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30 Grove Street Peterborough, NH 03458
Oil Painter Charles Gray is Featured Artist for the month of May
at Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries
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PETERBOROUGH, NH --- Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries in Depot Square is pleased to present oil painter Charles Gray as the Featured Artist during the month of May. Sharon Arts, a non-profit art organization that's committed to connecting the community with art, created the Featured Artist of the Month program to showcase a local artist and their work, and to educate the public about their artistic process.
Gray does not consider himself a traditional artist. He starts with the landscapes of New England and allows his sense of design, color, shape, atmosphere, close cropping, and negative space to take over his interpretation of the scenery. He aspires to represent the beauty, color, and shapes that make up the landscape, and believes that "the original scene is not what the end product should be. The finished painting is what is important. The painting becomes the object." Gray studied art at the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. He began his career as a commercial artist in advertising design. He was also a cartoonist for several national publications. Fifteen years ago, he moved over to a career in fine arts. He originally opened a studio in Meredith, New Hampshire, but has since moved to Holden, Massachusetts where he teaches art. The Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries are located in Depot Square in Downtown Peterborough. Hours are Monday - Thursday 10am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm, and Sundays 11am - 4pm. The Sharon Arts Fine Craft Gallery and Store is located in Depot Square in Downtown Peterborough. Hours are: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm; Sundays, 11 to 4pm. The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events. Sharon Arts offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, and has an Artists' Resource Center (selling art supplies), a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Member Artist Gallery, and an Exhibition gallery in the Depot Square facility. For more information on Sharon Arts, and current exhibitions and events, please visit www.sharonarts.org. Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation. |
Hours:
Monday -Thursday 10am to 5pm - Only the Craft Gallery is open Mondays
Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm
Sunday 11am to 4pm
