Thirty years ago, my wife and her family introduced me to the small fishing village of Stonington, Me.  It is rugged, strikingly beautiful, and home to many hardworking people making their living and raising their families.  The island is also home to many artists, not only because of it’s beauty, and quality of light, but also because of the character of the community. Early on, we met one painter, Jill Hoy, whom we have admired for her brilliant use of color and unique style to her oil paintings.  Each year, as we walk up and down the steep hills of the town after church and/or breakfast at the Harbor View Cafe, we would always seem to end up at Jill’s gallery to admire her impressive work that has captured so much of this island.