Carver Hill Gallery first opened in 2005 as a show-house gallery on a five-acre estate in rural Rockport. An old, meticulously renovated cape served as a showroom for Maine made art and furniture. Twelve rooms in the main house were appointed with stunning furnishings by some of Maine's finest craftsmen, and the art adorning the walls was rotated frequently for art openings. The attached barn served as an event space/concert hall featuring Indie art films and internationally known folk musicians. 

In 2010, founder Jana Halwick opened a second location on Main Street in Rockland to drive more tourist traffic to the off-the-beaten-path location in Rockport. The success of the Rockland location and the overwhelming responsibility of the estate location (and two very energetic sons!) led to the consolidation of the galleries two years later. With a slightly heavy heart but a big sigh of relief, the estate gallery in Rockport closed and the Rockland location was able to focus on fine art. Many galleries in the state at the time, including Carver Hill, were showing exclusively local art, but submissions were coming in from all over the world.  To separate itself from its predecessors, Carver Hill made the decision to expand its artist roster to include not only Maine artists, but talented artists from all over the globe. 

Six years ago, Carver Hill expanded to a wonderful waterfront location in nearby Camden. Seven picture windows run along the street side of the gallery on Bay View Street, and the rear entrance is on Camden Harbor. The Rockland location is now a summer pop-up location in a large warehouse/boathouse at 20 Winter Street, directly across from the Center for Maine Contemporary Art and two doors down from the Farnsworth Art Museum. 

ROSE UMERLIK of Vermont and JUAN ESCAURIAZA of Madrid in a two person show at the summer Pop-Up location in Rockland.

Now in its nineteenth year, Carver Hill Gallery continues to inspire art enthusiasts with an atypical collection of contemporary fine art from its home state of Maine, spanning the country to Los Angeles, and including work from Spain, Italy, Argentina, Canada and beyond. All of the gallery's artists are career artists and art professionals who have taught in some of the finest institutions worldwide. Commissions, corporate sales and installation are welcome and available. Visit us at the gallery or set up an appointment for us to visit you in your home or office. We are always happy to show work by appointment outside of business hours.

Small Business and Corporate Sales

Carver Hill has worked with businesses around the country  in purchasing original artwork for their public and private spaces. We are happy to meet with you about your needs, or we will happily work remotely. We deliver and ship art all over the U.S. and overseas.

Commission Work

Carver Hill has worked with many private and corporate collectors on commission pieces to fit some interesting and complicated projects. We welcome inquiries for available options and pricing. We have relationships with many more artists than our website represents, please let us know if you seek something you do not see and we will do our best to accommodate you.

For Artists Interested in Submitting Work

Gallery artists are juried by several people with various, diverse qualifying credentials. Sorry, but we cannot view work from walk-ins and will make appointments based on preliminary contact through the mail or website if we feel the work will fit with our collection and/or work we are seeking at the time. For preliminary contact, we ask for an artist's statement, abbreviated resume or CV, a website link if applicable, and an email attachment with up to 5 jpegs (if you have more than one body of work or work in more than one medium you may submit 5 for each). In lieu of the above you may snail mail a CD, photos, or slides - up to 20 images. Please understand that in our busy season reviewing work takes time and unsolicited portfolios will not be returned. Our email address is carverhillgallerymaine@gmail.com. Please use the words ARTIST SUBMISSION in the email subject. Thank you for your interest.