Landscapes I

​Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

In the summer of 2007, I attended a Mass College of Art Alumni week up at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine.  It was an  inspiring week, filled with art projects, exchanging ideas with fellow artists and getting inspiration from all your senses.  The ocean smell combined with  the raw power of the Atlantic, the light, the harsh granite cliffs - all breathtaking!  Experiencing the roughness of the coast, I decided to paint using only a palette knife.  The small landscape paintings from the Alumni week conveys my impressions from my visit.  They were appreciated in a solo exhibit at Sharon Arts Center, Charter Trust Co., Peterborough, NH.

NOTE: Sadly, the Sharon Arts Center in Sharon and the Sharon Arts Center Gallery and Fine Craft Store in Peterborough have been closed.  This took place one year after the merge of New Hampshire Art Institute in Manchester (which, in turn had absorbed the Sharon Arts in 2012) with New England College in Henniker.
Here is a link about the closing: [link]. I don't know how long the article will be available.
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