#14 Cali Almy and Whitmore Boogaerts
#14 on the Brochure
Artists showing at: 1138 Horseneck Rd, Westport, MA 02790
Cali Almy Ceramics
Cali Almy
BOTH TOURS
CERAMIC: Decorative and functional ceramics for everyday and lifetime enjoyment
calialmy@gmail.com
401-345-6882
https://www.calialmyceramics.com/
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Cali has been learning about and teaching ceramics for years. She has worked in and supported a number of arts, educational, and community organizations in a variety of spaces throughout New England, and her ceramics can be seen in galleries and art festivals around the country.
The natural landscape, particularly of the south coast of Massachusetts, are significant inspiration for Cali’s work in clay. She is always influenced by time walking in the woods, through the marsh, and along the shore. She is drawn to the patterns, colors, forms and contrasts found there. Cali enjoys the challenge of creating simple forms in clay, particularly vessels, platters, and tiles and then exploring more expressive surfaces. She plays with slips, glazes, resists, printing, pouring, and even finger painting to achieve results. Some of her work reveals recognizable images and patterns from landscape while others are more abstracted. She hopes her work brings a sense of love and respect for place. Her pieces are intended for everyday use, and she uses food safe materials on all her work.
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Whitmore Boogaerts
BOTH TOURS
METAL: Indoor and outdoor sculpture
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The sculptures range from tabletop, wall hanging to small and large outdoor kinetic pieces. With over thirty years making things for people, Whitmore does many commissions, including railings and other functional work. The materials are mostly steel and stainless steel, with some glass and wood. Maybe you can find something special for your home!
#15 Lucy Bartholomay
#15 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 21 David Rd, Westport, MA, 02790
Lucy Bartholomay
JULY 18 & 19 ONLY
MIXED MEDIA: Photography, collage and printmaking
https://LucyBartholomayStudio.com
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Lucy Bartholomay’s first love is music. She began playing the piano at age five. After college played professionallly in a band in Colorado. Her primary career unfolded in publishing at The Real Paper, Boston Monthly and The Boston Globe where she worked as a designer and art director, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Editor overseeing design and photography.
After years immersed in visual storytelling through others’ work, Bartholomay returned to making art herself. A mixed-media studio course at the Harvard Ceramics Studio ignited a new practice grounded in material exploration. Working with clay, concrete, wire, and fabric, she rediscovered the physical intelligence of the hands and the generative power of process. She established a studio in Boston’s South End, joining a vibrant community of artists.
The COVID pandemic marked another pivotal shift. Relocating with her partner to their small weekend home in Westport, Bartholomay’s practice adapted to a quieter, more contained environment. She purchased an iPad an electric piano, and photography became her primary medium. She commited to making one photograph every day, deepening her understanding of the light, colors and textures that are unique to the South Coast. Through this practice, she began to recognize a profound connection between her musical roots and her photographic work. Photography, though two-dimensional, uses light, framing, and tonal relationships to create the illusion of depth and emotional space. Music similarly unfolds from structure—chord progression to melody to improvisation—where a subtle shift, such as changing a major chord to a minor, can transform the entire experience.
This intersection of structure and improvisation, discipline and play, is the foundation of Bartholomay’s art-making where she experiments using diffferent marterials/mediums in 2d an 3d applications. Her work exists in this in-between space, where visual composition and musical sensibility inform one another, and where small shifts open expansive possibilities
Parking in an area at the end of the driveway. A sign will direct you to toward the gardens to the back of the house where you will find the studio. Small half-step into the studio. There is a bathroom available.
#16 Ruth Bourns and Carol Way Wood
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Artists showing at: Tupelo Studio 790 Drift Rd, Westport, MA 02790
Ruth Bourns
BOTH TOURS
FIBER ART: Crib quilts, kimono jackets, scarves, shoulder bags, eye pillows and jewelry pouches
508-454-6624
Handmade fiber pieces including crib quilts, and women's accessories. These include shoulder bags, eyeglass cases, eye pillows, and many kimono cloth pieces. These include scarves, and jackets and vests from repurposed Japanese kimonos.
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Carol Way Wood
BOTH TOURS
WATERCOLOR/PENCIL: Whimsical watercolors of flowers, birds and animals
carolwaywood@gmail.com
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Carol Way Wood paints delicate whimsical watercolors of the natural world focusing on animals, particularly rabbits, birds, flowers and the occasional toad. Her work is for children and like minded adults.
