A N D Y N E W M A N
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Over the course of my painting career, I have concentrated on three genres – figures, landscape and abstract – with varying emphasis at different times. All three genres have permitted me to explore and develop those aspects of painting that animate and drive me most: composition, form, color, light and what the French call “facture” –handling or workmanship. For me, the extent to which those aspects are successfully addressed will determine whether the painting has expressed or conveyed a content.
Thus with the landscapes, more often than not driven by architectural objects, the subject of the painting is the shapes, forms and volumes that carry and convey the light and color; the actual place – France, Portugal, New England – is almost incidental. - Andy Newman
P H Y L L I S D E M O N G
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"How do I know what I think until I see what I say?" - E.M. Forster
Painting in the place I go to, to "see what I say." It is a blank space of paper or canvas to fill with images, impressions and whatever it is that I have learned or imagined in the world I live in. It's a world of discipline and accident. A world of form and color, dissonance and harmony. A world of silence and music and an occasional bit of poetry. - Phyllis Demong
H A N N A H S E S S I O N S
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Explore Vermont's agricultural beauty through the paintings of Hannah Sessions; co-creator of Blue Ledge Farms and their award winning goat milk cheeses based on 110 acres in Salisbury, VT.
"For this show I have tried to express the light, life and general activity that is present on a farm in the summer. I have painted Greg (my husband) cutting hay, been in a cow barn while milking is happening and outside of the chicken barn as our laying hens venture out into the afternoon sun. I have stopped mid-chores to document the light as it enters the barn at 7 am and slowly stretches across the hay-covered floor. I have tracked cows and goats down to paint them enjoying lush pasture. It is animals that make farms such special and meaningful places for me, and I feel it is our relationship with animals which connects us to our landscape and ultimately to our humanity.
Farms, my own and others’, are places of constant inspiration for my painting and it was a great pleasure to have the opportunity to put down farm implements and pick up a paintbrush in an attempt to relay some of the beauty and life I have around me everyday. To this end I am so very grateful to my husband and our employees for picking up my slack" - Hannah Sessions.
 "Red Barn with Hay Elevator" 12" x 16", oil on canvas  "Wall of Milk Makers" 12" x 16", oil on canvas  "Lilleham Goat Portrait" 10" x 10", oil on canvas  "Morning Light in Barn" 8" x 10", oil on canvas
T J C U N N I N G H A M
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“My French-field easel has accompanied me everywhere and all of my recent paintings were either painted entirely from life or based on studies that were painted from life. This adds a new perspective to the work as demands placed on the artist are multiplied by changing light, freezing temperatures, and the fleeting expressions of models. As I paint I am creating a visual biography of my journey through life as an artist. My paintings are visual memories of specific and wonderful experiences that will never take place again; it is my pleasure to share them with you.”
J O N O L S E N
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Come celebrate the opening of June's Featured Artist Exhibit as we host a reception for photographer Jon Olsen on Friday, June 10th, during the Middlebury Arts Walk.
“I have always been an amateur naturalist and a student of the visual arts. I enjoy exploring the landscape and its many components. I find the variations in light, form, texture and color fascinating, with endless possibilities for study and observation. I am generally drawn toward the pastoral and simplicity in design.”
Jon's work will be on display through June 30th.
C A R O L Y N L E T V I N
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Carolyn Letvin first began painting the ancient, biblical breed of Jacob's Sheep while attending a painting retreat to focus on cows. She found the sheep's intricacies, textures and negative spaces fast became endlessly inspiring, eventually becoming her primary subject matter. Trained in Flemish Old Master techniques, studying the sheep allows her to explore application, composition and surface texture in an entirely captivating, satisfying manner.
Join Edgewater Gallery on Friday, April 1, from 4pm-6pm as we celebrate the opening of Carolyn's "Featured Artist" exhibition (on display through April 30).
"The act of painting is a series of constant surprises – an experience that is always exhilarating and, at times, even magical. Bringing composition, color, surface and light quality together is my continual struggle and challenge. " - Carolyn Letvin
Carolyn’s Featured Artist exhibition will be on display at Edgewater throughout the month of April.
M E E T T H E A R T I S T : P H I L I P K O C H
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O P E N I N G R E C E P T I O N / A R T I S T T A L K : D E C. 4 , 5 - 7 PM
 Philip Koch painting outside Edward Hopper's Cape Cod studio, September 2010
On Saturday, December 4, come join us at Edgewater for an opening reception to meet our upcoming featured artist of the month Philip Koch, a Maryland-based painter with a four decade history painting the New England landscape. "There are a lot of reasons for the central place New England plays in my work. First, it holds the most dramatic topography in the East. Also, for a painter like myself who is actively re-examining the tradition of American romantic landscape art, New England was where the great landscape painters of the 19th and early 20th century got their inspiration. I want to come with my contemporary eyes and take a second look at what they were so excited about."
 'The Red Whisper', oil on canvas, 30' x 40'
Koch himself was inspired by the work of Edward Hopper to turn, as a young artist, from abstraction to realism. "Hopper's long shadows and sharp lights spoke to me when I was 19 and nudged me onto a path I've followed since." Just this fall, Koch concluded his thirteenth residency in Hopper's Cape Cod painting studio in S. Truro, MA.
"One of the key lessons I learned from Edward Hopper was the necessity of finding one's unique way in painting. Hopper struggled for years to outgrow his charismatic teacher Robert Henri. And in time, he worked his way forward to making an art that both honors Henri's ideas but stands apart from him as well." Koch's earlier work showed Hopper's influence openly, with a preference for painting the architectural styles favored by Hopper. In the last 15 years Koch adopted pastel chalks as an integral part of his studio practice. They propelled him into a far more intense color palette in his oil paintings.
 'Deep Forest Pool', oil on panel, 16' x 20'
Both sides of Koch's family worked for Eastman Kodak Company (his maternal grandfather, John Capstaff was the inventor of the original Kodachrome color film process). In spite of this, or perhaps because of it, Koch chose not to employ photography in making his paintings. He relies instead on direct observation, memory, and invention.
Currently, an eight museum touring exhibition of Koch's New England work is traveling the country. His work is in the Permanent Collections of ten American art museums. He is a Professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Edgewater will display a collection of Koch’s work throughout the month of December. At the opening on December 4th Koch will present an artist’s talk at 6pm.
For more information about Philip Koch, click HERE
A L I S T A I R M C C A L L U M
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 'Harvest Moon' 22' x 28' framed
Roaming back roads and country to seek unique moments of light, Alistair McCallum captures the beauty, drama and serenity found and experienced during his artistic process. Having graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology, for the past 24 years McCallum has made a home of Vermont, and his photography, highlighting streams, forests and fields, has been featured in both national and local publications.
 'Valley of Vermont' 22' x 26' framed  'Hill Farm' 22' x 26' framed
J U L I A P U R I N T O N
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 'Pollywog' Oil on board, 24' x 24'
Filling her landscapes' open spaces with narrative rather than striving for descriptive intent, Julia Purinton's evocative oil's bring to the viewer's mind a sense of emotional déjà vu while offering an invitation to exlpore new passages of thought and the mystery of human experience. Her paintings can be seen throughout the month of October in Edgewater's Featured Artist section of the gallery.
 'Summer Folly' Mixed media, 14' x 21'  'Pernod' Mixed media, 21' x 21'
For more information on Julia Purinton click HERE
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