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March Highlights

Our gallery is open:
Wednesday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 1pm – 4pm

  • Second Sunday demo by Sarah Shea Smith March 10, 11:30am – 1pm
  • Body of Work exhibits by Doris Rice and Sandy Hazelton – read the interview.
  • Theme show Shadows and Light. Theme shows are open to all artists – see our 
    SAA 2024 Theme Show Schedule and Form.
  • Public reception Friday March 8, 5 – 7pm for our Body of Work and Theme Show exhibits. Music by Carol Coronis.
  • Read more about our events.
  • The  SAA Newsletter is available for reading.

The Seacoast Artist Association is an all-volunteer non-profit completely supported by donations, exhibition fees, and sales commissions. Consider becoming a member, or support the arts by mailing your donation check to: Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833 or by using this link to our secure Square payment site.

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Watercolor Shows by Teacher and Student Open in Exeter

Exeter, NH
February 18, 2024

An Interview with Artists Doris Rice and Sandy Hazelton

by Debra Woodward

Luminous watercolors glow at the Seacoast Artist Association from the two March Body of Work shows, “Meet Me in Boston” by Manchester artist and Bedford high school teacher Sandy Hazelton and “Point of View: Looking Outward” by artists and teacher Doris Rice of North Hampton, that open on Wednesday, Feb 28.  Doris teaches at the SAA and Sandy is a student of hers. We had the chance to interview them both together as they prepared for their shows.

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February Highlights

Our gallery is open:
Wednesday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 1pm – 4pm

  • Second Sunday demo by Bob Richardson on February 11, 1:00-2:30 pm.
  • Body of Work exhibits by Dean Scott and Cleo Huggins.
  • Theme show Let Me Show You What I Love. Theme shows are open to all artists – see our SAA 2024 Theme Show Schedule and Form.
  • Public reception Friday February 9th 5-7pm for our Body of Work and Theme Show exhibits.
  • Read more about our events.
  • The  SAA Newsletter is available for reading.

The Seacoast Artist Association is an all-volunteer non-profit completely supported by donations, exhibition fees, and sales commissions. Consider becoming a member, or support the arts by mailing your donation check to: Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833 or by using this link to our secure Square payment site.

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January Highlights

Our gallery is open:
Wednesday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 1pm – 4pm

  • Second Sunday demo by Todd Bonita on January 14 noon-1:30.
  • Body of Work exhibits by Anita Freeman and Erin Mack.
  • Theme show January Frost. Theme shows are open to all artists – see our SAA 2024 Theme Show Schedule and Form.
  • Public reception Friday  January 12th 5-7pm for our Body of Work and Theme Show exhibits.
  • Read more about our events.
  • The  SAA Newsletter is available for reading.

The Seacoast Artist Association is an all-volunteer non-profit completely supported by donations, exhibition fees, and sales commissions. Consider becoming a member, or support the arts by mailing your donation check to: Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833 or by using this link to our secure Square payment site.

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December Highlights

Our gallery is open:
Wednesday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 1pm – 4pm

  • Body of Work exhibits by Debra Woodward and Gwen Morgan.
  • Theme Show  Big Gifts Come in Small Packages features smaller works of art, all under $100 – on exhibit through the end of December.
  • Upcoming theme shows are open to all artists – see our SAA 2024 Theme Show Schedule and Form.
  • Our next reception is Friday  December 8th 5-7pm for our Body of Work and Theme Show exhibits.
  • The  SAA Newsletter is available for reading.

The Seacoast Artist Association is an all-volunteer non-profit completely supported by donations, exhibition fees, and sales commissions. Consider becoming a member, or support the arts by mailing your donation check to: Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833 or by using this link to our secure Square payment site.

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Body of Work Exhibits in December

Debra Woodward

Dine

We dine out not because we are necessarily hungry for food. We are hungry for the experience. Usually this means sharing the experience with others.  Since we are not cooking, serving, or cleaning up, we can focus on our tablemates.  Dining alone can also be a rewarding and meditative experience though, not having to engage in anything but enjoying every bite.

