Hermen Acheampong
Painted Pictures
acrylic on leather
18″ x 30″
2024
This piece of work was inspired by the dynamic and evolving nature of contemporary art, as well as a desire to merge traditional painting with fashion. By using acrylic paint on a leather jacket, I aimed to create wearable art that challenges the boundaries between fine art and everyday objects. The choice of medium reflects a commitment to innovation and the style embodies the bold, expressive characteristic of contemporary art.
@hermenacheampong
Davina Alejo
Too Happy
acrylic, glitter, resin, clay, beveled sun
24.5″ x 24″
2024
“Too Happy” spotlights society’s linear thinking surrounding fatality. Aimed at raising awareness and emotional understanding of feelings one can experience when faced with their own immortality. Too Happy brings alive a cartoon, glitter-filled, and eerie picturesque during those last moments before the character’s death. This piece is inspired by a popular television show which typically combats social stigmas using satire, parodies, and double meanings.
@dvirtuosity
Sarah Alexander
Turning Inside Out
pen and ink with watercolor
30″ x 11″ x 1″
2023
I created towers of botanical timelines as they transition from one season to another, exploring the natural order of one’s life cycle, and the dynamics of power, ritual, and succession. This piece was created during a time of great uncertainty as I dealt with caring for my aging parents while I was in a temporary living situation as I waited for my new home and studio to be available ( it was 5 months later than expected). I learned the hard way that the only constant is change.
@wanderingmindstudio
Joshua Altobelli
Dragon Teapot Set
Ceramic
6.5″ x 11″ x 11″
2024
This is a set I made for a ceramics class at FSU. The whole set represents my family. The teapot represents my mother with a ferocious yet majestic dragon. The plate represents my father as a tranquil pond that can be disrupted at times. Each cup has a Kanji symbol for “Peace”, “Love”, and “Prosperity.” The cups can be interchangeable between my sister, brother, and myself. The teapot can be on top of the plate, the cups can be on the plate, the teapot can be on top of the cups on the plate, and the set can be separated.
Keri Anderson
Fortify These Notions
acrylic on canvas
24″ x 36″
2015
This painting is a reminder to find strength and courage within ourselves. We can have a notion of just what kind of person we would like to be in times of grief or struggle. When the physical body is broken the mental and the emotional state of health can be broken. This painting symbolizes the process of repair.
@kerianderson68
Stevie Andrascik
Progress, Progress
upcycled waste denim and fleece scraps
25″ x 25″ x 6″
2024
Progress, Progress is part of my series #REMIXbyStevieLeigh which continues to explore the possibilities of waste denim. Fur, although highly revered in luxury fashion, is unethical to use as well as harmful to the planet. My aim was to create a “fur” coat by only using upcycled denim scraps to create the fur-like texture. Over time, this piece will continue to fray and become more fuzzy and fur-like as it ages. My piece is an exploration of how we can reinvent textiles to move towards a more sustainable future.
Instagram: @itsmestevieleigh Facebook: /ItsMeStevieLeigh
Taylor Apostol
Evan with Dishes
Hydrocal, terra cotta, acrylic paint, flock, metal leaf
31″ x 22″ x 12″
2024
Evan with Dishes is part of an ongoing series of painted ceramic and plaster sculptures that combine multiple sculptural elements into piles, representing evidence of daily habits and personal identity. I hand-build my sculptures in clay, working from photographs, still-life, or live models. This portrait bust utilizes relief-sculpture in the style of Roman or Renaissance busts, with contemporary imagery sculpted on the clothing like decorative accents. In making these piles, I want the sculptural qualities of a portrait to be considered in relation to an industrial item of human-making.
@taylorapostol
Clare Asch
Flight
watercolor and collage on paper
28″ x 25″
2023
In her paintings, Clare Asch explores the interaction of chance and predetermined structures. Natural phenomena like gravity and its effect on the flow of water fascinate her. She also has a long-standing interest in mark making. This dialogue of chance, gesture and structure is the foundational basis of her art.
@aschclare
Boden Azora-Minda
My Sacred Heart Trans-Formed
acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″
2024
My Sacred Heart Trans-formed is a contemplation of my journey as a trans-man and as a person with an extensive heart disease history. The image was inspired by the sacred heart statue that was in my grandmother’s house when I was a child. The sacred heart represents being open-hearted to the world and giving loving-kindness to others. Loving-kindness practices usually begin with yourself and then radiate to other beings. Loving-kindness being one of the most important spiritual journeys in which someone can endeavor.
Brooke Bailey
Citrus Burst
magazine and scrap paper collage with linocut print
8.5″ x 11″
2024
This collage explores the detailed nature of mixed media by combining hues, textures, and mediums to highlight the formal qualities of color and shape. The citrus shades and forms span throughout the piece with the linocut print in the center calling a bold, radiating focus to the fruit as the key subject.
@brookebaileystudio
Emma Ballachino
Three Little Cigs
acrylic painting
24″ x 18″
2024
In “Three Little Cigs,” I reimagine the aftermath of a classic fairy tale, infusing a bit of pathos into what can only be a self-esteem shattering blow of predator bested by prey.
www.emmaballachino.com
Ann Barrett
Descartes’ Mechanical Daughter
clay and oil paint
10″ x 7″ x 5″
2024
In 1650, an octopus lives under a robotic fragment of René Descartes’ deceased daughter. The myth goes that Descartes so missed his daughter that he built a mechanical likeness. On a voyage, fearing witchcraft, sailors threw it into the water. In 2021, the United Kingdom declared the Octopus sentient: that through their complex nervous systems, they feel “pain, pleasure, joy, and excitement.” René Descartes was central in creating our still-held Mechanistic World View, that life is no more than a network of dead parts, operating without sentience. If something is perceived as dead, there is no prohibition against destroying it.
@annbarrett430
Ricardo Barros
My Mother, My Sister, and My Wife
photograph, archival digital print on cotton rag paper
20″ x 24″
2016
These hands belong to my mother, my sister, and my wife. They remind me of my place in the world, and my dependency on the people I love.
Lisa Barthelson
aii 18, art in isolation, family debris
monoprint with mixed media: printed collage and thread on BFK Rives paper with grommets
22″ x 22”
2021
As I made art during the Covid 19 ‘stay at home order’ and the restrictive period that followed, I focused on using family debris monoprint remnants to create small comforting handheld work. As the pandemic continued, my work grew, increasing in size and breaking out of the confines of the square form, a creative metaphor? ‘aii 18, art in isolation, family debris’ is part of the transition to larger sized, irregularly shaped abstract 2d and 3d mixed media pieces. Creating during the pandemic moved my heart, eye and hand forward, ever appreciative of the liberation and hope art making embodies.
@lisa_barthelson
Anne Beinecke
Floating Pond
acrylic, pencil on paper
14″ x 20″
2020
Anne Beinecke’s billowing pulses of color and energetic mark making flow from an automatic process and are developed through a marriage of spontaneity, deliberation and imagination. Her forms emerge and float together on a page as if in communion. There, they inhabit an unrestricted world that often straddles the abstract and representational. Driving Beinecke’s work is her fervent passion for nature which streams through in a rainbow of colors. Immersed in the natural world, the boundaries between inside and out blur, all life forms feel interconnected – and from these magical experiences, paint pours out onto paper.
@anne_beinecke
Eugenie Lewalski Berg
Optics
concrete, woodblock prints, construction adhesive, graphite, aqua resin
9.5″ x 4.5″ x 2.5”
2024
This piece is part of a continuing body of work about asemic writing. I had two assistants with this piece: Calder Berg made the 3-D printed form and Michael Berg made a vacuum-formed mold for the pyramid shaped element. The rest were made the “old-fashioned” way.
Www.EugenieLewalskiBerg.com, @elbstudio
Ray Bernoff
Trash Painting #13
mixed media art waste (acrylic, linocut scraps, paint tubes, sandpaper, nitrile gloves, paper towels) on canvas
20″ x 24″
2023-2024
In my series ‘Trash Paintings’, I only use waste materials — both leftovers from other projects and media that are old or otherwise unusable. Creating with waste emboldens me to explore textures and compositions I’m scared will be ugly. What’s the worst that could happen? It’s already trash. Trash Painting #13 integrates discarded and unwanted materials from friends, familiy, and community members: gunky paint, abandoned embroidery projects, half-dried glue. It inspired my upcoming series ‘Community Trash’.
@rmhbernoff
Susan Black
A Childhood on Green Hill
acrylic with paper collage, oil stick and marker on paper
36″ x 24″
2024
Growing up next to Worcester’s largest park, which used to feature bison, meant climbing trees, building treehouses, stealing golf balls, exploring caves, sledding, skating, skiing, setting and dousing fires there–generally running wild. It was a world apart within the city for every neighborhood kid. The memories? Magic.
