, ME. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art with focus in painting, drawing, and curatorial studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her studio work includes graphite portraiture, watercolor flora and fauna, and mixed media atmospheric color fields. She looks forward to raising her family between the mountains and forests of Maine's countryside and the rich urbansetting of her new home city.

Katie has been painting for about 8 years, and it has become her passion. Her grandmother Valerie Baier was her first inspiration for painting. Valerie's love for nature and watercolors inspired Katie to grow into an artist herself. Katie currently lives in Portland, ME. She has moved throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. She graduated from the University of Maine in Orono with a B.S in Human Development and Studio Art. She finds that painting is a way to focus completely and crack open one's inner creativity. She loves using expressive brush strokes and vivid, contrasting colors in her paintings. When Katie is not painting she loves to explore nature, practice and teach yoga, and cuddle with her two loving puppies Loui and Scarlett.

Lucy delights in artistic expression across many mediums: from painting to dancing to writing. She received her BA from Bowdoin college in 2014, where she double majored in English Literature and Visual Art. Ever fascinated by people, she particularly loves painting portraits. While in school she painted a 14-foot multi-figure mural that hangs in the Midcoast Walk-In Clinic in Brunswick. Lucy is also a writer, and her writing has been published by the Center For Maine Contemporary Art and Taproot Magazine. She has most recently been dabbling in black-out poetry (check out her poetry zines at the Muse bar). When she is not at Muse, Lucy works for a nonprofit called Spindleworks, where she mentors adult artists with developmental disabilities. In her free time, she takes to the roads as a dance gypsy, traveling to Grange halls throughout New England and beyond to contra dance! She loves nature, food, and the wind in her curly, curly hair.

No matter the situation, Emily does her best to find the silver lining. Known for being described as colorful, she believes it's due to this positive attitude. Starting in high school, she has wanted to help others through teaching. It has been many, many, many years since then, but she has yet to lose her love for being a teacher. This led her to earning an art education degree from The Ohio State University. She is thrilled to be able to join Muse's exciting environment, where creativity is always encouraged. Emily moved from Cincinnati, Ohio in July of 2015. She describes it as the best place to grow up, but the salty air of Portland drew her in. If provoked, you will most likely hear about her mid-western roots, her scarlet and gray blood (O-H-I-O!), her family, and puppy dogs. She is also a karaoke star so, don't be surprised if her paintbrush turns into a microphone during a session!