Artists
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Megan is a prolific artist, drawing dancers and cityscapes, and expressions of her feelings, the Far East. Creatures of the sea continue to be a major interests. The most absorbing interest of all, however, is in her diagnosis, Asperger’s Syndrome (AS).
AS is a form of autism, a neurological phenomenon that reveals itself in intense interests in things and subjects that fill the mind and become obsessions from a very young age. Motor skills are often deficient, but it is the lack of ability to understand social rules and language that causes the most difficulty.
Life at public school was traumatic for Megan, who was teased, excluded, and attacked for being different. Teachers, however, tried to work with Megan and soon recognized her talent. Megan's parents encouraged her interest in art and provided outside art classes. “It helped me to take art classes early. It seemed easier to do than most things. I also liked the art clubs and after-school projects because some of the kids were nice to me." Unfortunately, the peer abuse escalated in high school, and Megan’s parents decided to home school her. Fortunately, Megan was an excellent homeschooler and immersed herself in geography, history, writing and, of course art.
Shortly thereafter she was finally diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, and that became her new consuming interest. Gradually over the next few years, Megan’s art, writing and interest in AS evolved into one goal: to educate the public about Asperger’s Syndrome. She wrote letters to newspapers about the abuse kids with AS endure. She is now an activist and advocate for people with disabilities. She lobbied for construction signs to give people warning about loud noise. Currently, Megan is working on a series of drawings of Dover, New Hampshire. She prefers to work in professional colored pencils on black paper, using eye-popping colors to express her passion. Megan’s work was used as cover art for the book Choosing Home: Deciding to Homeschool with Asperger’s Syndrome by Martha Hartnett, and featured in Living Autism Day by Day by Pamela Bryson-Weaver.
Her work has been shown in many libraries in Massachusetts , New Hampshire and Maine, the Massachusetts State House in Boston, The Mills at Washington Street and Daisy's Art Emporium in Dover, NH, and Benjamin Franklin's in Rochester, NH. Visit Megan's website for more information.
AS is a form of autism, a neurological phenomenon that reveals itself in intense interests in things and subjects that fill the mind and become obsessions from a very young age. Motor skills are often deficient, but it is the lack of ability to understand social rules and language that causes the most difficulty.
Life at public school was traumatic for Megan, who was teased, excluded, and attacked for being different. Teachers, however, tried to work with Megan and soon recognized her talent. Megan's parents encouraged her interest in art and provided outside art classes. “It helped me to take art classes early. It seemed easier to do than most things. I also liked the art clubs and after-school projects because some of the kids were nice to me." Unfortunately, the peer abuse escalated in high school, and Megan’s parents decided to home school her. Fortunately, Megan was an excellent homeschooler and immersed herself in geography, history, writing and, of course art.
Shortly thereafter she was finally diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, and that became her new consuming interest. Gradually over the next few years, Megan’s art, writing and interest in AS evolved into one goal: to educate the public about Asperger’s Syndrome. She wrote letters to newspapers about the abuse kids with AS endure. She is now an activist and advocate for people with disabilities. She lobbied for construction signs to give people warning about loud noise. Currently, Megan is working on a series of drawings of Dover, New Hampshire. She prefers to work in professional colored pencils on black paper, using eye-popping colors to express her passion. Megan’s work was used as cover art for the book Choosing Home: Deciding to Homeschool with Asperger’s Syndrome by Martha Hartnett, and featured in Living Autism Day by Day by Pamela Bryson-Weaver.
Her work has been shown in many libraries in Massachusetts , New Hampshire and Maine, the Massachusetts State House in Boston, The Mills at Washington Street and Daisy's Art Emporium in Dover, NH, and Benjamin Franklin's in Rochester, NH. Visit Megan's website for more information.
(All originals are fine art colored pencil on black paper)
New Hampshire artist, Sherry Palmer, prefers to paint outside, on site, in oils and watercolor. The gestures of the land, not the fine detail, interests her. Painting for her is a process of selection and simplification, a reduction to essentials. On the Isle of Skye, Scotland, Sherry found the perfect catalyst for how she enjoys painting. The island landscape made her a better painter. Having traveled to Skye for over thirty years to paint its vast vistas, where theatrical light and moving mist continually redefine the structure of the land, Nature remains her teacher.
