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Vermont Studio Center: Artist’s Statement
Of the recent suicides of gay youth due to bullying, Tyler Clementi’s story is especially heartbreaking. Tyler’s roommate used social media to “out” him, and secretly filmed Tyler’s intimate encounter...
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Vermont Studio Center: Sitting by the window, watching the snow
Sitting at the window of my studio and watching the snow fall on and around the white barn next door. It’s a noisy snow–probably more sleet than anything–and it was slippery underfoot. Not my favorite...
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Vermont Studio Center: Appetite
I’ve noticed something peculiar related to food and appetite: I am starving at every meal time, even as I’m eating full, healthy meals, and closer together than I would in NY. Many others here have...
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Vermont Studio Center: Weather
There is weather, real weather, in Johnson. We’ve had beautiful spring-like days, crisp fall, warm autumn, and cold winter air that swirls under your hair to chill the back of your neck. We’ve...
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Vermont Studio Center: Nature Walk
A walk along the Gihon River on a gorgeous day. And, see if you can see the rainbow that appears in the shape of the rising mist (not an arc). Once again, cameras can’t do it justice!
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Vermont Studio Center: England Brothers
This is a true story about the small world we live in, about memory, family, roots, and the power of art. It started around the breakfast table at the Vermont Studio Center. My friend Peggy Sapphire...
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Vermont Studio Center: Montreal
I like Montreal. It’s a walkable city, with interesting neighborhoods (next time, I want to spend more time in the Latin Quarter) and a charming feel. We had time for just two museums and a gallery or...
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Vermont Studio Center: Evolution of a Painting
A peek inside the artist’s studio… I tend to develop a painting intuitively and reactively…I don’t work out a plan ahead of time, or plot a composition on paper first. I begin by diving in and...
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Vermont Studio Center: The Fleeting Image
In Which We Laugh at a Technical Difficulty While Discovering a Metaphor for Artmaking. Last week, I attended a lecture at the Vermont Studio Center by the painter Yvonne Jacquette. (Check out this...
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Vermont Studio Center: Starry Nights and Cloudy Skies
I’ve never seen such consistently fascinating weather as I’ve seen in Johnson. It’s absolutely beautiful.
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Vermont Studio Center: Return
My month at the Vermont Studio Center was fantastic in every way: the scenery, the friends I made, the visit across the border to Montreal, the time to focus completely on my painting. Having the...
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The Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold House, Image courtesy of Mia Grottola What a delightful afternoon at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT. I’ve been out of the CT loop for a while, but I was pleased to learn...
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Governor’s Island, New Art Destination
Outdoor installation, hanging from trees on Governor's Island Mia and I spent a day at Governor’s Island over the holiday weekend, and it was a treat. The island has gone from military installation to...
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365 Days of Art: October 9 – Nicholas Roerich is Born
Nicholas Roerich, Overseas Guests, 1901 October 9, 1874 Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter and philosopher, is born. His gentle inspiration in banners around town in Johnson, VT, with calls to make the...
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365 Days of Art: December 23 – Vincent Cuts Off Ear
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889 December 23, 1888 After an argument with his housemate and fellow artist Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh cuts off at least part of his own ear....
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In With the New
For anyone wondering what’s been going on in the studio since I returned from the Vermont Studio Center, I do have an update. I’ve been busy moving into a new studio, which will give me more space for...
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Meditation Update
Many of you followed my adventures in meditation while I was at the Vermont Studio Center–my first concerted attempt to unplug my brain. I have to confess that even though I loved the Meditation...
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Maura McGurk’s First Solo Show: Pride and Prejudice, An Exhibition on Gay...
Maura McGurk’s first solo exhibition will feature paintings created in response to gay bullying. McGurk began this body of work in fall of 2010, on the heels of several suicides by teenaged boys who...
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With This Printing Press, I Thee Wed
Elspeth Pope’s “wedding ring” To say Dr. Elspeth Pope was a lover of letterpress would be an understatement. She was a book artist, a maker of printed cards, and a printer of broadsides, and used...
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