Dragonfly Gallery’s Treasures to Preserve show, which runs through August 23, features artists Elizabeth Lockhart Taft and Ann Christensen. Their paintings reflect contemplation, intuition and analysis of landscapes, while each artist employs a different color palate and approach.
Refreshments will be served on Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and August 16.
John Holladay offers a wealth of art for the connoisseur. His Web site (Johnholladayart.com) brims with vivid watercolors, iconic posters, inviting paintings, stately lighthouses, as well as comfortable scenes like the Flying Horses, Alley’s store and the Camp Ground. His acrylics are bright and vivid. Way Too Much Stuff explores a Menemsha fishing scene, overburdened with gear.
Featherstone Center for the Arts will open a retrospective of Mr. Holladay’s work on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Forsythe Studio Gallery, a new modern art space in Edgartown, will open its doors for the first time on Friday, July 3 with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m.
Forsythe is located at 15 North Summer street, half a block off of Main street. Refreshments will be served.
Owner Ashley Bostrom, the gallery’s sole artist, both works and exhibits in the studio gallery. The broad range of her subject matter and media creates a combination of work that is innovative and engaging.
A new exhibition, Con Brio, is open at Dragonfly Gallery in Oak Bluffs, with works by Jance Lentz, Don McKillop and Kyle Stevenson.
The title comes from a musical term meaning “with spirit.”
Mr. McKillop, an artist and as of this year the co-owner of the gallery, says of all the Dragonfly shows this summer, this one spans the widest spectrum of color palettes, styles, techniques and size.
“Jan, Kyle and I all paint with that same sense of spirit or vigor, even though our work is entirely different,” he said.
The Center for Creative Expression opens its fourth annual student photography exhibit with a reception at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, May 2, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Andrew Moore’s show Paintings from the Coast opens Saturday, July 25, at 10 a.m. with a reception that afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Andrew Moore Gallery in Harthaven, Oak Bluffs.
The Gallery is open Wednesdays and Sundays 10 to 5 p.m. from July 26 to Sept. 7 or by appointment anytime, year-round. A realist painter working in oil and watercolor, Mr. Moore paints the landscape of Martha’s Vineyard and coastal Maine and the many creatures that inhabit these areas.
Once again the Field Gallery in West Tisbury features artists of Barbara Wylan and Ron Gee.
Barbara Wylan was born in Providence, R.I. in 1933, and received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1955. Her home and studio are located on Cape Cod’s north side in Barnstable village. Primarily a landscape painter, Barbara works in pastel, acrylics, and watercolor. Her brother is popular Vineyard conservationist Bob Woodruff.
The Granary Gallery at the Red Barn in West Tisbury is offering 25 per cent off original artworks starting on Valentine’s Day and continuing through March. For details, visit granarygallery.com or call 508-693-0455.
A day of art at Louisa Gould Gallery on Sunday, July 5, begins with a trunk show for a new jewelry line by Francesca Lewis Kennedy from 1 to 5 p.m. Then stay for an artists’ reception for Christopher Pendergast, Stephan Hart, Caryn King and Leslie Smith from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery on Main street in Vineyard Haven.