Carol Bloomfield
Under the Bridge
digital photography
8″ x 10″
2024
The convenience photography (as opposed to the painfully slow process of painting realism) not only capture’s an image in split second real time moreover candidly thereby resulting in a more intimate , truer image are some of the many reasons why I find the medium irresistible. The photograph titled ‘Under the Bridge is an example of a candid subject in real time unaware of being photographed gives one a voyeur-like point of view.
Thierry Borcy
Reaching Out
black and white photography
14″ x 19″
2023
A Place of Refuge explores the relationship, via a photographic essay, between humans and plants and trees. Images were made during a year-long project in an indoors room, A Place of Refuge, and for some photos, through the windows, towards the outdoors. As time went by, the observer realized that plants and trees exhibited human-like qualities, primarily the need for connection and being part of a society. In this society, individuals took care of each other and ensured the well being and survival of their species. Nature embodies the example to follow for a harmonious life. Image 1 of 6.
@borcy.art.photo
Michael Bourque
Triangle, Circle, Square
acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″
2021
My paintings are mostly geometric. “Triangle, Circle, Square” represents the basics of all geometry. Abstraction, repetition and improvisation are my tools. My heavily paint laden brushstrokes invigorate the entire work, and to create rich surface textures and complexity.
@michaelhbourque
Chelsea Bradway
When You Were Young
color photograph on fine art paper
26″ x 32″
2024
As I grow older I am awe of how things change in a matter of moments. Life indeed is very short. This work is inviting the viewer to embrace that there is no time to waste. Don’t wait for a special event to wear a vintage fur, fancy necklace, fabulous shoes or a fun tie. Where these things to the grocery store, the dump, in the garden, at work, or even when you are cleaning the house. Life waits for no one.
All Things Sparkley Photography- FB Official.All.Things.Sparkley
Blake Brasher
Always Wash Your Hands Before Cooking
acrylic, collage, and marker on wood panel
24″ x 18″ x 0.75″
2023
This painting incorporates collaged illustrations of characters liberated from a book of misogynistic, child abuse normalizing classic fairy tales. I became a father in early 2020, and re-engaging with the media of childhood and experiencing parenthood have made me think deeply about my own childhood and the experiences that have contributed to who I am today. This is a bit of an abstract mind-scape, a layered whirlwind of color, pattern, and collage. Nothing is very clear or obvious, but it seems to hold itself together, and we hope everything will work out alright.
@electroblake
Aaron Brodeur
Untitled
mixed media on layered acrylic glass panel
13.5″ x 12.5″ x 1.5″
2024
aaronbrodeurart.com @aaron.brodeur_studio
Christine Brown
Sharon
vintage feed sack, velvet, denim, quilting cotton on canvas stretcher
36″ x 36″
2023
Matthew Burgos
Lovestruck
colored pencil on hot press, pastels on black paper, translucent prints, duck feathers, glass, metal
36″ x 21″ x 4″
2024
In a modern setting, the Greek God of love, Eros, (Cupid for you Romans) fires his golden arrow, causing a male to fall in love. His heart explodes into sharp ruby fragments, showering the young woman in affection. The crowd behind are faceless and invisible to the lovers. Aphrodite, the overall goddess of love, watches above.
@inkblotsandsnapshots
Aldona Casey
Love is Holy
plexiglass and resin
18” x 24”
2024
I appropriated the Christian tradition of stained glass and superimposed gay women living together. I began by drawing the image with a sharpie to create bold shapes that were scanned into Adobe Illustrator. The shapes were then cut into plexiglass using a laser printer, and I individually secured each piece to a sheet of plexiglass by applying resin with a toothpick. I draw from my own experiences as a queer woman raised in a Southern Christian household to create self-portraits that explore the body as a form of communication. With this, I wanted to recontextualize queerness as holy.
Victoria Chapman
Flaco Over the Rainbow Bridge
watercolor markers and felt-tipped pen
11″ x 14″
2024
This past year, a Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco made headlines and captured the hearts of people in New York City and around the world. Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo and lived successfully for about a year in the wilds of the city. Unfortunately, Flaco passed away in February of 2024. This piece is dedicated to the lively owl whose colorful personality brought joy to our lives. Created with watercolor markers and felt-tipped pen, I wanted to show Flaco in an array of colors to express how he made people feel—joyful and full of hope.
@weyakindesigns
Jonathan Chidekel
Modern Ammonite (Hecticoceras lunuloceras var. Anthropocene)
cherry, maple, walnut, and mahogany with blue dyed epoxy resin
9 1/2″ x 4″ x 8″
2023
Handcrafted from collected scrap wood, reclaimed firewood, and epoxy-resin mixed with blue dye, my goal was to give new life to discarded scraps. When a fossil forms, hard material such as bones, teeth, or shells is mineralized while all other material decays and is lost. As such, fossils record the physical bounds of extinct life. Ammonites–consisting of the Ammonoidea subclass–lived from the Devonion until the Crataceous-Paleogene extinction event, a span of approximately 300 million years. By comparison, our evolutionary ancestors go back only an approximate 6 million years. What fossils will we create?
Ben Cline
Measure Twice…
antique folding rulers set in a handcrafted display frame
16.5″ x 16.5″
2024
“Measure Twice…” is a collection of antique folding rulers set in a handcrafted display frame adorned with yard sticks, a bandsaw blade, and copper gilded with the phrase “Measure Twice Cut Once”. This phrase is used in carpentry to mean: One should double-check one’s measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material. I use this phrase to remind me to be mindful and present while making things and to enjoy the process. The distressed aesthetic reminds me that this old phrase has stood the test of time.
@clinecraft
Karin Cloutier
Online Dating
collage on mat board
14″ x 14″
2014 with modifications in 2020
Karin’s art revolves around the concept of the “other,” internal and external. Delving into the complexities of the self, she attempt to unravel the threads of identity, exposing the complexities with the internal other- fragments of emotion and unexplored thoughts that shape individuality. Simultaneously, her work extends beyond introspection to explore the external other—the diverse tapestry of humanity and our relationship to each other. This interplay between self-discovery and communal understanding explores boundaries, fostering unity, empathy and forgiveness of ourselves and others . Karin is a self taught artist with a B.S. in Computer Science and a M.Ed in Curriculum.
@karin.vanart www.karinvanart.com
Darcy Cloutman
Molten Water Sunset
acrylic on canvas
12″ x 36″
2022
Whenever I paint or draw the voice of my childhood art teacher is always in my head, repeating “draw what you see, not what you think you see”. I have always tried to look hard for the tiny shapes of color or the changes in value that allow our brains to perceive the world. Lately I have been most interested in water, sky, and reflection. I think this painting is particularly successful.
Christiane Corcelle
Riding the Slippery Waves of Hammam
mixed media on canvas
18″ x 36″
2024
There’s something truly enchanting about going to the hammam with friends. It’s a time of relaxation and laughter in the middle of the soothing steam and slippery floors. My visit to a hammam in Tunisia inspired this painting. The vibrant colors and swirling strokes capture the essence of the experience—the laughter, the warmth, and the sense of togetherness.
@christianecorcelle /christiane.corcelle
Christine Croteau
No More Gadgets We Want A Cure- Type 1 Diabetes
outdated insulin pump supplies
16″ x 20″ x 3”
2024
I am a person living with Type One Diabetes. I wear an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor 24/7. It is my hope to someday live without these. It is my hope, not just for myself, but for the millions of others living with this disease, that we find a cure.
@croteauchristine
Heather Croteau
Hummingbird 5.26.24
ink on Bristol board
11″ x 14″
2024
Heather Croteau discovered her passion for art at a young age, exploring various mediums. She earned a degree in Photography in 2009, worked as a florist for over a decade, and currently works in the balloon industry as a merchandiser. Heather’s love for nature and her diverse background in art and design have profoundly shaped her current focus on pointillism—a technique she has been perfecting since 2017. This dedication to pointillism, characterized by intricate patterns of colorful dots, reflects not only a technical challenge but also a meditative process, culminating in vibrant, detailed artworks that embody her artistic vision.
@heathercroteaufineart
Jean Cummiskey
Rue Saint-Sulpice, Paris
mixed media mosaic using stained glass, Smalti glass, vitreous tile, and millefiore
21″ x 21″
2023
Whether at the water’s edge, a mountain summit, farmland meadow, or city center, sunsets will often stop me in my tracks. On my first trip to Europe, while staying in Paris, I opened the window where I was staying, to see what was happening on the street below. The setting sun boomeranged across the rooftops, inspiring me when I got home to draw it in pen and ink. More than 40 years later, I translated that drawing into a mosaic to capture the light and magic of that great moment.
www.newenglandartstudio.com
W. Brian Cunningham
MAN
birch wood, encaustics, found object
14″ x 14″ x 3″
2023
In my journey, I explore the seemingly simple yet deeply complex inner thoughts of a man. Through brushstrokes and lines, I unravel the layers of emotion, desire, and complexity. This work challenges the notion of simplicity, inviting viewers to delve into the intricacies of the male psyche. My work sparks introspection: is the man’s inner world truly simple, or does it mirror the vast expanse of the human soul?
