SUSAN GILBERT
A graduate of the Boston Museum School, I received a first
year of classical art training followed by three years of intensive
drawing and ceramics. During that time and in all the years since I
have pursued the study of painting -on porcelain, paper and canvas.
I have loved the natural beauty and mystery of Monhegan from
my first visit, a camping trip in September of the last year that
was allowed on the island. Back the next May for an affordable art students
vacation at the Yew, thus began a pattern of returning: to work
for Josephine Day, later a few years of residency, now continued
visits in all seasons. I have noted daily patterns of weather,
fog, boating, roses, cliffs, water and sky with charcoal, pencil, watercolor,
and lately, oil.
Living with the tides I find an atmosphere saturated with history:
art, fishing and hard work. Monhegan’s gift to me
is a constant inspiration to renewal, to make art.
All painting and framing materials are chosen carefully: paper, mat
and backing for archival quality, colors for permanence.
