Featured Artists2023-09-04T17:16:01-04:00

FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS

Transatlantic Cow-incidence?

A recent visit to the Dutchess County Historical Society has haunted me. In a good way. I was so impressed with the amount of information there about anything and everything Dutchess County, a reservoir of resources dating back over 100 years, that I haven’t stopped thinking about it. While I was there to write about the DCHS for last month’s issue of Main Street Magazine, I couldn’t help but notice some paintings that were part of an exhibition called Fertile Ground: The Hudson Valley Animal Paintings […]

A TOUCHSTONE OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP AND CONVERSATION: TRAVERSE

Horizontal and vertical become
interchangeable allowing the
circle square to be continuous and
unending

Once initiated, the life traveler
journeys in an everland of awareness
Of past, present and future
Traverse p 124 Laurence Carr

I first saw the book Traverse at an exhibition at Furnace Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT. The project unravels an embedded trust between two collaborators, visual artist Power Boothe and writer Laurence Carr. This archive is a touchstone of true friendship and conversation, journeying the visual image and written word hand-in-hand, bringing […]

FROM THE PLACE OF MANY CROWS

A line, or mark, etched onto a copper plate allows for the reproduction of images by transferring the embedded ink onto handmade paper through a printing press. This skill takes years to hone, bringing to life these hatchings, acid bite marks, and thoughts rendered by another for collaboration.

Master printmaker Gregory Burnet is a native Australian from the small town of Wagga Wagga, about a five-hour drive west of Sydney. To the local Aboriginal people, Wagga Wagga means “Place of Many Crows.” Constantly curious, his early […]

LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION!

Ted Perotti of Pig Iron Films has his feet firmly planted in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, both in his connection to the area as well as through his work with local organizations, businesses, and individuals. It is from that home base that he captures moments in time and creates beautiful films, commercials, and more that have a global impact. We were fortunate to catch up with him and learn more about his background and work. 

Who’s Ted Perotti?

I grew up in East Canaan, CT, […]

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