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Opening Reception: Friday, November 6 | 5–7 PM
Upcoming Exhibition
Gems & Wonders: Fine Works in Small Formats
Exhibition Dates: November 5 – January 9, 2027
Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday | 1–5 PM
Active CFA artist members may submit up to four works for consideration.
All submissions must be made through the online application by October 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
Review exhibition requirements, important dates, artwork guidelines, commission information, and other details before applying.
CFA Gallery
Experience Art. Discover Artists. Connect with Your Community.
The CFA Gallery is a welcoming space dedicated to showcasing the work of artists from the Lake Sunapee region and beyond. Throughout the year, the Gallery presents exhibitions that invite visitors to discover new ideas, perspectives, materials, and creative voices.
Located in downtown New London, the Gallery offers an intimate setting to experience original artwork, meet artists, and connect with the vibrant creative community that makes the Lake Sunapee region special.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Pure Form — Abstract Expressions
Fall Juried Members Exhibition
September 4 – October 24, 2026
The Center for the Arts presents Pure Form: Abstract Expression, a juried exhibition celebrating the many ways artists explore abstraction.
Featuring work by CFA member artists from throughout the region, the exhibition brings together a diverse range of approaches to color, form, texture, movement, gesture, shape, mark-making, and composition.
From artists who have worked with abstraction for decades to those exploring its possibilities in new ways, Pure Form demonstrates that there is no single way to make or experience abstract art. Each artist brings a distinct visual language, inviting viewers to look beyond traditional representation and find their own meaning in the work.
Whether bold and expressive, quiet and contemplative, layered and textured, or rooted in experimentation, the works in Pure Form reflect the freedom of abstraction and the individual perspectives of the artists who create it.
Meet the Artists
The artists of Pure Form: Abstract Expression bring a wide range of experiences, materials, and approaches to abstraction.
Click an artist's image to learn more about their artistic practice, background, and work.
Hugo Anderson
Two Grey Hills
No artist biography or statement was provided for Hugo Anderson.
No artist biography or statement was provided for Hugo Anderson.
Carol Belliveau
Wind Song
Carol Belliveau is a New Hampshire-based artist whose practice is rooted in curiosity, experimentation, and a deep appreciation for the natural world. Her gardens and meadow, cultivated as havens for pollinators, provide an ongoing source of inspiration, as do the plants, animals, and other creatures that surround her.
Working primarily in acrylic, Belliveau explores nature through vibrant color and organic forms. Her paintings celebrate the small moments of beauty that can easily go unnoticed—the flashes of color, movement, and connection found in everyday life.
For Belliveau, creating art is an opportunity to play, explore, and discover new ways of seeing. Through bold color and expressive shapes, she hopes to evoke joy, kindness, and wonder while encouraging viewers to pause and appreciate the simple yet profound beauty found in both nature and daily human experience.
Carol Belliveau is a New Hampshire-based artist whose practice is rooted in curiosity, experimentation, and a deep appreciation for the natural world. Her gardens and meadow, cultivated as havens for pollinators, provide an ongoing source of inspiration, as do the plants, animals, and other creatures that surround her.
Working primarily in acrylic, Belliveau explores nature through vibrant color and organic forms. Her paintings celebrate the small moments of beauty that can easily go unnoticed—the flashes of color, movement, and connection found in everyday life.
For Belliveau, creating art is an opportunity to play, explore, and discover new ways of seeing. Through bold color and expressive shapes, she hopes to evoke joy, kindness, and wonder while encouraging viewers to pause and appreciate the simple yet profound beauty found in both nature and daily human experience.
Lesley Blecharczyk
Bee Balm Drift
Lesley Blecharczyk is a watercolor artist who discovered painting through a friend and has embraced the medium as an opportunity for exploration, experimentation, and creative discovery.
Her developing practice focuses on color, expression, and creative freedom. Rather than approaching art as a search for a predetermined result, Blecharczyk is interested in the process of experimenting, discovering what resonates, and gradually developing her own artistic voice and style.