@wbcphoto_art
Kim Cutler
Canteen 24
white stoneware
8″ x 8.5″ x 4″
2024
I was working with a new form and surface decoration when I created this piece. It went together easily and I like the result. The vessel can become a vase or simply a decorative piece for show.
@KimCutlerCeramics
Robin Cutler
Caught
mixed media: paper, paint, found objects
13” x 9” x 2 1/2”
2024
What’s not to like about recycling boxes and found items and making them into art? These Apple product boxes are beautifully designed and constructed. They are perfect to capture my paintings, handmade papers and “gifts” from nature. These boxes are more than a collection. They are a statement of my love of nature and art.
Jessica DeHaemer
Waterfall
handwoven mixed fibers and fabric
16″ x 36″
2023
Using a mix of fibers, the artist created ‘Waterfall’ with a combination of weaving and knotting techniques. Incorporating hand spun wool, hand dyed yarn, other fibers and recycled materials, the artist creates woven landscapes and seascapes.
@LerayjessDesigns
Lawrence DeJong
Menhir
clay and slate
18″ x 8″
2024
This piece, part of a series I call ‘Wall Fragments’, combines my interest in unusual mountain formations, textures, and the standing stones of Brittany, France, called menhirs. The menhirs of Brittany, some as tall as 20 ft, have a power of presence that has fascinated me for years. They were erected, stood upright, centuries ago, and one usually finds them off by themselves in a field, the edge a wooded area, or by the side of the road
Clara Dennison
Little Broken Tree Cove, Kayaking Lake Wampanoag, Gardner, MA
acrylic on upcycled canvas
18″ x 36″
2024
My artwork whether its watercolor, printmaking, oils or acrylics, are inspired by places I have visited and interacted with. My acrylic painting “Broken Tree Peninsula” is based on a photo I took while kayaking. While seeking shade I came across This little broken tree in the cove. I was impressed by the resilience and strength it showed after losing the larger more dominate trunk. With the use of acrylics and an up-cycled canvas with already beautiful underlying textures and colors, I hope to show that feeling of strength to the viewer by presenting the subject as a dominating force.
Instagram: @clara.denn_paperbirchartstudio Facebook: paper birch art studio(farm studio
Don Deprez
Ponte Vecchio at Dusk
inkjet print of digital photo
16.5” x 13.25”
2015
Florence is a magical place, any time of the day, steeped in history and art.
Robert Dewsnap
Modern Dating: Western Country View
pen and ink
24″X36″
May, 2024
Art piece depicts Man and Women and the various stresses and strains in society where social morals and marital statuses are changing with the fate of male / female relationships in the balance. Men are moving away from marriage (6.5 men per thousand will wed a women this year). Women are seeking marriage on average – later in life. Social media, job opportunities, and work competition are all contributing, particularly social media such as Tinder, Hinge, and Match, in straining male / female relationships and consequently, the state institution of marriage.
Kristi DiSalle
Complementary Oranges
acrylic, wax, and orange peel on canvas
20″ x 24″
2024
Continuing in my artistic study of food insecurity and waste, this piece calls attention to these societal problems by being made partly of refuse. Using all parts of the oranges and placing them in bright color contrast to the blue table accentuates the importance of eating fresh, healthy foods. The rough texture of the peels is set in opposition to the straight, clean lines of the table, again focusing attention on eating naturally and without wastefulness.
@kristileighcreations @kristileighgillustration
James DiSilvestro
Poppy Gate
steel and copper sculpture
36″ x 52″ x 8″ deep
2017
This piece was inspired by the papery appearance of poppies when in bloom.
Pamela Dorris DeJong
Rooftops
acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″ x 1.5″
2024
“Rooftops” is a study of the view from the third floor at 3 Adams Street, Worcester. Inspired by the jagged edges of Lionel Feininger’s work and the color palette of the impressionists, I enjoyed abstracting the view by design and color. Spring greens were emerging, and the light was bright. This painting depicts the happy homes I saw below.
Website: pameladorrisdejong.com Instagram: @pameldejong
Wynne Dromey
Slow Down
acrylic painting on mixed media paper
11.5″ x 16.5″
2024
“Slow Down” is an acrylic painting on paper that shows my practice of finding joy and celebration in the moment. This piece invites viewers to focus on spending more time intentionally, recognizing the profound value in simple acts. The slowness of peeling an orange, the patience in making homemade marmalade, the care in hand-picking flowers, and the ritual of steeping tea—all reflect a deliberate pace. Through this painting, I aim to celebrate the beauty in life’s small, often overlooked details, encouraging a mindful appreciation of each moment and a deeper connection to our everyday experiences.
@colors.of.the.wynned
Madge Evers
Finian’s Bay From the Skellig Way
pastel and pumice on paper
11″ x 16″
2023
Depicts a September landscape as seen from the Skellig Way on the west coast of Ireland.
@_sporeplay
Laurel Feinberg
Art Deco Meets Southwest
acrylic on canvas board
14” x 21”
2020
Art deco has long been a favorite style of mine. Playing on that theme was my goal in this asymmetric piece. Along the way, I “forced” myself to use some colors, not among my favored colors, and the piece seemed to take on Southwestern vibes, hence the title Art Deco Meets Southwest.
Andrew Ferrari
Corrupted Landscape 2
inkjet print on semigloss paper
16″ x 23″
2024
This work was created by interrupting the transfer of data from an SD card onto a computer, causing the photograph to become corrupted.
Heather Finlay-Morreale
Eddy #1
oil pastel
24″ x 30″
2024
Heather Finlay-Morreale is a paper artist and physician, who developed a disabling neurological condition. In a depressed period, she was saved by the library book The Art of Papercraft by Helen Hiebert. This series was made In a dark time, I felt sucked down into an eddy (synonym: whirlpool) rimmed by barbed wires. It is made using gloomy colors of the natural world, with repetition showing the mundaneness of a bed-bound existence. Created in a child-like way with oil pastels and messy fingers, where the process of art-making and its effects on the artist is what matters, not the outcome.
Susan Fisher
Protected
clay and wire
20″ x 20″ x 5″
2020
This piece was created in response to the pandemic and the lock down that we went through. We all stove to be protected. Our masks gave us security in this difficult situation.
Kerry Fitzgibbons
The Infernos End
oil
25” x 19” x 2”
2020
I painted this for my husband, a firefighter. I wanted to work with the light and feeling of heat and how much around that light can go dark.
Dan Foran
Whale Watching in Provincetown MA
pencil and acrylic paint on canvas
16″ x 20″
Autumn in Bewitching Massachusetts, acrylic paint on canvas, created July 2023. Whale Watching in Provincetown MA, acrylic pain on canvas, created November 2017
My name is Dan Foran. I am an artist. My mediums I use to create my artwork are painting and drawing, specifically acrylic paintings on canvas. I start my paintings with a drawing outline. Then I paint over the drawings that I create with acrylic paint. Art is my therapy. I love how I am able to express an emotion through drawing and painting without having to speak. I am a pointillist/animation painter. Themes in my paintings over the past 8 years have been themes about human rights, animal rights, and environmental rights.
Instagram: @dan4anart
Melody Fortier
Gilding The Forest Floor
gilded paper clay casts, embellished wood boxes, hand-assembled table, velvet, found sycamore branches
69″ x 43″ x 21″
2024
This piece is a tribute to our surrounding New England woodlands. Each box contains a gilded, paper clay cast of objects I collected from the forest floor (nuts, pinecones, leaves and the like). The fallen sycamore branches were gathered from those same woods. Sycamore was chosen as it symbolizes resilience and protection.
https://melodyfortier.crevado.com
Judith Freeman Clark
Sturbridge Farm
oil on linen panel
12″ x 14″
2023
The Pliny Freeman Farm at Old Sturbridge Village has been a favorite destination of mine for more than 60 years.
https://www.judithfreemanclark.com/
Laiza Fuhrmann Silva
Sunset in Brighton, Massachusetts 03/17/2024
acrylic on canvas
8″ x 10″
2024
This artwork is part of a series of paintings based on sunsets that inspired me in unconventional and random places. I keep a folder full of sunset photos that I have taken over the years, and later revisit them to create a small painting in either oil or acrylic; memorializing the suspended shot in time. I am particularly interested in studying the juxtaposition of urban features framing the natural patterns in the sky, as well as the contrast created by light and it’s color.
@laiceramics
Vicky Gewirz
All The World’s A Stage, And All The Men And Women Merely Players
piezograohy print
11″ x 17″
2023
Francine Gintoff
Bill
acrylic paint on found suitcase
17″ x 14″ x 12″
2022
The suitcase is an extension of an ongoing project that deals with dresses having an image painted on each one. The symbols depict a person who maybe famous for their involvement in the arts, contemporary culture, science, history etc. This particular one is referencing Bill Bowerman, the original founder and innovator of Nike. I happened to find the suitcase at an antique show and the interior pink silky fabric is the exact color of some of the dresses that I work on. The painted symbol is always an indigo color similar to tattoos.
