Stewards
of the Land & Canvas: painting marlborough
By
Abby Luby
There’s
magic in the hills and rivers of the Hudson Valley – an enchantment
that has inspired artists, composers and writers for centuries.
Home to 19th century romantic painters Thomas Cole and Frederic
Church of the Hudson River School to famed American composer Aaron
Copland, today’s poet laureate Bill Collins, author Francine
Prose and numerous others; all have drawn creative energy from back
roads rolling through hills and mountains stretching their feet
to the Hudson River.
To
this day, there is a plethora of talented visual artists deeply
inhaling the beauty of the Hudson Valley and exhaling their impressions
on canvas. Attracted by the sense of community, one group of artists
in Marlborough paint together outside, capturing the impact of the
landscape. They discuss their work, work that mostly reflects expansive
vineyards and farmlands replete with craggy red barns near fields
dotted with bales of hay.
The
Marlborough artists have recently organized under the aegis Meet
Me in Marlborough, a local, non profit group working to attract
business to the area. Artists will show their work on November 3,
at a benefit gala at Stoutridge Vineyard. The gala invitation says
the show will help ‘sustain agriculture.’
About
a year ago MMiM organizer Sheila Mannese started contacting artists
she knew to take part in a “paint-out,” as well as “The
Hudson River Valley Ramble,” a three-weekend event where a
group of artists met and painted at particular sites in Marlborough...
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