GUILFORD — The works of Halifax visual artists and writers will be on display at the Silo Gallery at the Southeastern Vermont Welcome Center through June 26. The southern Vermont hill town of Halifax is home to artists and writers who find inspiration in the quiet solitude of the forested landscape and the scenic Green River.
In 2012, residents concerned about land use formed the Halifax Conservation Group to bring attention to and preserve the town's forests and open spaces. As the community came together for various meetings, people learned about the creative talents of their neighbors.
This exhibit features works by the following Halifax Conservation Group members: Marilyn Allen, David Brewster, Janet Eldridge-Taylor, Bonny Hall and Donna Silverberg.
According to a news release, Brewster is a plein air painter who has worked in Vermont since moving to Halifax over a decade ago. His large paintings are rendered with great energy and color.
Allen's images are derived from the physical world and, using a palette knife to build layers of paint, she creates a sense of energy and motion in her work.
Eldridge-Taylor's lithographs combine realistic imagery with abstract effects in this print medium, while Silverberg's drawings of swirling spirals, as well as her three-dimensional paintings, seem to expand beyond the edges of the canvas. Hall's one-of-a-kind felted birds are fantastical, colorful sculptures unlike anything seen in nature.
Poetry and music by Wyn Cooper, poetry by Gregg Orifici, and David Brown's book East European Dairies are also featured in the June exhibit.