Speers Gallery at Kennebunk Free Library will present the exhibit Whimsical Works on Paper by Laima Vince in August. The exhibit runs Aug. 2-26 with an opening reception planned for Saturday, Aug. 3 from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

According to a news release, Laima is an artist, teacher and literary translator based in Kennebunk and Vilnius, Lithuania. She has artistic training from the School of Visual Arts, Rutgers University, Hunter College, Columbia University, and the University of Southern Maine. She has exhibited in both Europe and the United States. Her exhibit in Kennebunk features big, colorful paintings done in oil and in gouache.

Regarding the whimsical aspect of her exhibit title, Vince said, in an email, “Through imagination, the artist lives on in the world of childhood, even as an adult. The stories, dreams, fears, and joys experienced in childhood live on inside the artist’s mind and become real again on the canvas or on a sheet of paper.

“This exhibit of paintings leads the viewer inside the landscape of imagination of my inner child. The mystical and magical characters in these paintings are images that I remember from fairy tales, stories, folk myths, and my dreams.”

The public is invited to view the exhibit in the library’s Speers Gallery from Aug. 2-26 at 112 Main St., Kennebunk, during regular library hours when the gallery is not in use for library programs. For library hours and gallery access, visit www.kennebunklibrary.org.