Stewards
of the Land & Canvas: painting marlborough
By
Abby Luby
...Whitehill
crosses the river to Marlborough to specifically paint the farms
and wineries. “It is so unique because it is very hilly and
all the vineyards and orchards are just gorgeous.”
Rows
of fruit orchards, sunlit vineyards, and weathered, aging barns
will be gracing canvases in the upcoming November MMiM art gala.
Artists will submit several works, but only a few will be chosen
by each artist. Whitehill is offering a painting of a garden at
Benmarl Winery. Esposito, who marvels at the changing patterns,
the color of trees, fruits and crops, will submit a painting of
Weeds Farm among others. Masterson plans to submit a painting of
a garden belonging
to a Jamaican worker at Weeds Farm. Hacunda has a series of nectarine
blossoms and some of pear trees in the snow he painted from Clarks
Farm. Martinez Bianco’s watercolors and pastels are of scenes
from Locust Grove Fruit Farm in Milton.
Artists
venturing out to capture that vibrant moment of light and shadow
on the landscape are also witnessing disturbing changes to the Hudson
Valley countryside; the fast creeping urban sprawl. Housing developments
are cropping up in former orchards, making permanent changes to
a once familiar country-scape.
Because
she lives on an active farm, Masterson understands the difficulties
of keeping a farm profitable and agonizes over her farmer friends
who are forced to sell their land. “You can’t blame
people for selling their land if they have to, but it’s hard
to watch. Sometimes you go out painting and when you return the
next time a bulldozer has changed it. You realize you didn’t
get there in time.”
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