Keri Anderson
This Is It
oil on wood panel
16″ x 20″
2024
Vincent’s, formerly Stoney O’ Brian’s, is one of the last remaining classic bars that offers live music. I am fascinated with capturing the exterior of this landscape with a thick cerulean blue atmosphere that matches the intrigue of how a building so simple and untouched can be sought after and filled with so many music lovers for many years. This modern day view reminds us of what Worcester was and still is in the hearts of the community despite all of the changes that are happening to the Worcester landscape. “This Is It” pays homage to a popular landmark.
@kerianderson68
Frank Armstrong
Westminster, MA 2020
photography, archival pigment print
14″ x 21″
2024
Common roadsides, rarely noticed.
Carrie Crane
Welcoming the Day, Looking East, December 22 – March 19, 2024
photograph on aluminum
11″ x 14″
2023-4
I have been photographing the sunrise from my rocky perch on the far side of our pond from December 22, 2023 through March 19, 2024. It wasn’t always clear and there were a few days it was too windy to be in the woods. And a few days I was away. But this is the most of it. One quarter trip around the sun.
@carrie_crane_art
Cher Davis
Freedom Hike
digital photography
12″ x 18″ x 2″
2022
Capturing nature’s beauty, the way I found it is my foundation. The groundwork starts with both feet in the earth. I let the picture and the vibe from that journey morph the moment into a representation of opportunities that didn’t exist without technology. My style mixes two core pillars: something I love (photography) with skills I have honed (technology).
Ella Delyanis
Impending Storm
soft pastel on sanded paper
15.5 x 15.5 framed 12.5 x 12.5 unframed
2020
This piece depicts farmland across the street from where I boarded my horse in Uxbridge. I looked at that field a lot. I was intrigued by how the light affected that stand of trees. One day, a threatening grouping of clouds appeared and I knew this was the view I wanted to depict, so I created this piece in soft pastel.
@EllaDelyanis
Ella Delyanis
The Orange Marsh
oil on canvas
24″ x 24″
2024
This piece is an oil of a fall marsh in Shrewsbury. I took lots of photos in very difficult terrain of this site. In my studio, I assembled multiple photos to come up with the design for the painting. I also worked from a digital tablet. I wanted to paint this spot as I was intrigued by the wonderful orange displayed by the marsh grasses in mid October.
@EllaDelyanis
Pamela Dorris DeJong
Welcome To Worcester
acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″ x 1.5″
2024
This painting was inspired by the shapes and colors I saw one day on my drive into Worcester recently. I took photos of my entry into the city. I used my cellphone camera mounted on my dashboard and kept poking my finger at it while I was driving. Most of the photos were unusable as my eyes were on the road! But I did get a few great shots. I chose to paint this view because it included part of the shapely span of the Kenneth Burns Memorial Bridge and the Heart sign.
@pameldejong
Timothy Doyle
Harrington Corner
oil on canvas
30″ x 50″
2019
Historically a thriving intersection in Worcester, this view from 2019 shows Harrington Corner as it was in that year, with beautiful buildings, but little activity. At the heart of Downtown, this corner will be an indicator of the success of efforts to bring pedestrians back to the area. Cities around the country are at a crossroads, adjusting to the new way people use downtown commercial districts after a shift in how people work and shop. This shift unfortunately came as Worcester was in the midst of an effort to revitalize its downtown. In 2024, there are signs of hope.
@skwibo
Melody Fortier
Perhaps Some Found Answers #2
archival pigment print photograph in found case on found shelf, acrylic paint, mica flakes, crepe paper garland, faux berries,vines, sculpted paste leaves
18″ x 18″ x 9″
2022
A preoccupation with death and the afterlife played a prominent role in Victorian era culture. Funerary practices became more elaborate, headstones and monuments were increasingly extravagant for families of means and the growing population called for greater numbers of graveyards. Some of our old cemeteries have become hidden and overgrown, others expanded over the decades and are still well tended. Such conspicuous treatment of the dead has faded with time. These haunting and beautiful burial grounds are woven into our landscapes, quiet, contemplative places available to those who chose to visit. Photo taken in Gardner, MA.
Liz Foss
Turkey Hill Brook
quilted fiber
17.25″ x 19.75″
2024
My daily walk takes me by Turkey Hill Brook in Spencer. I have a favorite spot where I like to stop and look at the river and the trees. Listening to the river is calming and meditative. The changing of the seasons is marked by the leaves, or lack thereof on the trees, and the by the level of the water. It is a respite from the sometimes turbulent world.
@lizfossquilts
Leonard Gerwick
Hemlock
acrylic on canvas
52″ x 42″
2020
I sat almost beneath a mighty hemlock and looking up did an ink drawing of the trunk and limbs of the tree that extended a hundred and fifty feet into the sky, From the drawing I did the painting in my studio.
