Wood artist Bill Housley at Gallery 302

BRIDGTON, Maine — Gallery 302, located at 112 Main St. in Bridgton, Maine, has a new wood artist, Bill Housley, who has been involved in arts and crafts his entire life, first as a cosmetic dentist and then as a wood turner.

During his professional life he was an assistant professor in dentistry at Tufts College of Medicine and Dentistry and also at the New Jersey College of dentistry. He practiced in San Francisco, Iowa, New Jersey, Needham, Mass., and finally, in Standish, Maine, since 1975. His after hours' hobby has always involved wood and in the past decade he has turned nearly exclusively to wood turning.