Bill Taylor
Owner, Frame maker

Bill started his framing career in 1971 at Berry's Stationers. He worked there for 28 years, the last 15 years as general manager of the store.

In 1999 he moved on to The Framemakers and in 2003 he bought the business.

He married Cathy, an insufferable Red Sox fan, in 1975. Christmas 2007 Manny and Lucy, 8 week old kittens, came into their lives. Before that they had George and Gracie for 18 years and 16 years. The kitties are their kids!

He and Cathy bought another business, Adams & Worth, 72 Main St. Waterville in May of 2007.

His accomplishments and duties downtown include: Past Secretary of the Waterville Main St. Board of Directors, Member of WMSt Organization Committee, Member Board of Directors of The Waterville Historical Society, Past member of the Waterville Arts Council, Strong supporter of the Arts downtown, 10 years on the Waterville Intown Arts Fest committee and past member of the Waterville Opera House Improvement Association, Business of the Year finalist in 2004 and 2005 and winner 2006, Recipient of the 2007 William R. Cotter Waterville Regional Arts and Community Center award for Community Service. Financially supports Freshwater Arts and Waterville Area Arts Society.

He invented the Cosmic Modulator.

Jenny has been with The Framemakers for over 20 years. Figures are her friends.

She is a printmaker and artist and is part of ArtDogs and Circling the Square Fine Art Press.

Jenny takes care of all the bookkeeping and scheduling and holds down the fort when Bill takes a rare vacation. She lives in Waterville with her husband Ed Wright and multiple fur-persons.

Matt Russ
Customer Service, Frame maker
Matt has been with us for 2 years and is full-time. He has a gift in connecting with the customers to help pick out the right combination for their framing. Matt is also an incredible artist specializing in acrylic landscapes and still-lifes.

Matt is recently married and lives in Waterville with his wife KC. They have two Golden Retrievers, Daisy and Riley.

Amy Heald
Finishing Department Head

Amy H. has been with The Framemakers for 5 1/2 years. She worked at another frame shop for 2 years before joining us. She lives in Winslow with her son Hayden and two cats, Teddy (long-haired grey tiger) and Boots (a tuxedo cat.)

Amy heads the finishing department, including cutting glass, and making sure the end product is free of flaws, straight and ready to hang.

Meg Cheesman
Customer Service, Finishing Department

Meg is the newest addition to our team. She lives in Winslow with her husband Gordon. She has six adult children and five grandchildren. She also has two cats, Boots (a tuxedo cat like Lucy and Amy H's Boots) and Mango (an orange tabby) and a Golden Retriever named Kobe. She is a Creative Memories scrapbook consultant and enjoys photography, scrapbooking, gardening, reading, and spending time with her family.

In her first week, Meg has already proven a wonderful customer service attitude and has a wonderful sense of colour and style.

Amy K. Cyrway
Customer Service, Matcutting & Design, Mounting & Laminating

Amy C. has been with the Framemakers since August 2002. She worked at another frame shop for a few years before joining us. Amy lives in Waterville with her husband Brian Vigue and their cat Caligo, a silver-grey domestic short-hair.

Amy can do almost everything in the framing department and, as a trained graphic artist with over ten years experience, does the advertising, website, and window design. She works full-time and is incredible at picking out just the right framing combination for anything that comes into the shop. (Bill wrote that last sentence, not me. --Amy C.) She loves to test the limits of the computerised mat cutter.

For her free time, she is an artist, writer, and hobby costume-maker. She is currently on the Waterville Arts Fest committee and has designed the posters for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and one of the founders of the Waterville Area Writers' Group.