60/60: Over Sixty Pieces of Art by Women Over Sixty

ONLINE GALLERY

We are so excited to virtually present our current exhibition. Once the CDC and the state Board of Health give the clear for small gatherings again, we look forward to opening our doors to members, friends and family to come and experience this exhibit in person. Until that time, please enjoy this online gallery of selected works.

Additions to this online exhibit will be ongoing.

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People interested in purchasing any prints may contact the Director of Exhibitions, Joanne Ingersoll.
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1.1 Aurora Pourealis
Donna Tessari
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20
The prodigal muse (a post-vocational return)
the arc has been long
the Light is shining again
happiness: create – create…
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2.1 Life Altering Loss
Ann Clarke-Gerrity
3 views – ceramic
6 x 9 x 9
The sculpture is a cathartic response to my daughter losing a baby when she was 5 months pregnant.
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3.1 Madonna of Wall Street
Johanna McKenzie
16 x 20
Dye sublimation transfer to metal from an encaustic collage of images collected from family, friends, and strangers.
4.1 Kinesis
Marita Torbick
salvaged auto parts
80 x 12 x 12
Kinesis addresses climate change and consumerism. Aluminum is the most polluting material to create and is the most recyclable. It can be remade into new products continually without losing its super qualities.
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5.2 Jeweled Beach
Valerie Oppenheim
acrylic
19 x 15
The beaches are out treasure chests. I am grateful for their magic.
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6.1 Havanna BFF’s
Nadine Krasnow
photograph
8 x 10
A “decisive moment:” affection between two friends, backpack details over school uniforms – then a burst of sunlight, blessing the moment.
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7.1 Sorry Mr. Donne, this Woman is an Island Unto Herself
Frances Bogden
watercolor
31 x 40
It’s twilight early autumn, the large rock is my faith, marriage, and values. Smaller rocks are friends and family. There is an empty nest. I sit in calm waters, in a pretty much natural state. I have a wide variety of growth and/or experiences. Reflective, separated, yet near the mainland.
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10.1 Three Fates
Kate Sullivan
acrylic triptych
60 x 75
In ancient Greek mythology, Clotho spins the thread of life, Lachesis measures as the days and years unfold, and Atropos severs the thread when she decides the end has arrived.
12.1 Pomegranate
Nan Wasson
photograph
8 x 8
I have been a food and beverage photographer for over 30 years. This photo of the pomegranate was taken on set in my studio and has always been my personal favorite.
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13.1 Grid – Red
Jane Lincoln
white-line wood print
16 x 15
 I reinterpret into the contemporary the iconic “Provincetown Print” developed over 100 years ago. The print was done primarily by women artists.
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14.1 How Swimmers Dream
Susan Baur
collage, mixed media
11 x 14
I put myself to sleep each night by “swimming,” and winter, summer, spring, fall, these are the images that come to mind.
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15.2 Blue Angel
Lisa Jo Rudy
digital art, wrapped canvas, 16 x 20
Blue Angel is a digitally manipulated photograph that is intentionally enigmatic. The Angel is solidly Earthbound, though her wings are spread, she stands on the pavement among the stars.
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16.2 Searching for a Path Within the Urban Oasis
Kristin Street
ink, gouache on velum, triptych, 30 x 62
An oasis: urban landscapes generate texture, pattern, light, and shadow, though which we weave paths to find our hopes and dreams.
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17.1  Another Path
Anne Torry-Ballou
acrylic
60 x 48
Because each path, real or symbolic, provides a new opportunity to learn and grow.
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17.2  Sunset Dunes
Anne Torry-Ballou
acrylic
48 x 24
Because there are many places to be explored and experiences to be had, even in the sunset of one’s life.
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18.1 No Regrets

Sandra Hadley
charcoal on paper
31 x 22
Ambria. Makes her own rules. Lives life on her terms, in her way. Without regret. Her Harley beckons.
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19.1 Lambert’s Cove – Martha’s Vineyard 
Karen North Wells
oil
48 x 36
I am always drawn to painting water, whether painting ocean, bay, river, lake, or puddle.
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20.2 New Growth
Kathy Pett Ryman
digital photograph
12 x 16.5
This photograph is about hope. Something new, strong and beautiful growing in the midst of decay.
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22.1 Star Gazing
Susan Strauss
oil, acrylic, on panel
16 x 16
Tending a garden, dreaming our place among the stars making a connection to our time on this beautiful Earth.
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22.2 Weaving the Garden
Susan Strauss
acrylic on panel
18 x 18
The garden tapestry in paint celebrates the vibrant relativity of women’s handiwork.
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23.1 Quiet on the Marsh, Plum Island
Marian Colman
oil on paper
17 x 17
Overwhelming gratitude for the beauty of my world, and the privilege of being able to express it and share it.
