The Crowell Art Gallery presents "There and Back Again"
Work by Carol Schweigert December 1st - 30th.
Reception Saturday December 9th, 1-3 pm.
Carol Schweigert returned to oil painting during a brief visit to Vermont in the summer of 2007. Ready to take a break from her illustration and design work she signed up for a Plein Air workshop in Bennington. "Plein Air, with its swift application, seemed to fit easily into my life. I found it was the process of painting, as much as the final image that I enjoyed. The abstract expressionism of my past art education became so 'last century" to me."
Schweigert moved to southern Vermont 3 ½ years ago, traveling about the area with her French easel enjoying the fresh air. "Plein air painting hints of an extreme sport with slippery slopes, lightning storms, and friendly cows. You win a few and lose a few." She is intrigued by the contradictions, carrying a 19th century kit into the 21st century to find out what makes a piece live in the moment.
Carol paints in both oil and gouache, indoors and out. While she relishes the spontaneity of Plein Air, during a very rainy season, she paints from her own photographs. The exhibit at the Crowell Art Gallery at The Moore Free Library in Newfane provides a glimpse of her 16 years of work.
Carol Schweigert is a member of NAWA - the National Association of Women Artists, Brattleboro Urban Sketchers, Concord Art, and the AGC - Artists Group of Charlestown.