Richard Boyd Art Gallery on Peaks Island in Portland, Maine opens the fifth annual Creatures and Critters benefit exhibit on Wednesday, April 1 at 10:00 am.  The exhibit features a selection of art works in a broad range of styles from contemporary to traditional realism, in a variety of mediums, covering an array of subjects depicting animals in sporting scenes, wildlife settings, and animal portraits. The exhibit includes a limited edition bronze sculpture and an oil painting by Jeffrey Ackerman; paintings in oil on canvas by Rob Anderson; paintings in acrylic based gouache, watercolor, or mixed media by Amy Bickford; limited edition bronze sculptures by Charles Ellithorpe, DVM; and a painting in acrylic by Kathy Weinberg. The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception at the gallery on Saturday, April 11 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.

Each year a portion of Richard Boyd Art Gallery's net income from the sale of art works featured in the exhibit is donated to an animal charity. The beneficiary this year is the Portland, Maine based group, Friends of Feral Felines (FoFF). The FoFF is a non-profit whose mission is to humanely reduce the number of feral cats in our communities through trapping, neutering, and then releasing them back to their colony sites. Volunteers provide the colonies with food, water and monitor the colonies for new, sick, or injured members who need attention. To learn more about the FoFF pleas visit http://www.feralfelines.net. 

Richard Boyd Art Gallery is located at the corner of Island Avenue and Epps Street, in the first building on the right, on the first floor. The exhibit is open free of charge to the public from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily through April 30, 2015. For additional information about the exhibit please call the gallery at 207-712-1097, email info@richardboydartgallery.com or visit www.richardboydartgallery.com. For weekly news and updates please like the gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardBoydArtGallery.