#1 Robert Abele
#1 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 25 Robert St, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Robert Abele
BOTH TOURS
OIL: Coastal New England landscapes painted plein-air
https://robertabele.com/home.html
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Born in Bronxville, New York, Robert Abele is renowned for his evocative representations of structural architecture and the rugged, scenic beauty of the New England landscape. Abele’s work is characterized by a unique ability to capture the specific mood and atmosphere of a moment in time.
Abele laid the foundation for his creative journey at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1993. Before shifting his primary focus to easel painting, Abele demonstrated his versatility through a successful stint in the commercial art world. His resume includes significant contributions to animation projects for major networks like Nickelodeon and MTV. Additionally, his editorial illustrations have graced the pages of high-profile publications, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, proving his ability to communicate visual narratives to a mass audience.
Seeking to further refine his technical mastery, Abele returned to academia later in his career, earning a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2018. This dedication to his craft has resulted in a prolific body of work; he has exhibited in numerous galleries and juried art shows, with over 2,000 of his paintings now held in private and public collections.
Beyond the canvas, Abele is deeply committed to art education. From 2011 to 2019, he served as a drawing and painting instructor at the Westport Art Group and the Westport Council on Aging. Since 2020, he has been inspiring the next generation of creatives as a High School Art Teacher at Pilgrim Academy in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Today, Abele’s artistic voice continues to capture the essence of American Impressionism, inviting viewers to find beauty in the interplay of light, architecture, and the natural world.
#2 Bruce Bailey and Eric C Lintala
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Artists showing at: 800 Division Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02748
Bruce Bailey
BOTH TOURS
MIXED MEDIA: Images and objects from dreams, nightmares, imaginings and discoveries
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend on decoupage.
Bruce Bailey is a retired software engineer residing on New England’s south coast who has returned to his original passions of painting, printmaking, and sculpture.
He has worked in a variety of mediums, including oil, acrylic and charcoal on paper, canvas, wood and steel.
Recently he has discovered a potent format for visual expression in old, weathered red cedar shingles common to houses on the south coast. The patterns of weathering and exposure, construction markings and natural color variation make them interesting objects in themselves. Adding to them by direct painting or drawing, or by decoupage with tissue paper printed with his own design images he has produced an expanding series of works.
Inspirational sources of his work are ancient cultures, history, science, music, and literature, as well as the work of other artists. The thematic or narrative content of his work is usually not planned but emerges as the work develops.
Long driveway, studio and parking behind house.
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Eric C Lintala
BOTH TOURS
SCULPTURE: Steel, cast bronze and cast aluminum
Prehistoric rock art, petroglyphs and pictographs, has had a profound influence on my work. Sheltered in caves or under vast cliffs, these images of human kind, animals and nature were inscribed, pecked and painted onto stone. The early inhabitants who made them, their knowledge, lost to the ages. The sculptures I create have become a narrative involving the interaction of human, cultural and natural events from the past and present. The shapes and marks that I make, the symbols created are echoes from the prehistoric past, they tell of my observations, experiences and events that have affected me. The challenge before me is to carry on, to re-investigate, to renew this tradition of communication utilizing contemporary materials and methods and through my visual interpretations I hope there spirits can live on.
#3 Robyn Borges
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Artist showing at: Bippity Bop Design 16 Stillman St, Dartmouth, MA 02748
Robyn Borges
BOTH TOURS
FIBER ART: Botanically printed scarves and textiles using leaves and flowers
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Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Robyn Borges of Bippity Bop Design creates unique, Botanically Printed silk scarves and fabrics. No synthetic dyes or paints are used in her process, only locally foraged leaves & blossoms. Robyn's unusual process is Eco-friendly and produces a one-of-a-kind wearable piece of art. Each scarf is made individually by wrapping the fabric and leaves around a dowel and then tying it tightly to create a bundle. She then uses steam, water and patience to coax the natural pigments and tannins from each leaf and blossom.
