Two Harbors Studio was originally established by artist Imero Gobbato, and currently continues on its mission of supporting and promoting imaginative, creative art-making under the direction of Rosemary Willson.

Imero Gobbato established Two Harbors Studio in the early 1970s in Camden, Maine, after emigrating from Italy following WWII. He and his wife, Josette, searched for their home for some time before settling by the picturesque Camden Harbor, and it was there that Imero was able to build his first dedicated art studio. He named it Two Harbors to connect it with his beloved Camogli, Italy, where at the age of 19 he briefly lived and painted after completing his art education. He hoped to remain there and establish himself as an artist, but the war dictated otherwise. The fact that both Camden and Camogli were beautiful, working-harbor villages, sitting on the same earthly latitude of 44 degrees north, and beginning with the letters ‘Cam’, formed his studio name.

As Rosemary Willson practiced her own art, she also spent years as Imero’s studio assistant, becoming deeply involved in his life and increasingly committed to his art—especially his imaginal world of Humbravana. Since Imero’s death in 2010, Rosemary remains in awe of him as an artist and a person, and is dedicated to the basic principles and philosophies of his life’s work, which continue to inspire and guide her own.

Hence Two Harbors Studio is now two artists, two bodies of work, and two hearts—deep in the mystery, dreaming of flying; doing the necessary work.