Sam Davis is an award winning photographer who was originally from Mamaroneck, NY. He lived in Merrimac MA for 40 years and currently lives in Amesbury, MA. He has lived in several different states plus spent 3 years living in Germany. During this time, he traveled all around Europe with his Mamiya 645 film camera taking photographs. He now photographs mostly digital but still uses his film camera occasionally. He is basically a self-taught photographer with the help of some workshops and Adult Education classes. He has been a photographer for more than 40 years. His current vision is to use the full spectrum of light (seen and unseen) to explore the textures of the world we live in. This is done using both digital and film photography.

Thomas Palance

Thomas is a professional musician and has had experience as a pen and ink artist as an occasional hobby. He is a retired Music Professor at The Berklee College of Music and has previously taught at The Boston Conservatory, Salem State University and The University of New Hampshire. Tom served 20 years in the Navy’s premiere band in Washington DC performing at The White House, The Kennedy Center and twenty-two national tours. He has been on numerous studio recordings including four of his own releases. Tom has been a professional trumpet player and conductor for over forty years. He has brought a variety of artistic collaborations to the Boston area as the founder and Artistic Director of The Orchestra on the Hill creating collaborative concerts working with dancers, poets, visual artists and animators. He has illustrated for The Doctor Pet Joint Advisory Council in Washington, DC, and for the Orr Kelly Novel “Dream’s End. Thomas has also illustrated two children’s books by William Sargent “Eat, Hay, and Run” and “Lilly & Minot Go to the Beach”. Thomas has recently taken an interest in painting and has been under the mentorship of Pat Gray at Must Art Studios.