Art at the Coach Barn

The Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms

Casey with fellow artist, Tom Cullins of Burlington

Now showing at Shelburne Farms is the 25th Annual Art at the Coach Barn event, a retrospective that includes over 100 artists and celebrates 40 years of education about a sustainable future.

October 19-Nov 4
Open 10am-5pm daily
$5 Admission, Free to members.

Artist Development Grant

A recent article in the local paper. Thank you, Vermont Art's Council!

Art Hop

Last weekend was Burlington's South End Art Hop. We debuted the new studio on Pine Street, and what a debut it was! 266 Studios enjoyed it's first Art Hop too, and we were right in the middle of all the action. Live art auctions, a literal art hop-scotch in the parking lot outside, comedy next door and a barbecue or two on the corner. What a great way to kick off the end of summer and celebrate all the great creativity that Vermont houses. We're so lucky!!

Getting ready for Art Hop!! The studio featured lovely roses from our Rose Gardener. The scent was amazing! We shared the studio with Carol MacDonald, Casey's friend and mentor. See more of her amazing monoprints here.  

Printing Press had center stage. Behind it, Carol MacDonald's cards, notebooks and sketchbooks were a huge hit!

It got pretty busy!! Our peanut M&Ms (a staple at any open house) were gone in just a couple hours!

This trendy art lover rushed in at the last minute. She just HAD to have some of Carol's notebooks. They do make perfect gifts. Some are small enough to be stocking stuffers too! The holidays are just around the corner!

Casey and Carol, tired but happy! The first Art Hop in the new space was also the first open house, and it was a huge success!

Even with a thunderstorm and tornado warning on Saturday that cut our afternoon short, the first Art Hop for the new studio was a success. Thanks to our little Square from Apple, we were able to accept credit cards and sold quite a few pieces!

Thanks to everyone who came out for the event! Cant wait to do it all again next year!!

Art Map Burlington

It's good to be part of the Art Map Burlington Artist Database! A great way to get your name and art out there! See my page here.

So honored to be chosen for a little feature article in Art Map Burlington's September Issue!

Three To Watch At the Art Hop: Great publicity!! Thanks Art Map!

If only they'd been able to print Journey 1 in color. Composition is key, but color is the life blood of these monoprints

See the rest of the issue here.

Art on the Cover!!

 That artwork looks familiar!

Thank you to Academic Medicine, September 2012 for using one of Casey's monoprints as your cover art!
The work, Prayer Offerings 9, is part of a series Casey completed in 2008 in response to the Iraq War. I love the use of tone in this one particularly. The green seems to glow from off-center, which creates an interesting relationship between foreground and background. Sometimes I think that blue orbs in the upper half of the print look like openings in hanging moss, where the bright stars are peeking through. What does this print mean to you?

Check out the current issue online here and keep an eye out for October's issue which is coming soon.

If you want to see this art in person, visit the Fletcher Allen Healthcare Radiology Oncology wing where this series is on display.

Cheers!
Sara (Marketing Assistant)

Exhibition at Jackson Gallery

At the Jackson Gallery and Town Hall Theater, starting this Friday, August 24th, my monoprints will be on display and for sale in an exhibition aptly named "Autumn Leaves". 

Ellie Steele, Director of the Jackson Gallery. A fine arts graduate of UNH, Ellie has her own business creating unique tapestries. Check out her work here

The Gallery is open from noon to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. Check out my art as well as jewelry by

Bruce Baker and collages by Linda Durkee. 

The Jackson Gallery has plenty of local talent to keep you entertained and inspired all throughout the fall. Here's the schedule.

 Welcome to Autumn! 

The Man Who Gave Away 10,000 Roses

 

The Rose Garden

 

I met him at a Wisteria (what else!) Garden Party! I quickly discovered that behind his modest and unassuming exterior lay a very generous soul. I learned about his propensity for giving away his homegrown roses.

My girlfriend, Marcella, took me on a little adventure up to his treasure trove. Up a little dirt road, not too far off the beaten path, is the wondrous garden. Roses. Protected from the rain by a light plastic greenhouse, roses flourish. They cover the ground, blooming in all shades of pinks and reds, deep maroon and delicate white. He greeted us with metal buckets and clipping shears in hand. "Get to work!" he told us. I left with buckets full of roses and a few pricker holes in my fingertips.

 

Casey (Artist) standing with her new Assistant, Sara Kassel

 

Some of the roses bloomed so large they could have been mistaken for peonies! He gives away thousands of roses every year. And what better than roses to express fond feelings. Beautiful and expressive, roses have always been a signature flower for amorous occasions. Anniversaries, Valentine's Days, any regular day is made special with these voluptuous flowers. I'm convinced that those roses helped to sell my house, which was on the market at the time. 

Inspired by The Rose Gardener's philanthropy and the bounty of the garden, I collected buckets of roses with intentions of capturing their loveliness forever in a monoprint.I plan to entitle the new series: The Man Who Gave Away Ten Thousand Roses.

The Rose Gardener

and his trusty dog, Flea Bag