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30 Grove Street Peterborough, NH 03458
Merrimack Painter and Pastel Artist Shaunna Duffy Smith featured at Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries
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PETERBOROUGH, NH --- This November, Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries will feature Shaunna Duffy Smith as the Artist of the Month. Duffy Smith is a resident of Merrimack, New Hampshire and strives to portray ordinary landscapes in an extraordinary way. Her work will be on display for the month of November.
The artist works in pastels and paints, capturing the rich landscapes that most people pass by. Her art reflects a variety of areas from lush wetlands to windswept winter scenes. "My art is a reflection of the world around me," states the artist. "I enjoy painting scenes to which I have emotional and personal ties. I want the viewer to experience the same feeling I have toward a place." She works from sketches and photos in the studio. She returns to the location multiple times as she creates her landscapes. "My favorite places are common ones," said Duffy Smith. "I want to make people stop to really look at the beauty they are missing. When on location, I take in the atmosphere, colors, and mood of the setting, so I can capture the essence of a particular place," she said. Duffy Smith began her formal art education at the age of six, with private art lessons that continued through high school. She graduated from Colby Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire with a studio arts degree in drawing and painting and continued on to get a Master's Degree in Education with an art emphasis from Notre Dame College. She currently works as an art teacher in the Manchester School system. As a member of the New Hampshire Art Association, the Pastel Society of New Hampshire and the Pastel Society of America, she has won awards in local, regional, and national shows. Her work is included in numerous private, public and corporate collections. More information and examples of her work are available at the Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries and at: fineartstudioonline.com/ShaunnaDuffySmith. 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. The Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries in Depot Square, Peterborough include a Fine Craft Gallery and Store, an Artists' Resource Center (selling art supplies), a Juried Artist Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery. Hours are Monday - Thursday 10am - 5pm, Friday and Saturday 10am - 6pm, and Sundays 11am - 4pm (Exhibition Gallery is closed on Mondays). Sharon Arts also offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH. 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