John Gintoff
mole cul
sculpture
12″ x 6″ x 6″
2022
Comprised of molecule model, mini skateboard and collaged photographic figure in bell jar. A diversion from my usually 2-D work combining my interest in skateboards, the nude and molecular science.
Henry Glennon
Omrek Tower Mark 3
oil on canvas
24″ x 24″
2024
Oil rendering of a concept design for a mass timber tower clad in stone, terracotta, and copper.
Instagram: @hbglennon
Elizabeth Glixman
They Were in Love During the War. Everywhere. In Every Country. All They Want is Peace.
collage, pencils, photocopies, words
16″ x 12″
2023
The rules of war that say protect human rights are being ignored. People in numerous places in our world are “collateral damage.” This collage shows a couple recently married and separated by war in 1945. I wanted to create empathy for all couples in places of conflict in 2024 where war brings separation and loss. This couple was reunited. Others in 1945 and 2024 were not as fortunate. When will we as a species gain the awareness that war solves nothing?
Gloria Goguen
Dancing Queen of the Forest
mixed media: repurposed antique kimono silk, colored pencil, thread, beads
10” x 10”
2024
Under the canopy of the spring forest, before the fluttering leaves emerge, you may find these dancing ladies: silken slippers dancing in the wind.
Instagram: @gloriajgoguen_art Facebook: /gloriajgoguenart
Mars Goodwin
The Path
manipulated film photography print
8.5″ x 11″
2023
“The Path” is a B&W 400 film photo that, in this print, was burned and dodged in the dark room using cardboard cutouts in “?” shapes. The artist lightens and darkens areas in opposite plains of the image aims to create visual dimension as well as highlight the elusive nature of relationships.
@mycatismac
Taylor Green
Boston Commons
oil paint on canvas
24″ x 36″
2024
In the short time that I have lived in Boston, I have enjoyed seeing moments of people going about their everyday lives. In this painting of the Boston Commons, I am depicting a transitional scene from my time walking through the city.
Instagram: @taylorrgreenart
Deborah Griffin
Hope
acrylic paint on canvas
18″ x 24″
May 2024
Hope… wait & hope… there is still hope… hope for the future… Hope is a four letter word; so simple but so important.
Instagram: @iamdgcreates
Anabel Hadad
Keep It Between
oil on canvas
14” x 14”
2023
Anabel Hadad is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Leominster, MA. Hadad received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. The figures in her work exist among their lingering perceptions, taking on anthropomorphic forms. Hadad’s work is focused on the perceptions that follow individuals, particularly the perceptions associated with people’s bodies and the spaces that bodies take up. Hadad uses non-specific figures to avoid identification, reducing the figures down to what is necessary to be interpreted, finding safety in anonymity, and being able to escape the feminine form.
@Hadad_art
George Hancin
Slater Mill Carousel
oil on board
14” x 21″
2023
I am an observational painter, I enjoy the dynamic interplay of painting from life. Im not interested in a photographic reproduction, but a creative dialogue. Colors can be changes, objects moved, to crieate a more expressive composition. I start each painting on location and I try to approach each one with a fresh and open point of view. Most of each painting is finished on the spot, but they are frequently reworked and adjusted in my studio. I try to make my paintings more than just a copy of a place but a personal and emotional narrative.
@hancingeorge
Maura Hansen
Strangers Utility Vest
100% denim and silk organza
25” x 30”
2024
Streetwear style Hand-Sewn and Cyanotype-Printed Utility Vest. Inspired by the artist’s documentation of social and emotional experiences while interacting with strangers .
@maura.hansen and @maura.deardra
Sammi Hansen
I Am Worthy
heavy texture acrylic paint and mirror on canvas
12″ x 12″
2024
This piece features delicious edge to edge texture with a functional element. The intent is for the viewer to see themselves in the piece, both literally and figuratively. It’s very easy to feel unworthy, but we are worthy because we are alive, and that is enough.
@femmegremlin.art
Anne Harris
Porcupine Eclipse
single-channel HD video
02:16
2024
Beneath a canvas painted in the woods, I watched the solar eclipse. I perform with this canvas often to embody the death of a porcupine I found here. On April 8, 2024, I unintentionally created a camera obscura while wearing this painting. The sun and the moon entered, sharing the space inside with me during the eclipse. This video captures what I saw and heard.
@anne_b_harris
Penelope Hauck
Plush
felt wool painting
18.5″ x 19.5″
2024
This felted wool painting was inspired by Monet’s Water Lilies. My approach to fiber painting is informed by my background in collage, encaustic painting, pastels and oil painting. Like painting on a canvas or collaging on a flat surface, I build both imaginative imagery that remains two-dimensional but textured and multilayered. Felt painting is mediative, slow, yet incredibly responsive.
@penelopehauckart
Maureen Hebert
Tall Pink
sodium borate crystal
25″ x 9″
2020
To echo the beauty of a natural occurrence.
@mkhebert
Allie Heimos
Found: Under Three Sinks
block print on paper
9″ x 12″
2024
Last winter, my mother suffered a series of strokes brought on by untreated Type 2 Diabetes. While she was in the hospital, I discovered multiple stashes of candy, cookies, and other secret treats throughout my parents’ house. “Found” is a series of small prints archiving these many hiding spots, including spaces under three different bathroom sinks.
James Henderson
Nature’s Light Show
digital photography- archival inkjet print
16″ x 20″
July 2016
As the clouds cleared from a truly inspiring lightning show, the moon gave us its own spectacular performance over the waters of the Gulf of Maine
@hendej517
Kathryn Heyd
Lake Sky
oil on canvas
20″ x 24″
2021
Lake Sky is based on one of my favorite places near my home, Lake Whitehall. There is no beauty more perfect than nature, so I tweak my own photographs with vibrant colors to create a contemporary landscape.
@kate_graham_heyd_painter
Richard Hoyer
Tulips and Barn
photography
20″ x 20″
2022
I still very much like exploring and enjoying the way I work in the moment making photos and coming up with new ideas. I like to work simple and minimalistic. This photo is actually a double exposure or combination of two photos. One color and one black and white blended together to give the final photo a unique and organic look.
Elijah Johnson
Barbie
acrylic on tea bag
6 1/2” x 8 1/2”
2024
Greta Gerwig’s movie Barbie starring Margot Robbie took over the world and dominated the box office last Summer. A little nod to this iconic toy legend.
Michael Kangas
Chaos
mixed media, collage on canvas
18″ × 24″
2020-2024
I use dark and colorful pieces to create a dark and sharp angel like figure. It’s created to lookand feel chaotic and messy. But it’s well pieced together and layered. Also ironic that I use an angelic form being that I generally don’t believe in religion personally. And i add glitter and color hairspray to high light it.
@mike.coffin.kangas
Honoka Kawakami
Patterns of Life
acrylic paint
12″ x 12″
2024
Recently I’ve been thinking about the different patterns and designs that surrounds my life. Whenever it is cultural, environmental, or just random organic shapes and colors, we’re surrounded by all different types of patterns that makes our lives very unique. I’ve been exploring the idea of what really influences us and what I allow myself to be influenced by. This project was my ideas to explore reused materials and the patterns I love during my time as a jewelry designer for 10 years and how much it has influenced me now.
@misshonokaart
Patti Kelly
Morning Light
acrylic, mixed media
16″ x 16″
2024
In the midst of the human condition, there is no missing both the greatness and deficit in the world we live. My imagery attempts to provoke both subject and viewer. In an attempt to magnify and better realize this amazing landscape. Believing people have the power and ability to dream and create better worlds and new realities through the creative process, I hope my art will allow you to accompany me in this vision.
@pbernhard7306
Jack Keough
Naked in the Bubbles
oil paint
14.75″ x 15.125″
2022
This painting was inspired by another “Bubbles” painting I had recently completed. I decided that having the human form would provide a feeling of identifiable three dimensional depth of the bubbles. ‘Skinny Dipping’ came to mind as a shared experience where many would have experienced the feelings of all the tiny bubbles rising and tickling across your entire body as they rise. It is a lifelong naughty experience we have found to be so exciting, forbidden and memorable.
@Artist_Jack_Keough
Elizabeth Killoran Bowles
Heels Off
oil on canvas
11″ x 14″
2024
I am currently exploring figurative work in oil, and seeking to capture moments of human experience.
@ekilloranbowles
Ryan Killoran
Coneflower
inkjet print
12″x 18″ (print) 18″ x 24″
2023
I took this photo of a coneflower on color-shifting 35mm film. The white of the petals and dark stigmas are relatively unchanged but the green of the background went a dreamy purple. There’re tiny scratches on the emulsion, possibly from errant dust in my camera, which give a bit of texture and a sense of movement to the shot.
Christopher King
Woven Circular Net
upcycled polyester fabric strips
48” x 25”
2023
This work is a triple thickness, continuous, circular net, woven with polyester rope up-cycled from excess upholstery fabric cut into strip. The displayed form indicates the intended end use as apparel.