She has successfully combined her love of gardening with over 20 years of designing printed and woven fabrics for the commercial textile industry. Robyn earned a BFA in Textile Design from UMass Dartmouth as well as training at RISD. In later years, she earned a Certificate of Interior Design at RISD and worked for Ethan Allen as well as other local design firms.
Robyn has taught workshops in Botanical Printing as well as Natural Dyeing and the Art of Papermaking. She truly enjoys inspiring others to discover their own creative spirit. She has given presentations on the History of Natural Dyes, and Botanical Printing. Recently, she created a “Dyer’s Garden” at her home studio to use in her fiber artwork. Plants such as marigolds, wild geraniums, coreopsis and peonies are frequently used in her silk scarves and fabrics. The artist has stated “there is something truly amazing in planting a flower, helping it grow, and then incorporating it in the design of my fabrics.”
Her scarves can be purchased through the Etsy website, a few local giftshops, as well as her home studio by appointment. Please contact the artist if you have an interest in upcoming workshops.
Come see how these one-of-a-kind textile pieces are created. Robyn uses a process of combining real leaves and blossoms along with silk/wool fabric and steam to create these beauties. The artist will offer hands-on demonstrations throughout the tour in July and August.
Stairs required to enter the studio and it offers AC
#4 Marianne Boucher
#4 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: The Vintage Barn Art Studio 4 Paquette Dr, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Marianne Boucher
BOTH TOURS
OIL ON CANVAS: Oil paintings of local scenic and natural beauty.
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Through Oil Painting Marianne Boucher captures the quiet beauty of local landscapes and the spirit of native wildlife. Each piece is a tribute to familiar places - winding coastal paths, sunlit meadows, wooded trails, and the animals that call them home.
White barn with front porch on right side of gravel road.
#5 Susan Cabral
#5 on the Brochure
Susan Cabral Studio 31 Utica Ln, Dartmouth, MA, 02748
Susan Cabral
BOTH TOURS
OIL/ACRYLIC: Landscapes, seascapes and boats
774-400-2138
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend. Demos well be ongoing. She will be working on an unfinished painting or staring a new one.
Sue paints landscapes, seascapes, and boats that make the viewer wish they were there.
Sue will be doing painting demonstrations all day.
The house is a black and white ranch located on a dead end. There is a narrow stone path that leads to the studio. Inside there is both air conditioning and bathroom availability.
#6 Joan DeCollibus
#6 on the Brochure
Artist Showing at: 889 Rock ODundee Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02748
Joan DeCollibus
JULY 18 & 19 Only
TEXTILE: Modern colorful geometric art quilts for home or wall
https://littlevillagestudio.com
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Joan DeCollibus is a lifelong maker creating modern, color-driven art quilts. Inspired by the vibrancy of her gardens and surrounding landscapes, her work explores bold palettes, dynamic contrast, and strong geometric composition. After a career in graphic design and digital marketing, she returned to hands-on making, drawn to the tactile, immersive nature of working with fabric.
Her process begins with original pattern design and the careful selection or hand-dyeing of fabrics to achieve nuanced color and texture. Precision cutting leads to thoughtful piecing and pressing, building layered compositions that balance structure and movement. Each quilt is completed with custom backing, machine quilting that adds depth and rhythm, and binding—an intentional finishing detail she considers the frame to the piece.
Joan continues to push her practice forward, incorporating hand quilting, appliqué, embroidery, and expanded surface design techniques. Her quilts function as both fine art and functional objects, designed to live on the wall or within the home. Rooted in craftsmanship yet guided by a contemporary design sensibility, her work celebrates color, form, and the expressive potential of textiles.
#7 Iria DeValles-Vieira
#7 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 33 Bridge Art 33 Bridge St, Dartmouth, MA 02748
Iria DeValles-Vieira
BOTH TOURS
ACRYLIC: Vibrant abstract: mixed media, collage, figures, landscapes and seascapes
508-951-2191
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Iria DeValles-Vieira sees her work as a way to get a reaction from herself and the viewer. She wants to encourage a dialogue.
