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  • Saturday, May 30, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Green Spaces: Paintings from Olmsted’s Parks

    The Emerald Necklace Conservancy will present an exhibit of watercolor and gouache paintings by artist Lynette Lombard titled Green Spaces: Paintings from Olmsted’s Parks.  The exhibit will be mounted in the Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, and will be on view Saturdays and Sundays beginning May 3 from 11 – 4.  An artist reception and talk will be held on Saturday, May 30, from 2 – 4, and is free and open to the public.  In her artist statement, Lynette writes that, while painting on site during the summer of 2014, “I was struck by the variety of Olmsted’s visual rhythms and serpentine movements to create paths of light and dark, which weave a drama in my work.” She received her MFA from Yale University School of Art and is a Professor of Art at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.  For more information contact info@emeraldnecklace.org, or call 617-522-2700.

  • Saturday, February 21, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – The Invented Landscape Opening Reception

    Just as the Arnold Arboretum is an invented landscape, so are the paintings in this exhibition of paintings by Nancy Sableski, which will be on view in the Hunnewell Building lecture Hall, 125 Arborway, from February 21 – May 29. While every work of art is an invention, Ms. Sableski takes this concept a step further by painting imagined landscapes that are constructed by blending multiple images taken with her cellphone. In this way she invents places that don’t exist but which clearly refer to the Arboretum. This technique allows her to examine aspects of landscape that continually capture her imagination: the interplay of powerful verticals, unpredictable diagonals, and receding horizontals. The opening reception will take place February 21 from 1 – 3. Call 617-384-5209 for more information.

  • Saturday, September 17, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Art in the Garden “Desert Treasures”

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden will once again hold an artist’s reception for Carol Amos, whose paintings are inspired by the flora of the desert southwest, on Saturday, September 17, from 6 – 7:30 at 11 French Drive in Boylston.  The entire show will run from August 22 through October 1.  For more information, visit www.towerhillbg.org.  Below is “House Finches on Saguaro Blossoms.”

  • Saturday, March 6, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Of a Powerful Nature

    Local artist Joanne Tarlin will be exhibiting her extraordinary art at the Wellesley Free Library March 6 through March 30.  A meet the artist reception will take place this Saturday, March 6, from 9 am – 12 noon.  She has generously offered to provide an individual membership to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society with the purchase of any piece of artwork at the show.  Her exhibit is entitled “Of a Powerful Nature: 20 Dynamic and Sensual Paintings.” A percentage of all sales will be donated to the Wellesley Free Library as well.