The Center for the Arts (CFA) works with local businesses and galleries to exhibit local artwork year-round at the following locations.
New London Inn, Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, Blue Loon Bakery, the New London Barn Playhouse Fleming Center Gallery, Tatewell Gallery, Whipple Hall, Grounds, and the New London Hospital are all accessible from Main Street in New London.
Don't miss our Newest Microgallery location; Grounds in New London!
Artists' work is changed every 2-3 months, and Gallery Strolls/Opening Receptions occur four times a year. All the art on exhibit can be purchased using the link below.
Consider supporting your local artists and local galleries by purchasing art today!
If you are an artist interested in exhibiting in one of our MicroGalleries, please contact us HERE
Grace Scarlett
Design, Movement, Color, Feeling, Texture, Beauty, and JOY!
These are just a few of the words that come to mind when viewing a painting by Grace Scarlet. At age three she began drawing and painting and simply never put down her brushes. Grace has always been fascinated with vivid color. She uses rich, "heavy body," acrylic paints through most of her work to achieve the aesthetic she desires. Thoughtful intuition and bold imagination inspire the feelings expressed in her original paintings. Many days of active passion are lavished on each masterpiece as she incorporates layers of color and texture that shape the beauty and value of each piece.
Grace will also be debuting her realism paintings for the first time on May 3rd. If you have seen her abstract work, you will not want to miss out on her oil landscapes. At 15 years old, Grace is an artist that continues to stretch her abilities, much to the delight of her collectors. More than 20 paintings sold at the CFA show in 2023.
Come see what all the excitement is about and add an elegant touch of class to your space!
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Debbie Campbell
Debbie Campbell is a landscape oil painter focusing in the Lake Sunapee Region as well as NH seascapes and animals. As a plein air painter she is fortunate to live in the inspiring and beautiful Lake Sunapee Region of New Hampshire. Water is one of her favorite subjects to paint from a peaceful mountain lake to the engaging seacoast surf. Debbie loves painting outdoors and finds unlimited inspiration from the incredible beauty in nature. She feels what makes painting outside so exciting is the energy and the press of time to capture the ever-changing light. She is fascinated by the light as it dances and reflects on the beauty that surrounds us. She prefers to paint only in oil because of the richness of color and the flexibility of this medium. Commissions are always welcome.
https://debbiecampbellart.com/,
Sheri Dowsett
Born and raised in England, Sherie has lived in rural New Hampshire for the past 15 years. She is a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association (NHAA) and has received awards from The Nature Conservancy, the Plymouth Center for the Arts, the Photographic Society of America and NHAA. She commenced her artistic journey with nature photography but in recent years has shifted focus to watercolors, both nature scenes and wildlife, exhibiting her work across New England.
Emily Philbrick
Emily, a proud New Hampshire native, found her artistic calling amidst the state's captivating landscapes. Following her studies at Colby Sawyer College, she embarked on a 15-year odyssey that ultimately brought her back to her hometown. Three years ago, Emily established Artsy Em's Designs, a platform through which she channels her love for nature into a diverse range of products, including mugs, greeting cards, and home goods. With each piece, she captures the essence of her surroundings, inviting others to immerse themselves in the beauty she finds in the world around her. Emily's journey serves as a testament to her unwavering connection to her roots and her profound desire to share her artistic vision with others, enriching lives through the celebration of nature's wonders.
Emily employs a mix of acrylics and oils on canvas as her primary mediums for painting. Her artistic style is defined by bold splashes of color, adding dynamism and vitality to her work.
You can find more of her work at www.artsyem.com!
Follow my journey on my instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/artsy_em_designs/
Tim Sievers
After a career in medicine, I have been blessed with the time and ability to explore my artistic talents. I wish to share my passion for creating vibrant, colorful and playful acrylic and mixed media art. I really enjoy the process.
I refer to my art as “kinetic” as it is made largely using the kinetic forces of motion, air, and heat. I explore color, texture, contrast, and dynamic interplay in my creative process. I hope you enjoy my work. Please reach out with any inquires. I would love for my art to find a good home.www.barefootkineticarts.com
See his interview on local TV network YCN here https://ycnnow.com/2024/04/18/timothy-m-sievers-artist/
Alison Vernon
Alison Vernon started painting in the late 1980's. Over the years, her painting style and technique have evolved. She quickly learned to appreciate the texture and richness of painting with palette knives. Alison’s use of knives in combination with her vibrant colors and fresh subject matter has made Alison a favorite of private as well as corporate collectors.
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Tom Barber
Born in New York City – 1946.
Graduate, Art Institute of Boston – 1967
Got my draft notice in ’68.
Vietnam was center-stage. Joined the army.
A real eye-opener. Became a medic. Served overseas in Germany.
After an honorable discharge in Germany in ’71, I headed straight down to Switzerland and climbed the Matterhorn . . . my first mountain.
A much needed, soul-liberating experience after those three years.
