Yearning After the Microlocal Moment
byThe first time Rebecca King Hawkinson walked into a field with her landscape box to paint en plein air was unforgettable — and not…
Painting
They Inked Their Dream in Eight Thousand Square Feet
byTheirs was a big dream, one that did not foresee the pandemic — but a persistent dream nonetheless. Katie Montes and Cody Reed, two…
Coming Back to Life Means Awakening Others, Too
byAfter working a slew of restaurant gigs right out of high school, Billy Smith was hired by a truck-axle manufacturer in Fletcher. But each…
Passing Her Own Rorschach Test With Flying Colors
byA young boy looking at one of Barbara Fisher’s abstract paintings asked her, “Is this some kind of code?” Although she’d never described her…
Thanksgiving How You Want It
by“Life is to be enjoyed,” painter Peggy King insists on her website. And we certainly enjoy her series of oil paintings Wine Monkeys, which…
It’s Hard to Distinguish Between Centuries After Dark
byCaleb Clark attended a high school in rural Vermont with an exceptionally strong arts program, benefitting from teachers who had studied at the acclaimed…
A Battle for Clarity Meant a Win for Abstraction
byOver the years, Jeremy Russell and the professional art scene have edged cautiously toward one another. It’s a dance of inevitability: “I always kind…
Intuition is Also a Love Language
byElizabeth Porritt Carrington’s life in America started with a whisper at a silent retreat. It was 2009, and a year had passed since her…
Married to the Present, Figuring in the Past
byNo matter the circumstances of her life, Sahar Fakhoury has always made time to make art. Growing up in Kuwait, her role on her…
Today’s Bouquet
byOil painter Rebecca King Hawkinson, who trained decades ago with fresco master Ben Long IV, enjoys a wide base of collectors who seek her…