With joy and curiosity at the center of her approach, Blecharczyk continues to explore the possibilities of watercolor and the freedom that comes from allowing a creative practice to evolve.
Lesley Blecharczyk is a watercolor artist who discovered painting through a friend and has embraced the medium as an opportunity for exploration, experimentation, and creative discovery.
Her developing practice focuses on color, expression, and creative freedom. Rather than approaching art as a search for a predetermined result, Blecharczyk is interested in the process of experimenting, discovering what resonates, and gradually developing her own artistic voice and style.
With joy and curiosity at the center of her approach, Blecharczyk continues to explore the possibilities of watercolor and the freedom that comes from allowing a creative practice to evolve.
Sara Byfield
Where the Butterflies Wipe Their Feet
Sara Byfield approaches art as a lifelong process of looking, learning, experimenting, and discovery. Having studied art throughout her life, she continues to explore how perception changes with sustained attention: the longer one looks, the more a subject can shift and reveal itself.
Her work emerges from the intersection of lived experience, thought, space, and abstraction. Byfield is interested in the connections between inner and outer worlds and in the ways art can transform those relationships into something visual and shared.
At the heart of her practice is a desire to connect with viewers, even if only for a brief moment. She hopes her work offers a sense of recognition, reassurance, and shared humanity—a small reminder that we are here together, experiencing this complicated and beautiful life.
Sara Byfield approaches art as a lifelong process of looking, learning, experimenting, and discovery. Having studied art throughout her life, she continues to explore how perception changes with sustained attention: the longer one looks, the more a subject can shift and reveal itself.
Her work emerges from the intersection of lived experience, thought, space, and abstraction. Byfield is interested in the connections between inner and outer worlds and in the ways art can transform those relationships into something visual and shared.
At the heart of her practice is a desire to connect with viewers, even if only for a brief moment. She hopes her work offers a sense of recognition, reassurance, and shared humanity—a small reminder that we are here together, experiencing this complicated and beautiful life.
Elizabeth D’Amico
Voyager
Elizabeth D’Amico is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media, and sculpture. With an extensive background teaching art in public and private schools at all levels, including university, D’Amico now devotes herself to art full time.
Her varied studio practice allows her to move freely between media and approaches, exploring the possibilities of materials, process, and visual expression. Her work has been exhibited regularly in regional exhibitions and is held in collections both locally and nationally.
D’Amico lives in Springfield, New Hampshire, where her Protectworth Gallery and Studio provide a space for her ongoing artistic practice. The gallery and studio are open by appointment.
Elizabeth D’Amico is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media, and sculpture. With an extensive background teaching art in public and private schools at all levels, including university, D’Amico now devotes herself to art full time.
Her varied studio practice allows her to move freely between media and approaches, exploring the possibilities of materials, process, and visual expression. Her work has been exhibited regularly in regional exhibitions and is held in collections both locally and nationally.
D’Amico lives in Springfield, New Hampshire, where her Protectworth Gallery and Studio provide a space for her ongoing artistic practice. The gallery and studio are open by appointment.
Julie Daniels
Abstract Landscape #2
Julie Daniels is a fine artist and surface designer creating artwork and home décor inspired by the beauty and tranquility of the ocean. Her work combines a love of meaningful, personalized art with an appreciation for serene coastal environments.
Drawing inspiration from the sea, Daniels creates pieces intended to bring a sense of calm and connection to everyday spaces. Her work speaks both to those who live near the coast and to anyone who carries an appreciation for the ocean and wishes to bring a little of its beauty home.
Through her art and surface designs, Daniels celebrates the textures, atmosphere, and quiet beauty associated with coastal life.
Julie Daniels is a fine artist and surface designer creating artwork and home décor inspired by the beauty and tranquility of the ocean. Her work combines a love of meaningful, personalized art with an appreciation for serene coastal environments.
Drawing inspiration from the sea, Daniels creates pieces intended to bring a sense of calm and connection to everyday spaces. Her work speaks both to those who live near the coast and to anyone who carries an appreciation for the ocean and wishes to bring a little of its beauty home.