@kingchrisg
Patricia King
A Little Book of Lovin’
recycled hardcover book, colored pencil
7″ x 5″ x 3″
2024
The title is a play on the song title, “A little bit of lovin'” by Elle King
Sarah Kozak
Icy Fractals
macro photography
20″ x 24″
2018
As a Vermonter, I’m drawn to capturing the ephemeral beauty of my local surroundings. This detailed snowflake image required specialized technique – using a tripod, macro lens, and precise lighting to freeze the crystalline form before it melted. Rather than a scientific rendition, I aimed to elevate the humble snowflake through an atmospheric, moody composition caught delicately on wool fibers. My artistic vision brings viewers an intimate perspective on nature’s incredible micro-designs that often go unseen to the naked eye. Each crystalline pattern offers a fresh experience to visually explore and appreciate nature’s astounding complexity.
@kozakmoment
Oleksii Kradetskyi
Expulsion of Jewish from Uzhgorod
oil on canvas
30″ × 36″
2018
In the forties of the last century, the Jews of the city of Uzhgorod were forced to leave their homes because someone decided to destroy them. The picture was painted in 2018, and 4 years later my family was forced to leave the country because of the war… I really want people to love each other.
Desdemona Kusi
Oba y3 m3 – “She is me”
HD video, color, stereo sound
00:10:00
2024
A young Ghanaian American filmmaker pays respect to her roots through poetry, rhythm, and beats in the streets and other environments, which allows her body to become the catalyst between her Ghanaian culture and life in America as a first descendant.
@Desdigitals__
Denise Lafer
I’ll Be Okay
acrylic ink, tea paper, coffee, oil stick on canvas panel
12″ x 16″
2024
Tea paper used to create texture of water and coffee to look like sand. Oil Stick used to bring the two together.
@_dlaferart_
Teresa Lamacchia
Insomnia
acrylic paint, digital photograph, oil paint stick on canvas
24″ x 36″
2024
Being both a day dreamer and an insomniac, I frequently gaze out the window, lost in thought. This photograph, taken at night, is lit only by the moon and night lights in my neighborhood. Being late autumn, the leafless trees are stark silhouettes against the night sky. And once again, I can’t sleep. This painting addresses the anxiety that I sometimes feel on sleepless nights, mind racing, thoughts running amok.
Edward Lilley
Cave
deformed thick paper and spray paint.
26″ x 20″ x 3″
2023
How to create mystery, vary color and shape in abstract art is my question. Here I present another answer in my series of slightly three dimensional paintings.
Tedlilleystudio.com
Madeleine Lord
Weary
welded steel
28″ x 33″ x 6″
2023
This piece started with the pants. The wrinkled pant leg pipe set up the scene. There were other bases in its existance but this one, red and white is ideal. My figures mimic the way I feel about “things”. They let out my steam. I am weary too but I am also hopeful.
@madeleinelordmadimetal
Bridget Lynch
Wrath of the Sea
acrylic on clayboard
13″ x 13″
2023
My new “Retribution” painting series is about the gods being angry with the way humans have abused the planet. “Wrath of the Sea” depicts Poseidon, the Greek God of the Sea, riding a sea monster devouring hapless humans in tandem with the surrounding fishes. Poseidon hefts his trident in a war-like way, riding the sea awash with plastic trash.
@blynchstudioart
Natalie MacKnight
Pondering a River
gouache on paper
23″ x 23″
2023
This boulder, seated upright in a very shallow river, seems to have gotten stuck — an all too familiar feeling that often leads to more than a bit of pondering.
@Natalie_MacKnight_Art
Caterina Maina
Javo and Eldi on the Steps (edition 2/8)
archival inkjet print of 4×5 large format color negative
23″ x 27″
2020
‘Javo and Eldi on the Steps’ is an intimate, collaborative portrait capturing the essence of Javo and Eldi outside their home in Caleton Blanco, a town near Santiago De Cuba. Taken in January 2020 with a 4×5 large format view camera, this photograph showcases the nuanced details of their life and Cuban culture.
@4x5junkie
Dominic Malizia
Somethings Missing
acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″
2024
I like the speed, and versatility of acrylic paint. It allows me to play with ideas and for quick revisions. Each painting is made of multiple canvases that I produce, and that I paint individually. After completed they are arranged in various configurations as I see fit. It’s a sculptural, modular, tile-like image in the end that I find interesting. Imagery is abstract, nature driven, and influenced by each previous painting.
@domaliziart
Jillian Masi
PB & J
oil on canvas
10″ x 10″
2024
The perfect pairing, an intimate portrait.
@jmasi_art
James Maurelle
amma
sculpture
15″ x 10″ x 10.5”
2020
Amma is a work that arrived later in life, the history is vast and coherent to those who seek it. My physical DNA (blood) populates this work, Amma explores time- past, present, and divine.
www.jamesmaurelle.com
Vernon McClish
Pete’s Kitchen, Denver
archival inkjet print
24″ x 30″
2024
Night Image of iconic Denver, Co diner. One of those landmarks that when you visit, you never forget.
Mike McCool
Steps, Abstracted
digital photograph
21″ x 17″
2023
An image taken outside City Hall in Worcester and heavily tweaked.
/kirvicartphotography
Vicki McKenna
Geometry in the Snow
platinum/palladium photographic print
21″ x 24″
2022
Driving along the snowy Adirondack country road I was taken by surprise when I saw the field in the image. I had never seen that corn had been planted in a wavy pattern and it made me smile. Since I was in a hurry to get to my destination and out the weather I kept driving. As I thought about the pattern and the atmosphere created by the falling snow and sleet I realized I had to go back and photograph it. For me, the final image is worth the time that I spent in the cold and snow.
@riverwandering
Anne McNevin
Hope
photomontage
21″ x 28″
2024
As we are approaching another Presidential election I thought of all the Presidents elected in my lifetime. I created this photomontage using pictures of 17 of them. Most of them presided in my lifetime.
adiamondmcnevinphoto.com
Katrin McRell
Whisper to a Scream
acrylic on canvas
20″ x 24″
2024
Grief is universal. It touches us when we lose loved ones, when relationships come to an end, and even when we see the living suffer. We express this grief in different ways – sometimes silently, through tears, and at times with screams of pain. However we choose to grieve, it is all part of the healing process. In my painting, i included a raven as a symbol of “death” and finality representing the end of something significant. “Mournful, never-ending remembrance.” -Edgar Allan Poe
Nina Medard
Centered
watercolor, gouache, and mixed media on paper
28″ x 18″
2023
Curious to connect with God, source, The Universe, The Quantum field and all other titles tagged throughout the ages. “Centered” details my findings to date in a whimsical narrative of connection and discovery.
@ninamedard.art, facebook.com/ninamedard.art
Melanie Medeiros
Pounce
etching with acrylics and artist resin
6″ x 6″
2024
This piece collages a medley of techniques with an etching of a cat mid-stalk is under resin and then hidden among layers of unraveling new spring growth patterns.
@eastbayartri
Dana Mendes
Lola Blazer
acrylic paint on fabric
23″ x 18″ x 50.5″
2024
The Lola Blazer is the fourth wearable art piece I’ve designed that combines my interests in fashion and art with my pursuit of ethical clothing consumption to combat environmental exploitation. Where fast-fashion is a growing industry with severe environmental repercussions (and, most often, human rights violations) that sacrifices quality and durability for cheap price points, Lola Blazer embraces “Slow Fashion”: environmentally conscious approaches to the quality creation, distribution, and longevity of our clothing. She is the culmination of 48 hours of intricate craftsmanship on a pre-loved blazer sourced from the local Savers thrift store. For more art, see danamendes.com.
@madebymendeees
Parker Milgram
“Feet Blue” – Chameleon in Training, Spread 3
digital illustration printed on semigloss cardstock
18 1/4″ x 22″
2024
“Feet Blue” is the third spread of my in-progress picture book titled Chameleon in Training. I started developing the story back in 2022 and am hoping to publish this year. The concept of a teacher chameleon attempting to convey the “rules of camouflage” to an out-of-the-box thinker really resonates with me. As a neurodivergent person, I have a natural tendency to go against the grain and usually find it’s best to do things my own way. For this book, I decided on a loose, but very intentional, digital style using almost exclusively the “Happy HB” brush in Adobe Photoshop.
@parkermilgram
Zev Morgan
Unexpressed Anger
mixed media
12″ x 10″ x 5″
2024
With an exception for its most privileged members, society takes a harsh stand against the expression of anger, ascribing to it a moral value ranging from “immature” to “dangerous.” But anger is only a threat to the individual who fails to express it. When we bottle up our anger, we experience it as burnout, exhaustion, health issues, and more. And no matter how hard we try, eventually, it will break free.
@therapygolems
Evan Morse
Amanti, Ravenna
marble, pigment
16″ x 12″ x 1.25″
2024
This marble relief sculpture of a young couple uses symbolic imagery to suggest a mythical narrative, open to the viewer’s interpretation.
