Join the Little's in a Celebration of Art

The Burnham Library on Main Street in Bridgewater is exhibiting art by a father and daughter, Edward and Sara Little, through May.

The show is the culmination of Sara's senior project at Shepaug Valley High School in Washington.

Up until this year, Sara had been a self-taught artist who focused mainly on drawing stylized characters. For her senior project she learned to draw and paint realistically with help from her father and artist/illustrator Charles Gehm.

Earlier this year she focused on the skills and techniques required to render a 3D image on a 2D surface using graphite and pastel pencils and later applied those skills to oil painting.

Currently she has incorporated the theme of Venetian masks and the study of the human figure into her art.

Art by Tina Underwood

Tina Underwood is a versatile artist who has been creating works of art for over twenty five years. Raised in Roxbury, Connecticut, Tina expresses her love of the New England countryside in her watercolor and oil paintings of old barns, landmarks and natural settings. She also enjoys painting floral and still life compositions, as well as commissioned house portraits.

She has brought her fine art skills to the world of decorative painting, having embellished marble tiles and painted furniture with intricate renderings of flowers and Celtic themes. On a larger scale, she has completed several room size murals in area homes and businesses, creating scenes that transport the viewer to a Jamaican beach or the hills of Tuscany.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, and studied painting, sculpture and photography in Lacoste, France under the direction of Sarah Lawrence College.

"My paintings capture moments that I observe in the world around me: ice melting on a pond, sunlit flowers in the garden, or just picked fruit on a fall day. As I develop a painting, I am concerned with how light reveals form, how color creates harmony, how detail discloses texture. My work evokes a quiet, peaceful sense of place and things."

Tina is a member of Kent Art Association, Washington Art Association and the Society for the Creative Arts of Newtown. She has participated in juried and group shows, and has held several solo shows. Many of her paintings are in private collections throughout the United States, and her murals can be seen in area businesses. She maintains her painting studio in her home in Bridgewater, Connecticut.


T.M. Underwood • 57 Clapboard Road • Bridgewater, CT 06752 • 860-354-6545
Check out Tina Underwood's Art Gallery at:
www.underwoodarts.com

Landscapes and Still Life in Pastel and Oil.

Local artist Michael Piccirillo works in pastels as well as traditional oils and seeks to capture on canvas the varied and rich landscapes of the Connecticut countryside. His paintings bring to the view the subtle and ever present diversity and richness of the western part of the state. While some of his paintings represent other parts of the country, his primary attention and focus has been in the local area.Although primarily self-taught, he has studied at the Creative Workshop in New Have, the Washington Art Association, as well as the Society for Creative Arts in Newtown

Weaving By Vivian Wainwright

Enjoy the artistry and skill of Vivian Wainwright of Bridgewater.

A demonstration of weaving will be presented
at the Burnham Library

February 21st from 10 to 12.

View slideshow

Candlewood Camera Club January 2009

The Candlewood Camera Club is a group of photo enthusiasts from the greater Danbury area whose club is devoted to fostering photography as a hobby, art or vocation, and by freely sharing our knowledge and experience. The Club meets twice a month at the VFW Hall in Danbury, 5 Byron St., between Rte. 6 (Newtown Rd.) and Triangle St., just over 1 mile west of WalMart and the Holiday Inn in Danbury. The first meeting of each month, on the 2nd Tuesday, is set aside for a competition between members' color slides and prints, including digital, color, or black and white. The second meeting, on the 4th Tuesday of the month, varies greatly each month, ranging from instructional sessions, to field trips, to group workshops. The Candlewood Camera Club was founded in 1948 and is a member of the New England Camera Club Council and the Connecticut Association of Photographers, and actively participates in programs and competitions in these organizations.

The Smalls Exhibit

Artworks of Gift-able Size For the Holiday Season
November 8 - December 22, 2008

Reception with the Artists
November 9th, 3:00pm-5:00pm


Postcard Art by Elizabeth MacDonald, Vincent Giarrano,
Kathryn Barlow and Nan Rossiter

Retrospective Exhibit--William C. Kavanek

William C. Kavanek of Bridgewater began a successful career as a full time artist in 1978, specializing in marine art. He was a charter member of the American Society of Marine Artists and chose to participate in its National shows. He won the Artistic Merit Award in 2004 for representing the standard of excellence in contemporary marine art in its 13^th exhibition. He also won awards in many local art associations. He specialized in depicting ships, shores, creeks, rivers and bays of the Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland.

The present exhibit includes a variety of subjects, including a painting of an outhouse on his property in Bridgewater, painted in all four seasons.

Another highlight of the show is a collection of small paintings that were presented to his wife, Jean, as Valentines' Day presents.

All paintings included in the exhibit are on loan from local collectors.