Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Nancy & Richard Weis

Through the use of natural objects such as feathers, stones, bones and twigs, Nancy Weis attempts to tap into a cross-cultural visual language. The resulting collage work features spirals, handprints and circles. Her partner, Richard Weis, sees each of his abstract paintings as “a visual artifact of engagement with the world,” he writes in his artist statement. The Castleton artists met as undergrads at Bemidji State University in Minnesota and have inspired each other’s artwork ever since. Their work is in a show called “Shared Visions” at Jackson Gallery in Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater through June 24. Pictured: “Shades of Summer” by Richard Weis.