ART

Rob lives and works in Rockport, MA. His subjects reflect the landscape around him. Complex figures are reduced to simple shapes delineated by emboldened colors. His paintings evoke serenity or tension, humor or gravity.

Robert began making paintings when he was 52 years old after retiring as a furniture maker at Walker Creek. He is especially drawn to the surfaces and patterns of antique painted boards and door panels. Using pigmented shellac and lacquer he found his own process for making a painting - exposing beautiful random patterns of aged color. 

 Painting on antique paint provides constant suggestions of form, color and texture. It is full of suggestions. White, yellow, green and blue have been popular interior colors in the last two centuries, so he often find all the components of a landscape hidden in the paint. Using shellac, which dries very quickly, forces him to work very quickly, not giving him much time to think things over. His subjects include the salt marsh, sailboats, fish and goats, dancing and flying figures, the nude.

 Sally prefers to work in oils and explores taking small, everyday objects and painting them on a large scale, focusing on color, form and most importantly light.

“"I am often drawn to the old, marred, scarred,  imperfect and obsolete things in life, feeling the need to show a side of them that is beautiful- giving them a voice.  I invite the viewer to experience the qualities in them that I find appealing and to seek the beauty in the sometimes overlooked and often discarded items of a past life.  These objects often speak of a different time and a simpler life, one which is missed in the faster moving, disposable world of today.

Patty's first “intentional” painting was of a dairy cow and grain silo, after a second-grade field trip. From then on she was hooked. 

Patty's enjoys painting the iconic waterways, islands, and houses of the Essex River Basin. She look for fresh  ways of approaching these familiar scenes. Some of her paintings of Eben Creek, for example, are from the point of view of a swimmer down in the water. 

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Patty is also the author of Swimming to the Top of the Tide: Finding Life Where Land and Water Meet.She writes about her explorations of the tidal estuary observed from daily swims with her husband Robert in the estuary's creeks and channels

Paul is the winner of 100+ awards in New England and Nationally. His beautiful landscapes take in the beautiful landscapes of the North Shore. Painting in oil and watercolor, his ability to capture light and texture bring beauty to every canvas he touches.

KT Morse earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts in 1976.  She began painting plein air in 1973 and has continued to work outdoors since that time, as well as in the studio.  Her education continued through graduate courses at the Museum of Fine Arts and Mass. College of Art.  

She has been painting primarily in oils for the past 18 years and has been accepted as an artist member at the Copley Society of Boston, the Rockport Art Association & Museum, North Shore Art Association, the Hudson Valley Art Association, Lyme Art Association, and the National Association of Women Artists.

Her paintings reflect strong value and color.  She is a master of skies and clouds and has become known for her large skyscapes.  

Her love of painting Plein Air continues as she has been selected to participate in many nationally juried events.

Lisa attended the Art Institute of Boston and graduated with a BFA in advertising and graphic design. She had a long career as a graphic designer, building successful brands for international companies. She started painting, being mentored by artist Ann Christensen. When she picked up a paint brush it was, and still is, like breathing for her. She realized she had a voice that needed to be expressed through paint. Her graphic design background became evident in her work as she began interpreting the world through shapes and bold fields of color.

Lisa voraciously studies people she wishes to emulate. Hockney, Hopper, Wolf Khan, the Fauves, Fairfield Porter, and Matisse became her mentors. She consider herself to be an abstract expressionist, meaning there are things that are recognizable, somewhere between realism and abstractionism.

Mark is an artist based in Essex. He grew up in Iowa and has an affinity for the outdoors and all the creatures who live there. He has a BFA in Graphic Design and has studied plein air painting with a number of accomplished painters such as Jessica Yurwitz, Teri Canelle and T.J. Cunningham. You can find Mark with an easel in the marsh or on the beach, capturing beautiful landscapes. He is inspired by the wildlife he meets along the way.

Mark is a member at Newbury Arts Association and an Associate Member at the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester.

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GC Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for, not only the art of the past, but the historical events and ideologies that fostered various aesthetics, movements, and styles. 

"My work is about the little moments of beauty that comprise our existence: the greening of the landscape in early spring, the glint of light on an object; growing things and made objects. I enjoy creating interesting interactions, and making up narratives. I love the way light animates objects and the life shadows give to a space.

Humans are innately creative beings. We create in myriad ways--painting is one of them. I have made pictures for as long as I remember. While I appreciate many kinds of art, for me, the ultimate goal is to make a beautiful painting that show parts of the process--evidence of an individual behind the easel. I love calligraphic brush marks and leaving parts of a picture to the viewer's imagination. I love pairing the realistic with the made-up. In this, we participate in appreciate art together."

“Painting is my passion; it renews my spirit and refreshes my soul.” 

Much of Donna's inspiration is gathered as she observes life’s simple pleasures throughout her day– a walk on the beach, a treelined trail, a neighborhood of homes and gardens, the many tranquil images of everyday life. Through her use of color, she composes her work to capture the quietude of these moments. Donna invites the viewer to experience this moment of tranquility within each painting.

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While living in the Washington, D.C. area for thirty years, Susan undertook an ambitious, self
guided education at the Art League of Alexandria (VA).
In 2015, she moved “home” to Massachusetts and settled in Ipswich, MA. It is here that a new artistic passion quickly revealed itself as she observed clam diggers working on the local mud flats. “I was instantly captivated by the contrast between the gritty reality of the clammer’s physical labor and the extraordinary
beauty of the coastal landscape”.
Susan's work is shown across Massachusetts.

Norma Torti is an oil painter in the Boston School Impressionist tradition. Her representational paintings combine inviting compositions and accurate drawing with emphasis on full color and light to create atmosphere in her paintings.  

Norma's interest in art history, specifically the Boston School impressionist painters of the early 1900s, influences her choice of subjects and style of painting. She has over forty years of painting and drawing experience and education in classical realism and Boston School Impressionist painting styles. 

Revealing and sharing the truth about the beauty and goodness around me is why I create art. Every day I feel a childlike freedom as I observe colors, textures, and contrasts of simple things, especially in nature. I love to transform an empty canvas into a full impression of my subjects in living color. It is more than the mechanics of painting or drawing; it touches me spiritually when I see the whole image slowly coming to light. I am committed to the preservation of the historical painting and drawing practices of the Boston School artists from the early 20th century with contemporary subjects through my work and instruction. 

Norma Torti is an oil painter in the Boston School Impressionist tradition. Her representational paintings combine inviting compositions and accurate drawing with emphasis on full color and light to create atmosphere in her paintings.  

Norma's interest in art history, specifically the Boston School impressionist painters of the early 1900s, influences her choice of subjects and style of painting. She has over forty years of painting and drawing experience and education in classical realism and Boston School Impressionist painting styles. 

Revealing and sharing the truth about the beauty and goodness around me is why I create art. Every day I feel a childlike freedom as I observe colors, textures, and contrasts of simple things, especially in nature. I love to transform an empty canvas into a full impression of my subjects in living color. It is more than the mechanics of painting or drawing; it touches me spiritually when I see the whole image slowly coming to light. I am committed to the preservation of the historical painting and drawing practices of the Boston School artists from the early 20th century with contemporary subjects through my work and instruction.