Art for Land!

I hope you can join me at West Branch Gallery in Stowe on Thursday, October 4th from 6-8 pm for a special one evening event in support of the Vermont Land Trust. Twelve artists have created twenty-two unique paintings inspired by the Bolton Backcountry, a 1,200 acre hiking and nordic skiing paradise that the VT Land Trust is protecting from private development. Have a glass of local wine or beer, enjoy some tasty hors d'oeuvres, see some wonderful art --and have a chance to purchase a painting at a one-time special price to benefit the VLT Bolton project! You can find out more about the Vermont land Trust's effort to preserve the Bolton Backcountry here.

My VT Flood Relief Art Sale Update

November 2012 Update: All of my painted photos of Vermont towns are now sold, and over $5,000. donated to local flood relief efforts. Thank you to everyone who purchased! I'll be posting more of these soon on my Vermont blog.

In the words of the latest issue of Burlington, VT newspaper "Seven Days":

"Artist Susan Abbott is selling hand-painted photographs of Vermont towns that she created for her blog, Let Me Show You Vermont. The gaily colorized images of iconic roads, buildings, farms and landscapes would be brilliant keepsakes of the state even if they didn’t benefit flood-relief efforts. The matted, one-of-a-kind 8-by-10-inch photos are $225 each and appear to be going fast."

And they are going fast! So far we have sold sixteen photo/paintings, and raised $3,500. for flood relief. There are seven more left, including "Moretown" (a village hit very hard by the flooding), shown above. I have over 200 towns to go, in my quest to paint and draw all over this beautiful state, and will continue to offer sales as donations as long as there is a need to help flood victims, so stay tuned...meanwhile, you can see the online art sale here.

Vermont Flood Relief Art Sale

See the online sale here!

Hurricane Irene tracked directly over my home state of Vermont on Sunday, August 28th. After twelve hours of torrential rains, waters poured down our mountains and rivers rose quickly, jumping their banks and inundating homes, businesses, and farmlands. Over 300 roads and bridges were damaged, including all of the highways that span the southern part of the state from east to west. Vermonters are working hard to recover, but they will need some help to rebuild.

I'm happy to be able to offer all proceeds from the sale of over 25 original hand-painted photographs to aid the relief effort here in Vermont. These images were created for my blog
"Let Me Show You Vermont", a project that's taking me on a sketchbook tour of all 251 Vermont towns. Unfortunately, many of these places were damaged by Hurricane Irene. Your purchase of one of the pieces in this series will be a generous donation to Vermont's recovery. And then come up and visit this wonderful state!

Colors of the Batey Update

My son Colin and I had a great opening for the "Colors of the Batey" show, which continues until July 1st at the University of Vermont Davis Center. We have sold six of the sixteen photographs and paintings--all sales are donated to the Clean Water Project for the Batey. Please take a look at the show online here!