CURRENT EXHIBIT

BRANCHING OUT

Christopher Volpe
Thawing, oil on canvas, 14 x 14 inches, $750.

Christopher Volpe
Spring Birches, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $675.

Christopher Volpe
Stained Glass Window on the World, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $675.

Margaret Merritt
Grosbeak, hand-pulled collograph, printed from plates of Aluminum-foil-covered paper birds on P100 sandpaper, inked and printed in Intaglio, 4 x 4 inches, $60.

Margaret Merritt
Tree Walkers (Nuthatch and Hairy Woodpecker), hand-pulled collograph, printed from plates of Aluminum-foil-covered paper birds on P100 sandpaper, inked and printed in Intaglio, 4 x 8.5 inches, $125.

Margaret Merritt
Titmouse, hand-pulled collograph, printed from plates of Aluminum-foil-covered paper birds on P100 sandpaper, inked and printed in Intaglio, 4 x 4 inches, $60.

CC White
Lost and Found, wall sculpture, oak, drift wood iron and copper, 42 x 78 inches, $950.

Wendy Ketchum
Branching Out, woodcut monoprint, 16 x 20 inches, $275.

Madeleine Lord
Blackbird Elm, woodcut print, 42 x 24 inches, series of 4, 4/4, $1800

Madeleine Lord
Winter Oaks, woodcut print, 24 x 44 inches, with frame $1800, without frame $1500

Gay Freeborn
The Hug, oil on canvas, 28 x 40 inches, $2,000.

​Two trees wrapping around each other, one a maple the other a birch, looking so intimate I had to title this The Hug. These two had grown together after their long years together, holding onto each other and some rocks to keep from falling into the Saco River. Their trunks had grafted at the center and their roots curled around each other in such a way that it was hard to tell which tree they belonged to. Nature’s love story of two old souls embracing.

Kathryn Field
Birch Grove, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, $6,500.

Anna Jeretic
Branches and Trees 1, ink on watercolor paper, 6.75 x 4.75 inches, $100.

Margery Thomas Mueller
Flower, watercolor on Yupo, 20 x 26 inches, $1,250.

Margery Thomas Mueller
Flower 2, watercolor on Yupo, 60 x 39 inches, $2,500.

Lisa Houck
A Botanist's Dream, mosaics, 20 x 12 inches, $2,200.

Lisa Houck
A Shady Retreat in the Forest, mosaics, 20 x 12 inches, $2,200.

Wendy Ketchum
Remaining Light, woodcut monoprint, 16 x 20 inches, $275.

Margaret Barnaby
Pole Dance, woodblock print, 46 x 32 inches, edition of 4, $2,800.

Elizabeth Nelson
Night Passage, oil on paper, 30 x 48 inches unframed, 36 x 54 inches framed, $3,000.

Franz Carl Nicolay
Flight, Reimagined branch, $725.

Franz Carl Nicolay
Lift, Reimagined branch, $650.

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​CHILL

Ashley Bullard
Squam Puzzled l, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, $3,200.

Ashley Bullard
Squam Puzzled ll, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches, $1,600.

Sallie Wolf
Monaco Glacier (2 panels), watercolor on graphite paper, 6 x 10 inches each, 6 x 20 inches overall, $120.

Sallie Wolf
Gnaloden (3 panels), 7 x 10.5 each, 7 x 30.75 overall, $225.

Kathryn Field
"What I Do Not Say", oil on woodblock, 8 x 10 inches, $1,200.

Kathryn Field
"Blushes of Coral in April Mountains Sky", oil on woodblock, 10 x 8 inches, $1,200.

Kathryn Field
"Glymph on Palimpsest of Snow", oil on woodblock, 10 x 8 inches, $1,200.

Valerie Vermeulen
Winterbound, mixed media on paper, 10 x 15 inches, $900.

Margery Thomas Mueller
Chill, pencil on paper, 5 x 7 inches, $100.

CC White
Wind Dance, mixed media on paper, 22 x 30 inches

Madeleine Lord
Dudley Road Horses, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches, $2,000.

Elizabeth Nelson
Dark Fields, oil on paper, 24 x 20 inches, $1,500.

Elizabeth Nelson
Ice Jam, acrylic on paper, 24 x 20 inches, $1,200.

Elizabeth Nelson
White Water (Hvittvatn), acrylic on paper, 24 x 36 inches, $1,500.

Gay Freeborn
Tsunami, oil and heavy gesso on linen, 24 x 30 inches, $1,500.

Margaret Barnaby
Storm Warning, hahnemule paper, woodblock print, 31 x 47 inches, $2,800.

​In several Southern African cultures the Southern Ground hornbill is considered a harbinger of change or rain.   they call loudly as rain approaches..   Chill is the feeling one gets when warned of a storm to come. 

Sallie Wolf
King Penguins One, 30 x 22 inches, charcoal on paper, $300.

Sallie Wolf
King Penguins Two, 30 x 22 inches, charcoal on paper, $300

Ronnie Gould
Klee, wall hanging, Raku fired stoneware, feather, 19 x 17 x 6 inches, $600.

Imagery inspired by the northwestern cultural tale of the original relationship
between dogs and humans.

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EXTREMES​

Christopher Volpe
Westward #7, oil, tar and gold leaf on cradled wood, 6 x 6 inches, $325.