Through her art and surface designs, Daniels celebrates the textures, atmosphere, and quiet beauty associated with coastal life.
Tom Driscoll
Winter Nocturne
Tom Driscoll is a painter and educator with an extensive career in both studio practice and higher education. He holds a BFA from Plymouth State College and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. For 32 years, he taught at Plymouth State University, where he coordinated the painting program and taught courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, and foundations.
Driscoll has also taught workshops in stone lithography at a regional cooperative printmaking studio, served as a juror for regional competitions, and curated exhibitions including a national encaustic exhibition and a survey of New Hampshire painting at the turn of the twenty-first century.
He maintains an active studio practice and has exhibited extensively in regional and national juried exhibitions. His work has also been featured in numerous one- and two-person exhibitions throughout the region.
Tom Driscoll is a painter and educator with an extensive career in both studio practice and higher education. He holds a BFA from Plymouth State College and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. For 32 years, he taught at Plymouth State University, where he coordinated the painting program and taught courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, and foundations.
Driscoll has also taught workshops in stone lithography at a regional cooperative printmaking studio, served as a juror for regional competitions, and curated exhibitions including a national encaustic exhibition and a survey of New Hampshire painting at the turn of the twenty-first century.
He maintains an active studio practice and has exhibited extensively in regional and national juried exhibitions. His work has also been featured in numerous one- and two-person exhibitions throughout the region.
Edibeth Farrington
Frolic
Edibeth Farrington has called New Hampshire home since arriving for what was originally intended to be a two-week vacation in 1972. She never left—and has been making art ever since.
After teaching art for 25 years, Farrington retired in 2013 and has since devoted her time more fully to her studio practice. Her artistic life is closely connected to her appreciation of nature, and she makes time both for creating in the studio and for being outdoors.
Her long career as an art educator continues to inform her creative practice, bringing together years of experience, observation, experimentation, and engagement with the artistic process.
Edibeth Farrington has called New Hampshire home since arriving for what was originally intended to be a two-week vacation in 1972. She never left—and has been making art ever since.
After teaching art for 25 years, Farrington retired in 2013 and has since devoted her time more fully to her studio practice. Her artistic life is closely connected to her appreciation of nature, and she makes time both for creating in the studio and for being outdoors.
Her long career as an art educator continues to inform her creative practice, bringing together years of experience, observation, experimentation, and engagement with the artistic process.
Barry Fougere
Every Breaking Wave
Barry Fougere is a visual artist working primarily in the Sunapee Region of New Hampshire. Originally trained as an engineer, he went on to lead several technology companies before returning to painting through ongoing studio classes at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Fougere’s artistic practice reflects the precision of his earlier work in drafting, computer-aided design, and engineering, while continually seeking greater freedom and looseness in his painting. His work often occupies the space between representation and abstraction, transforming familiar subjects into explorations of pattern, structure, movement, and visual energy.
Inspired in part by the idea of worlds that exist beyond ordinary human perception, Fougere seeks to reveal the vibrancy and underlying systems within nature. His work has appeared in multiple juried exhibitions at the Center for the Arts, and his paintings have received recognition in regional exhibitions. He is also active in local arts and environmental organizations.
Barry Fougere is a visual artist working primarily in the Sunapee Region of New Hampshire. Originally trained as an engineer, he went on to lead several technology companies before returning to painting through ongoing studio classes at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Fougere’s artistic practice reflects the precision of his earlier work in drafting, computer-aided design, and engineering, while continually seeking greater freedom and looseness in his painting. His work often occupies the space between representation and abstraction, transforming familiar subjects into explorations of pattern, structure, movement, and visual energy.
Inspired in part by the idea of worlds that exist beyond ordinary human perception, Fougere seeks to reveal the vibrancy and underlying systems within nature. His work has appeared in multiple juried exhibitions at the Center for the Arts, and his paintings have received recognition in regional exhibitions. He is also active in local arts and environmental organizations.
Laura Graveline
Shadow Inside
Laura Graveline is a Vermont-based artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the region as well as in New York and Santa Fe. She has spent many years studying art, art history, and the creative process, and remains deeply committed to continued learning and sharing what she discovers through her work.
