Brewster artists John Stringfellow and Val Roy Gerischer have six works in the juried show at the Cotuit Center for the Arts through December 23, 2020. These works represent the artists’ work done during the isolation of the pandemic when both were forced to give up their day jobs. This turned out to be a real blessing for them both as they were able to focus their energies and devote themselves to experimental techniques, international photobank sourcing, and creating.
Gerischer
Val’s work has undergone a transformation during this period. It has gotten much more experimental and expressive. The pieces show his attention to detail and a new found freedom of adventure and fantasy. The pieces that he is showing are:
- Metamorphosis or (inhouse title) Dr. Who and the Attack of the Beautiful Butterflies: Mixed Media 24 X 24 inches – Price $3,200
- Meta Study 1: Mixed Media 8 X 8 inches – Price $250
- Meta Study 2: Mixed Media 8 X 8 inches- Price $250



Stringfellow
John Stringfellow has been busy experimenting with two new series. One is a throwback to his confrontational and mysterious drawings of the 1990s and the second series of expressive figurative pieces. Here are the works that he is showing in this exhibition:
- Meditation on the Meaning of Man & Money: Mixed media – Digital photography, digital image layering, acrylic paint, and glazing – Price $4,500
- Star-Spangled Banner November 2020 (Flag from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Barn) – Digital collage, digital image layering, paint, inkjet print, and glazing – Price $125 photo not available
- Hope, Desire, Lust – Digital photography, digital image layering, acrylic paint, and glazing – Price $325


Here are the other artists that were accepted into the show, the in-gallery version that is:
First Name | Last Name | Title of Work |
Christine | Anderson | Metamorphosis |
Jean | Anton | Dreaming |
James | Anton | untitled |
Maggie | Anzola | Rhubarb |
Kim M. | Baker | Inside Out Hope |
Jude | Bartlett | Fatherly Love |
Anne | Belson-Hevner | Mother and Child |
Anne | Belson-Hevner | From Russia to Boston: My Great Grandfather |
Kelly | Bennett | Daybreak, Cape Cod |
Carly | Blais | Hope Helps |
Claudia K. | Borden | Purple in the Mire |
Rick | Branscomb | Milky Way over Stage Harbor #3 |
Rick | Branscomb | Sun Wader |
Kat | Brennann | New Beginnings |
Bonnie | Brewer | Spring Burst |
Bruce | Calabro | Food Security |
Bruce | Calabro | Community Engagement |
Mikael | Carstanjen | There is Always Hope |
Eileen | Casey | Pieces of April |
Elaine | Cohen | Autumn Lights |
Neil | Collins | Glimmer of Hope |
Lee | Connolly-Weill | Fabricating Hope |
Betsy Payne | Cook | Anticipation |
Kat | Cuseo | New Beginnings |
Peggy | Dan | Dancing Girl |
Ellen C | Davies | Dancing in the Moonlight |
Ellen C | Davies | Hope Lies in Dreams |
Mary | Doering | Keeping My Fingers Crossed |
Michael P. | Doyle | This Too Shall Pass (self) |
Anne | Doyle | A Toast to a Better World |
Barbara Ford | Doyle | Gonna Be a Bright, Bright, Sunshiney Day |
Jessica | DuBois | Embracing the Rain |
Karen | Dugas | Rising from the Abyss |
Donna | Dupras | Beanie in Rainbow |
Michael | Ernst | Bored Game |
Michael | Ernst | Steam-Powered Death Ray |
Michael | Ernst | Rubik’s Apartments |
Rebecca | Fellows | Joyful Hope |
Kelly | Ferguson | Looking Forward |
Carolyn | Ferrell & Bruce Calabro | Good Fortune Cookies |
Joseph | Finn | Spring 2021 New Beginnings |
Elinor | Freedman | Boys Day Out |
Elinor | Freedman | Just Imagine |
Martha Little | Fuentes | The Practice Session |
Alice N. | Galick | Fragile Red Flower |
