But just water vapor
“Forbidding & Sublime”” (oil painting), by Linda Pearlman Karlsberg, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
Marsh magic
“Behind Little Pamet (Truro)” (Outer Cape Cod), (oil on panel), by Cammie Watson, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass. The Little Pamet River is a 1.5-mile-long stream that river arises in wetlands, flows west for about a mile, and drains into Cape Cod Bay. The nearby Pamet River lies a few miles to the south. It’s named for a Native American tribe.
'I'm a g-nu, how d'you do?'
“The Trojan Gnu” (steel, wood, acrylic paint and classical myth, reinterpreted), by Charles Gibbs at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
“I'm a g-nu, I'm a g-nu,
The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo.
I'm a g-nu, how d'you do?
You really ought to k-now W-ho's W-ho!’’
— From “The Gnu Song,’’ by Flanders and Swann.
Coastal cold
“Inlet, Isle au Haut (Maine)” (oil on anodized-aluminum panel) by Sue Charles, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
Night falls on Andover
At Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.: Above, “Ignite the Night” (mixed media on canvas), by Debra Corbett, below, “Sundowner” (oil painting), by Sue Charles
Group effort
“Flock #3” (acrylic, rust, migratory instinct and motion on canvas), by Joel Howe, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
Flock #3
Joel Howe
24 x 24 in.
26 x 26 in. (frame)
acrylic, rust, migratory instinct, and motion on canvas
$1,400
Miniature sea
“Tide Pool’’ (inks on watercolor paper), by Connie Glore, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
We're always in them
“Brambles’’ (pen and ink on paper), by Joel Howe, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
In the off-season
“Isle’’ (watercolor on paper), by Connie Glore, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
Start swinging
”{While} Walkin' the Dog’’ (watercolor and acrylic on braced birch panel), by Tamara Gonda, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
Trying to green out
"Above" *(oil on linen), by Lully Schwartz, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
At least once a week
"Island Storm'' (oil on canvas), by Sandys Moore, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
Swap state nicknames?
"Ocean State IV'' a wintry-looking oil on canvas), by Sean Thomas, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass. Rhode Island's nickname is "The Ocean State,'' while Massachusetts is called "The Bay State.'' A cursory look at a map would suggest that they should swamp nicknames.
Better than no light
"Winter Light" (oil on board), by Julia Purinton, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
Up and down
"Sunset & Low Tide'' (oil on canvas), by Janis Sanders, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass. That New England has the nation's greatest tidal range lends a certain daily drama to its coast.
View of a protein factory
"Estuary, Looking West' (oil on canvas), by Priscilla Serafin, at Alpers Fine Art.
Spring perfume
"Cows on Old Jerusalem Road'' (in Salisbury, Vt.) (oil on panel), by Hannah Sessions, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.
One indication of high spring in the little town I lived in as a boy was the aroma of grass and manure that wafted over from a small farm on the other side of the road we lived on. Very rich indeed. The smell wasn't quite as pleasant in July. The road we lived on, in Cohasset, Mass., was an extension of another Jerusalem Road, this one along the ocean. Those old New Englanders liked their biblical references.
-- Robert Whitcomb
Greetings from North Korea
"Column of Light,'' by Sue Charles, at Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Mass.