When Iria paints, she thinks of nothing else except what she is doing at that point in time with the paint. It gives her the same calmness as when she is working in her garden. She thinks about color, value, composition and textures just like gardening. The majority of the time she works with acrylic paints. Her paintings can be abstract , semi realistic landscapes, seascapes, collages, figures, and mixed media. She also draws and paints with watercolors.
3 car parking driveway
Restroom available
#8 Barbara Edlund Healy
#8 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: 61 White Oak Run, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Barbara Edlund Healy
BOTH TOURS
OIL/ACRYLIC: Paintings that reflect the quiet beauty of the coast
https://barbarahealypainter.com/
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
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Barbara Healy’s paintings are inspired by the diverse colors of light found in the coastal landscape where she lives. Working frequently en plein air, she engages all her senses to interpret and share her vision of the natural world. Her paintings seek to capture the peace and quiet joy that nature offers, while conveying a strong sense of place through careful observation of what is unique and fleeting.
Healy is drawn to the shifting edges where land meets water, and to the interplay of sky, boats, and their reflections. Though often sparked by a passing moment, these impressions are translated in paint in ways that transcend time. Brushstrokes over glimpses of color intentionally reveal some of the painting process and layering enables her to create luminous color. .
Her process is a dance of discovery — a journey rather than a destination. With each layer, she uncovers subtle relationships of color and form that invite the viewer into a space of unexpected beauty. Rather than simply recording the appearance of nature, Healy seeks to express its essence and spirit.
While oil remains her primary medium, she continually experiments, sometimes incorporating cold wax or working in acrylic to expand her visual language.
Barbara Healy will have an ongoing demo of painting in oils, layering paint to create glowing color.
#9 Genevieve Hunt and Kim M Barry
#9 on the Brochure
Artists showing at: Genevieve Hunt Art 8 Sunset Ln, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Genevieve Hunt
AUGUST 15 &16 Only
WATERCOLOR: Vibrant local landscapes and seascapes with expressive skies
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
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Genevieve Hunt's watercolors reflect her academic background in sustainability and climate change. Her work is a record of climate change on a more local and intimate scale. Most of her paintings depict the impact of summer storms and winter's wrath on the forests and beaches surrounding her South Dartmouth home. Genevieve currently studies with Thomas Schaller and Andy Evansen help her utilize value studies and a dynamic color palette to make her scenes pop and pull the viewer into the action. She hopes the viewer's experience looking at her paintings will help them remember the wild and beautiful New England climate that is rapidly changing year by year.
Genevieve Hunt will be demonstrating how she uses a wet-on-wet technique to quickly lay in a dramatic sky while controlling the dance between the pigment and the water. She will show how to use a sponge, gravity, and a spray bottle to unleash the drama of a stormy summer sky.
Visitors may enjoy our summer garden and take a break on my patio with a complimentary cold bottle of water and a snack. There is an air conditioned studio with seating that offers a respite from hot afternoons and tired feet. There is also plenty of parking on the street and we are located a short, 7-minute drive from the restaurants and public restrooms in Padanaram Village.
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Kim M Barry
AUGUST 15 &16 Only
OIL/CLAY POTS/TILE: Expressive paintings of seascapes, fruits, veggies, shells, and hand-made pottery
https://www.kimbarrypainting.com
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Kim Barry is an award-winning painter, potter, sculptor, and art educator. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Sculpture and from University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth with an MFA in Painting. Kim has lived in the south coast of Massachusetts most of her life. Ms. Barry is a member of Hatch Street Studios in New Bedford, a signature Member of National Association of Women Artists NAWA and Massachusetts NAWA Branch, a member of TAG “The Art Gallery” Boston, an exhibiting and teaching member at the Providence Art Club, member of South Coast Artists, Westport Art Group, Marion Art Center, and owner of Clay Trout Pottery in Mattapoisett.
