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Highlights - 11/01/2006

Gallery Highlight: Stanley Bielen

We are pleased with the addition of still life artist Stanely Bielen to The Harrison Gallery.  These oil paintings capture floral elegance with sweeping brushwork - portraying the momentary yet rich beauty of life.  Against almost velvety backgrounds Stanley arranges his own hand grown and selected blooms with delicate attention to color and fleeting light.
Stanley comes to us from the Philadelphia Museum of Art where he lectures and paints.

Margo Morrison

Margo Morrison, a New York City designer, focuses on highlighting the beauty of semi-precious gems and Swarovski crystals by featuring the patterning, clarity, or luminosity of each stone.  Her ideal is to create pieces which give the illusion of 'floating' color upon the skin.  This elegant yet edgy jewelry line has been featured between the covers of the fashion magazines Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Lucky, and Glamour.

21st Century American Impressionism

The Harrison Gallery will be exhibiting a group of contemporary American Impressionists from the New England Region, February 3-28, 2007.
We invite you to visit The Harrison Gallery's American Impressionist show combined with a trip to the Sterling and Francis Clark Art museum's historic collection of Impressionist paintings to see how contemporary techniques are enhancing the American School of Impressionism.

Petria Mitchell Studio Tour

With Wolf Kahn Museum Exhibit

The Harrison Gallery will be escorting a limited group of collectors to the Studio of abract landscapist Petria Mitchell  November 10, 2006.  This group will then be guided by Petria through the Brattleboro Museum's exhibition of Wolf Kahn's paintings.
Petria Mitchell is the neighbor of Wolf Kahn and there is a diffuse flow of insight and appreciation between the two artists.  While a vein of colorist technique is seen in Petria's paintings, her montion-evoking brush work sets her apart.  Reservations required.

John MacDonald

John MacDonald, who is known for his unique digital woodcuts of Mt. Greylock and Jiminy Peak, is presenting a show of new works in his original medium of oil.  Painted on-site, or en plein air, these new paintings are a seasonal celebration of the Berkshires.  Characteristic of John's work, the collection exhibits a delicacy of tonality combined with a softness of line reminiscent of American Realism.