Alice N. | Galick | The Caretaker |
Val Roy | Gerischer | Study #1 Metamorphosis |
Val Roy | Gerischer | Study # 2 Metamorphosis |
Val Roy | Gerischer | Metamorphosis |
Annie | Gerrity | New Beginnings |
Terry | Gips | Traces |
Terry | Gips | Above Below |
Terry | Gips | Forest and the Trees |
Jeffrey | Glatstein | Echoes of Peace |
Terry | Goulart | Rise Up |
Paula Piraino | Grimes | Winter Light |
Elaine | Harmon | Even the Strongest Wind Cannot Break “The Branches of Hope” |
Patricia | Hatch | Pure Joy |
Patricia | Hatch | Beyond the Mist |
Ric | Haynes | Sunday |
Ric | Haynes | Whale Spotters |
Nick | Heaney | A Time for Light |
Lauren | Kalita | Milagro to Ste. Margaret of Cortona |
Lauren | Kalita | Milagro to Ste. Margaret of Helena of Constantinople |
Lauren | Kalita | dream-catcher playing possum – Milagro to Changing Woman & First Woman & Unknown Woman |
Mary | Kinsley | Illuminating America |
Sheila | Largay | Hope Floats |
Sheila | Largay | The Thing with Feathers |
Leslie | Lichtenstein | Babies = Hope |
Jane | Lincoln | Optimistic Orange |
Miki | Lovett | Urban Planning |
Kim | Lyons | Rising |
Annette | MacAdams | Petals: Fragile and Bold |
Neil | Maciejewski | Promise of a New Day |
Dawn | McKenzie | Harboring Hope |
Susan O’Brien | Mclean | Ship of Hope |
Ann | Meads | Emerging Sunflower |
Anne | Morse | Warm Sun, Hoping, Dreaming |
James | Musto | The Sprit Lives On |
Rosalie | Nadeau | Basket’s NOT FULL |
Richard | Neal | My Humanity is Bound Up in Yours |
Tina | Newcombe | 3-D |
Toni | Newhall | Rise Up |
Mae | Newton | Horizon of Peaceful Essense |
Nicolas | Nobili | Peace (And War) |
Nicolas | Nobili | Love (Trap) |
Chris | O’Dell-Ferguson | Nexus |
Susan | Overstreet | Persephone Springs Eternal |
Joanne | Patokonis | Our World is Still Amazing! |
Joanne | Patokonis | Pieces of My He(art) |
Karen M | Pinard | To Dance with the Waves |
Karen M | Pinard | Rhythm of the Waves |
Maxene | Raymond | Light at the End of the Tunnel |
Maxene | Raymond | Here Comes the Sun |
Mary | Richmond | Hope is the Thing with Feathers |
Georgene | Riedl | “Hope is the Thing with Feathers that Perches on the Soul” |
Lisa Jo | Rudy | Hope for the Trees |
Lisa Jo | Rudy | Stand Strong |
Kim | Rumberger | Controlled Chaos |
Kathryn | Sanfilippo | The Brightest Days The Darkest Nights |
Kathryn | Sanfilippo | The Skies Open |
Vittoria | Sault | Art Fair |
Vittoria | Sault | December Girl |
Vittoria | Sault | Mistress Mine |
Linda | Sharp | Fenway Park |
Linda | Sharp | Jimmy Fund |
Rick | Sharp | Wellfleet |
Rick | Sharp | When We Were Young |
Rick | Sharp | Morning 2021 |
Kate | Sidwell | Hope is the Thing that Perches in the Soul |
Marie | St. Hilaire | Dandelion |
Kristin | Stewart | Hope is not a Straight Line |
John | Stringfellow | Hope, Desire, Lust |
John | Stringfellow | Star Spangled Banner 11/2020 (Barn, Bucks Co. PA) |
John | Stringfellow | Meditation on the Measure of Man & Money |
Sue Dahling | Sullivan | By the Sea |
Sue Dahling | Sullivan | Doing it in Cotuit |
Robert | Tallman | Hope Stones |
Elaine | Tata | Starting to See the Light |
Lois L. | Taylor | Moss Picker |
Shaw | Taylor | Up North |
Anne | Torry-Ballou | Another Path – (Because every path, real or symbolic, provides a new opportunity to learn and grow) |
Karen North | Walls | At Lake Wequaquet |
Bernadette | Waystack | On Eagles Wings |
Libby | White & Kelly Kerrigan Jacobus | Dear Kelly, XO Libby |
Milt | Williamson | Hope |
Sue | Zafarana | A Way Out |
Steve | Zafarana | Contemplation 1 |
Annellen | Zalis | Patience |
Annellen | Zalis | Golden Days |
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