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Open Studio Weekend

"Early November"

Vermont’s natural scenic beauty is enhanced each spring when the work of Vermont artists and craftspeople can be seen firsthand during Vermont’s 17th annual Open Studio Weekend May 23-24.

My studio will be open from 10am – 5pm both Saturday and Sunday, May 23 & 24. I’m looking forward to again welcoming visitors my studio, showing new works and discussing my work, materials, processes etc.

Open Studio Weekend is a statewide celebration of the visual arts and the creative process. Bennington County, Vermont is home to many fine artists and artisans including the other members of The Artisans of Southern Vermont. The other twenty-nine members of the group will also have their studios open this weekend. The fine work represented by this group includes other paintings, jewelery, pottery, furniture, sculpture, and more.

Take the Artisans of Vermont Open Studio Driving Tour and be eligible to win a $150 gift certificate to the artist’s studio of your choice. Simply visit at least 8 of the 30 Artisans of Southern Vermont studios, get the artists signature and then leave the form at one of the open studio locations. Drawing to be held on June 15, 2009. Open Studio Driving Tour map, instructions and “Studio Sleuth” form downloadable here.

Written by tony

May 11, 2009 at 8:08 pm

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Tagged with Artisans of Southern Vermont, Bennington, floral paintings, landscapes, Open Studio Weekend, open studios, paintings, seascape, tony conner, Vermont, vermont crafts council, watercolor, watercolor landscapes, watercolor paintings, watercolor seascapes

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A versatile artist and architectural illustrator, Tony's watercolor works are recognized for their depiction of the quality of light and expressive use of color. His watercolor paintings exhibit a range of representational expression, but common to all is a concern for the light and its effects on form, color and texture. Many of his works are completely focused on the quality of light itself and are constructed by transforming individual elements into broad shapes of color and value. Contrasts of color, temperature, texture, and transparency/opacity, are important elements in all of his paintings and illustrations. The result is dramatic work in a unique and expressive style. Tony has always been an artist, spending a good deal of time drawing and painting even as a youngster. Not surprisingly, most of his work from this time were of landscapes and seascapes, subjects that continue to be among his most favorite, and reflect his interest in both the natural and built worlds as well as his attraction to the quality of light. Expressing the rural landscape of Vermont and New England has been the focus of most of his professional watercolor work. The subject matter of his more recent work is a diverse mixture which includes both the rural landscape as well as that of his new-old favorite, the seascape. The seascape as a subject captured Tony's attention early on and he painted many in both oil and acrylic during those years. He rediscovered the subject during a family vacation to Maine in 2003. He now makes several painting trips to the New England coast every year. Tony is primarily a self-taught artist, he has painted in a variety of media, including oils, acrylics, as well as in watercolor. He is a committed watercolorist, attracted by the unique working characteristics of watercolor paint and the finished transparency that is unattainable in any other medium. He continues to work in with other media and with different subjects, a practice that is both challenging and creatively stimulating. Tony creates his watercolor paintings and architectural illustrations from his Bennington, Vermont studio.

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