@gerwickpaintings
Dan Gillooly
Oh, Sweet Worcester: Triptych 2
digital inkjet print
32″ x 8.5″
2023-2024
Worcester, Massachusetts is the second-largest city in New England. These triptychs are a visual exploration of the city’s industrial infrastructure. Loading docks, factories, highway overpasses, and railroads, were once crucial links between American producers and nationwide transportation networks. Like other mid-sized American cities, it stands at the precipice of a great transformation due to urban development that may diminish its architectural heritage. As buildings are torn down in the name of progress, these photographs serve as a preservation effort to honor the city’s industrial past and reveal a narrative of resilience and change.
@dgphoto11
Henry Glennon
Uncanny Sunset at Rutland
oil on canvas
15″ x 30″
2024
A Worcester County homage to the painter Tomás Sánchez.
Louis Hairapetian
lone birch
acrylic on masonite
14 3/8″ x 25 1/4″
2024
Depicted is a plot of land adjacent to New Balance Field located off of Stafford Street. This stream is a tributary that eventually flows into the Blackstone River.
George Hancin
Cemetery Hill
oil on board
16″ x 60″
2022
I am an observational painter, I paint from life. Most often I paint landscapes and could be called a Plein Air painter. 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 narrative or documentary about a setting; creating a story and a feeling about a place.
@hancingeorge
Richard Hoyer
Barn with Cloud
digital photograph
12″ x 12″
2024
This is a black and white rural landscape photograph and I worked with elements of abstraction, surrealism, geometry and high contrast to create the final photograph.
James Hunt
Blackstone Canal, South Grafton
infrared photography, archival inkjet print
24″ x 20″
2023
The Blackstone Canal ceased operations in 1848. Yet, the Canal still exists, largely unprotected by governments, along its route from Worcester to Providence. The Canal seems to remind us that the scars we inflict have enormous staying power. At the same time, those scars, coming to grips with nature, can be beautiful as well.
Timothy Johnson
Canopy
photograph (archival inkjet print)
14″ x 14″ (image), 20 1/4″ x 20 1/4″ (frame)
2022
Timothy Johnson
Night Tree
photograph (archival inkjet print)
14″ x 14″ (image), 20 1/4″ x 20 1/4″ (frame)
2020
Victoria K. Chapman
Life Among Decay
watercolors, colored pencils, gel pen, gouache
11″ x 14″ (unframed), 16″ x 20″ (framed)
2023
Along the quiet Black Pond trail of Harvard, MA lay many logs and stumps of rotting trees, long fallen and dead. But, among this death and decay, it is teaming with life. Fungus, lichen, moss, ferns, bugs, birds, and other animals—all taking advantage of the nutrients this decay provides. All life must die, but among that death, new life springs forth. Inspired by the hidden and wondrous pieces of life growing among the decay along these hiking trails, I hope it inspires viewers to stop and look closer at the natural world around them in Worcester county.
@weyakindesigns
Teresa Lamacchia
Long Pond, Rutland at 6:30 AM
acrylic paint and digital photograph on three cotton canvas panels
36″ x 44″
2021
Lakes, rivers and ponds are abundant in Central Massachusetts. During the pandemic my husband and I would often visit them to enjoy their natural beauty and to experience a sense of tranquility during those trying times. I began photographing them in every season. After editing the imagery to become semiabstract and painterly, I had them printed on canvas and painted on top of the photographs, often adding additional canvas panels to extend the view.
Rebecca Mann
Pink Dawn
oil on canvas
16″ x 24″
2024
Nothing compares to those moments of calm and serenity found in the untainted and pristine world of nature.
@rebecca_v_mann
Jillian Masi
View From the Summit of Wachusett Mountain
oil on canvas
20″ x 20″
2024
On a good day, you can see for miles from this highest point in Worcester County. Looking east, a miniscule view of Boston appears faintly on the horizon. The land reaching out below looks like an ocean of blue and green, the sky is clear and fresh.
@jmasi_art
Anne McNevin
Glacial Rocks, Peppercorn Hill, Upton, MA #1
photography
16″ x 20″
2022
Peppercorn Hill in Upton, MA is a remarkable jumble of boulders deposited by glaciers more than ten thousand years ago and it’s practically in my back yard. These boulders evoke long lost mysteries from our world’s past.
Zev Morgan
Close the Curtains before The Creature Sees Us
mixed media: wool felt, cotton fabric, embroidery, wood
23″ x 20″
2024
Embedded in all of our DNA is the inclination to hide from whatever is lurking in the dark outside our homes, a relic of the past before the assurance of safety behind four walls and locked doors. Even in the suburbs of Worcester, our survival instincts look out at our backyards and ask us to consider what dangers could be just behind the trees. Our modern human brains tell us nothing is there… so why do we still close the curtains?
