Second Sunday Demonstration
February 9, 2025 11:30am-1:00pm
Debbie Mueller
Isolating The Process – Thinking About One Aspect At A Time
Debbie Muller is an oil painter who describes her style as “loose realism.” Debbie began as a
reluctant painter, whose life changed on the day she painted with her mother, discovering the joy in creating. She began as a landscape artist, gradually finding her passion has evolved to creating still life works.
As Debbie describes it, she “loves the dance between light and shadow,” the “expression of illumination” which are the essential elements and focus in each of her works.
Debbie’s life is quite busy. In addition to being a full-time artist, she continues to work in the field of medicine with a Gynecology Practice in Wolfeboro. Debbie has also begun to teach workshops and still finds time to enjoy painting Plein Air.
Body of Work Exhibit
February 2025
Wendy Welton
Dream
As the youngest child of an artist/sculptor and carpenter father and a photographer/journalist mother, the creative impulse was ingrained from the start. I’ve recently transitioned from full time Architect to full-time Artist.
Painting is my free passion, where I don’t need permission to express a strawberry sky if that’s what I see, or imagine. And the way I see that is often in my dreams. My most satisfying practice is to paint en plein air. That painting has a life. Then I paint again using that painting as a source. The act of re-seeing it simply from the painting embeds it in me and then I wait for the dreams. If I’m patient (and eat my vegetables), new paintings show up in my dreams, waiting for me to give them life.
My art is about the essence in between what some think of as the “subject” of a painting. Not the thingness of things, but all the intangibles that knit life together. A color can remind you what the temperature was that day. A texture can evoke the feel of the air. I’m looking to communicate that moment when you first glance and something makes you catch your breath in wonder. At that moment you don’t have time to analyze this form, that detail – any specific Thing. You can only absorb the mood of the whole. That’s what I’m looking to capture.
Body of Work Exhibit
February 2025
Bill Buck
Coastal
I chose this theme because of the beauty and versatility of the New England coast, and because it evokes childhood memories of driving from Nashua to Hampton for a day or vacation. The road leading to Hampton Beach was made of cement, so we knew we were close when we could see the white road, and smell the scent of the salt air.
My first exposure to photography was when I was stationed at Vandenberg AFB in Lompoc, California. I attended college level photography courses, focusing on composition and technique development. My first camera, a Pentax K1000 film camera, was used on my travels up the California coast, and across the country, photographing Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, and more. Later, I began working for a large computer company, which left me little time to pursue my photographic interests.
Now, living only 30 minutes from the coast, I have more opportunities for walks on the beach, and exploring the coast line. Beach walks are where I discovered the artwork left by the surf returning to the sea. I created my trademark for my website Seacoast-Hydroglyphics.com by changing the word Hieroglyphics, which are symbols used in ancient writings to “Hydroglyphics”, which are images created by water. This is where the “sand and sea meet the imagination”, and where artistic possibilities are endless.
I enjoy photographing landscapes, wildlife, and architecture.
Theme Show
February 2025
All Heart
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince. For Valentine’s Day and beyond
Monthly theme shows are open to all artists – see our SAA 2025 Theme Show brochure (PDF) and entry form (PDF).
Second Friday Reception
February 14, 2025 5-7pm
Music by: Cheryl Sager and Neal Zweig
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special program of love songs with the stunning vocals of SAA member Cheryl Sager accompanied by her husband Neal on guitar.
Receptions are FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Meet your local artists!
Upcoming Music at the Gallery Receptions
MARCH 14 Carol Coronis
Favorite local musician and longtime host of the weekly Celtic show on WUNH radio, “The Ceili,” Sundays noon-2, Carol returns with her annual St. Patrick’s Day show! Enjoy her passionate, energetic style on the cittern, “a lute-like instrument, kind of a mandolin on steroids.”
April 11 The Real Deal Jazz Combo
Jack Lianos on bass and Nick Valiton on keyboards were a big hit in October! Both members of the Perimeter Jazz Ensemble, an 18-piece big band playing music by the great bands of the 1940s swing era, such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, and Woody Herman.
May 9 Ben Baldwin and Kent Allyn
We dare you not to dance! Legendary Seacoast swing, rock, R&B duo returns! Founding members of Ben Baldwin and the Big Note, they have been sharing the rich heritage of popular American music for over 25 years.
Second Sunday Demo Videos
Past demo’s recorded by Exeter TV
- Jane McDonnell – October 2024 – The Painter’s Process ~ Overcoming Creative Block
- Dustan Knight – August 2024 – Lets paint some Big Loose and Easy Florals in Watercolor
- Bill Paarlberg – May 2024 – Watercolor