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24.1 I’d Forgotten I Could Cry
Betty Jameson
pastel
24 x 18
Life means nothing without love, and darkness my only blanket; but I can cry now and that helps.
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25.1 Out of the Wilderness
Bonnie Brewer
oil, 25 x 21
Out of the Wilderness represents a transitional time in my painting. I was leaving a more representational style of painting for a non-objective style which required trusting my feelings and allowing them to be expressed on canvas. Out of the darkness comes light.
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26.1. Avanti
Shari Epstein
collage
12 x 16
In Avanti, a dialogue is created between the bright, abstract application of paint and the golden, graphic elements of collage.
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27. 1 Afraid of the Dark
Maxene Raymond
soft pastel
12 x 16.5
My painting Afraid of the Dark, is an expression of the fears instilled by the current political climate.
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28.2 Behind Quissett Harbor House
San Lyman
oil painting
16 x 20
If you go on the path to the Knob and detour towards Buzzards Bay you pass the Quissett Harbor House. This is a magic and secret place where I went with my sons a long time ago.
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29.2 A. Three Muses – Abstracted Torsos
Carolyn Arrington
self drying clay
As an artist, I am not so much interested in representational forms as I am in abstraction. My focus is primarily on form and texture. The Three Muses are abstracted torsos of the feminine figure.
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30.1 Zona Torrida
A. E. Ryan
mixed media on wood
30 x 10 x 12
Both pieces take their inspiration from the visual language of Byzantine church reliquary art. Zona Torrida’ takes seemingly church iconography into a more sublime abstraction of its various elements. The palette of both works run from antique trims to frames to found soap dishes, globes and acrylic washes over zeroxed paper fragments.
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30.2 The Secret Ministry Of The Snow Goddess
A. E. Ryan
mixed media on wood
26 x 10 x 2
‘Snow Goddess’ was activated by the found pieces of wood running up the center with its suggestion of incomplete curves.
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31.1 Reflection on Faith
Elizabeth Bowles
digital photograph
16 x 20
Framing this image through the viewfinder began with a reflection on my childhood faith and how it has framed by life.
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32.1 Resilience
Jan Orfe
watercolor
23 x 18.5
Lives spiked – highs, lows, nature’s softening our senses, slopes seemingly impossible to scale.  Still, we reach for light, without trepidation.
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33.1 Sea Weave
Debra Cumming
basketry
15 x 15 x 15
Wood, cord, string, grasses, shells; weave nothing into something.
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34.2 Window Regatta
Mary Smith
watercolor
12 x 20
Here is a puzzle.  Is it a view out of a window or into a window? The answer is into.
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35.1 Barn Owl
Shelly Dermott
alcohol ink on yupo
9 x 12
Barn owls are a natural model of partnership, cooperation, childcare and gender equality that the Women’s Movement has so vigorously advocated.
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36.1 Beaded Ambrosia Maple Bowl
Robin McIntyre
wood turning
7 inches
This wood gets its figure from the damage done by a beetle that carries a fungus that causes the discoloration.
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37.1 Red Dot White Brush Stroke + Harmony
Lois Hirshberg
clay raku fired
10 x 9 x 3
NYU in the 60’s – Cape Cod in the 2020’s. Harmony and “Love is All We Need”!!
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38.1 Cover Girl
Annette McAdams
mixed media
24 x 24
Dreams can always become a reality, no matter what stage you are in life.
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39.2 Jar of Aspirations
Teresa Naickas
clay
8.5 x 3.5
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40.1 Long Road Home
Toni Newhall
mixed fibers
12 x 16
We all have to walk through obstacles to get to our true home, wherever and whatever that may be.
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41.1 Pilgrim Wife
Dorene Sykes
photograph
16 x 20
A woman in 17th century Plymouth catches her breath, finally ready to receive guests after completing bread baking and other household chores.
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41.2 Shadow Dance
Dorene Sykes
photograph
18 x 24 framed
The Candle House transforms itself throughout the day.  Here, harsh sunlight at midday creates a rich interplay between branch shadows and the 1890’s stone façade.
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42.2 Sadhu Priest with Young Sisyas
Molly Johnson
photograph on metal
16 x 20
Taken at the Pashupati Temple in Nepal, this sadhu renounces his worldly life to follow a path of spiritual discipline.
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43.2 Contrast in Hues
Meredith Howard
acrylic, triptych
10 x 26
I cannot recall whose prophetic statement this was “In the alchemy of doing the unique result is formed” but it truthfully describes the transformation that happens in this formula of fluid acrylics.
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44.1 Inspiration
Candice Ronesi
acrylic painting
20 x 20
It’s all about the light. So true in art as well as life.  My guiding force.
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45.1 Dune Shack Loft
Ann Ehringhaus
photography
15 x 21
Winds of 72 mph blew on a late October day while I was living in a historic due shack making photographs.
