Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Kari Meyer

She may paint the landscapes of Vermont, but Kari Meyer takes inspiration from Japan, namely, the concept of wabi-sabi, which puts a positive spin on the transience of life. “Loneliness, old age and death become beautiful because they are inevitable and represent the constant flux of the universe,” Meyer writes in her artist statement. The acrylic-on-canvas works in her show, “Play of Light,” at Montpelier’s Capitol Grounds don’t overtly broadcast that message, but they do evoke the peaceful sense, as Meyer puts it, “of everything either coming from or returning to nothingness.” Through December 31. Pictured: “Drifting Inward.”