#17 Robert Dec
#17 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: RDec Studios 12 Elise Michelle Way, Westport, MA 02790
Robert Dec
BOTH TOURS
ACRYLIC/OIL/PASTEL/PHOTOGRAPHY: Music, nature, landscape, seascape and classic cars
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Robert Dec continues to experiment with a variety of styles and mediums of painting. His favorite mediums are acrylic and oil painting, photography, photo transfers, collage and pastels. His work ranges from very realistic, to abstracted, to completely abstract- with most work inspired by landscape, the environment and music.
His latest works feature natural elements conveyed in a unique and expressive manner. His intention is to express and embellish the subject with paint and other materials, using surface textures, glazes and color while still retaining the recognizable and organic elements of the motif. With his landscapes, he tries to reflect energy changes caused by the Sun, the clouds and the weather. In all his work, He tries to combine the familiar with the unexpected.
BIO
Robert Dec received his BFA from UMass Dartmouth in 1975 and MFA from Columbia University in1977. Robert has exhibited and won prizes in art galleries and museums in New England and New York City. His work has been shown in many group, one person, two person and three person exhibitions. After teaching art for over 40 years at various schools, museums and colleges, he retired from teaching in 2017. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Westport Art Group as their Exhibitions Chair.
Approach to my Westport studio is either from the south to Amory Petty Way, or from the north to Roberts St/ Granada Drive to wo private lanes: Nathan Kaplan Lane, then Elise Michelle Way to #12. My studio is in the basement of a grey Ranch that will be the first house you see on Sawdy Pond.
#18 Jade Donaldson
#18 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 615 Adamsville Rd., Westport, MA 02790
Jade Donaldson
BOTH TOURS
INTERDISCIPLINARY: Nature-infused art across disciplines, exploring personal and universal narratives
https://www.jadedonaldson.net/
508-404-3291
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Jade Donaldson is an artist based in Little Compton, RI. Since graduating from the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program in 2016, she has maintained her art practice while working as a fine landscape gardener. Her artistic approach incorporates a wide range of media, including painting, photography, collage, paper sculpture and video, and over the last five years she has focused intensively on the medium of cyanotype. Using the basic engines of nature – sunlight (UV) and water – cyanotype is a process for recording the negative image in Prussian blue of physical materials placed upon a surface sensitized to light with iron salts. Using natural materials, she explores the interplay of the gesture and movement of plants with the gesture of human-applied brushstrokes. At times enacting the process multiple times upon the same substrate, she introduces layers of space, history and deterioration. Mounting cyanotypes to panel and painting over the surface with encaustic wax introduces additional layers of color, representation and associative meanings; processes of adding and excavating; as well as a tension between the protection and obfuscation of underlying layers. She has begun to incorporate the use of photographic negatives as well as hand-drawn elements as she begins to explore personal narrative. Inspiration visits her during long walks in the woods, on the shoreline and as she works with hands in soil in her daily vocation as a landscape gardener. She remains interested in the ways our physical and psychical mechanics are imbued with the laws and forces of nature and continues to seek ways of representing these ideas visually.
The studio is located in an outbuilding on the property; signs will lead the way. Parking will be available along Adamsville Road, but visitors may also choose to park in the public parking lot next to the pond. This public parking lot is closer to the studio entrance, and a good choice for visitors who have trouble with mobility. Sadly, the studio is not accessible by wheelchair, but there may be artwork displayed outside, weather permitting. To enter the studio, visitors must be able to ascend a large step (and descend to exit).
#19 Charles A Eastman and Heidi E O'Donnell Eastman
#19 on the Brochure
Artists Showing at: 1923 Drift Rd, Westport Pt., MA 02791
Charles A Eastman
BOTH TOURS
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY: Photography that focuses on stories in our varied environments
https://www.odonnelleastmandesign.com/
401-339-0590
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Charles A. Eastman’s creative journey began long before he earned his BFA in Painting from Syracuse University and an Architecture Degree from The City College of New York. For decades, Eastman has seamlessly integrated his artistic talents into both design and photography, capturing authentic moments of humanity in diverse settings, both locally and internationally. He is equally inspired by the untouched beauty of the natural environment and the unique character of spaces shaped by human hands.