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46.2  Xoconostle III
Cindy Vengroff
mixed media
18 x 20
The transformative properties of mixed media illuminated Xoconostle III (cactus fruit) by creating texture, depth, and atmosphere to the surface.
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47.1  Midnight Tiger
Cherie Perdikis
acrylic painting
18 x 24
This painting celebrates the freedom, pride and brilliance of a tiger living in his natural wild habitat.
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48.2 Her Majesty Totem 2
Lee Connolly-Weill
mixed media
70 h x 22 w x 3.5
We are a collection of experiences, touched by what surrounds us, possessing supreme power over our personal collage.
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49.1 Visual Memoir #1 – Sown, Sewn – Boomer Born, Midwest Bred (Infancy, Childhood) 
Anne Johnson-Cummings
paper & fabric collage
26.5 w x 24.5 h
This is the first in a series called Visual Memoirs about my generation downsizing, eliminating, minimizing, taking stock and assessing.  Chronicling the trajectory of my life through assorted images, and repurposed flotsam and jetsam
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50.2 Memories of Summer
Mary Lou Harwood
pastel
9 x 12
Memories of Summer was painted from a photo taken at South Cape Beach on pastel premier paper using soft pastels.
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51.1 Spring Joy
Jane Parhiala
weaving, paint
15.5 w x 33.5 l
My weaving represents the rolling hills of California.  I was a free and independent woman wearing flowers in my hair.  1971
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52.2 I think I like This Girl
Georgene Riedl
oil paintng
28 h x 22 w
Because of androgynous appearances popular in the 60’s there is a popular song: “are you a boy or are you a girl?”
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53.1 Women I Have Known
Nora Cannon
mixed media
37 x 37
A homage to the women in my life who through their strong courage, wisdom, patience and compassion have shaped me.
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54.1 Coneflowers
Jennifer Ray
watercolor
18 x 22
The coneflowers (echinacea) vibrant color and healing nature symbolizes the strength and wisdom of women.
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55.1 Alive and Well! – Working to Save Our Reefs
Susan Beardsley
fiber
37 x 47 x 67
The vibrancy of Alive and Well is a reminder of our responsibility to do all we can to protect our environment.
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55.2 Up and Away
Susan Beardsley
found metal
6 h x 3 w
Our landfills are replete with material that we dan re-use to “undo” our throw-away culture and create beauty.
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56.1 Gannet’s Embrace
Nathalie Ward
digital, giclee print
Limited Edition
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57.1 Dancing Shallows
Betsy Payne-Cook
pastel with acrylic underpainting
18 x 22 framed
Exploring abstractions on the sea floor, Dancing in the Shallows symbolizes memories with loved ones celebrating our journey through life.
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58.1 Cold Storage Blues
Elinor Freedman
pastel
21.5 x 26.5 framed
Cold Storage Blues is a soft pastel painting inspired by many a glorious evening along Cape Cod Bay in Dennis.
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60.1 Graceful Change
Christine Anderson
mixed media
16 x 20
In heartbeats of fragile time, we age.  A difficult, embraceable compromise of graceful change. Innocence of youth fades into other passages.
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61.1 Too Many Margaritas
Linda Farmer
oil
9 x 12
Enjoying margaritas in the late afternoon light of a small Mexican fishing village. Colors everywhere.
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62.1 Walking in the Woods
Marina Matthews
oil
16 x 20
Walking in the woods gives me peace, joy and happiness. It is nature at its best, and can be enjoyed at any age.
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63.1 White Splendor
Catherine van der Bil
watercolor
10 x 12
I wanted to capture the beauty and drama of this amaryllis blossom by creating high contract using watercolors.
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64.1 Main Island House
Shirley Hersey
acrylic painting
27 x 23
I painted this painting while seated on the steps of a neighbor’s house, a guest house in Monhegan Island in Maine.
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65.1 Lobster Still Life
Pattee Durkin
0il
30 x 49
It coincides with a point in my own career where I am focusing on images that please me, that I want to live with. I feel very free in my work at this age.
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66.1 Silver Fish
Sandra Faxon
collage
15 x 16
From handmade marbled and monoprinted papers, this collage reflects my continued astonishment at the colorful, rhythmic world of marine life.
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67.1 Wonderland Ex-Press
Sally Mavor
photography
22 x 28
This is from the “Wee Folk Players” series of politically satirical cartoons, which I began making after the 2016 election.
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68.1 What Lies Beneath
Helen Clark
photography
10 x 7
Seeing the swirling seaweeds, captivated by the patterns, wondering what lies beneath . . ..
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69.1 Diatom Project #1
Frances Johnson
ceramics
46 x 18 x 18
My work is inspired by the ocean world of small organisms, a wonder of nature, design and form.
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70.1 Homarus Recombinatus
Joyce Utting Schutter
mixed media
31 x 28 x 14
Homarus Recombinatus is about the anthro-centric nature of genetic engineering. How do the species being manipulated benefit?
