KITTEN ELLISON

Kitten Ellison was born in England, and currently divides her time between Richford, Vt and Bermuda, where she has a business and is part of a co-operative Market situated in a historic building in the Royal Navy Dockyard. 

A keen gardener and active conservationist, Kitten has taught Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) for 35 years--a chance remark from a student asking if she would like to learn the art of Sumie started her towards her present business venture. 

Sumie is the art of painting in black ink on rice paper and was developed from the brush strokes of calligraphy. Each stroke is meaningful and with this discipline you should be able to paint with one stroke a petal, or with two a leaf, and a stem or the trunk of a tree can be conveyed with three or four, leaving the rest up to the viewers imagination. Kitten found a Japanese teacher in Montreal who taught her for five years as a private student. 

"She taught me everything I know and a lot that I have forgotten and I am eternally grateful--Thank you, Minaku." From her lessons, Kitten mastered the technique of color loading your brush and working with your whole arm as opposed to just your fingers and wrist. 

Landscapes and minimalist looks at nature are Kitten's specialty. She transfers her designs onto rice paper, clothing, hats, totes, glassware, and china. "Each time I paint on a new surface a different challenge arises as to how my style will be effected and how successful a new paint is and whether it will satisfy my standards."

Kitten's knowledge of plants and flowers stems from her early years in England, forty years in the subtropics of Bermuda, and the last 23 years having the joy of living in Vermont where the immense range of colors in the changing seasons brings her enormous satisfaction and inspiration. 

Kitten welcomes and enjoys the challenge of special design orders and commissions, so please feel free to contact her with special requests. 

Hibiscus Tea Serving Set

Hibiscus Tall Tea Pot

Coffee Serving Set

Candlesticks

BARBARA COLGROVE

Barbara Colgrove's life has always revolved around the visual arts. From the time she was a child, she knew her path was one of creative expression. Through art, she has learned to communicate with the world in a personal and expressive way. It has been a continual journey of self-discovery as her work has evolved and changed with time. Over the years, Barbara has explored many mediums with and emphasis on decorative patterns and designs. Most of her adult life, she has focused on working in clay. "The magic of creating an object of beauty, to hold and perhaps use, never ceases to amaze me. Pottery making is a process, and it's connection with the earth and its rhythmic cycles guides me in my every day living as an artist." The natural beauty of Vermont has been a constant source of inspiration for Barbara, as well as multicultural symbolism and the students she teaches. 

Barbara was raised in New York suburbs, and her background and training included attending Marlboro College, CCV, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where she received her BFA, and pottery making in Northern California. For the past 20 years, Barbara has lived with her family in their hand made house/studio in Enosburg Falls. "Art is autobiographical in terms of sharing our hearts and souls with each other."

REBECCA WRIGHT

Rebecca is a native Vermonter and currently lives in Enosburg Falls, VT. She has been teaching elementary and middle school art for the past 12 years. For as long as she can remember, she has always loved the process of creating. Her art practices include drawing, painting, card-making, paper-mache, jewelry, and mosaic works. Her works reflect "where ever [her] art spirit takes [her]."

January Gallery Opening

Join us for the January 2009 Featured Artists gallery reception! This months artists are Barbara Colgrove, Becky Wright, and Kitten Ellison. This month, the gallery will also be featuring the collective works of EFHS students.

The reception will be held on January 8th, 2009 from 5PM to 8PM. Refreshments will be served. 

If you cannot join us on this evening, please visit during our regular hours; Wed-Sat 10am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm. 

 

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, a Co-operative Gallery

349 East Main Street  Enosburg Falls, VT

(802)933-6403

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HENRY "HANK" TRASK-REILLY

Henry Trask-Reilly was born and grew up in the Boston area. He worked for many years in the real estate business before settling in Montgomery Center, VT with his wife, Lena. He has fallen in love with the rural beauty of Montgomery and it's people. Hank has been painting since the late 1970's. He studied briefly at the Art Student League in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He is essentially a self-taught painter working primarily in oil on masonite.

Hank enjoys capturing the energy of the seasons in both rural and urban landscapes. Since moving to Vermont, Hank has painted almost exclusively the beautiful landscapes of Northern Vermont primarily in and around his home in Montgomery. 

Hank won first prize in oil at the Annual juried show of 2003 put on by the Northern Vermont Artist Association. Currently, among other places, his work may be seen in galleries in the Jeffersonville area and at the Jay Hotel and Jay Peak ski area.

  

KAREN SCHEFFLER

Karen Scheffler is a stained glass artist residing in Montgomery, VT. She believes that the natural world is a window through which God has shown part of Himself to man; through which thinking, man may see His unseen power and divineness. Working with glass and metals gets her hands dirty: a nice change from an intense love of reading and curiosity about life. She has always enjoyed working with her hands. Initially, Karen would use stones, mud, twigs, and sand; wax became a medium of choice that gave birth to metal work. "I loved to polish; hands get very dirty doing that." But what particularly thrilled Karen was seeing a tarnished, rough thing become a shining, revealed, beautiful thing. "Working with glass is like that for me. When it is right, something splendid emerges and with light, it comes alive."

BOBBY ANDERSON

Bobby Anderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and came to Vermont 35 years ago. As a youth, Bobby spent his summers on Cape Cod; his love of nature and his experiences on the Cape have inspired many of his paintings. After leaving Massachusetts, Bobby lived in Montgomery, VT for 30 years where he developed his skills as an artist. Bobby's early works -in pen and ink- included commissions and producing the Montgomery annual calendar. An appreciation for the effects of mood and atmosphere that could be achieved with watercolors moved Bobby to become a self-taught water-colorist, the medium that he now works in exclusively. Mr. Anderson, delighted to be a member of the Artists In Residence Co-op, now lives in Enosburg, VT.