This is my PR article from the October 2024 issue of the Artful Mind Magazine

“Fenced In”
24” x 24” Oil on Canvas

“Vermont Covered Bridge”
20” x 24” Oil on Canvas

When October comes around New England becomes a tourist heaven especially in the Berkshires and Vermont. Our changing foliage in the Fall is a visual and pastoral attraction, and roads will always lead you to one of these historical covered bridges. Why do we find covered bridges in New England people ask? They protect the bridge’s wooden structure from the weather condition and the snow in Winter. Wooden trusses would quickly deteriorate otherwise. Some of the covered bridges have lasted 100 years or more and painted regularly, they are quickly noticeable in the landscape. This one is in Arlington, Vermont. When you cross the bridge you find yourself in a small village with its own church, surrounded by lovely country houses and farmland. One of the houses was Norman Rockwell’s former residence when he lived in Vermont. I love the intricate framework just below the covering and in late afternoons, I often notice that the water below absorbs the red color of the bridge like a mirror image. I go there very often to sketch and when the leaves start falling, I will be there again! If you cannot go to Gallery North in North Adams, you can visit my studio by appointment. Call or text 413-597 1716. Also if you go to Williamstown you will see one of my Fall paintings at the Spring Street Cafe. That same painting is also represented in a banner in the streets of our town. If you live close to Pittsfield, I invite you to visit Becket Arts Center in Becket, MA. I have another Fall painting there in North Becket.