Read Between the Lines

 My new show "Read Between the Lines" opens this Friday, October 27th at the Tillotson Center from 5 - 7 pm.  Come check out some of my newest and largest pieces that delve into my relationship to the land, the landscape, nature and questions I've been working through as they relate to myself as painter, maker and rural dweller.

Catalyst: The Artist Mentor Dialog

Great pop-up show at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH, Oct.7 & 8.  The show featured four alumni from NHIA and their mentors and proposed a dialog of artworks speaking throughout the gallery space.  I was pleased to have an opportunity to show another iteration of my thesis installation.  I've been thinking of ways to expand on this installation and have an idea I'm anxious to act on.

Reimagined Landscape

Well attended opening reception for my show with Terry Ekesala at the Gallery at WREN in Bethlehem, NH.  It will be there until the end of the month, so if you didn't make the opening, check it out!  The combination of abstract and figurative landscape paintings and sculptures created a truly "reimagined landscape".

Shades of Green Online Exhibition

And then there was this.

Reimagined Landscape

Can't See the Forest for the Trees

Great opening reception for my current show at Fiddleheads.  There's still time to see it.  Check it out until July 5th.

NHIA Residency Schedule

I got a nice surprise in the mail today, both snail and email.  Got work accepted into the online show "Shades of Green" hosted by Gallery25N and had my work selected for the cover of the NHIA Residency Schedule.

Graduated

It's been a while since I've blogged.  It's been a busy six months.  I'm happy to say I completed my degree and graduated with a Master's of Fine Art from NH Institute of Art in Manchester.  I don't regret a minute of it and am already missing it.  I'm drawn to the academic world and living where I do, I miss the stimulation that I get from being engaged in it.  PHD next?

Work in progress.  I'm thinking this might be a new direction.  Further articulation on my relation to the landscape.  I keep thinking about a Georgia O'Keeffe quote that speaks to her desire to have viewers see the landscape the way SHE saw it.  And a smart man once said to me that Van Gogh painted his subjects the way HE saw them.  Perhaps not everyone sees things the way those of us that call ourselves artists do.

And one that I recently finished.

Phew!  Finally getting a chance to post almost 2 months after graduation.  It's been a whirlwind to say the least.  The final residency was stressful and joyful at the same time.  Graduation was intimate, personal and ultimately fulfilling.  My sons flew out to join me which was the icing on the cake.  And of course, most gratifying, the final installation was well received. Now to keep on making.