Recent Work by Sam Colt

Oct 26 - Nov 19, 2022​ 

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“I make work in a bid to amplify and make visible to myself the knocking from within.”

– Sam Colt

In the studio Colt uses trowels, knives and brushes to apply multiple coats of Italian marble plasters ~ “grassello” ~ on Masonite panels. With knives, she zips around through the grassello surface while it’s still wet to reveal under-stories, sometimes burnishing ashes from a fire or a cremation into the matrix. The resulting complex grounds serve as backdrops for quick sketches of a fairly unhinged inner cartography peopled by ships, key-stoned bridges, architectural ruins and phantom hermitages. Oils, gold leaf, gouache, charcoal, shellac & varnishes are used to punctuate and/or disguise.

"The First Figure" by Sam Colt

Duo Exhibition: Kate Smith & Elizabeth Nelson

Sept 07 - Oct 08, 2022​ 

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A conversation from the sidelines of the soccer fields blossomed into a collaborative exhibition of complimentary work at Axel’s Gallery in Waterbury, VT.

One artist moved by emotion. The other moved by the minutiae. Both are creating art from memories of the special places where they are drawn to.

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"Trailblazer" by Kate Smith

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"Glacier Lagoon" by Elizabeth Nelson

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Duo Exhibition:

Matt Larson & Ashley Roark

Aug 10 - Sept 03, 2022​ 

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Working towards similar ends through a variety of media and processes, Larson and Roark each present unique bodies of work within their own respective practices. Each finds inspiration in mark making, color blocking, graphic elements, and producing work in experimental series. While Larson employs vibrant colors to capture connections between ourselves and the local landscape through memories, Roark’s approach seeks to capture a metaphorical snapshot of a fragmented moment using a palette more reminiscent of low light film. This show presents these two individual approaches towards setting the scene.

ROCK - PAPER - SCISSORS

Neha Shukla & Nora McDonough

July 20 - Aug 06, 2022​ 

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Rock - Paper - Scissors is a literal description of the subject, material, and processes of the work by two emerging Vermont artists: Neha Shukla and Nora McDonough.

Visual cues are gathered from the artists’ natural surroundings and transcribed onto paper using layers either within the composition or quite literally with collage.

"Deep Pool" collage

by Neha Shukla

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Elemental Reduction: Shape/Color

CURATED BY CHRIS COPLEY

June 22 - July 16, 2022​ 

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Drawing from the creative talent he has worked with developing high-demand, style forward products or have met on his journey of developing of his personal art collection, Chris Copley has curated a group show of four artists with roots from the Green Mountain State.

“Elemental Reduction” of shape and color highlights diverse style and the opportunity to appreciate work with uncluttered fields and visual simplicity.

Jim Bruce, Tally Groves, Maurizio Molin, and Michael Montanaro use limited color palettes and simple subject matters while drawing inspiration from their surrounding landscapes.

Fool's Spring: Abstract Landscapes by Kasey Loyer

May 11 - June 18, 2022​ 

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As Vermonters we know- there are more than just four seasons in our little state. 
Fool’s Spring is an ode to all those in between seasons.

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This series is an exploration of abstract paintings by the South Burlington-based.

"Transitions"

Work by 17 Vermont Surface Design Association members

April 06 - April 30, 2022​ 

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Transitions surround us, create us, define us. There are transitions we see and feel as we move from winter to spring, from land to water, from illness to health, from isolation to community, from youth to old age. Others reflect emotional and intellectual states as we move from beginner to expert, from naiveté to wisdom, from ignorance to knowledge. The artists in this exhibition use transitions of color, shape, and material to reflect on conceptions of transition.

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The Surface Design Association is an international organization focused on inspiring creativity, encouraging innovation, and advocating for artistic excellence as the global leader in textile-inspired art and design.

Ellen Langtree: A Retrospective

A unique mix of past and present work by Ellen Langtree on display at Axel’s Gallery from March 9 until April 2, 2022

The last time Ellen Langtree’s paintings were publicly shown was in the 1990’s.

And it makes sense. 

While Langtree was providing for her new family and navigating life’s changes, she took a hiatus from making art. That is, she stopped making art for herself. This hiatus turned out to be 18 years long during which she not only raised her children but taught hundreds of others as well. As an arts educator, her focus was on others. It wasn’t until recently, pre-pandemic, that Langtree returned to the studio. And this time her medium is clay.

Nature's Images Reimagined

A collection of nature photographs by Paul Haverstick*

Feb 09 - Mar 05, 2022​ 

Using computer technology Paul Haverstick has reinvented ordinary photographs into spectacular color and shape fields - finding endless possibility with his creativity.

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Musings from the Nurses Room

Current Work by Heather Guptill

Jan 05 - Feb 05, 2022​ 

Artist Reception: Thursday, Jan 27, 2022 6-8pm

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Working from a small studio, once the Nurses Room, in a converted school in Kittery, Maine, Heather Guptill lets her instincts guide her artwork. The results are raw, deeply visceral, abstract, mostly non-representational, and full of emotion and color.

Theese are large-scale original acrylic works on ram board - a material choice that supports the artists intention of exploration and spontaneity without the restriction or seriousness of the typical and expected.

The Way Light Answers

Cold Wax and Oil work by Jan Sandman

July 07 -  August 14 2021

The paintings in this show, cold wax and oil, have primarily been created during the time of the pandemic. Many of them have been created with the discipline of a limited palette. As we have been held in certain ways during this past year, Jan utilized that restraint by limiting her choice of colors to both deepen her relationship with them, and with what is possible within a boundary. In relationship to deep questions, Jan consults and meditates with the vibration of Light itself. The theme of the whole body of work is “The Way Light Answers.”

Work and Play, Round and Round

An exhibition of paintings by Kathy Black

May 26 -  July 03 2021

“This exhibit is a selection of work from my exploration of women at different points in life, in work and in play, imagining what’s possible, trying to name what has changed. It also looks at how I, we, use play to look at the world and think about our place in it,” says Black. It’s an investigation that may bring to life the monumental generational shifts and the odd, the ordinary and the surprising connections over time.

Blue by Kate Fetherston

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Rarest color in flora and fauna, once in a blue moon is an occasion of omen or of celebration. Blue skies, blue waters foster feelings of hope, freedom, possibility. Happiness is symbolized as a bluebird. Then again, a blue mood might be sad, lonely, wistful or pensive. Blue’s the color of shadows, of twilight, of changing light. This show is an homage to blue’s power to evoke a range of expression perhaps unequaled in the rainbow.