Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sunrise in Truro, 48 x 36 x 2 inches. Cotton and abaca pulp, pigment, pearlescent pigment. Private collection. A family affair: a birthday gift is a paper making workshop. I love this photo: Mom cannot put the turkey baster down-the tool we use for pulp painting. Can...
Jul 30, 2025 | Tabloid art history
Shape Shifting, 13 x 13 x 1 inches, white floater frame. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us -Impressionism lecture attendee Berthe Morisot, Summer's Day, (1879), National Gallery of Art, London. Last week I presented a lecture about Impressionist Art at a...
Jul 16, 2025 | News from the studio
About Sara Gilfert Sara Gilfert learned the art of Japaneses hand paper making with the renowned paper artist Kazuhiko Ando. In 2002, with Rural Action as a fiscal agent, Sara to Nelsonville, Ohio and renovated the current 35 West Columbus Street. In 2003, Paper...
Jul 7, 2025 | News from the studio
Summer’s End has been accepted into Fiber Arts Now “Paper Made II” exhibition. The painting will be featured in the fall 2025 magazine and in an exhibition in early 2026. The painting is made with pigmented abaca and cotton pulps. If you’d like to learn my pulp...
Jul 7, 2025 | Upcoming events
Thursday, July 10, 10:30 AM, EST. ZOOM. 50 minutes. As a painter of gardens for over 40 years, artist Meg Black — past Chair of the Art Department at Salem State University — will share her creative process and the artists whose work she references for...
Jan 20, 2025 | Tabloid art history
Artists have long been influenced by their predecessors. While this often means a nod to artists they admire by incorporating their imagery into their own work, at other times its is an act of rebellion against artistic expressions deemed antiquated or controversial...