Painting is at the center of Graveline’s practice. After working extensively in oils and water-based media, she now primarily creates on wood panels using encaustic and mixed media. Her work ranges from larger compositions to intimate pieces designed for quiet reflection and reverie.
In a world filled with distraction and digital noise, Graveline is interested in the restorative possibilities of contemplation. Her paintings invite viewers to slow down, look closely, and experience a moment of peace, clarity, and beauty.
Graveline holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MLIS from the University of Rhode Island. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Encaustic Art.
Laura Graveline is a Vermont-based artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the region as well as in New York and Santa Fe. She has spent many years studying art, art history, and the creative process, and remains deeply committed to continued learning and sharing what she discovers through her work.
Painting is at the center of Graveline’s practice. After working extensively in oils and water-based media, she now primarily creates on wood panels using encaustic and mixed media. Her work ranges from larger compositions to intimate pieces designed for quiet reflection and reverie.
In a world filled with distraction and digital noise, Graveline is interested in the restorative possibilities of contemplation. Her paintings invite viewers to slow down, look closely, and experience a moment of peace, clarity, and beauty.
Graveline holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MLIS from the University of Rhode Island. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Encaustic Art.
Jack Harkins
Scattered Flurries
Jack Harkins is a fine artist whose work draws on the landscapes and natural beauty of the Sunapee region and New England. He earned Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Industrial Design degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1970s before co-founding Farm, a medical product research, design, and engineering firm in Hollis, New Hampshire.
Although Harkins painted before completing his education, he returned to painting more seriously prior to retirement. He has studied with artists David Lussier, Bernie Dellario, Colley Whisson of Australia, and his sister Donna Harkins, a recognized Master Painter in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Working both plein air and in the studio, Harkins creates representational paintings with a contemporary impressionist sensibility. He lives in South Sutton with his wife, Sara, and enjoys time with their son’s families and seven grandchildren. His work can be seen at Prospect Hill Antiques in Sunapee Harbor.
Jack Harkins is a fine artist whose work draws on the landscapes and natural beauty of the Sunapee region and New England. He earned Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Industrial Design degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1970s before co-founding Farm, a medical product research, design, and engineering firm in Hollis, New Hampshire.
Although Harkins painted before completing his education, he returned to painting more seriously prior to retirement. He has studied with artists David Lussier, Bernie Dellario, Colley Whisson of Australia, and his sister Donna Harkins, a recognized Master Painter in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Working both plein air and in the studio, Harkins creates representational paintings with a contemporary impressionist sensibility. He lives in South Sutton with his wife, Sara, and enjoys time with their son’s families and seven grandchildren. His work can be seen at Prospect Hill Antiques in Sunapee Harbor.
Vickie Koron
Fireflies
No artist biography or statement was provided for Vicki Koron.
No artist biography or statement was provided for Vicki Koron.
Carol Krauss
Pathways
Carol Krauss is a contemporary abstract artist who uses painting and photography to explore emotional responses to places, stories, memories, and moments in time. Beginning her artistic career in traditional black-and-white photography, she now works primarily with encaustic and cold wax techniques.
Krauss’s work is deeply concerned with memory, place, history, and the passage of time. Natural elements and materials—including wood, fire, earth, metal, and water—appear throughout her work, with water and light serving as recurring visual and symbolic themes. Her paintings explore the dualities inherent in these elements: serenity and turbulence, peace and power, calm and danger.
Krauss is based at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and the Umbrella Center for the Arts in Concord, Massachusetts. Her paintings and photographs have been exhibited throughout New England in galleries and juried exhibitions.
Carol Krauss is a contemporary abstract artist who uses painting and photography to explore emotional responses to places, stories, memories, and moments in time. Beginning her artistic career in traditional black-and-white photography, she now works primarily with encaustic and cold wax techniques.
