Lisa Hayden
Is nature ever untouched by human influence? I explore this intersection on my canvas, combining a lifetime love of painting and the natural world. Using a palette of blues and greens and expressive motion, I aim to capture the feeling of both the outside world and the touches left behind by human creations — a vertical stroke suggesting fences, old piers, boats, windows. Painted and textured with brushes and palette knives, my work ranges from seascapes and abstracted landscapes to fully abstract pieces. Each painting is a journey in itself, with a captured sense of time passing and experiences lived.
Lisa Hayden studied painting at the University of Miami before returning to her native Massachusetts where she continued classes in painting and other art forms at the Danforth Museum and Worcester Art Museum. Four years painting in an environment of warm ocean waves, wild greenery, and colorful architecture has melded with the last 30 years of New England shores, forests, fields, and the Boston Seaport to create her visual viewpoint. Lisa lives in Northborough MA and participates in art events throughout the East Coast from Maine to Virginia. Visit www.MeltedTheory.com for more about the artist, including local events, or email meltedtheory@gmail.com for information on purchasing paintings.
Display case- Rich Padova
“Presidential Visits to Andover” is the theme for a display during the month of April at MHL. Over the years several presidents and former presidents have visited Andover for various occasions, and April’s display contains memorabilia related to those presidents and former presidents that are on loan from Rich Padova, a member of Andover’s 375th Anniversary Committee and a history and government professor at Northern Essex Community College.
Rich Padova is a member of Andover’s 375th Anniversary Committee, the Master Plan Steering Committee, Friends of Memorial Hall Library and the Andover Center for History and Culture. During the academic year he teaches history and government at Northern Essex Community College and during the summer is a historical tour interpreter (guide) at Lawrence Heritage State Park, where he provides guided museum tours of the visitors’ center, guided walking tours of the downtown historic mill district and narrated boat tours of the Merrimack River.