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  • Celebrate our Waters Artists’ Reception, Demonstration and Book Signings

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Amy Sanders will demonstrate building depth and luminosity with pastel as she works towards bringing a painting to life through multiple layers. Pastel particles retain their individuality within layers. If carefully layered using strokes in a variety of colors, weights and direction, light bounces among the particles creating a unique radiance. Questions and comments from audience member of all ages will be encouraged and add to the event. Sandy Macfarlane will be on hand to answer questions and sign copies … Read More

  • Susan Overstreet Painting Demonstration

    Susan will demonstrate how she uses a plein air study in oil as reference for a larger studio piece in acrylic, discussing the influences and techniques incorporated in her spontaneous and evolving style. Questions are encouraged and will add to the event.

  • Amy Sanders Painting Demonstration

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road (RT 28), Orleans, MA, United States

    Amy will demonstrate building depth and luminosity with pastel as she works towards bringing a painting to life through the multiple layers. Pastel particles retain their individuality within layers. If carefully layered using strokes in a variety of colors, weights and direction, light bounces among the particles creating a unique radiance. Audience questions and comments will be encouraged and add to the afternoon.

  • A Show of Wonders Demonstration and Reception

    Join Andrea Petitto for a demonstration from 2:30 to 3:30 and stay for our reception. Silent auction proceeds and tips from the wine bar will be donated to the Brewster Animal Rescue League. Pat Ryan on guitar. The auction will be for a framed portrait by Andrea Petitto. Praised for her ability to portray the human figure and capture individual personality and gesture of both our human and our four-legged friends, Andrea is often called upon to paint loved ones. … Read More

  • Open House and Painting Demonstration

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road (RT 28), Orleans, MA, United States

    Gathering with friends and artists for beautiful art in a cozy gallery. Pastel demonstration by award-winning Amy Sanders, Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, and respected art juror. Her meticulous and beautifully rendered work resides in collections throughout New England and abroad. She has completed successful commissions for Seamen’s Bank, Blue Gateways Inn, The Depot, Wellfleet Congregational Church, Truro Historical Society, Christian Union Church of Truro and numerous private clients.

  • Colors in Winter Demonstrations and Reception

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    "Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” — Pietro Aretino Join us as we watch artists turn inspiration into art followed by a casual gathering with friends old and new. 2:00 to 3:00 Maryalice Eizenberg & Susan Overstreet Oil Demonstrations 3:00 to 4:00 Paul Batch Oil Demonstration 3:00 to 5:00 Amy Sanders Pastel Demonstration 4:00 to 6:00 Reception

  • Previewing “After Hopper” 2019

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Open House plus demonstrations by Marc Kundmann and Amy Sanders! Artists and collectors flock to Cape Cod from all across the globe, just to see the sites that Edward Hopper painted. Half a century after his death, new generations continue to be inspired by his work and the area that this great American painter chose as his home. Creative people in all fields learn from those who have gone before: while honoring their teachers, they add their own talents and … Read More

  • Opening Season Open House and Demonstrations

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Join artists and friends for a casual reception, painting demonstrations by Jonathan McPhillips (oil) and Amy Sanders (pastel), and fresh exhibition as we greet the season.

  • Paul Batch: Sweet Light of New England

    Recent works by Paul Batch inspired by the sweet light found on evening walks around New England. The works in this exhibition are are a poetic response to shared experiences conveyed through paint, representative of scenes we know while perhaps not intended to be literal representations of specific places. Join the artist for a demonstration from 4 to 4:45 for a brief while surprisingly informative demonstration illustrating how composition, value, scale and edges can work together to create a sense … Read More

  • Swooping In for Wild Care

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Artists from across the Cape and beyond are joining the Addison Art Gallery in support of Wild Care. Spearheaded by artists SaraJane Doberstein and Amy Sanders, and Helen Addison, Swooping in for Wild Care includes an exhibit of new works by gallery and invited artists, demonstrations from 3:00 to 4:30 and a reception from 5 to 7, live music, book signings and a raffle. Educational animals planning to attend include two Eastern Screech Owls, Up Up and Nickerson, and Turtle … Read More

  • Jonathan McPhillips One Man Show Reception and Demonstration

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Join Jonathan McPhillips from 3 to 4 as he demonstrates his process for creating a coastal painting. Using sketches, plein air studies, photo editing tools, and memory, he will create a painting with a unique style that elevates the source material to a higher level of visual attention and painterly expression. Then chat with him at his reception from 5 to 7. Jonathan graduated from Connecticut College in 1993 with a Cum Laude Distinction in Fine Art. Jonathan’s artwork has … Read More

  • Marc Kundmann One Man Show Reception

    Marc Kundmann works in encaustic and acrylic media. Both allow him to build and remove layers of color, transparency, and pigments, and to use texture expressively. His hope is that the resulting layers create not only intriguing and beautiful surfaces, but also give emotional life to the subjects and hint at the mystery inside. From 3:00 to 4:00, Marc will demonstrate how he creates starting with a spark of an idea and using a variety of media. He’ll begin with … Read More

  • Abele and Eizenberg: Our Illuminated Landscape

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    You are invited to join Robert Abele and Maryalice Eizenberg for demonstrations from 4 to 4:45, reception 5 to 7, and an exhibition of new work capturing light-filled scenes from the shore, gardens, and towns of Cape Cod. Maryalice will reference a plein air study for a larger studio piece, demonstrating a detailed underpainting start with possibilities for changes in composition. During application of heavier pigment she will discuss brush and color choices influencing emotional response. Robert Abele will discuss … Read More

  • In Thoreau’s Views Plein Air Painting, Show and Reception

    Eastham Public Library 190 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA

    “Wishing to get a better view than I had yet had of the ocean, which, we are told, covers more than two-thirds of the globe, but of which a man who lives a few miles inland may never see any trace, more than of another world, I made a visit to Cape Cod.” — Henry David Thoreau Artists' reception and exhibit, at the beautiful Eastham Public Library, featuring scenes immortalized by Henry David Thoreau and cherished by us today. In addition … Read More

  • Celebrate Our Waters

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    As part of Celebrate our Waters weekend, the Addison Art Gallery is sponsoring plein air painting, a fresh paint exhibition, and a reception with music by Bruce MacLean and artist demonstration. 8am to noon Plein Air Painting Artists from Cape Cod and beyond will be painting at waterside sites around Orleans. (Paul Schulenburg, Catherine Hess, Linda Beach, Andrea Petitto, Linda Turoczi, Don Bachman and Maryalice Eizenberg are among the artists who will be painting.) Their wet paintings will be brought … Read More