Krauss’s work is deeply concerned with memory, place, history, and the passage of time. Natural elements and materials—including wood, fire, earth, metal, and water—appear throughout her work, with water and light serving as recurring visual and symbolic themes. Her paintings explore the dualities inherent in these elements: serenity and turbulence, peace and power, calm and danger.
Krauss is based at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and the Umbrella Center for the Arts in Concord, Massachusetts. Her paintings and photographs have been exhibited throughout New England in galleries and juried exhibitions.
Corbett Leith
Can’t Wait
Corbett Leith is a painter whose work seeks to capture the exhilaration and dynamism of experiences in nature. Through bold, expressive marks and layered applications of pigment, he translates moments of movement, atmosphere, and place into energetic compositions.
Leith’s process is rooted in physical gesture and the expressive potential of color. Rather than simply documenting a landscape, he uses paint to recreate the feeling of being immersed in a particular place or moment, allowing memory and sensation to guide the work.
Leith earned his bachelor’s degree from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, before relocating to San Francisco, where he received an MFA in painting from the Academy of Art University. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States. He currently lives and works in Andover, New Hampshire.
Corbett Leith is a painter whose work seeks to capture the exhilaration and dynamism of experiences in nature. Through bold, expressive marks and layered applications of pigment, he translates moments of movement, atmosphere, and place into energetic compositions.
Leith’s process is rooted in physical gesture and the expressive potential of color. Rather than simply documenting a landscape, he uses paint to recreate the feeling of being immersed in a particular place or moment, allowing memory and sensation to guide the work.
Leith earned his bachelor’s degree from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, before relocating to San Francisco, where he received an MFA in painting from the Academy of Art University. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States. He currently lives and works in Andover, New Hampshire.
Molly Petersen Leith
Untethered
Molly Petersen Leith is a visual artist and educator whose work is deeply influenced by her early connection to the ocean. Raised in the seaside village of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, she developed an enduring appreciation for the natural world and the visual language of coastal environments.
Her contemporary paintings incorporate patterns, textures, and bold colors inspired by nature across New England, the California coast, and places as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Gold leaf adds a luminous quality to her work, inspired in part by the golden Buddhas of Thailand.
Leith holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She lives in Andover, New Hampshire, with her artist husband and three daughters. In addition to her studio practice, she curates art exhibitions and works as a Learning Specialist at Proctor Academy. Her work has been exhibited locally and in San Francisco galleries and is held in private collections. Her painting Just Right was featured in Architectural Digest.
Molly Petersen Leith is a visual artist and educator whose work is deeply influenced by her early connection to the ocean. Raised in the seaside village of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, she developed an enduring appreciation for the natural world and the visual language of coastal environments.
Her contemporary paintings incorporate patterns, textures, and bold colors inspired by nature across New England, the California coast, and places as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Gold leaf adds a luminous quality to her work, inspired in part by the golden Buddhas of Thailand.
Leith holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She lives in Andover, New Hampshire, with her artist husband and three daughters. In addition to her studio practice, she curates art exhibitions and works as a Learning Specialist at Proctor Academy. Her work has been exhibited locally and in San Francisco galleries and is held in private collections. Her painting Just Right was featured in Architectural Digest.
Kathy Lowe
Awareness
Kathy Lowe is a multidimensional artist whose creative practice spans photography, collage and repurposed materials, original music composition, resonance sounding, and performance art. Her work reflects a vibrant and theatrical approach to artistic expression.
One of Lowe’s distinctive visual practices is “Petreflection Photography,” in which she captures reflections of the Earth in water. The process transforms familiar landscapes and natural forms through reflection, creating images that emphasize movement, perception, and visual discovery.
Lowe’s artistic sensibility is influenced by her upbringing in a Vaudeville and circus family, contributing to the expressive, energetic, and theatrical qualities that characterize her work across disciplines. Her practice embraces experimentation and the connections between visual art, sound, performance, and the surrounding world.
Kathy Lowe is a multidimensional artist whose creative practice spans photography, collage and repurposed materials, original music composition, resonance sounding, and performance art. Her work reflects a vibrant and theatrical approach to artistic expression.
