{"id":1587,"date":"2013-05-28T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2013-05-28T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:52:13","slug":"opening-reception-susan-abbott-at-shelburne-vineyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/opening-reception-susan-abbott-at-shelburne-vineyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Reception: Susan Abbott at Shelburne Vineyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1588\" title=\"Susan Abbott\" src=\"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abbot-image-1-web-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abbot-image-1-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abbot-image-1-web.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Sunday, June 2, 2-4PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">&#8220;Vermont Journal: Small Paintings from Four Seasons&#8221;: Susan Abbott<\/p>\n<p>Susan Abbott is known nationally for her unique large-scale still life and landscapes . In this show &#8220;Vermont Journal&#8221;, she uses her eye for vivid color and unusual\u00a0composition on a more intimate scale. Abbott creates these\u00a0<em>en plein air<\/em>\u00a0paintings as a way to pay attention to changing light and color in the landscape outside of her studio, and the result is a vivid visual journal of Vermont&#8217;s four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Abbott graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA and MFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has worked as a professional artist since that time, exhibiting in galleries and museums around the country. Her paintings are represented in numerous corporate and individual collections. Her work has appeared in publications such as\u00a0<em>American Artist<\/em>,\u00a0<em>International Artist,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Watercolor Magazine<\/em>, and has been featured on NPR\u2019s\u00a0<em>Diane Rehm Show<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em>. She is the recipient of grants from the Vermont Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council, and of numerous private and public painting commissions, including the \u201cArt of Action\u201d project. In Vermont, her paintings are represented by West Branch Gallery in Stowe and Gallery North Star in Grafton. She lives in Marshfield.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/places\/?p=631\" target=\"_blank\">SHELBURNE VINEYARD\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, June 2, 2-4PM | Shelburne Vineyard, Shelburne<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/opening-reception-susan-abbott-at-shelburne-vineyard\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abbot-image-1-web.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4SHp1-pB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4446,"url":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/bucolic-with-elements-of-modernity\/","url_meta":{"origin":1587,"position":0},"title":"Bucolic with Elements of Modernity","date":"September 3, 2017","format":"gallery","excerpt":"VERMONT ART GUIDE #5 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Susan Abbott Marshfield Susan Abbott\u2019s bright, bold paintings eschew nostalgia while embracing romantic views of the land. 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