Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

'Snow'

For many snow lovers, this winter has been a dud. Those seeking a fix of the white stuff may need to go inside this year, to Stowe’s West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park. “Snow” features chilly paintings by member artists who celebrate winter. In Rebecca Kinkead’s “Skater,” a faceless little girl twirls on yellow skates, as if she were the doll inside a music box. Chris Griffin’s “Pecking Order” features semiabstracted birds in pursuit of bread crumbs — or are they snowflakes? Craig Mooney’s “Snow Covered Ridge” (pictured) is all pillow-soft snowfields and voluptuous sky.