Weird wonderland

“Iris Spring” (acrylic and oil canvas), by Maine-based artist Emilie Stark-Menneg, in the show “New England Now,’’ at the Shelburne (Vt.) Museum, May 11 to Oct.

— Photo courtesy of artist

The museum says:

“From Nathaniel Hawthorne to Stephen King, the depths of the psyche and the surreal have long fascinated New England artists. Twelve multidisciplinary artists from the region tap into a rich tapestry of mediums and techniques to create their perceptions of the ethereal grounded in topics of mythology, environmentalism, the ideals of beauty, transformation, and gender and cultural identity.’’

The House of the Seven Gables, in Salem, Mass., whose oldest part dates to 1668. It inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne to write his Gothic novel of the same name.

1875 illustration of Clifford Pyncheon in The House of the Seven Gables.