Ms. Barry states.
My pockets are always full of shells and the bits I discover along my walks. Through deep observation and my intimate response to the natural world, I find a bounty of inspiration for my paintings. My subject matter such as fruits, flowers, veggies, shells can often reference the human form, gesture, memory, emotion, sensuality. My landscapes simply capture the energy of a time and place. When I work from the natural world, I ingest this experience and then synthesize it into my own expression. My use of paint is visceral. I have an appetite for color and enjoy the manipulation of paint that grabs the eye and stirs the unconscious. When painting, I am compelled to articulate a fierce passion for life, female strength, and fecundity.
When I work in clay, I throw unique plant pots and sculpt tile. The tile is created a range of themes such as fruit, flowers, veggies, shells, whales, fish, and critters such as frogs, crabs, and dragonflies. The tile is sculpted and glazed. Each tile has a hanging loop embedded into the back of each tile for easy hanging.
I am a guest at Genny Hunts studio for the SCA tour. I set up a tent in her lovely backyard and bring a selection of oil paintings, plant pots, wine coolers and sculpted glazed tile. My own painting studio is located at 88 Hatch Street, New Bedford and my pottery studio is at 67 Acushnet Road, Mattapoisett. Visitors are welcome by apppointment
#10 Andrew Peppard
#10 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: Peppard Woodworking 66 Stoneledge Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02748
Andrew B Peppard
BOTH TOURS
WOOD FURNITURE: Unique furniture, charcuterie boards, clocks and bud vases
774-400-7693
For most of his adult life Andy has combined his career as an attorney with his craft as a furniture-maker. He initially designed and made furniture for family and friends, but soon began to receive requests from a wider public and offers to show his work in local galleries, in New Bedford, Dartmouth and Tiverton.
Andy’s furniture is designed to be both beautiful and useful. Most of his work is by commission, designed with the client’s needs and input. He makes furniture from hardwoods, primarily cherry and walnut, but has used mesquite, mahogany, olivewood and other exotic woods when asked. He finds wood that has a special impact, with unusual curl, grain and/or color, sometimes incorporating inlays of turquoise, ebony and contrasting woods, being careful not to distract from the natural beauty of the wood.
His commissions have included coffee tables, end tables, headboards for beds, as well as pieces to display collections of small objects d’art, and unique tables in honor of or in memory of a loved one. One table honoring a concert pianist was inlaid with an octave of piano keys; another in memory of a physicist featured a generic atomic symbol. Both tables were entirely functional, as all his work seeks to be, yet were deeply personal. That combination was reflected in a cherry music stand made to celebrate a graduate from Berklee College of Music, and in a walnut display stand for a collector of canes and walking sticks.
As a lifelong outdoorsman, he gained respect for the variety of ways trees sustain us and his “reverence for wood,” the title of Eric Sloan’s homage to wood and woodworking, is reflected in his pieces.
#11 JP Powel and Dianne W Burns
#11 on the Brochure
Artists showing at: Salt Marsh Pottery Buliding 1167 Russells Mills Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02748
JP Powel
BOTH TOURS
Yellow Boat Studio
OIL ON PANEL: Imaginative realism
http://www.yellowboatstudio.com/
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
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JP's paintings are the visions of a bemused old man, always struggling, learning to paint, intensely fond of the mundane: women (especially Betsy), children, dogs, cats, and the saltmarsh, woods, lakes, and mountains, and vine ripened tomatoes, infinitesimal points in the vastness of the cosmos and the immensity of time. He seeks to touch the enigma beyond the seen, and the universe in a rotting stump. Lately the upheavals in the greater world increasingly will influence his work.
Sketchbooks available for perusal. Work in progress paintings can be seen on the easel.
Lots of off-street parking and restrooms available. The studio is not wheelchair accessible. Salt Marsh Pottery on the floor below is.
