Weird wonderland
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.’’
Duke of decoys in Shelburne
Shelburne, one of northern New England’s richer towns, in part because of second homes and affluent retirees, is a suburb of Burlington and on Lake Champlain. Its major tourist attractions include Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Farms, Vermont Teddy Bear, Shelburne Vineyard and Fiddlehead Brewery. There’s a beach on the lake and a nature park.
The art of hunting and fishing
The museum says that this is the first major exhibit in America to explore the visual culture of American hunting and fishing in painting and sculpture from the early 19th Century to World War II. The show includes works by Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent, as well as by such specialist sporting artists as Charles Deas, Alfred Jacob Miller, Carl Rungius and Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait and modernist interpretations of these subjects by George Bellows and Marsden Hartley, among others.
A cold beauty
"The Northern Lights'' (oil on canvas, 1926), by Sydney M. Laurence, in the show "The Art of Winter,'' at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vt., Jan. 23-May 30.