Artists and Makers
Ceramicist Warner Walcott
Warner Walcott’s vessels, bowls, platters, and lamps are the ceramic equivalent of the little black dress: sophisticated, essential, and timeless….
Painter Matthew Chamberlain
Portland painter Matthew Chamberlain layers found objects, paint, and graphite to create works that look like they’ve been around a while.
Sarah Lutz: A Deep Dive
Sarah Lutz has been painting a shape she calls a “morula” (a mass of cells that occurs in the early…
Liz Dexheimer: A Sense of Place
Liz Dexheimer’s lush paintings invite the viewer to explore the relationship between the observable and the ethereal.
Sandra Allen: Branching Out
Her subject: trees. Her materials: simple pencil and paper. The result: complex, nuanced drawings of the planet’s oldest living things.
Annie Selke: Material World
A renovated old woolen mill in the Berkshires serves as home base for legendary textile designer Annie Selke.
Frances Palmer: Sculpting Beauty
A visit to artist Frances Palmer’s private studio and garden in Weston is like traveling to another world, one that…
Dumais Made: Slab Happy
It isn’t every day that you get to reset your GPS, take a path you missed the first time around—and…
Melissa Glorieux: Aster B.
To bring both beauty and meaning to the holidays, Melissa Glorieux heads into the woods.
Cynthia MacCollum: Only Natural
A New Canaan printmaker doesn’t have to go far to find the local flora that inspires her art.
M. Benjamin Herndon: Fade to Black
Don’t be misled by the absence of color. M. Benjamin Herndon’s art is complex, expressive, and deserving of its critical acclaim.
Amy Genser: Micro Becomes Macro
A devastating personal loss changed Amy Genser’s approach to life—and with it, her artistic career.
Wendy Wahl: Paper Trail
For Rhode Island artist Wendy Wahl, obsolete encyclopedias become fodder for a provocative discussion of contemporary knowledge.
Mike Wright: The Wood Whisperer
With a little coaxing, Mike Wright’s salvaged planks and timbers take on a colorful life of their own.
Sculptor Richard Erdman: Cast in Stone
Sculptor Richard Erdman has had a passion for stone since boyhood, and there’s no sign he’ll tire of the medium any time soon.