Returning to the States, I became a recognized illustrator of sci-fi and fantasy paperback book jackets. Voted Best Professional Artist of the Year at the New England Science Fiction Convention in 1976. And then things changed. Overwhelmed by business and personal turmoil in 1980, I grabbed my duffel bag, a bottle of rum, and bought a one-way,
first-class train ticket from Massachusetts to Arizona. Stretched comfortably
out on my bed, and soothed by the music of Pink Floyd, I watched as a magical
show of 2,500 miles of city, town, and landscape slide by my window.
Arizona
The wide-open spaces inspired. The honkey-tonkin’ soothed the soul.
Plus, I hoped to find direction for my art.
What I found was a ghost town; Jerome.
Small community; artists, outlaws and old-timers. Town motto; “We’re all here because we’re not all there.” Home at last!
Wasted no time. Settled in. Painted. Partied. Even mined for gold. Set up my easel in the operating room of the old abandoned hospital
at the top of town (now the Jerome Grand Hotel). Where once people had
lain under the knife, now it was just me, under the influence. Just me and the ghosts, that is. Although I did have other roommates, too:
birds, bats, wasps, ants, scorpions, and tarantulas (rattlesnakes couldn’t climb the stairs).
And we all seemed to get along.
But my attempt to drop out of society didn’t work. So, in 1990 I returned to the east coast . I currently reside in Andover, New Hampshire where I write and continue to explore through my painting.
Exhibited coast to coast, my work is in private collections world-wide.
Ruth Wynn (In Memoriam)
"Keeping a List for Success"
New England is my inspiration. From that starting point, I keep a list I call The Whys and Hows List for Success. The items on this list have been the prelude for my paintings, workshops and demonstrations.
My “whys” list includes the aroma of the area, the unusual coloring of the day, the memories or the anticipation of the subject, and the excitement of the moment. If I’m not excited, my painting will be uninspired, too. One of the listed ideas will become the title of the painting, which I place on the edge of the paper.
My “hows” list calms the panic of the white paper. A listing of four or five painting steps is all that is necessary to get me started. One…two…three…four…forward, march. The painting falls right in step with my brush. Over the years, I noted which step was most enjoyable and successful, and it was not necessarily the same step each time. This led to the development of my technique.
NL Hospital Art Page – artists Carol Belliveau, Doug Carey, Garrett Evans, Great island Photography, Jay Fitzpatrick, John Wike, Liz D'Amico, Loretta Blackwell, Mimi Wiggin, Rick Stockwell, Sarah Byfield, and Susan Beere
Discover talented NH artists by stopping by these amazing locations.
Thank you to our business sponsors for their partnership to make this special event a success,
Bar Harbor Bank
Blue Looon Bakery
New London Barn Playhouse
New London Inn
Tatewell Gallery
New London Hospital (during business hours only)
Peter Anderson
“Atlas of Memories” : A series of images that based on memoires of real places and/or dreams I have of landscapes. Each piece is a map or guide to one of these memories. Some look down on the place as if from a plane or drone , others are loose ideas of locals where colors are more important than a realistic picture.
Carole Sanetti
Most of my life has been spent teaching young children, or teaching others how to teach young children. It has been a joyful career! One thing that I would say over and over again to parents who were looking at their child’s artwork is, “Don’t say, What is it? Instead, ask about how the child did it, talk about the colors and the process of the creation!”
This freedom that we gave our young students, inspired me to start painting! It’s about the joy in creation! The process! If a painting doesn’t look the way I want it to look, it’s ok, I can either fix it or put it aside for another day which may or may not ever come. The freedom to see things the way I want to see them. The freedom to try and to fail, and try again.
group show -artists from the "Art Cafe"
The art café is a group of artists who meet monthly to share and critique their work. They have been meeting for eight years and this show will be a variety of types of paintings.
"Immersing History" Ludmila Gayvoronsky
Ludmila Gayvoronsky imbues all her paintings with a visceral energy and emotionalism. Her artwork encompasses genres ranging from expressionistic to surreal. Ludmila's portfolio incorporates dreamlike, elusive, mysterious qualities, which combines the past with imaginative mythical or allegorical settings, successfully fusing the abstract and the real into a distinctive original style.
Ludmila's honors are numerous: from the Gold Medal at the very beginning of her career to the "American Medal of Honor" in 2003. Italian Accademia del Verbano conferred upon her title of Academician in Fine Art. Ludmila's works has been featured in "Manhattan Arts Magazine", "Who's who in International Art", "The New York Art Review", "Encyclopedia of Living Artists", to name a few.See the local TV interview here-
https://ycnnow.com/2023/12/14/ludmila-gayforonsky-artist-showing-at-micro-gallery/
Featuring Tatiana Yanovskaya-Sink
“BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD”.
“Painting and drawing help me to reveal and understand who I am.
I revere the beauty of nature and designs that nature offers us to see. To notice all of these hidden treasures within the obvious is a gift for an artist. My great desire in life is to keep painting and drawing with a never ending passion to do so.”