Like Skye, the shore here provides similar inspiration. It's from these paintings that Sherry has assembled two groups of work for us: a series of watercolors of frozen tidal pools, and paintings created from designs she's seen in rocks. Sherry often sees landscape forms within a single rock. The cracks, color changes, and breaks in layers, like the shale found along Great Bay, all begin to look like a landscape in miniature. The rock provides the design and she provides the landscape colors known from Skye. Visit Sherri's website at www.sherryskye.com
Like Skye, the shore here provides similar inspiration. It's from these paintings that Sherry has assembled two groups of work for us: a series of watercolors of frozen tidal pools, and paintings created from designs she's seen in rocks. Sherry often sees landscape forms within a single rock. The cracks, color changes, and breaks in layers, like the shale found along Great Bay, all begin to look like a landscape in miniature. The rock provides the design and she provides the landscape colors known from Skye. Visit Sherri's website at www.sherryskye.com
Author, artist and musician Ross Alan Bachelder has been active as a musician in Seacoast New Hampshire and Southern Maine— and elsewhere in northern New England—for more than 40 years. He’s performed solo recitals, played in musical theatre, and appeared at art exhibit openings, assisted living facilities and a wide range of special events as The Flute Guy.
He’s exhibited his drawings, paintings, found object assemblages and photographs in galleries in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. In 2016, Bachelder published his first book, Happy Dawg Walks The Sad Man: The Remarkably Varied Adventures of a Confirmed Arts Multiple. He’s now working on his second book—a collection of 12 short stories entitled Weird Anomalies: Tales Best Read in the Twilight Hours—scheduled for publication in 2019.
Bachelder travels frequently to perform as a musician, paint and photograph what he sees, then write and speak publicly about his longtime immersion in the Arts.
He’s exhibited his drawings, paintings, found object assemblages and photographs in galleries in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. In 2016, Bachelder published his first book, Happy Dawg Walks The Sad Man: The Remarkably Varied Adventures of a Confirmed Arts Multiple. He’s now working on his second book—a collection of 12 short stories entitled Weird Anomalies: Tales Best Read in the Twilight Hours—scheduled for publication in 2019.
Bachelder travels frequently to perform as a musician, paint and photograph what he sees, then write and speak publicly about his longtime immersion in the Arts.
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Chloe Feldman Emison from Lee, NH has shown her drawings and animations widely in the United States and Europe, while working also as an illustrator. She studied fine art at Williams College and at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University, and animation at Forkbeard Fantasy in Devon. She was a visiting artist at Wasps Studios in Glasgow, and completed residencies at the Contemporary Artists Center in Woodside, N.Y., at The Old School Art House in Iceland, at the Vermont Studio Center, and at Can Serrat, near Barcelona. Chloe has shown her drawings and animations widely in the United States and Europe, while working also as an illustrator. She has worked with writers in both prose and poetry, and has independently published three illustrated books.
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Sarah Mays from Dover, NH is an eclectic artist/creator settled in Dover, N.H. Her path to becoming who she is today has been full of diverse experiences and careers but the constants have been a joy in learning, creating and encouraging others. These three constants continue in her paintings and mixed media pieces.
Sarah's last career was as a K – 12 art teacher. After 15 years of teaching, Sarah never found the time and energy to launch her own business or find time to create; so she quit teaching and enjoyed setting up Present Being Art and getting in her home studio several days a week. Sarah's focus is on abstract painting in either oil with cold wax or acrylics. It just depends on how quickly she wants to work. Because of teaching so many grades for so many years, she truly loves all mediums and will often have sculptures drying next to her paintings while working on a bit of embroidery, quilting or simply crochet a new hat. No matter what, creating gives a peaceful sense of being present when she is focused on her work. |
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Stephanie Russell - Candia, New Hampshire. She has been painting for over 20 years and works with various mediums but most commonly watercolor. Her subject matter ranges from portraits of people, animals, and landscapes, to homes that are memorable to her clients. She has painted a collection of firearms. Her real love is painting cars and motorcycles with incredibly realistic details.
Her artwork has been featured in various places around New Hampshire. She has also had features on bikernet.com and can be seen in Road Runner magazine as well as NY Intrigue Magazine. Prints and original works are available through her website at https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/4-stephanie-russell. You can view her work on Instagram, @stefr85 or on her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/StephanieRArt |
Paintings
Various prints (8" x 10" and 4" x 6"), bookmarks, and notebooks also available
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Oleg Kompasov - Portsmouth, NH Oleg was born in Electrostal, Russia. He began painting at age 9 and graduated from the Electrostal Art School at age 16. After serving in the Army, Oleg enrolled in the Moscow Architectural College specializing in environmental design. He was drawn into the burgeoning advertising industry where he started as an art director and worked his way up to creative director. His advertising work with television spots, piqued his interest in the movie business. With several TV series and movies in under his belt, Oleg continues to enjoy freelance writing and directing alongside his painting, photography and sculpting. His art will be on display, and for sale, the entire month.
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