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JOSEPH CHARPENTIER Thu, 12/31/2020 - 7:45am
Local contractor Steve Lorrain employs driftwood as frames for what he has dubbed calendar art. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
Coastal Maintenance, Inc. owner Steve Lorrain has been moonlighting in niche furniture making for four years under the moniker Two By Sea. At 67, the professional painter is preparing to turn over the company’s keys to Steve Jr., hang up the ladders and take some long walks on the beach for his new chosen medium, driftwood.
“It s kind of my retirement plan. I do what I call mudroom essentials – shelves with hooks on them and that kind of stuff,” Lorrain said while setting out picture frame after frame. “I call these calendar art. I use a lot of Bob Mitchell s old calendars mostly just to highlight the frames … When I first started doing it, I had a lot of his black and white photos.”