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Winter 2023

Dozier Bell was a philosophy major at Smith College when she discovered that visual art could represent her deep philosophical notions in a vital and expansive way. Luckily for us, she…

Autumn 2023

Susan Sawyer is a New England naturalist who draws and paints to further her understanding of the natural world. She has taken on a lifelong project to explore and record her experience on two…

Summer 2023

“When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink,…

Spring 2023

Cyanotypes are among the oldest photographic printing processes. In 1842, English chemist, astronomer, and experimental photographer Sir John Herschel invented this technique as a way to copy…

Winter 2022

Carolyn Egeli is a painter’s painter. As the daughter of two successful artists, she was classically trained at home from a young age, as were her four siblings. But Egeli notes that for…

Autumn 2022

Jeffrey Peacock learned to fish alongside his artist father, James, on the rivers and lakes of Maine, most memorably on the Kennebec in Georgetown. Following his father’s artistic…

Summer 2022

Hillary Waters Fayle is a Virginia-based textile artist known for her delicate botanical constructs. Working with found leaves and rudimentary tools – needle and thread, and Exacto…

Spring 2022

Viiu Niiler of Marshfield, Vermont, is the consummate artist: a lifelong painter, glassmaker, tapestry weaver, fashion designer, gourmet cook, master gardener, and musician. Considered a kind…

Winter 2021

Leonardo da Vinci perfected the painting technique known as “Sfumato” – from the Italian sfumare, “to evaporate like smoke” – in the 16th century. This…

Autumn 2021

Balancing immense scale with cozy intimacy, Oscar Oiwa’s installation invites us into an imagined world of forest pathways, stone walls, and churning skies. The colossal piece is a…

Summer 2021

This has been a year for walking. With the Covid-19 restrictions that science, precaution, and fear have engendered, many of us have found solace in the great outdoors. Mountain trails,…

Spring 2021

Depictions of the natural world have existed since prehistoric time. Whether created to record the cyclical rhythm of the year, to express religious devotion, or to document scientific…

Winter 2020

“I am a passionate painter focused on representing both seen and unseen elements of the environment.” — Bunny Harvey Bunny Harvey knows her environment intimately; she knows…

Summer 2020

Winter 2019

“I spent a lot of time earlier in my life being very politically active, testifying, being on boards of non-profits, and ultimately being frustrated and feeling ineffective. I realized…

Autumn 2019

“Consider all this; and then turn to the green, gentle, and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in…

Summer 2019

“Through imagery that shifts between disintegration and integration, I intend to communicate the nature of memory while summoning up the place I most love.” —KATE EMLEN Kate…

Spring 2019

“…Art is born out of life, and life is a mystery, an ongoing transformation.” - Antonio Lopez Garcia Joseph Salerno records the passage of time with a palpable devotion.…

Winter 2018

En plein air is the French term for painting outdoors; it translates as “in the open air.” This method of painting became popular in the late nineteenth century with the Dutch…