March Featured Artists
Martha Collins and Margaret Woodcock are the featured artists this month. A wonderful pairing of two very different artistic expressions, each with an intricate complicated process.
Meet the artists during the Art Walk Saturday March 1st, 5 to 8 pm. Light refreshments are served.
Martha Collins
Collins works with wood. She creates small, intricate pieces with sustainably harvested hardwoods from throughout the world, combining them with either natural veneers or Maple veneers that have been dyed. She is known for her small vessels and jewelry that can be created with 1000 pieces of wood. Her career is in its fifth decade and has been appreciated and exhibited at the finest shows in the country. Currently she is preparing for the 2025 Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington DC April 23 – 27, one of 120 artists invited from 1200 applications. This is her 5th consecutive appearance at this prestigious show. Collins readily admits that this is her Wimbledon, a great honor to be included.
Margret Woodcock
Margaret Woodcock, a mixed media artist, is presenting new paintings and drawings that utilize soft pastel, charcoal, ink, oil and cold wax medium as well as collage. Two themes emerge in these new works: growth and vitality in nature and a sense of place. With these new works, Woodcock is exploring how the different materials can work together to form a coherent image and take advantage of their inherent qualities, for example, the softness of the pastel contrasting the intense black of the fluid ink line or the layering of cold wax medium with oil over line or marks to achieve a depth of color or atmosphere.
