Gayleen Aiken was born in 1934 and spent most of her life in Barre, Vermont. [Read more…]
Merrill Densmore
Merrill Densmore was born in 1943 and was raised in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. [Read more…]
Dot Kibbee
Dot Kibbee spent most of her life in Hardwick, VT where she was community nurse for many years. [Read more…]
David Matthews
Art is real passion for David. [Read more…]
Three Vermont Exhibits Showcase Self-Taught Art – by Rachel Elizabeth Jones
- COURTESY OF SHELBURNE MUSEUM/BENNINGTON MUSEUM
- “Bennington, 1945” by Anna Mary Robertson ”Grandma” Moses.
One of southern California’s most iconic art destinations is Salvation Mountain, a singular work permanently installed outside the small desert town of Niland. Some 50 feet high, the “mountain” is made of adobe and candy-colored paint and emblazoned with, among other things, the simple declaration “GOD IS LOVE.” This is the life’s work of the late Leonard Knight, a Vermonter who grew up in Shelburne Falls.