Artists from Kittery to Brunswick will gather in Cape Elizabeth Saturday to sell their creations, ranging from sea glass jewelry to handcrafted silver, to benefit chained dogs.

For the third year in a row, Alison Bramhall of Yarmouth has organized the art show, which will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Sprague Hall. A $2 cover charge, along with a portion of each artist’s earnings, will benefit Dogs Deserve Better, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending the practice of keeping dogs permanently chained outdoors.

Originally, Bramhall said, she wanted the show to benefit a different shelter or organization every year, but after working with Susanna Richer, Maine representative of Dogs Deserve Better, she didn’t have the heart to switch.

Bramhall said Richer gets hundreds of e-mails every day alerting her to dogs that need to be rescued. She said she hopes the show will not just bring in money for the organization, but help make people more aware of the problem.

“We’re trying to make some fuzzy friends have a happier holiday,” Bramhall said.

According to Richer, the organization works to bring inside their owners’ home dogs that are chained or penned outside, or to find the dogs new homes. She said the Maine chapter finds new homes for about 200 dogs every year.

Richer said, as she did last year, she will be bringing one of the rescued dogs to the show.

“Maybe we’ll be able to meet some potential owners,” she said.

Though the show itself is not dog-themed, one artist in it specializes in paintings of the pets.

After years of being caught up in the corporate world, Jim Williams of Cape Elizabeth decided to make a change. Three years ago, with no plans for the future, he quit his human resources job with L.L. Bean and took some time off. Though enrolling in college art classes was meant to be just a pastime, it turned into a profession.

“I found a passion I didn’t know I had,” Williams said of painting.

Inspired by the death of his beloved black Labrador Mattie, he began painting Labs – and only Labs – and hasn’t stopped since.

With a studio space in Portland, Williams now spends time marketing his business of both original paintings and T-shirts and greeting cards with his work printed on them. According to Williams, who has been selling his dog paintings all over New England, he’s touched only the tip of the iceberg in his business plan.

“I’ve never looked back. I’ve been having a blast,” he said at his studio in the State Theater building Monday, where he hangs out with his new pup, Pirate, and enjoys the water views.

Along with Williams’ boldly colored canine portraits, Bramhall will be selling her coastal charts and sea creatures on canvas.

Other items for sale include Santa Claus statues made out of recycled paper, dog toys made out of recycled fleece, calendars, custom bags, wooden kitchenware and gluten-free mustard.

According to Bramhall, it’s the perfect place to pick up a unique holiday gift at any price. She said last year, she didn’t see a single person who walked through the door walk out empty-handed, and she hopes that becomes the trend.

“It’s an amazing group of people, and it’s for a great cause,” Bramhall said. “It’s just a fun day.”

In Cape, artfully helping chained dogs