One of Lowe’s distinctive visual practices is “Petreflection Photography,” in which she captures reflections of the Earth in water. The process transforms familiar landscapes and natural forms through reflection, creating images that emphasize movement, perception, and visual discovery.
Lowe’s artistic sensibility is influenced by her upbringing in a Vaudeville and circus family, contributing to the expressive, energetic, and theatrical qualities that characterize her work across disciplines. Her practice embraces experimentation and the connections between visual art, sound, performance, and the surrounding world.
Lucy Mueller
Mind Map
Lucy Mueller has worked in printmaking and mixed media for more than five decades. She began studying collagraph intaglio printmaking at the DeCordova Museum School 52 years ago and went on to study, teach, and exhibit across a wide range of printmaking disciplines for more than 20 years.
A midlife career change led Mueller to become an art therapist, earning an MA and becoming an ATR-BC. Her artistic practice subsequently expanded beyond corporate imagery into mixed media work.
Mueller previously operated a gallery in Gloucester for nine years and now exhibits locally with the New Hampshire chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, the Library Arts Center, and the Center for the Arts Lakes Region. Her recent work includes acrylic paintings on paper, combining layered surfaces and intricate details with areas of calm and visual balance.
Lucy Mueller has worked in printmaking and mixed media for more than five decades. She began studying collagraph intaglio printmaking at the DeCordova Museum School 52 years ago and went on to study, teach, and exhibit across a wide range of printmaking disciplines for more than 20 years.
A midlife career change led Mueller to become an art therapist, earning an MA and becoming an ATR-BC. Her artistic practice subsequently expanded beyond corporate imagery into mixed media work.
Mueller previously operated a gallery in Gloucester for nine years and now exhibits locally with the New Hampshire chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, the Library Arts Center, and the Center for the Arts Lakes Region. Her recent work includes acrylic paintings on paper, combining layered surfaces and intricate details with areas of calm and visual balance.
Mark O’Neil
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Mark O’Neil, born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1961, lives in Newport, New Hampshire, where he has recently returned to his artistic roots. His background in art history, printmaking, and computer graphics informs a practice that brings together technology, traditional hand-printing methods, and unconventional approaches to image-making.
O’Neil combines pre-press techniques and hand printing with non-traditional halftone and color-separation processes to create visually striking, non-representational works. His imagery is influenced by patterns found in nature and often begins with photographic material that is deconstructed, recomposed, and transformed.
Through layered color, transparency, painterly surfaces, and carefully considered composition, O’Neil creates abstract works that balance the precision of technology with the tactile qualities of handmade processes.
Mark O’Neil, born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1961, lives in Newport, New Hampshire, where he has recently returned to his artistic roots. His background in art history, printmaking, and computer graphics informs a practice that brings together technology, traditional hand-printing methods, and unconventional approaches to image-making.
O’Neil combines pre-press techniques and hand printing with non-traditional halftone and color-separation processes to create visually striking, non-representational works. His imagery is influenced by patterns found in nature and often begins with photographic material that is deconstructed, recomposed, and transformed.
Through layered color, transparency, painterly surfaces, and carefully considered composition, O’Neil creates abstract works that balance the precision of technology with the tactile qualities of handmade processes.
Chris Scott
Lava Lamps
Chris Scott is an artist, educator, and community arts contributor who lives and works in her studio in North Newport, New Hampshire. Her creative environment reflects her eclectic interests, with a collection of vintage art, objects, and curiosities surrounding her studio practice.
For Scott, art is both a personal creative practice and a way to connect with others. She works across artistic disciplines and shares her knowledge through teaching, facilitation, and artistic collaboration. Encouraging creative expression and building community through art are central to her approach.
Scott works with several local arts education organizations and particularly enjoys developing and implementing creative programs for both children and adults. She finds the process of making, teaching, and creating alongside others to be an essential part of her artistic life.
Chris Scott is an artist, educator, and community arts contributor who lives and works in her studio in North Newport, New Hampshire. Her creative environment reflects her eclectic interests, with a collection of vintage art, objects, and curiosities surrounding her studio practice.
