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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Chasing Sunsets!
Rachel Amgott
Artist statement: Chasing Sunsets-2020
Specific medium: Photograph
Jungle
Maryann Amodeo
$700.00
Artist statement: Color is very important to me. This piece developed as a spontaneous response to the colors and shapes I saw evolving on the canvas.
Specific medium: Acrylic
Jubilant Garden
Maryann Amodeo
$500.00
Artist statement: I began the painting with no plan. In the early stage, the painting was abstract with these same colors covering the entire canvas. As I examined it, the painting seemed to need more definition so I began removing some of the color in favor of light blue. As I did this, the trees emerged. Then the lower part of the canvas also needed more definition so I shaped the color into flowers. The sky seemed artificial as a flat blue so I added some texture.
Specific medium: Acrylic
Finding a Way Through
Maryann Amodeo
$500.00
Artist statement: I began this painting in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. For several weeks I was unable to paint, feeling distracted by the suffering of others as a consequence of the pandemic. I thought that if I tried to paint, the painting would be totally black. A friend urged me to paint anyway, to see what would happen. At first I painted a wall of orange and dark blue, which seemed impenetrable. Gradually, I found and expanded places where it was possible to move through.
Specific medium: Acrylic
Samurai
Susan Arnold
Artist statement: Abstract collage with gesso and oil on canvas.
Specific medium: Collage
Rising 3 1/2
Susan Arnold
Artist statement: Abstract collage with gesso and oil on canvas. A neutral palette emphasizing texture, structure and contrast.
Specific medium: collage
Untitled
Susan Arnold
Selected for catalog
Artist statement: Abstract collage based on organic shape, tone and shadow.
Specific medium: collage
Labyrinth
Lisa Bailey
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Artist statement: Lisa developed a unique original style in watercolor that she calls Colorweave. This explores the physical phenomenon of volume color, that only transparent fluids present. Her wide range of subject matter is expressed in an abstract way. Lisa tries to develop forms that incite the viewer to make new personal associations by using their imagination. When creating new sequences she reveals an inseparable relationship between motion and color luring the viewer around the whole painting.
Specific medium: Watercolor & ink - 15.5"w x 11.5
Gone Pedaling
Lisa Bailey
$2,500.00
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Artist statement: Lisa developed a unique original style in watercolor that she calls Colorweave. This explores the physical phenomenon of volume color, that only transparent fluids present. Her wide range of subject matter is expressed in an abstract way. Lisa tries to develop forms that incite the viewer to make new personal associations by using their imagination. When creating new sequences she reveals an inseparable relationship between motion and color luring the viewer around the whole painting.
Specific medium: watercolor -23"w x 17"h
Press On
Lisa Bailey
$3,000.00
Selected for catalog
Submission Url:
Artist statement: Lisa developed a unique original style in watercolor that she calls Colorweave. This explores the physical phenomenon of volume color, that only transparent fluids present. Her wide range of subject matter is expressed in an abstract way. Lisa tries to develop forms that incite the viewer to make new personal associations by using their imagination. When creating new sequences she reveals an inseparable relationship between motion and color luring the viewer around the whole painting.
Specific medium: watercolor - 12"w x 18.75"h
Loon with Fish
Linda Barnes
$50.00
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Artist statement: My inspiration comes from nature. I am continually awed as I have become a close observer of the natural world. When composing my photographs, I am capturing nature stories filled with wonder. With each photograph I make I am “beholding” the transient moments of pure beauty that I personally experience. My artists eye is always pursuing the color, light, shape, and pattern around me, to make tangible these fleeting moments in time with a lasting piece of art that may lift the soul.
Specific medium: photograph
Autumn Reflection with Fallen Leaf
Linda Barnes
$50.00
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Artist statement: My inspiration comes from nature. I am continually awed as I have become a close observer of the natural world. When composing my photographs, I am capturing nature stories filled with wonder. With each photograph I make I am “beholding” the transient moments of pure beauty that I personally experience. My artists eye is always pursuing the color, light, shape, and pattern around me, to make tangible these fleeting moments in time with a lasting piece of art that may lift the soul.
Specific medium: photograph
Golden Dawn with Loon and Chick
Linda Barnes
$50.00
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Artist statement: My inspiration comes from nature. I am continually awed as I have become a close observer of the natural world. When composing my photographs, I am capturing nature stories filled with wonder. With each photograph I make I am “beholding” the transient moments of pure beauty that I personally experience. My artists eye is always pursuing the color, light, shape, and pattern around me, to make tangible these fleeting moments in time with a lasting piece of art that may lift the soul.
Specific medium: photograph
Rippling
Theresa Beggs
$25.00
Artist statement: The annual New England fall foliage road trips often reveal new attractions, like a small pond in Maine displaying some amazing color. Enticed by the scene you are glad you packed your camera to capture a falling leaf creating a ripple effect across the pond providing an unexpected peaceful moment of reflection.
Specific medium: Photograph
Bash Bish Falls
Theresa Beggs
$45.00
Artist statement: Bash Bish Falls, the highest waterfall in the state of Massachusetts is a photographers landscape which calls to anyone looking for a little adventure and the highly sought after waterfall photo. After a challenging hike the trail presents a breathtaking scene sure to excite any level of photography. Fittingly displaying all of New Englands seasons you may be the last to leave if natures light is just right.
Specific medium: Photograph
Berry Blue
Jennifer Behymer
$250.00
Artist statement: These blueberries were picked at Nourse Farm one summer morning. Picking berries is the essence of summer for me. These were so pretty I had to turn them into a painting.
Specific medium: Oil
Rebecca’s Braids
Jennifer Behymer
$495.00
Selected for catalog
Artist statement: Rebecca is one of my favorite models. I loved the intricate shapes and light caught by her braids. Charcoal felt like a natural choice to capture her likeness and hopefully a bit of her personality.
Specific medium: Charcoal
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