Kathleen Billis
The route that Kathleen Billis has followed to arrive in Boothbay Harbor and painting has taken her from singing and modeling in New York City to owning a bed and breakfast in a remote northern California village. Enter a Maine artist, Mitch Billis, who happens to stop for a cup of coffee one morning in Ferndale, California, visits Kathleen’s bed and breakfast, and ends up staying for a year. Kathleen and Mitch fell in love, beginning a relationship that would be the impetus for Kathleen to return to her interest in art.
Kathleen Billis paints in the plein-air tradition of the turn-of-the-century impressionists. She can be observed in all seasons, heeding Willard Metcalf’s encouragement to: “Go out, paint what you see, and find a place for yourself within your own culture.” Kathleen’s colorful harbor scenes and depictions of rural life have found homes with visiting summer people, local residents and people throughout the country.
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