If you love Aroostook as I do than you have seen images of our lovely County all over the internet or in your local paper. Some of these are the icons of County life. It has been my pleasure to meet alot of these gifted photographers and artists of all kinds. Their art acts as a beacon to us that love this place so. Shining brilliance upon the places, people and things we may have been taking for granted. The Cyrs of Northern Maine have been amomg them. Although my relationship with them is a new found friendship. I hope to tell the world about their art and that they may count me as a friend from here on.

A Brief Biography:

The eclectic works of Debra and Gene Cyr are inspired by Maine’s rural character where nature is the true artist. Their job, as they see it, is to capture what has been so beautifully laid out before them. Living in the far northern region of Maine inspires them to be a part of this world of living things and the vast outdoors, doing their best to be out in nature every day taking photos, but at the same time trying to have as little impact on our natural resources as possible. Capturing the beauty around them with their cameras, but at the same time leaving it exactly as it was so others coming after them can see it as they witnessed it.

Artist Statement:

Our goal is to show the rest of the world that the state of Maine is one of America’s true visual treasures. People know Maine best through scenes of our beautiful coast, but Maine is so much more. For most people northern Maine is a paradise waiting to be experienced, we hope that the experience will be made a little easier through our photos. As photographers we try to capture what nature so kindly places before us, and do it justice. As a digital artist through photo manipulations, Gene uses his imagination and creates something slightly different than what nature intended, and hopefully nature doesn’t mind.

Debra Cyr is a three time winner in the State of Maine Photo Contest.

First Place Winner Inland & Mountain Scenes Category spring 2009 for “Katahdin In Spring”

Honorable Mention winner for the Inland & Mountain Scenes category summer 2008 for “Farm Field”

First Place winner for the Wildlife category summer 2006 for “Moose Family”

Gene Cyr is a six time winner in the State of Maine Photo Contest.Honorable Mention winner for the Agriculture & Rural Life Category winter 2008 for “Winter Birch”
Honorable Mention winner for the Agriculture & Rural Life category spring 2007 for “Budding Leaves”
First Place winner for the Agriculture & Rural Life category winter 2006 for “Cherry Snow Cones”
First Place winner for the Inland & Mountain Scenes category winter 2006 for “Winter Blues”
Honorable Mention winner for the Agriculture & Rural Life category fall 2006 for “Harvest Time”
First Place winner for the Inland & Mountain Scenes category spring 2006 for “Spring Clouds”

We did our first art show last year at the Skyline Farm’s “Fertile Ground Art Exhibit and Sale” held in September. Skyline Farm is located in North Yarmouth and is a carriage museum, more info on them can be found here:

Skyline Farm

Here is a Sample Of My Aroostook:

By Debra Cyr

By Gene Cyr

If you like what you have seen here, please go to their website and see more of what they see, when they look at my beautiful Aroostook. This is but a small meager peek into the skill and artistry of the Cyrs. Take a moment to go and look at the beauty of Aroostook, as seen through their loving eyes.