@morsesculpture
Diane Mulligan
Nick’s Woods
watercolor on 100% cotton paper
16″ x 20″
2024
In this piece, I have tried to capture the magic of spring at Nick’s Woods, a Greater Worcester Land Trust property in Worcester.
@dianepaintsflowers
Brian Murphrey
She keeps her eyes on our city
composite of B&W and color photographs
12″ x 19″
December 2017
This shot was taken just before Covid-19hit us and I produced my Worcester Covid-19 series. Image shot with a Cannon eos rebel t3i.
@Worcester_in_blackandwhite
Kathy Murray
Nostalgia
multi-plate soft linocut print
13.5″ x 17″
2023
Creating harmony in art and life is a rare achievement and a moment of nostalgia for me.
kathymurrayart.com
Lynn Nafey
Sweet and Sour
acrylic paint, ink, transfers, colored pencil, graphite, silk thread, paper, Dura-Lar on plexiglass and aluminum composite
25″ x 29″
2023
I am intrigued by what lies beyond the seemingly apparent, particularly the emotional undercurrents and lingering memories that operate beneath the surface of our lives. My multi-layer constructions, with varying levels of opacity, feature figures and motifs that are visible only through a foggy lens, where viewers can peer into the deepest recesses. Intentionally enigmatic, my symbology is one where, just as in dreams, laws of logic are broken in the name of emotional impact, and the stories that unfold are ripe with mystery and metaphor.
/LynnNafeyArt
Vernita Nemec
Where Shall We Go? Where Can We Go?
upcycled plastic produce containers, plastic spray bottle top
8″ x 8″ x 8″
2023
An entry in my diary on August 24, 2014—”Plastic in the air & everywhere! The water, the bellies of sea creatures & birds.” Using deformed plastic produce containers, I have created small sculptural objects. The intent of these sculptural assemblages is to highlight the environmental impact of plastic pollution by transforming them into objects that we might want to save and that give a sense of beauty, while still reminding us of their origins. This most recent work is intended as yet another reminder of the pervasiveness of discarded plastic detritus that is filling the oceans.
@ncognita
Victoria Nguyen
Smile More
colored charcoal on paper
24″ x 18″
2022
‘Smile More’ expresses the feelings of faking happiness for others comfort while you are not.
Christopher Nicholson
Study No. 2
oil on board
10.75″ x 14.75″
2024
This is a study for a larger painting. I’ve been focusing on circles this year. I’m attracted to their mystical nature.
@cnicholsonart1
Scott Niemi
Tropic Night
acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
36″ x 36″ x 1.5″
2024
This work is a composite of dreams and memories of my 13+ years spent in south Florida.
/Scott-Niemi-Art
Carrie Nixon
Maahin with Orange and Violet Light
oil on mylar
36″ x 24″
2024
I paint models from life so that I know and see them. My aim is to integrate the model’s essence, my personal filter, and the expressive tendencies of the medium. In this case, I was very aware of Maahin’s intellect, global experience, and intensity. As far as the medium, painting in oil with large brushes on mylar results in drips, unblended strokes, and translucency.
@carrienixonart
Luca Nova Webb
Pink Dream, Dark Realities
acrylic, handmade paper, vintage lace, ethically sourced snake skin, wool, recycled materials
24″ x 36″
2024
“Pink Dreams, Dark Realities” explores the juxtaposition between the softness we deserved and the harshness we often endured. The painting, with its various shades of pink and white textures, symbolizes innocence and the longing for safety and gentleness. The holographic letters, stating “I deserved softness, I deserved safety,” highlight the unmet desires and unfulfilled promises. This artwork is a stark reminder of the painful contrast between our dreams of kindness and the dark realities of trauma and hardship that replaced them. It is a visual narrative of lost innocence and the resilience that arises from facing our darkest experiences.
@spacepunk.studio
Karen Nunley
I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
mixed media
12″ x 12″
2024
Everyone has to work through periods of loss and loneliness. Art and music are my tools.
@kmcnun
Kat O’Connor
Light Years
acrylic on PVC panel
22″ x 22″
2024
These hands are wisdom. They give, they accept, they nurture. The figure is the universe. It is the sea.
@katopaints, katopaints.com
Lisa Osmolowski
A Moment of Radiance
mixed media on canvas
24″ x 24″
2024
Nature is transient, always changing moment to moment. My work is a representation of connections and feelings experienced in nature throughout my life, revealed organically and naturally from within my memories. Reflections of spring pushing through from the darkness of winter, the wonder of a sun shower or the fleeting moment of intense light before a storm are experiences that inform my work.
@losmoart
Richard Ovian
Krikor’s House
oil
18″ x 24″
2021
In 2020,Armenians,fearing oppression, left the historic homeland for centuries. Rather than leave leave their homes ,they burned them or left with minimal possessions. Armenians view this as a continuous persecution from the Turkish government, the first modern genocide. The Turkish government has never recognized the genocide. In 1915 my Uncle Krikor escaped from being executed by Turkish soldiers to eventually begin a new life in Whitensville,MA. His name is written on the house in the painting to show homage to my ancestors. All were surviors of that genocide. “The past is never dead. It’s not even past” William Faulkner
Ciara Pape
A Fearless Woman
acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″
2024
My painting reflects on my own inner struggles of being a woman. From being diagnosed with endometriosis, to mistreatment and assault. There is a lot of pain that I have endured. To me, the uterus represents fortitude. Women, as a collective, face societal pressures, physical pain from menstruation and childbirth, and as in my case, a misunderstood and often misdiagnosed disease. I wanted to convey womanhood and personal identity through this piece. The glowing monochromatic red in the uterus holds strength. Contrasted with the monochromatic blue in the self-portrait represents a sense of isolation yet calmness.
@ciaraviibes
Brandon Paquin
Elliptical Orbit
broken elliptical machine, golf club, spray foam, plastic feet from shipping pallets, PVC pipes, car bondo
7’ x 33” wide
2023
Seeing what can be made from junk, broken and discarded items. Keep Creating Stuff!
TikTok: Polarbear452. Instagram@Polarbear452
Bryan Parandes
For Blues and Other Spells
acrylic on canvas
16″ x 20″
2024
Drummer Susie Ibarra is a prolific musician who inspires me with her free expression and involvement in the crossover of music and visual art. “For Blues and Other Spells” is a reference to her drum solo on Lisle Ellis’s “Sucker Punch Requiem, An Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat.” Her influence is a reminder of the catharsis and joy found in the process of creation in my own drumming and art.
Melissa Parent
Apothecary Slumber
mixed media on wood
10″ x 20″
2024
Apothecary Slumber is a work that references a certain dreamlike feeling we may get when we let memory and sensation come together. A deep breath in might evoke a necessary nostalgia, if we allow smell and atmosphere to be absorbed inward. Magic happens when allowing ourselves to feel the moment that we cannot always change. Embracing what is, we might find a strength, a solace, and perhaps create ourselves a sanctuary for growth.
@mparent_art
Stacey Parker
Mythical
soap stone
14″ x 5″ x 4″
2019
Carving stone is a challenging and often times frustrating process but when it comes out right it is one of the most rewarding materials to work with. When I work with stone I spend time with the raw stone, studying the color, form and size and sometimes laminating multiple small pieces together before I begin to develop an idea for the final sculpture. Often I start with a basic idea that is developed as I get deeper into the carving. This allows for flexibility and surprises along the way.
www.staceyparker.com
Kristin Parone
Summertime Tea
acrylic gouache on canvas
24″ x 24″
2024
My still life paintings represent an invitation to conversation and reflection. The vessels in my paintings are from my tea pot/cup collection, which I started in the 1970s going to yard sales with loved ones. The vibrant colors are meant to spark a joyful feeling. The variety of cups represents choice and the blue bow hints at celebration!
@kristinparoneart
Stephen Paulson
Appreciation
Stained Glass
18” x 14” x 1/2”
2018
This work was inspired by the water colors of the Scottish artist Rennie Mackintosh.
@stephenpaulson48
Kristin Petrillo
Farmhouse Nocturne
acrylic on canvas
14″ x 18″
2023
Kristin Petrillo is a painter captivated by the fleeting effects of light and shadow and their power to alter mood. Her recent work transforms industrial architecture and deserted urban landscapes from mundane to evocative through color manipulation and streamlined forms. She explores urban environments on foot, taking photographs which she then digitally alters before translating them into acrylic paintings. Her bold, flat, and colorful style often departs significantly from reality, blending graphic elements with minimalist tendencies to evoke a lingering human presence.
@kristinpetrillo
Anju Pillai
At Your Mercy
acrylics and collage on panel
26” x 20”
2022
At your mercy! When rulings let down women! Rape happens, protests follow , victim shaming comes as a package deal. Court hearings take place, and the judgements are passed making a mockery of the victims ordeal. If this is the thinking of custodians of justice, what future do our little girls have? In this artwork I condemn the totally unjust statements made by judges to rape survivors by painting a little girl standing with folded hands and pleading eyes asking for mercy, wearing a dress that has a collage of the unjust judgments passed at rape hearings across the globe.