Eastman’s photography is an expression of his two greatest passions: technology and art. His work is defined by a fascination with light and contrast, exploring the interplay between illusion and reality. This approach draws him to a wide range of subjects—from people and nature to architectural forms—always seeking the story behind the image and the connection between viewer and subject.
His photographs have been exhibited in New York City and throughout southern New England, including at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, and in Westport, Belle Maison and the Dedee Shattuck Gallery. In addition, Charles’ photographs have been featured in literary, photography and poetry publications.
At Charles Eastman's Studio you will see an example of his editing process in a sample table and board equipment.
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Heidi E O'Donnell Eastman
BOTH TOURS
POIL/MIXED MEDIA/WOOD BLOCK: Atmospheric paintings of coastal Massachusetts, France and Ireland
odonnelleastmandesign@gmail.com
https://www.odonnelleastmandesign.com/
401-368-5721
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
I identify as an expressionist painter, concentrating on the portrayal of movement in my art. Some of my works encapsulate the moments when stillness and tranquility emerge from movement. These pieces reflect my interactions with nature, architecture, and interiors. Nature communicates with me through its colors and movement, while architecture and interiors inspire me through their lines and forms. I consider the act of working with oil paint to be a visceral experience; the texture, density, and pigment of the paint are as significant as the inspiration derived from my surroundings. I maintain that the creative journey is equally as important as the final product.
Heidi O’Donnell Eastman — Colorist, Painter, and Designer
Join Heidi for a talk and demonstration about the world of color. This includes a brief history of color as well as how she uses color in her work.
#20 RoseMarie L Escobar and Ana Paula Arsenio
#20 on the Brochure
Artists showing at: RED M Studios 143 Horseneck Rd, Westport, MA, 02790
RoseMarie L Escobar
BOTH TOURS
PHOTOGRAPHY/COLLAGE/CERAMIC: 2D-3D artworks inspired by nature, the psyche and human condition
401-824-4239
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Working as a multi-media artist, most of Rose’s creative works are inspired by either Nature, the Elements, people, humanity, human nature, the human condition, dreams, the psyche and/or behavioral observations.
Some works add other modalities of Expressive Arts including movement and sound.
Rose’s style is sometimes Surreal depicting a montaged reality, or symbolic and metaphorical worlds, and her art is typically conceptual based.
Whether utilizing the medium of Photography, collage, sculpting or creating assemblages, most works reflect ideas that evolve from the human psyche.
She incorporates into her visual expressions the gifts from Nature that inspire her.
As an installation artist Rose has created numerous large scale sculptural art works for gallery shows and public spaces in the community, both 2D and 3D.
Her large scale public assemblages incorporate various mediums; typically made with found materials that are repurposed, altered, and then re-invented with many serving as interactive sculpture-like forms.
Some of her art work weaves in interactive components encouraging the viewer to become engaged and participatory.
Many community based projects have included and invited the public; not only to witness the artworks’ construction process, but to entice community participation to join in building the unique sculptural forms.
Weaving, collaging and building demonstrations on going and the public invited to participate.
Follow signs at the farms connection road for RED M Farm, Barn Studio parking
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Ana Paula Arsenio
BOTH TOURS
OIL: Paintings with extreme play of color, light and shadows
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Ana Paula Arsenio speaks through her paintings with color and intense light as it dances off of her symbolic and metaphorical subject matter. She is intrigued by light and color as well as the science behind it. This has led her to truly use color in a unique way, not only within her figurative works but also in her abstract works as well. At times she also combines figurative and the abstract together to create a surrealistic viewpoint of what she is trying to visually express. She allows and encourages the viewer to interpret the visual story that is being told within her works of art. Throughout the years, she has consistently challenged herself with a variety of subject matter in each one of her painting series and continuously evolving. She is always expanding and exploring her painting process and utilizes personal experiences alongside current events in society that allow the viewer to engage and question their own interpretation of each piece. Art and design
(painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, interior design, and fashion design), has always been a part of Ana’s life especially because as a young girl she left Portugal where she was born and came to America and had a difficult time learning a new language and communicating verbally with teachers and peers; art became her second language as it was a way of communicating visually. She encourages and inspires others to do the same and expresses that, “Art is a universal Language that everyone can read, relate to personally and understand what is being shared from not only the artist's heart; but from their eyes and how they translate what they want others to see and feel”. She believes that art is individual unique to all that create in any medium of choice to convey messages.