Christopher Volpe
Westward #6, oil, tar and gold leaf on cradled wood, 6 x 6 inches, $325.

Ronnie Gould
Where do We Go from Here?, stoneware, acrylic paint, wooden base, 16 H x 33W x 14 D inches, $700.

The image reflects our current state of uncertainty for our future.  The multiple boats suggest that we are not alone but must work together yet separated during the pandemic to reach a unified goal of a more "normal" world.

Ronnie Gould
Mother Nature in the Anthropocene Era, Raku fired figure floating in a sea of flotsam, 21.5 H x 12 W x 19 D inches

Cameron Byron Roberts
Wood Drake, acrylic glaze on canvas, 48 x 72 inches, $4500.

“When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water,”
 from THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS
a poem by Wendell Berry
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Margery Thomas Mueller, 2020 #11, mixed media on Yupo paper, 60 x 65 inches, $6,000.

Michael Rich
The Color of Sky, 72 x 64 inches, $16,000.

​Today, life is extreme.  Our daily lives have transformed in so many ways, leading to the great anxieties over simple, human interactions.  In one recent such interaction, a painting student, struggling to mix color while working on a landscape painting, asked me, “What is the color of sky?” The question lingered in my mind while driving home at sunset, clouds parting over the waters in Bristol, revealing intense color of extreme beauty.  This painting is my best response I could come up with at the time.

Liz Wilson
Loss, acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches, $800.

"Loss" feels "extremely" sad to me, and also feels fitting for our current time.

CC White,
Apply Heat, mixed media on paper, 20 x 33 inches, $800.

Liz Wilson
This is the Place, acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches, $800.

"This is the Place"  feels to me to exist in a barely real, ethereal space, while simultaneously feeling grounded, this dichotomy seems "extreme":) to me.

Georgia Heard
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, crystallized banned book, 8 x 4.75 inches, $375.

​The Handmaid's Tale was ranked 37 on the ALA's 1990-1999 list of the 100 most frequently challenged books.  The novel has faced steady challenges since it was first published in 1985.  The ongoing battle for control over women's reproductive rights which this dystopian novel describes continues today.

Elizabeth Nelson
Glacier, acrylic on paper, 30 x 60 inches, $1,200.

Elizabeth Nelson
Dryholaey, acrylic on paper, 24 x 20 inches, $1,200.

Margaret Barnaby
Superb Habitat, woodblock print on Stonehenge paper, 46 x 22 inches, $

Kathryn Field
Day of Hope, oil on canvas, 48 x 12 inches, $3,500.

The Superb Bird of Paradise lives deep in great forest on islands off the coast of
Indonesian west Papua New Guinea .   The male’s throat steamed as he called,
​and then the female arrived and they danced along a mossy log.

" In this challenging time hope is hard to find. This image reflects an act of kindness and forward thinking I wish for all families"

Gay Freeborn
Unhindered Spirits,oil and brass leaf on canvas, 24 x 40 inches, $2,900.

The Asian elephant plays a vital role in maintaining the ecological balance of it’s habitat (India, Thailand and Southern China).  They have a positive influence on the growth of plants and animals with whom they cohabitate. They are extremely intelligent animals and one of the only mammals capable of recognizing itself in a mirror.  The largest threats to these beautiful animals are poachers and loss of their habitat.    

Frances Hamilton
Two Sister Witches, hand colored monoprints, 15 x 11 inches, $350 each or $450. together

Don Mayer
It's What's for Dinner, ink and watercolor, 5 x 6 inches, $50.

Lisa Houck
A Favorite Bird in a Favorite Tree Place, oil on wood, 24 x 24 inches, $2,800.

Lisa Houck
Considering a Big Move, oil on wood, 24 x 24 inches, $2,800.

Pam Urda
Cornucopia, mixed media and recycled materials, 5 x 3 feet, $1,800.

Don Mayer
He had no Problem with Sheltering in Place, ink and watercolor, 5 x 7 inches, $50.

Anne Garland
Tulip Tree Leaf, etching 17/18, 2 x 2 inches, $50.

Extremely Delicate.  Simple and exquisite in form and venation, nature creates extraordinary beauty.

Don Mayer
Liquor Cabinet: Post April 23, 2020, black ink, 8 x 4 inches, $50.

Anne Garland
Ginkgo, etching 19/19, 2.25 x 3.25 inches, $50.

Extremely Unique.  Ginkgo biloba: The fan-like leaves of this tree are unlike any other in the landscape, and the tree itself is truly impressive.  A few trees even survived the nuclear blast at Hiroshima and are still alive today.  Fossils have shown the tree lived over 300 million years ago.  Understandably, the ginkgo has become a symbol for strength, longevity and hope.

Wendy Ketchum
Strangled, woodcut monoprint, 16 x 16 inches, $375.

"This print was inspired by an ancient apple tree on our farm that is being strangled by extremely tenacious bittersweet vines."

Margaret Merritt
Icescapes, photopolymer intaglio print, 6 x 8 inches Image based on a NASA photograph of new ice and ocean water in the East Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean. $150.

Margaret Merritt
Shelter Belts, photopolymer intaglio print, 10 x 4 inches, Image based on a satellite photo from the International Space Station, shows a snow-covered 10-mile section of shelterbelts in wind-swept southwestern Russia. $150.

Madeleine Lord
Scarcity, crushed stainless steel, oven door, platter and cooking pot, 18 x 20 inches