@artaesthetic_by_anju_pillai
Donna Pobuk
Facets of Us
mixed media on paper
30″ x 22″
2022
This painting incorporates the image of a child’s dress which frames images of children, women in poverty. The title, “Facets of Us” serves as a reminder that we are as responsible for others as we are ourselves, This mixed media collage is part of a larger series that I have been working on for several years. In these pieces I use the image of a dress as a vehicle to explore the role, and voice of women throughout history.
@donnapobuk_inspiredbylife
Joanne Quinn
Garden by the Back Door
oil on panel
12″ X 12″
2022
Joanne Talbot Quinn’s painting style crosses Realism with the softer edges and painterly quality of Impressionism. She is inspired by the gentle beauty and spirit of New England and her wish is that people who view her paintings establish a connection between her work and nature with all its riches.
@joannetalbotquinn
John Randazzo
Lei
North American curly maple, North American black walnut, fabric
13″ x 13″ x 1.75″
2024
The Classical and the Now need not be different. The old and the new need not be seperate. May the timeless, the breathtaking, and the beatuiful, remain the same throughout history, and connect us with our ancestors and ourselves. Lei is neither a plebeian nor aristocrat, an extrovert nor introvert, aspiring nor unambitious. Lei è simplicemente Lei. Vuoto, crudo, noi.
Danielle Ray
The Maze in the Woods
found metal, lichen, wallpaper, organic material, iron oxide, bark
26″ x 12″ x 6″
2022
@danielleraystudios
Karen Reid
Ladies
oil and charcoal on canvas
30″ x 32″
2023
This artwork emerged during my residency, an immersive journey where intuition guided my creative process. Beginning with charcoal gestures, I embarked without a predetermined path, allowing each stroke to flow organically. Layer by layer, I explored the interplay of paint, making instinctive decisions on their harmonies and contrasts. In this piece, lines and shades converge to initiate a dialogue among figures, each stroke a quiet exchange between forms. Through the fluidity of gesture, I sought to capture the essence of human movement and emotion, inviting viewers into a realm where stories unfold with every curve and contour.
@karenreid4012
Robin Reynolds
Lessons in Green
vintage fabric and lace, vintage gardening and children’s books, acrylic paint, yarn
24” x 24”
2023
I am primarily a plein air painter, but I began making collages during the winter months to relive the beauty and memory of my summer garden. I create “painted collages” by layering transparencies from vintage gardening encyclopedias, linocut prints, antique lace, and a wide range of alternative mixed media. My process is improvisational, slowly building the collage surface by cutting, piecing, and layering diverse materials and manipulating varied mark-making. I construct complex works on paper that provide intricate texture, line, and color up close, and form, depth, and space from afar—a rich, year-round experience of the garden.
@Robinreynolds7259, /robin reynolds
R. Douglass Rice
Portriat of Friends in Isolation, Richard Burton
oil on canvas
20″ x 16″
2020
Portriat of friend and co-worker, Richard Burton, painted during the pandemiuc as part of a series of 126 painings created at that time.
@r_d_rice
Shannon Richards
Renewal in Bloom
acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″
2022
“Renewal in Bloom” is a deeply personal exploration of the renewal process following a period of profound grief. This painting features an array of beautiful flowers, their layered petals rendered in bold, confident textures that speak to the resilience and strength found in nature—and within ourselves. The soft colors evoke a sense of tranquility and hope, inviting the viewer to find solace in the simple beauty that surrounds us. The flowers, in their various stages of bloom, symbolize the journey of healing and the ever-present possibility of renewal.
@smrdesigncompany
Darcy Robinson
Rare Twin Giraffe Calves with Mother
framed photo
18″ x 18″
2023
Years of studying photography and animal behavior are what made this image come together in an opportunity that lasted mere seconds. On a trip of a lifetime to Tanzania, this scene presented itself and I had to choose weather to simply enjoy the beauty of the moment, or use my decade of learning the camera, digital development and media, and gut instincts to be able to savor it in a capture to print. I’m glad I chose to take this image that represents a moment of natural awe.
Emma Rose Roche
Excavator
acrylic and metal leaf on masonite
9″ x 12″
2024
This work is part of an ongoing study on love, vulnerability, and recognition through flesh.
@outgrown_art
Meg Rogers Eldredge
And in grief, there’s everything
acrylic on cradled birch panel
24″ x 30″ x 1.5″
2024
My work focuses on the intimacies of healing and growth. I paint to help both you and me process our “stuff”. For when we heal as individuals, we heal culture and society.
iG: @megrogersmakesart, Facebook: /megeldredge
Paula Rosenblum
Untitled (Early Morning Light)
watercolor
10″ x 14″ unframed
2024
I recently returned to art making after a long hiatus, trying watercolor for the first time. The fluidity of the medium is both challenging and pleasurable. Putting a brush with pigment to paper has been satisfying and a way to tap into some creative energy and see where it might take me. This image was an attempt to capture the first morning light emerging into a still dark room.
Jessica Sadlier
Hardcover Exploration
mixed media: altered books, handmade paper, wood, fabric, acrylic paint
16″ x 14″
2023
Another approach to delving into a book.
@jhsdesignstudio
Sonya Sataeva
Reflection
graphite pencil on paper
14″ x 17″
2024
This self portrait depicts the emotional state we all are in sometimes, when you feel stressed and anxious, but you need to put a mask on and pretend that you’re happy. You may have a smile on your face, but your eyes are full of concern.
@jeheikk_art
Mari Saxon
Narcissus
archival pigment print on fine art paper
18″ x 24″ x 1″
2024
A work inspired by the myth of Narcissus, the exceedingly beautiful youth who turned into a flower.
@marisaxon.art
Brittany Severance
Correspondence
digital video
02:23 minutes
2023
Correspondence is a silent experimental video about the complexities of communication and the many ways we can convey our ideas and emotions, with or without technology. We chose this piece to be silent so that the viewer would focus their attention on the visuals and various ways that the two characters are trying to communicate. Inspired by Communication technology and media theory, the piece examines how factors such as environment, time, and choice of communication medium impact the delivery and reception of a message between two individuals.
@brittanyseveranceartist, @hecklesthetiger
Melissa Shaak
Intercoastal
video, 0:03:35
3:35 min
2023
The artist personifies a seeker whose exertions reveal a deep desire to connect interior and exterior worlds. She appears alone in a landscape, with objects that don’t fit the scene. Her movements are improvised, authentic responses to a contrived and illogical situation. In this way she offers a paradigm of the artistic process and a reminder that we are all seekers in this world. The video was filmed at Rafe’s Chasm in Gloucester, MA.
@melissajshaak
Joseph Sikes
Snow Angels
Acrylic
36″ × 36″
2022
Snow Angels is a celebration of the beauty of fresh fallen snow and the joy and youthful fun of making snow angels. Snow Angels is the childlike hope for and the imaginative concept of actual snow angels protecting us during the snow covered winter months. Snow Angels is about never giving up hope for peace. Snow Angels presents its youthful and hopeful messages through various symbols and the color and shape symbolism that are present in this Geometric Abstract piece.
@plaidplanetart
Racheal Simeone
Hopeful Romantic Wedding Dress
hand-sewn scraps of French lace, duchess satin and pantyhose
60” x 13”
2024
Love is messy, yet we strive to make our wedding garb to look flawless. Loving and acknowledging all your broken parts as beautiful, with a partner to witness and tenderly love your mess, is how I, a hopeful romantic, view marriage and love. My work has been created to bring an authentic aesthetic to bridal garments using scraps from bridal commissions. This dress celebrates imperfection, vulnerability, and acknowledging all that’s left behind. It’s a reminder that the most beautiful unions are forged in the willingness to embrace flaws with compassion, to hold space, and to find the sacred in imperfection.
@Valentinaventuraxx
Maia Simone
A Moment in Hardwick
acrylic on canvas
6″ x 6″
2024
This piece captures my favorite view on car rides through rural Massachusetts. Watching these big-headed creatures swatting flies, chewing cud, and sleeping in the shade has enamored me since I was a girl. This piece features a set of cows I frequently drive by in Hardwick, MA. One gazes toward the viewer, as the other two continue to eat, completely unbothered by the intruding vehicle idling by their side.
@maiasimone_art
Lyn Slade
Birch 2
needle felted wool
32″ x 8″
2023
needle felting is a process of embedding wool fibers together with a barbed needle. It’s a medium that works in both two and three dimensions. For this piece, I worked the tree trunk flat against the black background fabric, created the shelf mushrooms separately, then I join them together.
@lynslade
Edwin Smith
Playa Junquillal, CR Sunset
digital capture photo, metal print
12″ x 15″
2024
This was our first sunset in Costa Rica. Hoof prints made during a morning walk are just now being washed away by the high tide. The metal print conveys the sunset’s glow. You can almost hear the roar of the surf.
