Oil & Acrylic Paintings, Watercolors, Illustrations, Calligraphy, pen & ink, Graphic Arts
JoAnn E. Kitchel, Illustrator, Illustration and Card Design
Sarah Lawrence, Calligrapher
Sue Leger, Abstract Landscapes
Hazel Milligan, Painting
Roxanne O’Brien, Painting
Paula Pestana, Water Color Paintings
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JoAnn E. Kitchel, Illustrator, Illustration and Card Design
Official Website: www.joannkitchel.com
Email: joann@joannkitchel.com
JoAnn Kitchel is a freelance illustrator who works in watercolors and pen & ink. Her subjects have ranged from light-hearted children’s themes to sophisticated multicultural narratives. JoAnn received her B.A. in Art Education from Central Michigan University in 1989. Upon graduation, she moved to the West Indies, where she taught art for nearly four years as a Peace Corps Volunteer. The West Indian culture and landscape have played an invaluable role in the development of JoAnn’s artistic style. The illustrator of over a dozen books for children, JoAnn also enjoys giving classroom presentations and sharing her stories and drawings with students.
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Sarah Lawrence, Calligrapher
Email: calligrapher@comcast.net
I find great beauty in the written word. Always have. My passion lies in scribing words, mirroring them, overlapping them and finding the beauty in their shapes and form. The CalligraphyCross is my signature form, and I feel blessed by each new cross creation. The creative process yields more than a unique piece of art; it yields a piece that honors it’s recipient and honors the spirit of the Cross. This is art that invites you to come closer, that begs your eye to linger on the form.
Most of my cross work is done by commission and make a wonderful gift to commemorate major events: birth, baptism, first communion, confirmation, graduation, wedding, anniversary, and death. I also enjoy creating unique monograms that can be used to make your stationary and letterhead exceptional.
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Roxanne O’Brien, Oil and Watercolor Paintings
Mont Vernon Artist Roxanne O’Brien has a studio called Gusty Ledges. In this beautiful sunny space she paints landscapes in oils and watercolors. Much of her work is commissioned. Ink drawings of homesteads, oils of favorite scenes and watercolors of beautiful flowers are her specialties.
She opens her studio every Wednesday to other artists to share the creative environment where each supports and encourages the other.
To visit the studio or commission a painting you can contact Roxanne at Gusty Ledges, 9 Southview Dr. Mont Vernon, NH 03057 or phone at 603-673-6610 or email to gustypalette@gmail.com.
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Paula Pestana, Watercolor Paintings
My work in watercolor and acrylic is the outcome of an endless fascination with the processes inherent to painting. With each painting, I experience a freedom of expression that joins an excitement for the color and design, energizing the ideas inspired by the landscape or subject of my immediate focus. I often paint local New England scenes outdoors, or “plein air”, because I enjoy being one with the light, sounds and mood of the day. My still life paintings are inspired by shape and texture. A resident of Mont Vernon for forty years, I have abundant images, both past and present, which continue to inspire my art.
