This month the Chilmark Library is hosting an art show called Sugar-Coated Barnyard on the Moon. The show is a collection of work by three Island artists and includes watercolors of barnyard animals by Lauren Clark, mixed media paintings by Darcie-Lee Hanaway, and photographs of candy by Elissa Turnbull.

Each of the artists was inspired in unique ways.

Ms. Clark has been working at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore. It was while spending time among all the books there, and feeling the first faint stirrings of a children’s book idea, that she turned to her barnyard animals.

Ms. Hanaway discovered the subjects of her new paintings on a recent airplane ride home from Florida. “I started drawing in this art and design magazine on an article about Yoko Ono,” she said. “These little creatures started crawling over pages, among words, articles, and ads.”

Ms. Turnbull started her new body of work at an artist’s residency this past September. It is her first time using photography as an art medium.

This Saturday, Dec. 17, from 3 to 5 p.m. there will be an artists’ reception with live music by Ted Perry and special guests.

The exhibit will continue through January 5.