Diane Mulligan
Snowshoeing at Donker Farm
watercolor on 100% cotton rough watercolor paper
18″ x 22″
2023
Donker Farm is a Greater Worcester Land Trust property near Tatnuck Square. To visit the farm is to glimpse the rural landscape that once existed in Worcester. Although I painted this at my studio from reference photos I took on a snowy stroll, I tried to be true to life by depicting the farm yard as it is, clutter and all. This is a lived-in place, not a museum. As an Urban Sketcher, I am moved to document places near my home in Worcester as a record of my experiences.
@dianepaintsflowers
Kathy Murray
Nature’s Classroom
multiple plate relief print
9″ x 17″
2023
This print captures my experience of walking on the trails at the Prindle Pond Conference Center during the height of foliage season.
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A. Reid
Viewfinder//Flag (Flower Crown Farm)
machine-pieced, cyanotype-printed, and coreopsis-dyed cotton, hand-quilted with coreopsis-dyed linen thread
20″ x 30″
2024
A viewfinder-flag has a window in the center, so that it can be used to both mark and observe a place. This one is sewn from cyanotypes printed in collaboration with summer 2022 workshop participants at Flower Crown Farm, and from additional fabric dyed with coreopsis grown on-site by farmer Patricia Kirkpatrick. The front features the quilt block Garden Path (adapted from Abba May Alcott’s version) and incorporates Flying Geese at a various scales, shrunk down and scattered as Flying Pollinators in improvised blocks.
Robin Reynolds
Queen Anne’s Lace & Hydrangea
oil on birch panel
30” x 30”
2019
I embrace the notion of beauty and create luminous, lush, layered surfaces outside painting plein air from spring to fall in my backyard garden in North Brookfield. I paint and find inspiration watching the life cycle of nature. The flowers and plants act as a catalyst, allowing me to manipulate paint and create a dance between abstraction and representation. In my paintings I strive to capture the essence of a place through its growth, bloom and decay. I want people to experience that heightened awareness and see beauty in our vulnerable environment.
@robinreynolds7259
Mari Saxon
Little Red Riding Hood
photography, giclée print on fine art paper
16″ x 24″
2023
Wachusett forest.
@mari_saxon
Mari Saxon
Quinsigamond Lake Shore
photography, giclée print on fine art paper
16″ x 24″
2023
@mari_saxon
Tracy Spadafora
Skies & Organic Findings, Westborough, MA
digital photographs and organic materials in wood boxes
15″ x 13″
2024
I collect images and organic material during my regular walks and hikes in Worcester County. Over the years, I have explored themes in my artwork that have addressed the human relationship to the environment. Nature speaks to me during my time in woods, and I am always looking for ways to preserve or recreate some of these moments by incorporating nature into my artwork.
Joanne Stowell
Rust and Eggs
oil on wood
15″ x 17″
2021
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
Morgan Tartakoff
Blackstone River
woodcut on linen with letter press lettering
8.5″ x 50″
2024
“Blackstone River,” a woodcut hand printed on linen fabric, captures a view from above of the Blackstone River, one of the most prominent features of Worcester County. This river has both carved the land and history of the area. Between each slim, snaking natural section of river you find lake-like spots where old man-made dams still stand in the towns of Grafton, Whitinsville, Uxbridge, and Blackstone. If you look even closer, you can find very small, thin, straight sections of what remains of the long canal that once connected Worcester to Providence.
@LittlePebblePrintshop
Sarah Thompson
Reflection
acrylic on canvas
16″ x 20″
2024
“Reflection” is a painting inspired by a photograph I took during a November walk in Hadwen Park in Worcester. There are so many stately, old trees surrounding Curtis Pond, and while I walk this route almost daily, there is always something different to observe. The muted fall colors, the ripples in the water abstracting the reflections, and the dappled sunlight shining through the trees all came together to create a singular moment of beauty and peace.
@sarah.thompson.artwork
Bernard Tobin
Walk in the Woods- Ice Reflections
oil pastels
12″ x 9″
2023
This is part of a series created from winter walks in the Sturbridge woods of ice formations around a group of trees along the path. These pieces capture the ice reflections of the abstract colors and formations of the surrounding nature.
@tobin.ben92
Richard Tranfaglia
Old Stone Church Reflection
photography, archival digital inkjet print
18″ x 24″
2022
Lynn Viamari
Waiting for Spring – Chestnut Hill Farm
oil on panel
6″ x 18″
2024
I often walk the trails at Chestnut Hill Farm or just sit and observe. These dirt mounds are sitting out in the field, seemingly waiting to be used when the weather warms up. I like their strong solid forms which, while conveying a confident sense of purpose, are also gentle and humble.
@lynnviart