/edwin.smith.1426
Robert Snowden
Your Mask Tribal
mixed media
24″ x 24″
March 2024
This piece is from a series called Your Mask. In May they were all displayed at AS220 on Providence. Each painting represents the many masks that we all have. I used skeletal and tribal themes.
@robert_snowden_art
Tracy Spadafora
Rusty Dumpster
pastel on paper
21″ x 25″ x 1″
2023
“Rusty Dumpster” is from a series called, “Left Behind”, where I explore the concepts of transformation and passage of time through peeling paint, rusting metal, and other processes of corrosion and decay. I started to photograph, draw, and paint the surfaces of the dumpsters as a way of documenting the layers of wear – searching for a history within the marks. As I examine the colors, textures, and marks on the surface of these containers, I create new “landscapes” that embody the detritus of our place and time, and act as a record of the human footprint on our environment.
@tracyspadafora
Michelle Stevens
In My Living Room
crayon, colored pencil, marker and graphite on paper
25″ x 33″
2022
This work is a portrait meant to convey the invisible ties and pulls between people beyond what we can see, serendipitous meetings and kismet. It references subconscious influences on our perceptions and feelings. “In My Living Room” is also an experimental portrait in layering unlike mediums – Crayola crayons, colored pencils and markers to build up a drawing with particular texture.
@michellestevensart
Karen Stokke
Hope’s Nest
rattan, metal, plastic found objects on book pages with glue, wire, string
13.5″ x 8″ x 7.5″
2024
This piece takes inspiration from the poem by Emily Dickinson where “hope” is likened to a bird unruffled by even the stormiest of seas. In mounting a rattan nest at an angle atop book pages from the writings of Herman Melville, I reference this steadfastness in the face of nature’s adversity.
Joanne Stowell
I See You
oil on wood
23″ x 18″
2023
My work is a true representation of life and every piece tells a story. My paintings depict my daily life. I capture the struggles as well as the quiet moments that often go unappreciated. Although my work is never glamorized, I do create in a way that makes the viewer want to look, usually through lighting. Above all, I desire for my work to be relatable. My paintings are meant to create connections through conversation and storytelling. Some say my work appears dark, but to those I must respond that, as with life, a sense of humor is often required.
@joannestowellart
Susan Swinand
My Complicated Heart
acrylic on plastic on wood
12″ x 12″
2024
I made this relief painting from a plastic form in a box of Valentine candy. It changed several times from a heart to leaf to a heart in the process of painting. I wanted the form to feel like it was alive and pulsing. I wanted the heart to express a range of emotions including passion, vitality and suffering.
@sswinand
Pamela Tarbell
Garden Maze
oil on canvas
36″ x 36″ x 1.5″
2024
As I spend many hours weeding and caring for my many gardens I become imerged in their complexity of patterns and color.
www.pamtarbell.com
Lauralyn Tartakoff
Sing With All Your Heart
mixed media: woodcut and linoleum print on canvas with embroidery floss and thread
22″ x 22″
2024
“Sing With All Your Heart” captures the little red winged blackbird, whose joyful song rings loud and clear, from cattail filled ponds, across all of North America.
@LittlePebblePrintshop
Derrick Te Paske
AMULET
yew, walnut, vegetable ivory (tagua)
39″ x 9″
2023
Most of my recent pieces are homages to ancient artists and artisans–across cultures, throughout the world—who routinely made things which were more carefully crafted and beautiful than they really needed to be. AMULET, for example, is inspired by an ancient Egyptian amulet (about 1.5″ wide) of an elephant’s face. In such making, I feel both joy and a sort of reverence in being part of a creative continuum started by our ancestors at least 300,000 years ago. As a thumbnail artistic statement: “I have always been interested in classical forms, the ancient, the so-called primitive, and the strange.”
@tepaske.derrick
Sarah Thompson
Brush Fire
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
16″ x 20″
2024
This scene is drawn from the aftermath of a brush fire that occurred in the park in our neighborhood. The day after the fire, I explored the area, which now had been transformed into a completely different landscape, charred and blackened all across the ground. This piece combines both painting and sculptural techniques, melding both representation and abstraction in the process.
@sarah.thompson.artwork
Ben Tobin
Rest Along the Way
oil on canvas
20.5″ x 26.5″
2021
During a commute in Brooklyn, this young man rolled up on his skateboard, sat on the bench next to me, fell asleep for approximately 15 minutes, woke up and caught his bus.
@tobin.ben92
Trevor Toney
Gentle Reminder
southern yellow pine veneer, Baltic birch plywood, acrylic paint
17″ x 17″ x 2″
2023
My work is about perception. It’s about how it takes time and investigation to understand. It’s about questioning our initial notion and avoiding the pitfalls of ignorance/arrogance. It’s about meditating on something to practice the art of observation. It’s about not knowing everything. It’s about removing filters from our senses and letting them guide us to a dispassionate realization. And ultimately it’s about learning how to recognize balance and harmony.
@TrevorToneyInColor
Amber Vaillancourt
Worcester’s Painted Lady
acrylic paint and recycled Worcester Public Library books on recycled canvas
30″ x 23″
Completed 2024
As a lifelong artist, I create and participate in art as a way of processing and conveying what is on my heart. This acrylic painting’s origin began in August 2017 when I photographed the living piece at the Pow Wow Worcester festival. Progress of this piece reflected the impact of my divorce in subsequent years until reaching completion this spring. There are times when it is too painful to express what you feel, in those times I experience the art of others. I am so grateful to all the artists who have inspired me, especially in hard times.
@ambervaillancourtart
Lisa Vanliew
Covid Family Visit
photo, giclée print
16″ x 20″
2020
The summer of 2020 was the height of the Covid pandemic. This photo of a family visit, outside with masks on, children banished to the distant deck, reminds me a what a challenging personal time it was for all of us.
Steve Wage
Mysterium Coniunctionis Series No. 6
acrylic, cold wax and Jacquard ground interference pigments on canvas
18” x 24”
2024
This piece is the sixth in the Mysterium Coniunctionis Series, based on the Jungian archetypal synthesis of opposites. The unity of Dual monism, or non-duality in Buddhist thought are both explored in this series. Shifting subtle perspectives of light, reflection and saturation are achieved through the use of extreme layering of cold wax medium impregnated with interference, duo, iridescent and opalescent ground Jacquard pigments.
http://stevewage.com/
Matt Waite
Monsoon
acrylic paint on canvas
24″ x 30″
2022
Monsoon is a painting that reflects the existential abnormalities we were all facing as the third year of the pandemic continued to overshadow everything we did. One lesson I learned during that time was that no matter how devastating a situation may be, there is always some unseen silver lining. Monsoon shows this with the use of scale, composition, and the contrast of material to non-material.
@therealmattwaite
Francis Warner
Tree Face
egg tempera on panel
18″ x 22″
2024
Having walked by this old maple tree numerous times in a local cemetery, I began to be drawn into its facial characteristics. It was changing from year to year, and so, I decided to paint it, with some variations, before it was gone.
http://franart.portfoliobox.me/
Jill Watts
Swinging Door
cone 10 ceramics, glaze, stain, wood, fiber, paper, epoxy, wood glue, Elmer’s Glue, wire, hinges, nails
12″ x 11″ x 8″
2024
This piece is based on Suzuki’s words in “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”. When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless and the outer world is also limitless….Actually there is just one whole world. Our throat is like a swinging door….What we call “I” is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.
jillwattsart.wordpress.com/
Shmontray Williams
Ink and Neon
digital and mixed media on canvas
16″ × 20″
2024
This captivating digital composite invites viewers into a vibrant urban tapestry where identity is both concealed and boldly expressed. Let’s delve into the layers of meaning within this striking piece. At its core stands an enigmatic figure, their eyes obscured. Clad in denim overalls adorned with patches and pins, this individual embodies a fusion of workaday practicality and personal flair. The overalls, like a canvas, bear the marks of a life lived—each patch a fragment of memory, each pin a statement of allegiance or rebellion. The figure stands at the crossroads, caught between anonymity and self-revelation.
@Shmontray_jacquett
Brenda Yates
Zap Pow
photography on acrylic
12″ x 12″
2020
ZAP POW Taken in New York City in 2020 – A year to remember, a year to forget.
www.byatesdesign.com
Mark Zieff
The Champions
colored pencil on watercolor wash
15″ x 22″
2024
I’ve always been interested in older, everyday household objects – the well-used, worn and imperfect. Though small and ordinary, they are a quiet reminder that the true meaning and richness of life still comes from the simple and mundane activities of everyday living. Our relationship with clothing is among the most intimate, complex and unique of all man-made objects. Many of the clothes in these drawings are my own and I use my artwork as a way to explore my own connections with the past.
@markzieffart
Lily Zifcak
Smile Worth a Thousand Words
acrylic on canvas
16″ x 20″
2024
A monochrome portrait portraying the friendship and bond between a dog and its owner.
@lily_z_24