I will be painting on canvas, demonstrating the way that I mix colors, and express how I apply the paint to create and intense lighting effect on my own artwork. I may have several works of art in progress so that visitors can see the process of layering my oils and the use of color. Public invite to participate in the process.
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#21 Wayne Fuerst
#21 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: Destination Dirt 723 Main Rd, Westport, MA 02790
Wayne Fuerst
BOTH TOURS
CERAMICS/HOMEMADE PAPER: Functional stoneware and floral handmade paper
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
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Wayne has been a potter for 44 years and paper maker for 40 years. Wayne’s pottery is both functional and beautiful. Wayne’s paper is made from flowers, lovingly tended in his garden. No two papers are alike.
Enjoy the experience of learning while getting to enjoy Wayne’s beautiful garden.
Parking all the road is encouraged. Enter the driveway through the blue door and pottery abounds!
#22 Vidar Axel Haaland
#22 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: Haalandia Art Studio 1991 Main Rd, Westport Point, MA 02791
Vidar Axel Haaland
BOTH TOURS
WATERCOLOR/PASTEL/PRINTS: Landscape, portrait, architectural, figure and abstract works on paper
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Vidar Haaland is an avid photographer, painter and printmaker. He favors watercolor, but uses a variety of media, each informing the other. His subjects are varied, primarily painting what he loves and what he finds significant in his life.
People and places, the play of color and light, and the beauty in the application of watercolor on paper. Vidar is interested in experimenting and the development of his work.
Please park on the street, or along side of the circular drive on the lawn to allow free passage. Please notice plantings.
Please be aware our friendly poodles, Henry and Flora, when driving through our driveway.
Let me know if you are uncomfortable with dogs.
#23 William Kendall
#23 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 205 Brayton Point Rd, Westport, MA 02790
William Kendall
JULY 18 & 19 Only
ACRYLIC: Abstract paintings inspired by the sea
https://williamkendallpaintings.com
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The terms subject of the paintings is the paint itself. The artist is totally involved in what can be done on the canvas through the manipulation of paint. The artist uses a complicated layering of pigment-using impasto, scumbles, and glazes. Each painting is unique, as it can never replicated.
#24 Mark LeSaffre
#24 on the Brochure
Artist Showing at: 172 Cadmans Neck Rd, Westport, MA 02790
Mark LeSaffre
BOTH TOURS
ACRYLIC/OIL/COLLAGE: Primarily painting and collage works
In describing my work/process I would say that half of my inspiration comes from my surroundings - the noise and movement. The other half is me trying to keep up with it, to give it my voice. Plein air paingint provides me an opportunity to collaborate with nature but, my objective is to make a painting. The subject becomes the catalyst to get me there. I very much admire non-objective art as reflected in my collage work. However, with that exception, I require a recognizable object, even if vague, as a stimulant. I love the space it creates and that it provides a place to rest your eye.
#25 Thomas A Leverett
#25 on the Brochure
TLeverettArt 21 Raymond St, Westport, MA, 02790
Thomas A Leverett
BOTH TOURS
ACRYLIC/OIL/PASTEL/CHARCOAL: Vibrant color landscapes, seascapes, sunsets and animal drawings
774-328-2442
My artistic journey is a constant evolution, a reflection of my own personal growth and exploration.
Through the art of painting, I seek to understand myself and the world around me.
Each brushstroke, each layer of color, represents a step forward, a new discovery.
I invite viewers to share in this journey of self-expression and witness the unfolding of my artistic vision.
will demo waves art painting
Drive down rt 88 to first set of lights and take a right on to Briggs road. Follow on Briggs until you see a SCA sign and take a left on Raymond street to first house on right with SCA open studio sign. 21 Raymond street.
