Edgecomb artist Kimberly Skillin Traina’s “Seasons of Maine” exhibition, featuring 30 pastel paintings, will be in the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery Nov. 25 through Jan. 4. Traina’s paintings of nature — water, waves, reflection, marshes, islands, and clouds — capture the different qualities of light inherent to the seasons in Maine.

A graphic designer and photographer for over 35 years, she began painting with soft pastels in 2011. “I love the intensity of the color, the ability to layer, and the feel of the medium as I work the pastels with my fingers. If I’m not painting plein-air,  I start with a photograph I have taken, but the end result is always its own story. I hang my pastels in my studio for months, picking them up to add a color, or change a shape until the story that wants to be told is complete.”