You probably won’t be surprised to hear that lots and lots of creative types flourish under self-induced isolation. While the gallery has been closed for the past 7 weeks following our state’s guidelines for the Covid 19 virus outbreak, our artists have been exercising their creativity at their homes and studios. We want to share…
Read MoreThis is a really big adventure painting for me. I have decided to devote all my energies into figurative work for the time being as it has been a focus ever since I started my formal studies with an Illustrator when I was just 14. I used to see figures as exacting portraits but now…
Read MoreI am in the waiting area recently. I can’t take my eyes off the woman sitting across from me. She is wearing a black and white striped dress, has a black and white purse and is holding a cell phone in a black and white striped case. After the intrigue of the moment turns into…
Read MoreHello Artists and Art lovers! While Gallery hopping the other day on Highland Avenue, our Arts district, I was amazed at the beautiful work in all the galleries. Paintings, sculpture, and beautiful pottery! A large “happy” painting made me stop to enjoy and think of a great article I read about the way you feel…
Read MoreHeather Kelley Step 1: Choose the right parents. Your mom takes art lessons from a prominent local artist. You are a toddler who gets to scribble on scraps of paper during these lessons. Mom never confesses to a suspected affair. You might have been a foil… Step 2: Grow up in the 1950’s Status and…
Read MoreIf you’ve heard my story before, I’ll try to add more flair. My Dad once told me about trading a new pair of roller-skates for a sailboat, I think he called it a Snipe, and he kept it hidden at a local pond. Much later, while he was still living, I came home from work…
Read MoreI was born an artist but it didn’t exactly work out the way I intended. Be that as it may, that is not the story I am going to tell. I am going to fast forward to living outside of Boston, Ma where my husband and I raised our 2 daughters. A favorite pass time…
Read MoreHello, my name is Kaye Shannon and I am one of the artist members of the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. I am mostly a watercolorist but I love doing most anything to create something.. I paint at home and generally have a “supervisor” to watch (or sleep) over me as I go about my “creating”. These have been…
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