2020 Small Stones Festival of the Arts
Welcome to the Small Stones Festival of the Arts - 2020 COVID-19 Edition
Awards Note: Jurors' Choice Awards were also given to each of the First and Second Prizewinners in each category, alhtough this gallery only supports showing one prize per work.
- VIEWING - Click on an image for a larger view.
- NAVIGATION - The images are sorted with prizewinners first (note that most prizes will be awarded on October 23), then alphabetically by artist last name. Note that there are 25 pages in the gallery - use the page selector to see more entries.
- SEARCHING - You can enter an artist's first or last name in the search box to find a given artist.
- FILTERING - You can create a filtered view to see only paintings or photography by selecting a choice in the Category Filter box. You can see only those entries selected by our jury for inclusion in our printed catalog by using the Tag Filter. The Tag Filter also allows you to view entries by members of the Blackstone Valley Art Association or Worcester County Camera Club.
- VOTING - Voting is now closed.
- PURCHASING ARTWORK - This year, Small Stones Festival is not directly selling any of the artwork on exhibition. If you wish to purchase an artwork, some of the works include a web address for the artist, allowing you to contact them directly via their website. For others, we will relay any messages sent to artists@smallstonesfestival.org. Specify which artist you wish to contact and provide your contact information.
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The Letter
Janet Montecalvo
$3,200.00
Selected for catalog
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Artist statement: This painting is about a child writing to his grandpa about his life before an upcoming Christmas visit. I have taken this pastime of letter writing and brought it into this century with the shortcuts of emojis. Hopefully it will make people smile think about the different ways of communicating and maintaining important relationships.
Specific medium: oil on wood
Warm Winter Shadows
Perian Moore
$100.00
Artist statement: This is bridge I saw every day for 10 years. It was always a treat when it and mother nature played together and showed off it's beauty.
Specific medium: Landscape-Architecture
Tear Drop
Perian Moore
$100.00
Artist statement: This is among my favorite macro shots. I love taking images of water in all it's forms.
Specific medium: Macro Photography
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Perian Moore
$500.00
Selected for catalog
Artist statement: Let your mind wandering. What is it?
Specific medium: Landscape-Architecture
Leaf After Storm
Kelly Morris
Artist statement: Found the leaf in the parking lot outside my apartment and I thought it looked pretty so I put my phone on the ground and took the picture. I never imagined it to come out as good as it did and to be completely honest, it is probably the greatest picture I have ever taken!
Specific medium: Photograph
Winter Ice
Linda Morrison
Selected for catalog
Artist statement: One early winter morning after an ice storm I was wandering through the woods. The branches of this small bush, covered in ice, against the bright white snow struck me. The lines of the branches struck me and reminded me of a contemporary art piece.
Specific medium: photograph
Saw-whet Owl
Linda Morrison
Artist statement: I love saw-whet owls. Tiny little owls with such large bright yellow eyes. I was struck by how determined he looked and was captivated by the detail of the small feathers surrounding his face.
Specific medium: photograph
Nubble Lighthouse
Linda Morrison
Artist statement: The Nubble Lighthouse is an iconic image of a New England lighthouse. The original image was stark and sharp but through subtle editing I feel this image projects some romance and is truly idyllic. I can easily imagine that I am standing on the rocks looking at the lighthouse as it was in 1879 when it was first built. If you look very closely at the rocks you will even see a stray green and white lobster buoy carried in and left by the waves.
Specific medium: Photograph
Iron Shadows
Tim Morway Sr
Selected for catalog
Artist statement: Happened upon this interesting view of shadows wrapping around the inside of the deep window during a recent visit to Charleston SC.
Specific medium: Photograph
Foggy Pasture
Tim Morway Sr
Selected for catalog
Artist statement: Saw this horse standing quietly in a fog shrouded pasture one December day.
Specific medium: Photograph
Worcester Tunnel
Tim Morway Sr
Selected for catalog
Artist statement: On my way home after a late night class i decided to go the long way and went through the tunnel. I liked the color and decided to walk back in for a shot.
Specific medium: Photograph
Pastel Dreams
Linda Nelson
$200.00
BVAA Member
Artist statement: Every sunset is a new sky painting!
Specific medium: Digital Photograph
Tree Torso
Linda Nelson
$200.00
BVAA Member
Artist statement: Never know what you will find while walking in nature!
Specific medium: Digital Photograph
Winter Barn
Andrew Noone
$350.00
Artist statement: I’ve tried to capture wintry meditation.
Specific medium: watercolor
Race Point, August
Andrew Noone
$350.00
Artist statement: I tried to convey a feeling of waning late afternoon light, and the contrast between architecture and seascape.
Specific medium: warercolor
Abandoned Farmstead, North Dakota
Andrew Noone
$350.00
Artist statement: Depicted using a limited palette, a decaying farmstead stands isolated on the northern plains in the afternoon sun.
Specific medium: watercolor
In the Abyss, Beneath the Waves
Junco Norton
$900.00
Artist statement: Using existing painting techniques, ancient or modern, artistic or structural, I define a visual destination. I experiment with styles, materials, and painting techniques, trying to meld them with my own technique to achieve originality. My gestural marks are influenced by shodo (Japanese calligraphy); in hand-painting rice paper for collage, I use Russian point-to-point technique and sashiko (Japanese embroidery) motifs.
Specific medium: Collage with hand-painted rice paper
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