Here you will see Seacoast NH and one from the legendary Taos Diner which I was sad to hear closed last year. I have special memories from all of these places.  I gravitate toward making art with stories, like the Dad having lunch with his daughters at one of my favorite cafés in Kittery and another in Paris where I was watching from the street and it appeared that even though this fellow had apparently been stood up, he moved to a table and allowed the waiter serve him his meal alone. 

During lockdown, not being able to meet friends for a meal out was one of the greatest longings for a lot of us.   It was especially devastating for the restaurants and their workers, which makes it even more satisfying to see them come back from this and to see even more eateries open in this town.  So, get out there and support them!

Gwen Morgan

In creating a body of works for this exhibit I struggled over finding a theme, but my subjects are varied. I hope that the joy I find in creating shines through in these pieces and those who view them find joy.

My favorite medium is watercolor. The wonderful colors, the way the paint and water move on the paper and the joy of negative painting bring life to delicate flowers, rusty old vehicles, special locations and whimsical ideas. Recently I have found a new enjoyment and challenge in creating collages. I never know the direction a piece might take. I usually start with pieces from my gelli prints and arrange them into colorful pieces of art.

I began my studies in art with Elna Delson in Durham followed by a few classes at Plymouth State College and later with Elinor Vaughan, Doris Rice, Jan Kilburn and Danielle Genovese. I have painted with Doris Rice at local venues such as Strawbery Banke as well as Monhegan Island, Provence and Brittan in France, Tuscany in Italy and Ireland and Spain. My paintings hang in collection in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, New York Pennsylvania and Texas.

I am currently retired and am enjoying newfound time to continue to create.

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November Highlights

Barred Owl – Talbot

Sweet Shelter – Heffernan

  • Our gallery is open:
    Wednesday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
    Sunday 1pm – 4pm

The Seacoast Artist Association is an all-volunteer non-profit completely supported by donations, exhibition fees, and sales commissions. Consider becoming a member, or support the arts by mailing your donation check to: Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833 or by using this link to our secure Square payment site.

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Body of Work Exhibits in November

Maryclare Heffernan

Tangled Together 

We are all tangled together. The blackberry brambles, miles of wildflowers, grasshoppers, crows, field mice, us. Not a single one of us will survive alone. 

This exhibit is my attempt to capture tendrils of grass around a bird’s nest, a baby lamb waiting for mother’s lunch, the lake harboring fish, frogs, snakes, waterlilies, teeming with life. The evergreen and apple trees, the briny ocean full of creatures. Such simple magnificence in our lives.

I paint what I love to look at, working in oils, watercolors, pencil and ink. I see the world around us filled with untold mystery in the sprays of sea salt, on fat ripe pears with their silver leaves attached, miniature bird nests and delicate lavender violets in the grass.

I arrived late to the creation of art. My learning has been inspired by working with master artists, my two brilliant artist sisters, and by myself.

 My art has been juried into numerous exhibits and displayed in galleries in Portsmouth, and Exeter NH, Ogunquit, Maine and Newburyport, Massachusetts and found in private collections throughout the United States and abroad.  

Kevin Talbot

Life in the ‘Shire

Kevin Daniel Talbot is a local nature photographer and avid hiker who uses his photography to share his love of nature. The photos in this show are the creatures that share this beautiful State of New Hampshire with us.  Over the past thirteen years Kevin  has taken photographs every day and posts on Facebook and his website. He has made eight-day long trips to volunteer at the summit of Mt. Washington (in all seasons) as a cook and housekeeper for the weather station crew.

“Many facets of nature are too small to see clearly. Through the camera lens I can zoom in and stop time to reveal the minute details that would otherwise be missed by the casual observer” states Kevin.  Through his photos he hopes one person might say, “I need to care more about the lesser creatures and the preservation of our world.”

Photographs of the New England hikes he took with his wife and dogs and his Mt. Washington photos can be found at: Ghostflowers.com

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October Highlights

Turquoise Dory – Copp

Summer Hampton – Brown

  • Our gallery is open:
    Wednesday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
    Sunday 1pm – 4pm

The Seacoast Artist Association is an all-volunteer non-profit completely supported by donations, exhibition fees, and sales commissions. Consider becoming a member, or support the arts by mailing your donation check to: Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833 or by using this link to our secure Square payment site.

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