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#26 Azin Majooni
#26 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 346 Briggs Rd, Westport, MA, 02790
Azin Majooni
BOTH TOURS
HANDMADE PAPER/MIXED MEDIA: Sculptural handmade paper and printmaking
857-407-8081
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Azin Majooin’s work embodies the transformative nature of paper, where strength and fragility intertwine, and resilience emerges. Inspired by the life-giving rhythm of water, her practice captures memory and movement, flowing across landscapes to sustain life in even the most delicate and barren spaces. Water and fibers merge in a dance of contrast and harmony, echoing cycles of transformation, endurance, and renewal, where creation and survival converge.
Through dynamic, layered forms, her work explores perspective and possibility, inviting reflection on distance, space, and memory. It captures the essence of observation, both outward, toward shaping horizons, and inward, toward thought and emotion, bridging the tangible and intangible in a unified vision.
#27 Heather Borg Martin
#27 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: Rising Tide Pottery 218 Hixbridge Rd, Westport, MA, 02790
Heather Borg Martin
BOTH TOURS
CERAMIC: Locally inspired ceramics with fine textures and detailing
https://risingtidepottery.com/
781-336-7704
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Heather seeks to explore tolerances within both materials and the maker, investigating the limitations of experimentation. How can forms be delicately and intentionally crafted to show just how far one can go? What are the tolerances of the self, others, and their mediums? How can one create space for further tolerances and increase the capacity for work, others, and self? Materials include stoneware and porcelain clays, stains, and glazes which are used in perpetual experimentation. What the viewer sees are all the wins. Heather constantly considers what is the next iteration, combination, or alteration to yield the most interesting visual result. She especially enjoys the abstract nature of the resulting forms, and the various interpretations from each viewer as they bring their own lens to each piece.
Heather will offer an ongoing demonstration of pieces in progress, along with examples of how she stains clay, and creates many of the tiny textured elements of her work.
I am deeply thankful to Shaina Humphries who has been incredibly generous in offering her beautiful space. The location at 218 Hixbridge Rd in Westport has ample parking, and will showcase my work on the large porch in back of the house overlooking the Westport river.
#28 Felice Mendell
#28 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: Felice Mendell Studio 1746F Drift Rd, Westport, MA, 02790
Felice Mendell
BOTH TOURS
PAINTING/SCULPTURE/MIXED MEDIA: Colorful abstract, figurative and narrative paintings and sculptures
https://felicemendellstudio.com
Toward the end of a professional career as an architect and non-profit developer of affordable housing, Felice began to pursue her lifelong love of creating art. With a studio in Boston’s South End, and now in Westport, Massachusetts, she created a body of work that was largely figurative and narrative, including sculpture in high-fired ceramics and mixed-media.
Indulging her love of color, she began to focus her creativity and energy on painting and collage. Applying images, scraping and erasing, covering and uncovering, she fashioned translucent layers of paint to represent complex and hidden stories.
Now, taking advantage of part-time time residence in New York City and the influence of classes with Pat Lipsky and others at the Art Students League, her work has taken an exciting turn toward abstract painting with an emphasis on color field work. Intuitively applying strong brushstrokes of acrylic color, her new paintings are vibrant and harmonious.
Felice Mendell’s studio is on a private road just off Drift Road and has parking available on the driveway and on the road in front of the house. The studio is accessed with an outdoor staircase and there is a restroom available for visitors.
#29 Rochelle St. Martin Pettenati and Vania Noverça
#29 on the Brochure
Artists Showing at: 711 Sodom Rd, Westport, MA 02790
Rochelle St. Martin Pettenati
BOTH TOURS
ACRYLIC/MIXED MEDIA: Local landscapes and seascapes in vibrant colors
508-961-8396
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Rochelle approaches each vibrant acrylic painting as both an exploration and a conversation with the surrounding landscape. Working her home studio filled with natural light or on location she begins by observing local beaches, fields, gardens, and winding roads, often sketching outdoors to capture shifting colors and subtle textures. These early studies form the foundation of each composition, allowing the artist to translate real environments into expressive visual narratives.
The artist carefully selects a palette inspired by seasonal changes. Spring blossoms suggest soft pinks and luminous greens, while autumn fields call for deep golds and warm rust tones. Using acrylics for their versatility and fast-drying nature, the artist builds layers.
As the painting develops, attention turns to detail. Delicate floral petals, winding stems, and distant hills emerge through smaller, controlled brushwork. The artist balances precision with spontaneity, allowing occasional drips or textured effects to remain as reminders of the creative process. She may add marks using mixed media, she calls scribbles that add visual interest.
