Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Katherine Buchmayr

Katherine Buchmayr’s cats were the deciding factor in her choice of medium, according to a press release from the Gallery at Equinox Village in Manchester, which is showing her paintings. She used to paint with acrylics, but when the kitties walked through the paint — as kitties inevitably do — they left permanent paw prints all over her Dorset house. “Because she can sacrifice neither her passion for painting nor her beloved cats,” the release says, “she has switched to water-based oils.” Buchmayr’s New England landscape and animal paintings make up a show called “Here and There,” on view through February 18. Pictured: “A Day in Vermont.”