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The David M. Hunt Library will host an exhibition of colored pencil and pastel artworks by Marsha Altemus and assemblage and painting by Roger McKee from January 14 through March 11.
Artworks from the exhibition are for sale and can be reserved through the online gallery below. A portion of all sales benefit the Hunt Library.
Falls Village resident Marsha Altemus took her hand to pastel and colored pencil after retiring from a 25-year career in the custom hand-weaving business. After dabbling in oil and acrylic painting, she fell in love with creating colored pencil still life drawings after discovering the amazing photorealistic effects she was achieving with this under-appreciated medium. Though she continues to occasionally work in pencil, Marsha found she was equally adept in creating detailed still life and landscape paintings in pastels. Self-taught and only five years into creating works of advanced technical skill, Marsha says that the process of making art is a welcome non-stressful challenge that has brought her new-found appreciation and encouragement.
Roger McKee’s art ranges from intaglio printmaking and monotypes to artist’s books and assemblage pieces with an emphasis on the natural world. His work in acrylics and assemblage, including large shadow box compositions of fish, skulls, and topographic representations, engage a variety of objects ranging from arrows and maps to wood core samples and twigs, reflecting his connection to the natural world and the great deal of time he spends out-of-doors. Roger McKee was educated at Wesleyan University, Pratt Institute, and MIT, and is an art instructor of drawing, printmaking, woodworking and boatbuilding at Salisbury School where he is also an alumnus and former art department chair.
WORKS BELOW ARE FOR SALE.
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ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE HEIGHT BY WIDTH.
MARSHA ALTEMUS
BEEBE HILL WINTER
Pastel, 8 x 10, $100 SOLD
MARSHA ALTEMUS
BEEBE HILL SPRING
Pastel, 8 x 10, $100 SOLD
ROGER MCKEE
ANOTHER ROADSIDE DISTRACTION
Assemblage, 24 x 16, $500
MARSHA ALTEMUS
CAPE MAY MARSH
Pastel, 10 x 13, $150 SOLD
ROGER MCKEE
BLOW-DOWN
Acrylic on paper, 40 x 27, $800 SOLD
MARSHA ALTEMUS
COBBLE HILL PATH
Pastel, 12 x 14, $200 – SOLD
MARSHA ALTEMUS
EARLY AUTUMN
Pastel, 8 x 10, $200
ROGER MCKEE
CICADAS
Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12, $300
MARSHA ALTEMUS
EGGS
Colored Pencil, 12 x 16, $200 SOLD
MARSHA ALTEMUS
FALLS VILLAGE WINTER FIELD
Pastel, 12 x 15, $200
ROGER MCKEE
CURTAIN CALL
Assemblage, 12 x 12, $300
MARSHA ALTEMUS
FIELD AND HEDGEROW
Pastel, 10 x 13, $150
ROGER MCKEE
DRAGONFLY
Acrylic on paper, 12 x 9, $200
MARSHA ALTEMUS
JUG AND HORSE
Colored Pencil, 14 x 11, $150
ROGER MCKEE
LEVIATHAN
Acrylic on paper, 30 x 44, $1000
MARSHA ALTEMUS
MORNING LIGHT
Pastel, 16 x 20, $250
MARSHA ALTEMUS
OLD BOTTLES
Colored Pencil, 13 x 17, $200 SOLD
ROGER MCKEE
SHADOWS
Acrylic on paper, 40 x 26, $650
MARSHA ALTEMUS
ORANGE FLOWERS
Oil Pastel, 13 x 16, $150
ROGER MCKEE
SHINING MY FLASHLIGHT
Assemblage, 19 x 13, $400
MARSHA ALTEMUS
SNOWY FARM ROAD
Pastel, 13 x 17, $200
ROGER MCKEE
STILL STANDING
Acrylic on paper, 44 x 30, $1000
MARSHA ALTEMUS
STILL LIFE ON BLUE
Colored Pencil, 13 x 17, $200
MARSHA ALTEMUS
SUN-DAPPLED PATH
Pastel, 12 x 14, $200
ROGER MCKEE
THE CRANE AND THE SNAKE
Assemblage, 16 x 45, $750
MARSHA ALTEMUS
TEAPOT AND JUG
Oil Pastel, 13 x 16, $150
MARSHA ALTEMUS
TEDDY AND DOLLS
Colored Pencil, 11 x 17, $200
ROGER MCKEE
WETLANDS STUDY
Acrylic on paper, 30 x 44, $1000
MARSHA ALTEMUS
TOMATOES
Colored Pencil, 13 x 17, $200
MARSHA ALTEMUS
VIEW FROM BRIDGE
Pastel, 10 x 13, $150
MARSHA ALTEMUS
YELLOW PEPPER
Pastel, 10 x 8, $100