Ultimately, each finished painting reflects more than a physical place. It represents the artist’s personal interpretation of familiar landscapes and florals, infused with memory and feeling. Through vibrant color, layered texture, and thoughtful composition, the artist transforms ordinary surroundings into expressive works that invite viewers to see local beauty with renewed appreciation.
Acrylic paint and oil paint sticks will be used during demonstrations throughout the tour dates.
Studio access is at the end of driveway, around back of our home. It is a sunny, air-conditioned space, with a full restroom. Snacks and drinks will be served each day.
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Vania Noverça
BOTH TOURS
OIL/SCULPTURE: Vibrant paintings of florals, birds, and expressive figurative subjects
774-627-5977
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekends!
Vania Noverça Viveiros aka Vania Noverça is a local artist born and raised in the Steep Brook section of Fall River, MA. She is an Oil Painter and Sculptor who is inspired mostly by nature and the human figure, she considers herself a realist with a captivating contemporary flare. Her work is vibrant in color representing the vivid colors and forms that can be found within nature. She is intrigued by the human figure in its expressive state; she enjoys capturing and conveying the emotions of her subjects in her drawings, paintings and sculptures sharing her experiences with her viewers! Her artist statement is one of which best describes her interpretive thoughts of being an Artist and should be considered if one seeks to know her! Artist Statement:
“As an artist one is often asked to provide a biography and an artist statement when invited to a gallery or show, I truly understand the intent; however I must admit that I personally feel that in order to know an Artist one must learn who we are through our reflections and look beyond our shadows. Who, what, when and why, how are we inspired; each and every creation is a mere reflection of these entire things collectively. Our perception of another’s interpretation can sometimes be misconstrued, we must not limit ourselves, study, be inquisitive, engage with one another; only then will we learn who we are beyond the shadows we cast. Art is an expression of one self and must be shared with others.” Vania Noverça
Vania Noverca will have ongoing painting demonstrations for both weekends of the tour, her subject matter will be of birds in their natural habitat. She will discuss her medium, process and techniques. She welcomes her audience to engage in conversation and encourages all to ask questions.
We welcome you to park in the driveway, enter in the right side back of the house through the sliding doors on the patio and please join us for some beverage and crudite'. Bathroom facitilties are availble to guests.
#30 Kitt Shaffer and Kris Shaffer
#30 on the Brochure
Artists showing at: ShafferArts 1 Monument Dr, Westport, MA 02790
Kitt Shaffer
JULY 18 & 19 Only
OIL/PASTEL/WATERCOLOR/PRINT/CERAMIC: Representational landscapes and figures in different media. Ceramics
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Kitt Shaffer began her art career in high school, winning First Place in district competitions in 1971 and 1972. She minored in Art (painting, drawing) at Kansas State University. She took up pottery in 2000 at the Harvard Ceramics Program and had an individual show at Harvard Hilles Library in 2001 (“Functional Pottery: Shape, Texture and Form”). She was a member of Mudstone Studios in Warren, RI, and a student in Ceramics at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She currently does ceramics at Rising Tide Pottery in New Bedford. Her drawings and paintings from Joy Street Studios in Somerville have been included in juried shows at Gallery Seven, Maynard MA, Illuminations (Massachusetts General Hospital), Healing with Art (Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Nashua NH), Emerson Umbrella Small Works and Art Ramble, Trinitarian Church Juried Show in Concord, MA, A Glimpse Beyond Juried Show at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge MA, and at the Provincetown Art Association juried shows. She formerly had a studio in Monterosso, Calabria, Italy, where she displayed her landscapes in juried shows in Pizzo and Polia, Italy, and had a one-person show in the Monterosso City Hall in 2019. Since moving to Westport, she has been active in the Westport Art Group (displaying her works in many shows) as well as South Coast Artists (Open Studios and other shows). She was a first-place winner for a pastel at Wet Paint Padanarum in 2023. She has participated in shows at Wellesley Society of Artists, Brookline Art off the Wall, ActonArt Summer juried portrait show, Little Compton Summer juried Art Show, Westport Watershed show, and Cuttyhunk Plein Air. Her portrait in the 2025 "About Face" exhibit of WAG won the People's Choice Award. She has recently had individual shows in Little Compton Cultural Center, Westport Public Library and Bridgewater Public Library.
