This year marks Sylvan Gallery’s 15th anniversary with a move to a larger commercial space in Wiscasset. The gallery’s new location, at the northeast corner of Water and Main streets, right next to Red’s Eats, provides over 1,000 square feet of viewing space for the 18 represented artists.

The celebration of the new location coincides with the first Wiscasset Art Walk of the season on June 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. Please join owners Ann and Rick Scanlan for light refreshments to celebrate!

Represented in the gallery’s group exhibitions include a diverse group of exceptional contemporary New England artists. Featured work by Maine artists include a selection of oil paintings by Wiscasset’s Susannah “Sukey” Haney. “Island Light Study” is exquisitely detailed and is an excellent example of Haney’s ability to skillfully compose and bring a fresh eye to the well-loved and the often painted subject of the Monhegan lighthouse.

Tina Ingraham of Bath blends representational subject matter with elements of abstraction in her newest painting, “Dockside Arrival.” Washes of paint, juxtapositions of warm and cool colors, and textural scumbling, exemplify Ingraham’s enjoyment of the painting process. The end result is a striking painting of a Portland Pier — its aged and weathered essence is revealed in a very personal and engaging way.

Master plein air painter Stan Moeller of York offers a series of cafe and street scenes from recent painting trips to Paris and Italy. Moeller creates visual excitement by using strong lights and darks in his paintings with strategic spots of colors that really stand out. Moeller’s paintings evoke a sense of mood and familiarity — and the sense of having stood there and seen that.

Artist Ann Scanlan exhibits oil paintings of animals in the farmscape. “Autumn at Chewonki” is a long panoramic view of farm out buildings with a trio of sheep grazing in the foreground. The soft, diffused light and subtle tones of color lend the painting a strong sense of mood, which typifies Scanlan’s work.

Maine subject matter is the inspiration for other work in the gallery by Neal Hughes, Charles Kolnik and Robert Noreika. A series of luminous ocean moonscapes are presented by Al Barker; Joann Ballinger, Shirley Cean Youngs, Trenton Forster Youngs and Angelo Franco. Also look for new paintings by gallery artists Greg Laderer, Paul Lipp, Crista Pisano and Polly Seip.

Sylvan Gallery, now located at 49 Water Street,  is open Monday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, call 207-882-8290. The art in the exhibition may be viewed at www.sylvangallery.com.