For Scott, art is both a personal creative practice and a way to connect with others. She works across artistic disciplines and shares her knowledge through teaching, facilitation, and artistic collaboration. Encouraging creative expression and building community through art are central to her approach.
Scott works with several local arts education organizations and particularly enjoys developing and implementing creative programs for both children and adults. She finds the process of making, teaching, and creating alongside others to be an essential part of her artistic life.
Reiko Seymour
Autumn Field
Reiko Seymour is a watercolorist whose work is shaped by her lifelong interest in painting and her appreciation for the landscapes and natural subjects around her. Born and raised in Japan, Seymour spent nearly 30 years working as a simultaneous interpreter in Tokyo and the United States before retiring and turning her attention more fully to painting.
Her work focuses primarily on landscapes, while also exploring flowers and still life in a variety of forms. Seymour’s approach to watercolor is loose and expressive, sometimes moving toward abstraction. Rather than strictly reproducing a scene, she allows the medium’s fluidity and spontaneity to shape her interpretation of the subject.
Seymour divides her time between New London, New Hampshire, and Venice, Florida.
Reiko Seymour is a watercolorist whose work is shaped by her lifelong interest in painting and her appreciation for the landscapes and natural subjects around her. Born and raised in Japan, Seymour spent nearly 30 years working as a simultaneous interpreter in Tokyo and the United States before retiring and turning her attention more fully to painting.
Her work focuses primarily on landscapes, while also exploring flowers and still life in a variety of forms. Seymour’s approach to watercolor is loose and expressive, sometimes moving toward abstraction. Rather than strictly reproducing a scene, she allows the medium’s fluidity and spontaneity to shape her interpretation of the subject.
Seymour divides her time between New London, New Hampshire, and Venice, Florida.
Yvonne Shukovsky
Tao Series 2
Yvonne Shukovsky is an artist whose practice spans painting, photography, and collage. For more than 65 years, she has created and exhibited work exploring the atmosphere, texture, color, and emotional qualities of the natural world.
Her paintings often take the form of abstracted impressionistic landscapes and seascapes. Working from memory rather than directly from observation, Shukovsky uses oil pastels and mixed media to create intimate works that suggest expansive landscapes, building layers of subtle color, texture, and quiet light. Her smaller-scale paintings invite close looking and personal reflection.
Photography provides another avenue for her exploration. She finds beauty in overlooked environments—including local transfer stations and heavy-equipment repair yards—using close-up compositions to transform discarded and seemingly chaotic materials into unexpected arrangements of color, texture, and form.
Shukovsky studied at the Ohio University School of Fine Arts, Boston University, and the DeCordova Museum School. She holds a BA from Boston University. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the Boston area, New Hampshire, and in national competitions, and is held in private collections in the United States and internationally. She is a juried member of the New England Watercolor Society, a distinguished artist of the Concord Art Association, and a member of the New Hampshire Women’s Caucus for the Arts and other art associations.
Yvonne Shukovsky is an artist whose practice spans painting, photography, and collage. For more than 65 years, she has created and exhibited work exploring the atmosphere, texture, color, and emotional qualities of the natural world.
Her paintings often take the form of abstracted impressionistic landscapes and seascapes. Working from memory rather than directly from observation, Shukovsky uses oil pastels and mixed media to create intimate works that suggest expansive landscapes, building layers of subtle color, texture, and quiet light. Her smaller-scale paintings invite close looking and personal reflection.
Photography provides another avenue for her exploration. She finds beauty in overlooked environments—including local transfer stations and heavy-equipment repair yards—using close-up compositions to transform discarded and seemingly chaotic materials into unexpected arrangements of color, texture, and form.
Shukovsky studied at the Ohio University School of Fine Arts, Boston University, and the DeCordova Museum School. She holds a BA from Boston University. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the Boston area, New Hampshire, and in national competitions, and is held in private collections in the United States and internationally. She is a juried member of the New England Watercolor Society, a distinguished artist of the Concord Art Association, and a member of the New Hampshire Women’s Caucus for the Arts and other art associations.