Kitt Shaffer has studied white line printing (also called 'Provincetown printing') with Darrell Smith (Provincetown Art Association), and will demonstrate the technique during Open Studios 2026. This low-tech method of printing (no press required) uses a wooden block (carved in outline format), and watercolor application to produce a print that can be modified as desired until finished. Inexpensive wood, such as pine, works best for the block and the transfer of color to the paper is accomplished with a spoon. So the only significant expense is for good quality paper.
There is no street sign for Monument Drive, so follow the SCOS signs. Please park along the road (indicated by signage) and walk down the driveway to the tent outside the garage of the house. Works are displayed in the tent and in the garage. For those with limited mobility, there is parking closer to the garage display area adjacent to the tent.
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Kris Shaffer
JULY 18 & 19 Only
OIL/PASTEL/WATERCOLOR: Vibrant landscapes of urban and rural scenes, and portraits
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Originally from Kansas, after many years in the Northeast Kris Shaffer now considers the Boston area home. She transferred from Kansas State University to Massachusetts College of Art where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. After college, she moved to Tesuque, New Mexico where she fell in love with landscape painting. The magical light of the high plains desert was fantastic, and reminiscent of the stunning Flint Hills of Kansas. Her next stop was San Francisco where she married and had two sons. The family returned to Boston and became her focus while maintaining an active painting studio. During this time, her passion for art was also expressed through a flourishing interior design business. Urban landscapes have always been a favorite subject, but harsh weather and demands of life lead her to an ongoing series of book paintings. Being able to stack, arrange and light books in the studio provided many elements reminiscent of urban scenery that were utterly controllable. With her sons now adults, painting has once again taken center stage, with landscapes remaining one of her favorite subjects. Bales of hay are seen as sleeping giants that could come to life at any time and meander away. Cows are also a favorite subject. Roads leading to nowhere, to anywhere, to everywhere provide endless fascination. She has recently expanded her work to oil pastels and portraiture. The human face, or any face is so expressive. Figure drawing was her first love, but she never explored portraits until recently. Oil pastels brought her to watercolors and the immediacy and non-toxic nature this medium is attractive. Changing mediums has challenged her to see things in new ways adding depth and understanding to her work. She continues to explore varied methods of capturing the beauty of everyday objects.
#31 Caroline Unruh
#31 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 2 Fairview Ave, Westport, MA, 02790
Caroline Unruh
BOTH TOURS
CERAMIC: Hand built ceramics
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Caroline Unruh
Ceramic Artist | Westport, MA
After years working in fiber arts, Caroline Unruh discovered clay while seeking to add dimension to her textile practice. A single Ceramics 101 class at UMass Dartmouth changed everything—she hasn't touched her sewing machine since.
Clay offers what fabric never could: resistance, weight, and an unpredictable collaborative spirit. Unruh is drawn to the building process itself, where her sculptural impulses meet functional sensibilities. Whimsy often finds its way into her work, bringing moments of humor and lightness. Recently, Brutalist Modern forms have emerged in response to the fractured landscape of our current moment—angular, raw, unapologetic.
Unruh thinks of her relationship with clay as a negotiation. She gives it character and spirit; it gives her its strength. But clay has the final word. It will go where she asks only if it agrees—otherwise it cracks, folds into itself, or explodes at 2300 degrees in the kiln. This volatility keeps her honest.
Each piece carries the intentional mark of her hand. Unruh wants viewers to pause and wonder: How was this made? The evidence of construction—the fingerprints, the seams, the moments where control gave way to chance—is essential. This is the essence of wabi-sabi: beauty in imperfection, honesty in process, acceptance of what the material offers and what it refuses.
Restroom available, accessibility
#32 Debra Valeri
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Artist showing at: Meadowbrook Studio 60 Meadowbrook Ln, Westport, MA 02790
Debra Valeri
BOTH TOURS
OIL: Landscapes capturing the light and atmosphere of the South Coast
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As a landscape oil painter, working both en plein air and in the studio, Debbie captures the essence of the light and atmosphere of the South Coast through all its seasons, while demonstrating a special affinity towards the late day light at the beach and in the dunes.
Debbie received her BFA in Illustration from RISD in 1982. In the early years of her career she worked as an illustrator, and as a high school art teacher before evolving her career into painting exclusively.
