Damariscotta artist Polly Steadman will showcase her paintings at the Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) office gallery in downtown Damariscotta. The exhibition, entitled “Moonstruck,” opened  Nov. 16 and will run through December.

The association invites the public to a reception for Steadman from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20.

Steadman’s technique is all about the blending of oil colors in a “wet-on-wet” process, where the brushstrokes may be long and strong, or short, light and quick.

As the composition, usually unplanned at the outset, takes shape and the paint sets up, forms and themes emerge on the canvas. Then her artist’s eye guides the flow of the design to the finished work that is a unique convergence of intellect and emotion. Steadman finds the process itself exciting and liberating and each time an exploration into the unknown.

The artist is giving 40 percent of sales to support the PWA mission of conserving the natural resources of the Pemaquid peninsula.

To view the exhibit, visit the Association’s office from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. The gallery is located at 15 Courtyard Street, above Salt Bay Café in downtown Damariscotta.

For more information, call 207-563-2196 or visit www.pemaquidwatershed.org.