Alan Shulman
The Carousel of Time
Alan Shulman has been drawn to painting since childhood, when he first encountered an easel at age two while finger-painting with artist family friend Nat Schwarzberg. Raised in New York City, with summers spent in the Catskills and along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, Shulman developed an early appreciation for place, observation, and visual expression.
His studies in architecture included three years of life drawing and Bauhaus-inspired visual training. He practiced architecture for 25 years before earning a master’s degree in Special Education and spending 17 years in that field. Throughout both careers, painting remained a constant. Since retiring in 2009, Shulman has returned to painting as his primary artistic pursuit. Two artist residencies—in Mexico and Northwest Georgia—provided concentrated periods of development for his series Portraits of Zinkov, exploring Holocaust-related subjects. His work reflects the accumulated experiences, places, and perspectives of a life shaped by both art and varied professional paths.
Alan Shulman has been drawn to painting since childhood, when he first encountered an easel at age two while finger-painting with artist family friend Nat Schwarzberg. Raised in New York City, with summers spent in the Catskills and along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, Shulman developed an early appreciation for place, observation, and visual expression.
His studies in architecture included three years of life drawing and Bauhaus-inspired visual training. He practiced architecture for 25 years before earning a master’s degree in Special Education and spending 17 years in that field. Throughout both careers, painting remained a constant. Since retiring in 2009, Shulman has returned to painting as his primary artistic pursuit. Two artist residencies—in Mexico and Northwest Georgia—provided concentrated periods of development for his series Portraits of Zinkov, exploring Holocaust-related subjects. His work reflects the accumulated experiences, places, and perspectives of a life shaped by both art and varied professional paths.
Jean Twombly
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Jean Twombly has been creating glass art since the mid-1990s. Trained in traditional copper foil and soldering techniques associated with early twentieth-century glass masters, she combines those foundations with a contemporary approach to design.
Twombly is particularly interested in challenging the perception of glass as a rigid or solid material. Through the interplay of curve, color, light, and dimension, she explores the fluid and expressive possibilities of the medium.
Nature and sound are important sources of inspiration in her work. Rather than simply reproducing a subject, Twombly looks for its underlying architecture and seeks to distill that structure into its essential forms. Her work reflects a balance between careful observation and an interest in discovering the simplicity and essence beneath the surface.
Jean Twombly has been creating glass art since the mid-1990s. Trained in traditional copper foil and soldering techniques associated with early twentieth-century glass masters, she combines those foundations with a contemporary approach to design.
Twombly is particularly interested in challenging the perception of glass as a rigid or solid material. Through the interplay of curve, color, light, and dimension, she explores the fluid and expressive possibilities of the medium.
Nature and sound are important sources of inspiration in her work. Rather than simply reproducing a subject, Twombly looks for its underlying architecture and seeks to distill that structure into its essential forms. Her work reflects a balance between careful observation and an interest in discovering the simplicity and essence beneath the surface.
Roger Wells
Summer Sun Light
Roger Wells is an abstract artist whose creative practice is informed by decades of experience in landscape architecture, land planning, and residential architecture. Born in the United Kingdom in 1941 and emigrating to the United States in 1947, Wells earned a BS in Plant Sciences from Rutgers University and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
For 34 years, he worked professionally as a landscape architect, land planner, and residential architect with design firms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New Hampshire, as well as through his own practice. His transition into abstract art brings together his long experience with landscape, space, structure, and design.
Wells has maintained an active abstract art practice for 16 years and has participated in more than 25 exhibitions.
Roger Wells is an abstract artist whose creative practice is informed by decades of experience in landscape architecture, land planning, and residential architecture. Born in the United Kingdom in 1941 and emigrating to the United States in 1947, Wells earned a BS in Plant Sciences from Rutgers University and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
For 34 years, he worked professionally as a landscape architect, land planner, and residential architect with design firms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New Hampshire, as well as through his own practice. His transition into abstract art brings together his long experience with landscape, space, structure, and design.
Wells has maintained an active abstract art practice for 16 years and has participated in more than 25 exhibitions.
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