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Dianne W Burns
BOTH TOURS
Art of Hope Studio #11
OIL: Landscape painter using vibrant colorful brushstrokes
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
Dianne is a plein air painter, painting on location in all types of weather. Painting often, a more confident expressive style is emerging. This can be seen in her brush strokes and coloration. She is delving into scenes with various effects of light, dawn or dusk and changes of weather. Her appreciation of our Earth’s beauty and the views she portrays of it show forth in her execution of style and technique. Her work translates familiar scenes of coastal living into vibrant representations of her fresh vision.
Dianne feels right at home doing demonstrations of her painting style. She paints often and also teaches adults and children. This gives her the opportunity to share her knowledge and experience. Being a plein air painter, she can paint quickly and capture the essence of the scene as she discusses her materials and techniques.
Former elementary school building at 1167 Russells Mills Road, studio - # 11. I’m on the ground-level, more accessible from the back of the building, only 1 step up and more parking too. I’ve added more artwork display space. Bathrooms available.
#12 Melynda Schudrich
#12 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: SultryGlass 131 Clarendon St, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Melynda Schudrich
BOTH TOURS
GLASS: Contemporary glass utilizing torch and fused techniques
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
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One of the primary techniques used in this studio is torchwork, also known as flameworking or lampworking. This process uses a torch to heat glass until it becomes molten, allowing it to be shaped through blowing, hand manipulation, and the use of specialized tools. Working directly in the flame creates an intimate, responsive experience, where each movement influences the final form.
Glass fusing is another key technique practiced in the studio. This method involves carefully layering pieces of glass and melting them together in a kiln. Fusing is ideal for creating jewelry, such as earrings, as well as functional and decorative pieces like bowls and other three-dimensional forms. Sunflowers are a favorite to make, designed to capture light and warmth.
Sandblasting adds yet another dimension to the work. Using this technique, the artist designs and personalizes glassware, vases, wine bottles, and keepsake items. Custom projects range from engagement and wedding gifts to individualized drinking glasses created from a client’s unique ideas.
The studio is a space of constant exploration and growth. New techniques are regularly learned, tested, and incorporated, ensuring that the work continues to evolve. Demonstrations may include flower and marble making, glass fusing, and the creation of detailed glass objects such as flowers and ocean implosions.
Conveniently located in a garage studio with ample parking, the space is clearly marked and welcoming, offering visitors a chance to see glass transformed by fire, creativity, and skill.
In this open studio, the artist demonstrates glass torchwork for visitors, showing how glass is heated, shaped, and formed using a torch and hand tools. As the glass becomes molten, the artist explains each step of the process while creating small finished pieces such as beads, flowers, or marbles. Guests are able to observe the techniques up close and ask questions throughout the demonstration. These demonstrations offer a clear look at how torchwork and functions in a working studio and help visitors better understand the skill, safety, and precision involved in shaping glass by hand.
#13 Amy Thurber
#13 on the Brochure
Artist showing at: Doves Foot Pottery 219 Horseneck Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02748
Amy Thurber
JULY 18 & 19 Only
CERAMIC: One of a kind pottery from the garden
Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend.
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Amy is intrigued by natural forms, textures and colors. She gardens and forages for leaves and natural objects us use in her pottery. When she begin a piece, she lets the leaves direct the form. Many times the results are more organic than her original intentions. She attempts to work in harmony with natural objects to bring functionality to the leaves she nurtures. Amy uses high fired stoneware and porcelain with food-safe glazes.
Ongoing demonstrations throughout the tour showing hand building techniques using leaves and painting into leaf impressions using underglaze.
Look for the wooden gate just south of Dartmoor Gifts. Doves Foot Pottery is at the top of the hill on the right near the end of a long driveway. Parking is in the grass on the right just after entering the wooden gate, or along the road. Limited handicapped parking next to the studio. There are three steps with railings to enter the studio. The closest public restrooms are at Davoll's General Store 3 minutes away
