Barbara Donnelly One-Artist Show
October 27 – November 8, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 27th, 2 – 4 PM
Medley – An exhibition of paintings by Barbara Donnelly will open in the Marguerite Pearson Room of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) on Saturday, October 27th with an artist’s reception from 2 – 4 PM. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, October 27 – Thursday, November 8.
“A New England native, I have a natural love of the seacoast. Wherever I am in the world, the water, boats, nearby villages and the local people have a spirit that engages me. To saturate my paintings with the color, light and life that embrace their true “essence” is my desire. To ‘capture the moment’ en plein air is pure pleasure.” – Barbara Donnelly
Donnelly, painting her whole life and an art graduate of Boston University, had an art studio/gallery on the working waterfront on Harbor Loop, Gloucester for twenty-two years until 2015. Previously she had a working studio in the Gloucester Academy for fifteen years. Currently she paints in a studio in downtown Beverly and in her lake house studio in NH.
As well as painting New England, she has enjoyed painting abroad, studying the varying light, landscape and architecture in France, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Puerto Rico, Portugal and China. Her work has found collectors in each of these countries.
“A life-defining moment was winning an international award of an Artist-in-Residency to paint in France. Living alone for two months in a small cottage by a canal, I made friends, became fluent in the language and have returned to different regions of France frequently to paint. Being invited to have a six week long One Artist Exhibition of the French paintings at l’Ambassade de France (French Embassy) in Washington, D.C. was an exciting experience and a singular honor for an American artist.”
– Barbara Donnelly
An award winning artist and popular teacher, Barbara has conducted painting workshops and painting demonstrations from her studios and for art associations and other organizations.
Memberships:
Academic Artists, American Artists Professional League, Copley Society of Art, New England Watercolor Society, North Shore Arts Association and Rockport Art Association and Museum.
National Shows:
Salmagundi Club, NY; Hudson Valley Art Association, NY; Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, NY; Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, PA; Hilton Head Art League National Open, NC; North American Watercolor Opens, MA; Whistler Museum National Show, MA, among others.
RAA&M Fall Hours:
Open Tuesday – Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM; Sunday 12 – 5 PM. For more information on this and other shows, please visit the RAA&M’s website at www.rockportartassn.org
Good Morning Gloucester 
James – outstanding post here and excellent worldwide reach quite a feat and she did a great job capturing the moment in all three views! Thanks James for sharing these go great with music, bicycle one reminds me of a ride around the cape stopping in both Gloucester and Rockport on that adventure back in the 1960’s, Great New England feel too All three memories! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
Guess it’s been raining in both our location’s across the water
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Pendulum
Lyrics:
Someone told me long ago
There’s a calm before the storm,
I know; It’s been comin’ for some time.
When it’s over, so they say,
It’ll rain a sunny day,
I know; Shinin’ down like water.
CHORUS:
I want to know,
Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know,
Have you ever seen the rain
Comin’ down on a sunny day?
Yesterday, and days before,
Sun is cold and rain is hard,
I know; Been that way for all my time.
‘Til forever, on it goes
Through the circle, fast and slow,
I know; It can’t stop, I wonder.
CHORUS
Yeah!
CHORUS
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