“Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite,” wrote first-generation Abstract Expressionist Arshile Gorky (1904-1948). “It is the emancipation of the mind … an explosion into unknown areas.” Such exuberance surfaces in the work of Harriet Wood, a Vermonter with deep art-world roots. Her 10-year retrospective of work, entitled “In the Moment: Now and Then,” at St.... Read more

Photographs by Diane Gabriel and Jordan Douglas exemplify a famous quote by Ansel Adams: “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” Their dual show at Burlington’s 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, called simply “Silver Halides: New Photographs,” presents black-and-white photography made with the kind of attention to craftsmanship one usually associates with cer... Read more

Some recent creations by three central Vermont artists are appearing in a modest show at The Lazy Pear Gallery in Montpelier this spring. Sculptor Jeane Wolfe and painters Mary Admasian and Frank Woods are featured in the exhibit, titled simply “New Artists/New Work.” Yet not all the work is really so new.... Read more

Before her untimely death two years ago, at the age of 32, Lucinda Mason had already embarked on a successful career in the visual arts. She had earned an MFA from Concordia University, completed an artist residency at the Burlington City Arts Firehouse Gallery, and was represented by galleries in Toronto and Manhattan.... Read more

Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe has strong sculptural programming all year, but it’s also one of Vermont’s best venues for viewing large-scale abstract paintings.... Read more

Artists are drawn to the Vermont landscape like flies to cow flop. The state’s gentle geography, untrammeled fields and forests, and rustic architectural gems prove irresistible to budding photographers and painters. Come summer, you’ll spot them behind hedgerows with fancy Canons and portable French easels, doing their darnedest to recreate romantic visions of Vermont life.... Read more

In the March 5 edition of National Public Radio’s “The Story” with Dick Gordon, Vermont artist Tari Swenson revealed that her first attempts at calligraphic sumi brushwork were awful. So bad that she packed away her roll of rice paper in the attic and intended to never revisit the technique. But the interview went on to reveal a transformational experience for Swenson: a house fire that brought her face-to-face with a scrap of that old calligraphy.... Read more

What can you make with 7000 nickels, besides a bank deposit of $350? If you’re Johnny Swing, all that loose change adds up to the perfect material for building a divan.... Read more

The vitality of the Northern Vermont Artists Association and the richness of its past are abundantly clear in these waning days of winter at the Bryan Memorial Gallery. “NVAA: Past and Present,” on view through March 15, is a two-gallery show of artworks by current and former members of the group.... Read more

The paintings and prints of Phil Herbison, now on view at the Vermont Supreme Court Lobby, seem to describe his artistic evolution. The works in his aptly titled “Urban Wallscapes” range from a Hopperesque vignette to photorealism and a large mixed-media abstraction.... Read more