Riverbed Art | Caribou, Maine
Art shaped by nature. Made by hand.
Original artwork inspired by life, love, and nature, often incorporating river glass, stones, driftwood, pottery, and other materials gathered from the Aroostook River.
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Where the river meets the artwork.
The Aroostook River has been part of our lives for nearly two decades. Along its banks and riverbed, pieces of glass, pottery, driftwood, and beautifully worn stones have always had a way of catching our attention.
Riverbed Art started simply, with a piece of driftwood, a woodburner, and finger paint. From there, one idea led to another. River glass began finding its way into illustrations. Intact bottles, some around 100 years old, became vases. Pieces of pottery and driftwood took on completely new lives.
Today, Riverbed Art brings together illustration, painting, pyrography, and found natural materials to create original artwork rooted in northern Maine. Some pieces contain materials gathered directly from the Aroostook River, while others are simply inspired by the nature surrounding us.
Meet the Makers
The people behind Riverbed Art.
Riverbed Art is a small creative business rooted in Caribou, Maine. Much of the creating happens at home, while our work also has a permanent local presence at Creative Carpentry of Maine . One of us creates the art. The other helps make nearly everything around the art possible.
Kim Chabre
Artist and Creator
Kim is the artist behind Riverbed Art. She collects, draws, paints, woodburns, designs, and assembles each original piece by hand. Her work is inspired by life, love, nature, and the endless possibilities found along the Aroostook River.
Luc Daigle
Behind the Scenes
Luc helps keep Riverbed Art moving behind the scenes. He helps collect materials along the river, manages the website and technology, assists with shipping, and captures parts of the creative journey through photography and video.
Together, we turn inspiration from northern Maine into artwork that can find a home almost anywhere.
From the Aroostook River
Found broken in the river. Made into something new.
Many Riverbed Art originals begin with materials hand collected from the Aroostook River in Caribou. Pieces of river glass, pottery, driftwood, and beautifully worn stones are chosen for their color, shape, texture, and character.
Those materials are combined with illustration, watercolor, gouache, pyrography, and other techniques to create something entirely new while still preserving a small piece of where it came from.
Nothing is carved or reshaped to make it more perfect. The marks left by water, weather, and time are part of what makes each piece unique.
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Art became something more.
Creating has always been about more than making something beautiful. Art can be a place to slow down, pay attention, work through change, and reconnect with the things that matter.
That is part of what continues to shape Riverbed Art today. Nature, resilience, humor, love, and the idea that something unexpected can become meaningful all find their way into the work.
Riverbed Art | Caribou, Maine
Bring a little piece of Maine home.
Explore original artwork and fine art prints inspired by life, love, nature, and the Aroostook River.