Artist Statement Unlike many artists who know from childhood that they are in love with drawing and painting I began to paint in middle age and almost by accident After a 20year career in corporate pension plan administration I went back to school to get a degree in fashion design Wanting to learn to draw and paint…
January 2020 puzzle
If you like crossword puzzles give this a try You can do it online or print it out to solve later If youre in the library ask at the Reference Desk for a printout and well be happy to give you one Throughout 2020 well post a new puzzle the first day of every month as part…
Artist of the Month: December 2019 – Fernanda Lopez & Christina Giebner
Artist Bio Fernanda Lopez is a ColomboAmerican community artist and art therapist She started to use painting as an intuitive healing modality at age 18 At that time she was dealing with anxiety and depression that resulted from some significant changes and life transitions As a result she decided to study psychology yet kept learning to paint…
Artist of the Month: November 2019 – Fernanda Lopez & Vicki Murphy
Fernanda Lopez Paintings Artist Bio Fernanda Lopez is a ColomboAmerican community artist and art therapist She started to use painting as an intuitive healing modality at age 18 At that time she was dealing with anxiety and depression that resulted from some significant changes and life transitions As a result she decided to study psychology yet kept…
Artist of the Month: October 2019 – Elizabeth Pogor and Anne Thiam
Elizabeth Pogor Elizabeth Pogor a Massachusetts native began her career as an artist after graduating from Massachusetts College of Art in the 1980s as a sculpture major She studied briefly at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly She became interested in working with oils much later when she enrolled at an evening oil painting class By the…
Artist of the Month: September 2019 – Evan Bedrosian & George H. Winslow Display
Artist Statement I make art to express the intentions and desires that have manifested in my unconscious mind I am interested in using my imagination and skill to explore the visual makeup of dark and mysterious imagery in my unconscious mind I am fascinated with the concept of color from simple to complex variations of one tonal…
Artist of the Month: August 2019 – Gerald Hersh Photography
Gerald Hersh is a long time resident of Reading MA and graduated in 2013 with a Bachelors degree in Graphic Design from Salem State University He currently works in prepress design for a marketing company in Somerville MA but his artistic endeavor outside of work is his photography His main focus is figure photography literally seeking to…
Artist of the Month: July 2019 – Ulrike Kapp Paintings & Andover 1969 Display
About the Artist Uli Kapp was born and raised in Germany and the architecture of her hometown and many trips to Italy during her upbringing influenced what she loves to paint She is inspired by European artists like Hundertwasser Klimt and Klee Art has been part of her life from early childhood She had some formal training…
Artist of the Month: June 2019 – Martin Culpepper: Owls of New England
This month we are welcoming back Martin Culpepper a sixteenyearold aspiring wildlife photographer who has always enjoyed nature and began photographing outdoors at age 12 He spends 5060 hours each month looking for wildlife to photograph Hes traveled to Alaska Wyoming and most recently to northern Minnesota to capture photographs of wildlife there When hes not out…
Artist of the Month: May 2019 – Howard Hoople – Butterfly Photographer
Howard Hoople takes pictures of butterflies in Andover the Adirondacks Texas and anywhere else he happens to be A former president of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club Howard leads butterfly walks showing people how to observe and identify butterflies without damaging these delicate creatures He has had butterfly photos published in Merrimack Valley Massachusetts Butterflies American Butterflies and…