JUDY O’DELL is a visual and book artist and writer who lives in Rockport, Maine, and Laporte, Pennsylvania. She has been making photographs and journaling since childhood. Inspiration for her work comes from the nearby forests, ocean, rivers, and streams. Her photographs and writing reflect her varied interests in philosophy, history, geography, geology, hydrology, botany, physics, and wildlife. Judy holds a BA in Economics from Immaculata University. As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) now working with employee-owned businesses, she is naturally curious about the industries that were once in these places, how people made their living there, how the land was used, abused, repurposed, and what remains. She began serious study of photography in 2000 at the Corcoran in Washington, DC, and after numerous workshops at Maine Media College, she completed her MFA there in 2020. She photographs, makes books, and writes about not only the beauty but also the stories and memories in her backyards.
PUBLICATIONS
Self-published book, Goose River Field Notes, 2020
Self-published book, Curley Visits Lake Mokoma, 2023 – a benefit for Mokoma Conservancy
Zine – 30 Square Miles – a benefit for Citizens Against Residential Mining
Self-published book, Curley Visits Laporte, 2026 – a benefit for Laporte Volunteer Fire Company
BOOK ART SHOWS
2026
Camden Public Library Accordion Book Show – Maine Boats
New England Book Artists Member Show, Brush Art Gallery – Erractics
Hello Neighbor, Midcoast Maine Book Artists Exhibition, Jaffrey Civic Center, NH – Under the Sea and Curley Visits Rockport
Open Show, Kalamazoo Book Arts – Checkmate
2025
Ritual, juried show, 23 Sandy Gallery, Santa Fe, NM – Winter Woodswalk and Navy Corners
Spring Juried Show, Wayne, PA, Art Gallery – Checkmate
Midcoast Maine Book Artists show, Camden, ME, Library – Secret Garden.
Midcoast Maine Book Artists show, Blue Hill, ME, Library – My Meadow in August and Maine Boats.
Small Impressions, juried show, New England Book Artists – Under the Sea
2024
Art of the State, juried show, State Museum of Pennsylvania – Alphabet Soup
Camden, Maine Library Accordion Book Show – Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
Older
100 Miles Show, juried show, Penn Tech College, PA - Portraits
PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP SHOWS
2025
Pen Bay Medical Center call for artists – Clark Island photographs
2024
Praxis Gallery Black and White Show
Penn Bay Medical Center call for artists – 30 Square Miles photographs
2023
Pen Bay Medical Center call for artists – Goose River photographs
Older
Maine Photo Show – 2022
Praxis Gallery Annual Members Salon
Maine Photo Show – 2021
Camera Work- Trees and Water, Praxis Gallery, Annual Praxis Members Salon,
The Griffin Museum, Boston, Juried Photo Book Show, Goose River Field Notes
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, Juried Photo Book Show, Goose River Field Notes
VOTE, Lenscratch
The Maine Photography Juried Show – 2019
Prairie Village Museum, Rugby, ND
Henry Knox Museum, Thomaston, Maine
Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco
Onslow County, NC Arts Council Juried Show
Chestertown, MD Arts League Juried Show
SOLO SHOWS
Somewhere and Nowhere, PNC Bank Building, Chestertown, MD, 2013
Belleau Wood, Camp Lejeune Officers Club, NC, 2004