She is an elected member of the Guild of Boston Artists and is also represented by Pierce Galleries, Inc. on Nantucket.
Studio is ground level, at back of house. Accessibility: After driveway, the concrete walk has one step up, and there is another step up into studio.
#33 Michael Walden and Carol Scavotto
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Artist showing at: Michael Walden Art 42 Drift Rd, Westport, MA 02790
Michael Walden
BOTH TOURS
PAINTING/PRINTMAKING: Painting and printmaking rooted in place, light, and lived experience
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“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes…” — Lucian Freud
Michael Walden’s work is grounded in painting and printmaking, rooted in place, light, and lived experience. Moving beyond a strictly observational approach, his recent work extends into a broader inquiry—one shaped by sustained looking and a growing interest in abstraction.
Printmaking plays a central role in Walden’s process. Its quick, intuitive nature invites chance and serendipity, producing unexpected interactions through overlap, collage, and layered imagery. These prints often serve as ambiguous starting points, informing both the structure and atmosphere of subsequent paintings.
As ideas move between media, tools traditionally associated with printmaking—brayers, tape, and stencils—enter the painted surface. These elements introduce veils and interruptions that complicate depth and space, adding layers of pattern, shadow, and texture. Through this exchange, Walden’s paintings shift toward abstraction while remaining tethered to observation.
Recurring motifs and the figure persist, though increasingly in conceptual rather than descriptive roles. Across both prints and paintings, the work reflects a continued investigation into how prolonged attention transforms experience—how familiar places and forms, when closely observed, begin to dissolve into something more open and uncertain.
Trace monotype is a one-of-a-kind printmaking process that combines drawing with printing. Ink is rolled onto a smooth surface—often Plexiglas—and paper is placed on top. The image is created by drawing on the back of the paper, using pressure to transfer ink from the plate below. Because the artist cannot fully see the image as it is made, the process invites intuition and chance.
Trace monotype serves as a jumping-off point for painting. Its speed allows quick exploration of ideas, testing form and space. Once lifted, the print is complete and unreproducible, often informing later paintings through composition and abstraction.
There is a long driveway with parking, but also parking on the street. Michael's studio is on the second floor, but the first floor workshop holds most of the exhibition, plus a visiting artist.
There are restrooms located yards away at the Head of Westport's town landing. Walden's working studio is atop a steep stair which would make it inaccessible to some.
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Carol Scavotto
BOTH TOURS
SILK, PAPER, CLAY: Silk scrolls and paper clay masks
401-835-4029
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekends!
I am a multimedia artist addressing human emotions. How do each of us fit into society? I choose my medium to support my narrative.
The paper clay masks are imaginary facial structures revealing inner emotions.
For the silk works, I begin with a drawing template, which I transfer to the silk. As I add the silk embroidery and appliqué, the piece's personality begins to be fine-tuned.
#34 Nancy Whitin
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Artist showing at: 462 River Rd, Westport, MA 02790
Nancy Whitin
AUGUST 15 &16 Only
PASTEL/MIXED MEDIA: Exuberant dialog, encompassing animals, nature, joy and strength
Nancy R.M.Whitin, former publishing V Pres. and board member of the Society of American Historians, has studied at the Silvermine Guild, RISD, and extensively with private instructors. She has been juried in as a member of the prestigious Pastel Society of America in NYC. Both her rabbit painting "Go Ask Alice” and her donkey painting “Not So Blue” were awarded Honorable Mentions in Pastel Journal’s Annual International Pastel 100 Competition, and she has been a finalist in the Artist’s Magazine Annual International Excellence Competition three times. Nancy was honored to be one of the fifteen artists invited to participate in the invitational exhibit Our Shared Planet, examining animals as the inspiration for art, at the Parsons Gallery, at which time her artwork was featured in the Boston Globe’s Art Section. Her donkeys have found homes in 30 states.
Nancy’s portraits of animals are of real individuals. Their poses and expressions are not exaggerated. She has thousands of her animal photos on her computer and her challenge becomes to capture their emotions, tell their stories, and portray their individual personalities.
An avid sailor and rower, she is often compelled to paint our beautiful local marshes and beaches.
On the river, Long driveway, restroom. no stairs to studio
