Glacia Erratic 1, a painting by Shanna Compton. Earthtones, slate blues, and off-whites create an organic arrangement of shapes, with some dark gray graphite linework and various textures in an abstract design. The painting is 12 x 9 inches and is available at the Camden Public Library’s Jean Picker Gallery for the month of May 2026.

Spring 2026 News

It’s mid May already! The sunrise is coming earlier and the sunset later, the alewives are running in Brooksville and the ospreys are diving after them. I’m painting, painting, painting. It’s feeling really good to get into the studio every day, even if just for 20 minutes. I feel so lucky to have this time and space.

The Buoy Gallery’s ARTPM 2026 show was so much fun. We got down to see it one Saturday. Floor to ceiling—688 artists!—so many materials and approaches. A really interesting mix. Big thanks to Al Mead for pulling it off, once again. Currently, I’ve got one of my Glacial Erratic paintings (left) and a collagraph print on view in a UMVA show in Camden, It’s the Small Things though May 27.

Here’s the panel discussion that ran on WERU in April, with fellow local authors Linda Buckmaster, Elizabeth Garber,  and Catherine Schmitt. It was lovely to hear everyone read a short piece, and chat about our writing lives in Maine. (I also did 30 poems in 30 days on the Bloof Blog for NaPoWriMo, one of the rare Aprils I have managed that trick.)

My book of collages, Deep Whoosh, is available here on my website, or locally at Anodyne Bookshop in Searsport, and Makers’ Market Shop & Studio in Sargentville, or Blue Hill Books in Blue Hill. Your favorite indie bookstore can order it too (from Asterism). As always, if you’re in the Blue Hill area you can find some of my original prints and greeting cards at Makers’ Market Shop & Studio in Sargentville.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cover design for Deep Whoosh, a book of closed-caption sound effect collages by Shanna Compton, published by Black Square Editions in 2025. One of the 50 collages from the collection is shown on a black gridded cutting matt, featuring a green polar bear standing on a floating iceberg chunk.
My Books
A painting by Shanna Compton called “I’m Not Home (Fallen Sky Series).” Mostly abstract and colorful, with a drawn blue airplane to the left and some stylized cloud shapes. A large yellow oval in the upper right is balanced by darker swirls and loops in the lower half.
Visual Art
Cover design by Shanna Compton for Two Poems by Jamie Saenz, translated by Ted Dodson and Kit Schluter, published by Action Books in 2026. An acid-green skull sitting on an icicle ledge floats on a black background with acid-green title below.
Book Design