A little about this year's Christmas Shoppe: This year we have wonderful new Candle Pyramids from 3 different Handcraft areas in the Erzgebirge Mountains in the former East Germany. Also Smokemen in different sizes, larger Smokers and many, many smaller ones.
Nutcrackers, of course!
We have a new company with wonderful, very colorful wooden hanging ornaments, the miniature decorations on each ornament are delightful for young and old.
Hand-painted glass balls, hearts and angels from Austria, some very detailed snow scenes, children playing, nativity, Santas and more, glass ornaments from Poland, the Czech Republic.
A watercolorist with collections displayed nationally in Canada, Great Britain, Germany and Japan. Past member of both Middletown Art Guild and Glastonbury Art Guild, helping with the running of studio II in Glastonbury in the early days.
Sally studied with nationally and internationally recognized artists including Claude Crony, Jack Flynn, Jessie Mayer, Mary Napoletano, Zolton Szabo, and Yalfred Thelin.
School: Chamberlayne Junior College, Boston Mass. A.S. in Interior Design /internship with A.S.I.D. affiliated Interior Designer as design assistant.
Sally has taught watercolor workshop in Bolton High School and (K-12) in Glastonbury school system with age & achievement level course for watercolor introduction and follow-up activities for teachers.
"Watercolors lend themselves to natures beauty with flowing color and soft edges and I enjoy the whole process of seeing images appear under my brush."
Acrylic paintings of wildlife, pets and angels, as well as 5x7 Angel Cards featuring some of her most inspirational artwork.
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Aleta Gudelski:
A watercolor and oil artist from Durham paints vanishing local barns and landscapes.
Aleta is a fine art instructor at Middlesex Community College.
She likes to create a quiet center within her art.
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Jackie Peterson:
A graduate of Harford Art School and member of PSA (Pastel Society of America), she works primarily in pastels and enjoys flowers and landscapes. Her work is an honest attempt to visually express what she sees and feels through color and form.
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Ed Goodrich
Our fine woodcrafter Chops and Joins our frames and Shadow boxes. He also makes pepper mills, wine toppers, kaleidoscopes, pen and pencil sets and beautiful bird house ornaments of many exotic woods.
