Artists:

D'Ann Brownrigg, Margery Fargo, Carolyn Leaf, Winchester Artists' Network, John Carton Mcconnell, Ron Smith, Kindra Clineff, Jurors' Sampler, School's In! (Winchester Public Schools), Mary Waters Jacobs, Bob Hesse, Cindy Cloutier.

February. Margery Fargo.

March 2002. Carolyn Leaf.

Ms. Leaf's abstract landscape paintings were on exhibit. Taking inspiration from the late works of Claude Monet, the artist uses intricate color combinations along with a layering of gestures and marks to create rich and sensual paintings that portray an idealized vision of nature. The paintings illustrate romanticized fragments of gardens and landscapes which reveal a sense of optimism and spiritual regeneration found in the presence of nature.

April 2002. Winchester Artists' Network.

May 2002. John Carlton McConnell.

"Rainy Day, Essex Marshes (study), 2001 / oil on canvas / 11" x 14" collection of Jeremiah and Elise Ech

A resident of Winchester and a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, John McConnell has increasingly devoted himself to oil painting for the last ten years, specializing in traditional landscape painting and portraiture. He studied portrait painting with David Lowrey at Umass-Lowell and landscape painting with Dennis Sheehan, with whom he developed his love of late nineteenth-century American "Brown School," Luminist, and Tonalist landscape painters, such as George Inness, Sanford Gifford and Alexander Wyant.

McConnell uses his art to investigate a natural world he finds charged with spiritual values. For him, the urge to create art requires a perception of beauty. This strong emotion then compels an attempt to create an image which can re-awaken the same feeling thereafter, both for himself and for others.

In addition to his painting, John McConnell is the principal of his own architecture firm in Boston, specializing in residential and small-scale commercial design. He is adjunct professor of American architectural history at Boston College and a Lecturer in architectural history at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. In addition, he has recently served as Lecturer-in-residence for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Handel & Haydn Society; as well as a variety of corporate groups.

He was awarded an A.B. degree in English by Michigan State University, followed in 1976 by the Master in Architecture degree from Harvard University.

John Carlton McConnell: 348 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210. Tel.: 617-482-7500 and 4 Wildwood Terrace, Winchester, MA 01890. Tel.: 781-729-8010

June 2002. Ron Smith.

This artist, a Winchester resident, exhibited Assemblages and Constructions. By using weathered objects mostly found along the seashore, the artist evokes the gritty beauty resulting from the passage of time in representations such as island forts, New York subways, Boston brownstones, Egyptian pyramids, and theIsles of Shoals.

July 2002. Kindra Clineff, Photography.

www.kindraclineff.com

August 2002. Jurors' Sampler.

A selection of work by artist members of the selection jury, whose members were responsible for choosing the artwork to be displayed during the upcoming year. (Each year, work will be chosen by a jury which will view slides provided by artists interested in exhibiting at the Library. There will be a few months reserved each year for group shows such as Winchester Artist Network and Winchester High School students).

Shown here left to right are Alexandra Richardson, Carolyn Latanision. Beatriz Grayson, and Mary Hart as they decide on the placement of two of the paintings. The paintings left to right are by Alexandra Richardson and Donna Marder.

The artist members of the jury this year were Carolyn Latanision acting as Chair, Beatriz Grayson, Mary Hart, Donna Marder, Alexandra Richardson, and Gunther Winkler. Also present were David Ardito, representing Winchester Schools; Jon French, Trustee and architect; Joan P. O'Neil Friend of the Library; and Lynda Wills, Library Director.

September 2002. School's In! Paintings, Drawings & Prints by Winchester Students, Grades K-12.

Winchester Friends of Art thanks Frame Haven and Winchester Art & Frame for frames that they generously provided for this exhibit.

October 2002. Mary Waters Jacobs' Pastel Portraiture

Mrs. Jacobs, a Winchester resident, is an artist who specializes in pastel portraiture. She has studied at the Vesper George and Scott Carbee Schools of Art. One of her teachers was the late Waldo Murray who studied under John Singer Sargent. Mrs. Jacobs has painted many prominent people, including several former Boston Bruin hockey players. She has received many awards, including the Richard Mitton Memorial Award in a prestigious annual juried exhibition of New England artists.

November 2002. Images by Bob Hesse.

The artist has written: "My object is to capture the beauty and mystery of objects unseen or overlooked and I intended these images to prompt questions as to what they are and how they were made. While some resemble drawings or paintings, the fact is that each image in this exhibit is a digitally enhanced photograph, scan or computer rendered image printed on an inkjet or Lightjet printer."

Bob Hesse's prints have received awards including ones from The Arthur Griffin Center for Photographic Art, the New England Wildflower Society, and the American Orchid Society. He is a member of the Cambridge Art Association and the Winchester Artists' Network and is associated with the Galant Gallery in Salem, MA. His e-mail address is: drbobhesse@compuserve.com

December 2002.Cindy Cloutier, Instinctual Art

"Tenement"

Cindy Cloutier creates Instinctual Art: brightly colored symbolic and abstract images and textures that visually convey the essence of raw, subconscious, often pre-verbal feelings and experiences. Primary media are acrylic paints (rapid color mixing and easy texture buildup) and sculpture, with frequent use of organic and found objects, addressing a range of primal, universal issues including motherhood, childhood, birth, death, disease, and sexuality in solely visual terms, without the censoring of intellect.
Original work and reproductions are available for viewing and sale on the studio web site www.InstinctualArt.com