See the local Tv interview on YCN here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQhfY3DHb1A
Stop by Prospect Hill Antiques in Sunapee Harbor to view our latest Partner Gallery.
Featuring Richard Gombar,
" I am an American painter of my environment. Where once art needed nature to survive, we now need art to help nature survive. While not politically motivated, in a sense-- because I paint nature, my work is a political statement. I paint to capture beauty, to hold forever a passing moment, to memorialize that which may be fleeting, or in the case of barns and industrial sites, falling. If my paintings, pastels and drawings help more people become aware of what may be potentially lost, can invoke a sense of wonder as in childhood, and can be emotionally moving and provoking, then a statement with a profound impact may be the result. It is a search for the truth without sentimentality. My work is of nature, but just as important, it is about painting, color, structure. The images are about Romanticism, transcendentalism and pure emotion. I try to make the immense intimate".
Scott Snyder's beautiful photographs
The light and poetry of image and word
In this show Scott explores the meeting place that emerges when images are paired with word, poetry, and text allowing the inspiration and music of word and the color and light of place to merge, mingle and relate.
Scott Snyder is a dedicated fine art landscape photographer specializing in Atlantic seascapes, the New England landscape, and essential abstracts. He has been a photographer for over 30 years, beginning with a stint in the Art Institute of Atlanta’s Photography program in the 80s. Over the years he has worked as a wedding photographer, a real estate and architectural photographer, and as a portrait photographer. He is the father of three beautiful children and a hiker, surfer, meditator, and wanderer.
Loren Howard artist born in
Windsor, Vermont and at the age of five my family moved across the Connecticut River over the famous Cornish/Windsor Bridge, to Cornish, New Hampshire. We settled in the area where the Cornish Colony of Artists thrived in the early nineteen hundreds. One of my favorite landscape painters, Willard Metcalf, was a member of that group of artists.
Maxfield Parrish also lived and painted in that area for many years. The historic and beautifully renovated country home of the sculptor, Augustus Saint Gaudens, with many of the sculptor’s works, is also there and is visited by hundreds of art lovers every year.
After graduating from High School in Windsor, Vermont, I enlisted in the United States Navy. The G.I. Bill helped me get through college at a small University in Bemidji, Minnesota. I received a Bachelor’s Degree with a Major in Art and a Minor in English. I did graduate work in painting and pottery at Saint Cloud University and sculpture and drawing at summer workshops at the University of Minnesota.
I taught art for twenty five years and, when I retired, I set up a pottery and did that for several years. During that time I continued to paint and four years ago I stopped the pottery altogether and since then I have devoted all of my time to landscape painting. Needless to say painting is my true passion. It is both challenging and rewarding.Click here to see the local TV interview at YCN https://ycnnow.com/2023/06/29/loren-howard-art-show/
Barbara Hunting artist
To my way of thinking, Art need not be a mysterious entity. Art should make the viewer happy, aware, contemplative….
When I paint, I escape into the recesses of my mind. I find joy, laughter, and happiness.
It’s not rocket science, people.!
New Artists on Exhibit
Featuring Alan Zola Shulman
Exhibit Opening SUNDAY May 7th
Shulman was brought up by his parents to have a deep love for fine art. After touring art galleries and being exposed to the masters he fell in love with ....." Those latter artists excited me. I fell in love with Van Gogh’s swirls of land and sky, Picasso’s “misplaced” eyes, De Chirico’s enigmatic city squares, Dali’s dreamscapes, Matisse’s unpredictable palette, Magritte’s avant-guard humor, and Kandinsky’s energetic splashes of solids . See an interview with Alan discussing his work here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qzpiuw_0Gw
Check out this great video about Volunteering for the Center for the Arts
Check out this great video explaining the micro galleries and the collaborative show at the Bar Harbor Bank on Main St. in New London
Check out this great video
Check out this great video of Loren's beautiful paintings
Check out this great video about 14 year old Grace Scarlett dedicated and talented artist
Check out this great video of Abstract Artist Peter Anderson
New CFA Contemporary Art Exhibits at the New London Barn Fleming Center!
Featuring Lucy Mueller, Loren Howard, David Anderson, Hugo Anderson, and Roger Wells.
Exhibit Open during regular opening hours or by appointment.
Contact us at 603-526-4444 or gallery@cfanh.org
info@cfanh.org P O Box 872 New London, NH 03257
Galleries Include: New London Inn, Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, Blue Loon Bakery and the New London Barn Playhouse Fleming Center, all on Main Street,
and Tatewell Gallery on Newport Road- all in New London.
Exhibits rotate every three months and include a variety of artists and art forms.
Exhibits dates are February-April, May-July, August-October, and November-January.
Opening Receptions are open to the public and occur on First Friday Gallery Nights.
Take a Tour of the MicroGalleries
Take our May Virtual MicroGallery Tour HERE
PO Box 872 New London, NH 03257 1-844-564-2787