Catch the art show “Stone Walls, Graves, Fishing Shack Windows” by Susan Bienen Johnson at the West Tisbury library. A closing reception will be held Tuesday, Sept. 29, 12 to 2:30 pm.
“This group of paintings celebrates lichen-covered landscapes and fishing shack windows, all of which make connections. The fishing shack windows connect and reflect views, and sometimes suggest still lives — windowpanes jammed with dusty paraphernalia. Pale lichen connects stone walls and trees, and makes the world green, while golden lichen creates spiral patterns against somber gravestones, connecting and transforming a dying place into a living one. For many years, the beach was my favorite place for plein air drawing. Seated near the water’s edge (where all the natural elements connected), I drew rocks, seaweed, sand, and sea as the tide changed,” Johnson says.
West Tisbury library, 1042 State Road, West Tisbury, westtisburylibrary.org/publiclibrary.
