Our Posters

James Gibson's 2008 Poster Celebrates 10 Years of NLMS
James Gibson is a New London resident and a graphic designer at Smizer Perry, responsible for creating the brand identity of the 26-block downtown area now known as The District. His poster is created from layering the rich colors of the logo with abstract washes of paint over a large celebratory "10" commemorating New London Main Street's tenth anniversary.

Carey Williams 2007 Poster, "Save the Whales"
Carey Williams works in a variety of media ranging from fabric to oil, pastel, watercolor, and colored pencil. In her twenty-five years as a painter, she has exhibited in shows and galleries in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Williams is currently a member of the Artist's Cooperative of Westerly, R.I. Her work is in private collections throughout the Northeast.

Bruce Abbott McDermott & the 2006 Poster
Mr. McDermott is a sculptor and a painter. The Connecticut Commission on the Arts has sponsored his work, and he shows primarily in SE Connecticut and Rhode Island. His poster, Garde Night Out, depicits a family about to attend an event at the Garde Arts Center in downtown New London.

Poster by Cindy Walker Chosen for 2005
Cindy Walker's winning poster is entitled, On the Waterfront. Ms. Walker has worked as a graphic artist, creating everything from murals to illustrations. Her poster is a delightful look through the artist's eye at summertime along the banks of the Thames in downtown New London. Her depiction captures festivites at the new Waterfront Park as well as a variety of boats, ferries, and tall ships traveling the river.

Local Artist's Work Chosen for 2004 Image Campaign
Judith Kuhn has over twenty years experience painting the Groton-New London area. A representational artist, Judith's preferred medium is oil painting. Judith's painting Bank Street II was chosen as the New London Main Street Poster for 2004-2005. The Poster, which is part of New London Main Street's Image Enhancement Campaign for the downtown Historic Waterfront District, was created using one of Judith Kuhn's award-winning paintings from Wet Paint Week, which takes place during Books Brushes Jazz & Blues. Judith took first prize during Wet Paint Week 2003. Bank Street II is an urban landscape that depicts the beauty of downtown New London, its simplified shapes and vibrant colors giving the painting a dreamy quality.

Philip LaVarge's Bank Street Lights Chosen for 2003
Mr. LaVarge was born in 1945 in nearby Norwich, CT. His training includes a BFA in 1967, Cooper Union, NY; in 1976-77, Printmaking Workshop, Studio of Bob Cale, Stonington, CT; and in 1982-92, Lifedrawing Workshops/Seminars, The Art League of Houston, Houston, TX. He has exhibited extensively in Connecticut as well as in San Francisco and San Diego, California; Rochester, New York; and Houston and San Marcos, Texas.

Robert Hauschild Contributes Posters 1998 to 2002
Robert Hauschild's contribution to the New London Main Street poster program began in 1998 with A New Day Dawning, a beautiful view of State Street in a future downtown New London. His next poster was in 2000 and entitled, The New Century on the Parade, an artist's view of the Plaza at the head of Bank Street where it joins State Street and featuring the Soldiers and Sailors Monument built in 1896.

Mr. Hauschild has been honored by many of our area's art institutions. His paintings have been selected by B.A.R.E., Pfizer's Bringing Art to the Research Environment exhibit. Robert Hauschild's work hangs in the permanent collection of the Mystic Seaport Museum. He work has also been exhibited at the Mystic Art Association, the Slater Museum in Norwich, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Connecticut Watercolor Society, and the West Hartford Art League.

The poster for 2001 brought us spring in downtown New London. The watercolor, entitled Springtime on the Waterfront is Hauschild's romantic depiction of the new downtown Waterfront Park on a cool, rainy spring afternoon. We see a family group strolling the boardwalk and a solitary figure gazing down the Thames to the sea.

In 2002's, Eugene O'Neill on the Waterfront, Hauschild again used the Waterfront Park as background for this watercolor. Focusing on the elegant sculpture of Eugene O'Neill as a boy, Hauschild gives us a bright, sunny day at the City Pier in Waterfront Park. Although O'Neill was educated in boarding schools, his summers were spent at the family's only permanent home, Monte Cristo Cottage on Pequot Avenue overlooking the Thames River in New London. Hauschild's work captures the wistful quality of the sculpture. While O'Neill sits and gazes out over the Thames from his vantage point on a well-placed rock, the pier and park beyond are alive with all the usual activity that's present when a tall ship docks.