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70.2  Weedwood 3: Greening
Joyce Utting Schutter
mixed media
29 x 12 x 5
Weedwood 3: Greening is part of a series of work I have begun that are constructed using organic materials alone.
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72.2 Oxidative Stress
Jen Kano
photography
16 x 20
Stress comes at women from both within and without. This image gives a face to those forces.
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73.2 Nobska
Ruth Leech
oil
16 x 20
I am a local plein air painter painting Nobska Lighthouse to catch the beauty of morning light in full color.
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74.1 Bourne Farm Winter
Karen Rinaldo
watercolor
24 x 33
There are subliminal messages to be found in most things and art is no exception.  The intention here with the subliminal reads as follows> This watercolor was a demonstration piece. It was spontaneous yet structured and deliberate. The old stone wall, the old oak tree, the weathered farmhouse and pastoral landscape are simple symbols provoking memories of solitude, strength and survival.
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75.1 The Knob
Carie Fradkin
pastel
16.5 x 18 framed
I have lived in New England most of my adult life. For 25 years I lived in New Hampshire and Vermont and absorbed the velvet mountains, delicate ice and snow and the glorious colors of fall.  Now I have returned to Cape Cod and am surrounded by different light, colors and landscape.  I have begun my exploration here through pastel painting. I don’t have one medium that I prefer. My art is an attempt to create the poetic and visceral emotion that I have in response to nature and my memories of place. I paint with pastels, acrylic and encaustic. I employ mosaic and collage. I layer, break and create.
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76.1 Burst into Fall
Bobbi Bailin
handmade paper
7.5 x 11.5
Recycling paper and abaca fiber pulp, firmly pressed into bowl shape, enhanced with pigment, handmade papers and found lacy leaves.
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78.1 Harlow Pond
Brooke Howard Keene
oil on canvas
12 x 24
As an artist, I am always trying to express the beauty of nature in my paintings.
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79.1 Fish Vase
Tessa Morgan
pottery
16 x 8
Sgraffito decorated stoneware inspired by the sea that surrounds us.
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80.1 Pteropods
Sally Fine
wood, copper, slumped glass, electroluminescent light
38 x 50 x 21
My sculpture draws attention to ocean acidification endangering microscopic snails. Pteropods, an important food source, are fondly named sea butterflies.
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81.2 Cave Painting
Louise Lane
acrylic on plywood
25 x 38
I try to capture and be inspired by the forms and rhythms of nature in this beautiful light that surrounds us here on Cape Cod.
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82.1 Seashell Vase    
Patricia Ford
ceramic
12 x 4
Inspiration was my love of the ocean and my collection of shells. I tried to simulate the feeling of waves and sand.
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83.1 Buoy Color
Alexandria Boudreau
watercolor on aquabord, varnished
16 x 16
The juxtaposition of color in these buoys gives me lots of energy and makes me happy!
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84.1 Trees and Water
Wendy Bagley
ikat dyed wool, mink, linen
38 x 44
Trees and Water is a tapestry of linen base, hand-dyed wool fibers and mink.  It is very slow painting. At this stage in my multi-faceted life, as a veteran fiber artist, I feel this tapestry is my world of art.  Nature is Stunning!
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85.1 Sunset Splash
Elizabeth Hathon
photography on metal
36 x 28
Water – Ever Changing, Ever Moving.
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85.2 Eight Pretty Chicks
Elizabeth Hathon
photography on metal
30 x 15
Young Life, Affirming Existence.
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86.1 Shirley Chisolm, Unbought and Unbossed
Kat Brennan
acrylic painting
17.5 x 21.5
Real justice will never be until someone in The White House looks like me.
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86.2 Our Bodies, Ourselves
Kat Brennan
acrylic painting
24 x 36
Pregnant he will never be, so why should he rule over me?
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88.1 End of My Road
Maureen Bean
watercolor
11 x 14
Since our retirement in 2000, I have painted with watercolors. This medium has taught me much, and blessed me with many friends.  Cape Cod scenes, birds, animals, children, and nature are my favorite subjects.  My entry, End of My Road, is the view at the end of my street and is symbolic of my life at this time.
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89.1 At Sea
Karen Battles
cardboard, image transfer, tintype on driftwood
6 x 7
At Sea combines vintage and worn elements to explore ideas around memory and the rediscovery of forgotten stories.
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89.2 Farmer’s Wife
Karen Battles
vintage papers, wallpaper fragments on wooden panel
6 x 6
The Farmer’s Wife invites an emotional connection to the life of an often overlooked source of a farmer’s success — his wife.
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90.1 Grande Dames
Helen Koelher
felt, wool, embroidery
23 x 23
These pods are not the first beauty, but have a mature grace. This is my aim in life and art.