True Grit Art Gallery is excited to announce Elements of Curiosity, a solo exhibit by local abstract artist Kelly Russo, running from April 12 to May 3, 2025. Join us for an opening reception on Saturday, April 12, from 6-8pm at 38 Center St, Middleboro, Massachusetts, where guests can meet Kelly, enjoy adult refreshments, and experience her vibrant, thought-provoking work.
  Kelly Russo, a Scituate-based artist born and raised in the Boston area, captures the dynamic balance of chaos and order in her abstract paintings. With a BFA and Masters in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art, Kelly is a Gallery Artist at South Shore Art Center, a Juried Artist Member at The Copley Society of Art, and a Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists. Her work, as she describes, “organizes chaos,” reflecting the joys and trials of life as a mom and artist navigating a complex world. Her bold shapes and fluid layers—conversations of color and space—reveal and conceal emotions, mirroring the daily choices we make about what to show and what to hide.
  At the opening reception, attendees will have the chance to chat with Kelly about her creative process and the stories behind her pieces. Adult refreshments will be served, creating a relaxed atmosphere to explore the exhibit and connect with Middleboro’s art community. Elements of Curiosity invites viewers to engage with abstract art’s legacy, from its historical roots to its modern expressions, as highlighted in True Grit Art Gab!’s recent podcast episode, “Demystifying the Abstract.”


  True Grit Art Gallery, located at 38 Center St, Middleboro, MA, is dedicated to bringing thought-provoking art to our small-town community. The exhibit runs through May 3, 2025, with regular operating hours on Tuesdays from 11am to 4pm, Wednesdays through Fridays from 10am to 5pm, and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. Admission is free, and all are welcome to the opening reception on April 12.

​Join us for our annual small works show, beginning with an opening reception on Saturday, December 14, from 6 to 8 PM. Enjoy complementary adult refreshments, meet and chat with local artists, free and open to the public! Small Wonders 2024 features over 100 smaller artworks in painting and photography priced for this holiday season. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St. in Middleborough, MA.
Image: 'Town Hill' © Michelle Quinn, Norfolk, MA.

   Join us Saturday, September 14th, from 6-8pm as we host an opening reception for ‘Poetic Visions’— an exhibition of visual art inspired by local poetry. Enjoy complementary adult refreshments while socializing with other local art and poetry enthusiasts. The event is free and open to the public. 
​   Throughout the month of July 2024, True Grit Art Gallery put out a Call For Poetry to local poets from southern New England. They were asked to submit up to 3 poems with vibrant imagery and strong metaphors for an upcoming planned art exhibition. The idea was the gallery would select five poems from this pool of poetry submissions that visual artists could respond to by producing one artwork each. The catch was that the gallery would assign each participating artist a poem to work with by a purely random, lottery process. This was done to ensure an equitable artworks to poem distribution for the planned exhibit. Over 40 local poets submitted and over 40 local artists accepted the challenge. The completed artworks will be exhibited at the gallery along with the enlarged, printed poems when ‘Poetic Visions’ premieres on its opening night. The poets whose work was chosen have been invited to perform live readings of their poems as well.
   ‘Poetic Visions’ will run from its opening night through September 28th.True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St in Middleboro, MA. Regular gallery hours are Tues 11-4, Wed thru Fri 10-5, and Sat 10-3

   On Saturday, July 6th, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, True Grit Art Gallery will host an opening reception for 'Being In Nature' —a solo exhibit of artworks in oils and pastels by Marstons Mills  artist Anne Hitch. The gallery invites the public to attend this event and meet with another talented local artist. Attendees will view many original works, enjoy complimentary adult refreshments, and socialize with other local art enthusiasts. This event is free and open to the public. 
   
   “Through my work as an art therapist, I bear witness to the healing power of art’, says Anne, ”I experience the same gratification with my own painting as it calms and regulates emotions. My subject matter and inspiration comes from nature. I am interested in creating realistic portrayals of nature and my surroundings. Working with oils, or pastels, I strive to capture the beauty, color, and light of my subjects. My appreciation for the inherent beauty of nature and the small, overlooked moments inspires my work. I try to portray a tranquility to the atmosphere I create with my work that's befitting of the pastoralism I'm most drawn to. My paintings are a captured moment in time, and a study of the essence of the person, place, or object I am depicting.”

   ‘Being In Nature’ is on view from its opening night through July 27th.True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St in Middleboro, MA. Regular gallery hours are Tues 11-4, Wed thru Fri 10-5, and Sat 10-3.

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   Join us Saturday, June 8th, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, as we host an opening reception for 'Colorscapes' —a solo exhibit of alcohol ink paintings by North Attleboro, MA  artist Mary Wojciechowski. The gallery invites the public to attend and meet this great local artist. Attendees will view many original works, enjoy complimentary adult refreshments, and socialize with other local art enthusiasts. This event is free and open to the public. 
   
   “Working with alcohol inks has become a natural progression from my earlier painting,” says Mary. “For more than thirty years, I have been a watercolorist, painting primarily in a representational style. My introduction to Yupo as an alternative to traditional watercolor paper propelled me to paint with watercolors more expressively and intuitively. The more recent discovery of alcohol ink on Yupo has greatly expanded upon that. Alcohol ink is a highly pigmented and quick drying medium applied by pouring or brushing on a non-porous surface. The vibrant colors of this ink intermingle creating unique textural effects, most often leading to unexpected results. I have found the quick and constant problem solving throughout the process to be exciting in a way that no other medium has previously and that this explorative approach has carried over significantly to my other painting endeavors.”

   ‘Colorscapes’’ is on view from its opening night through June 29. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St in Middleboro, MA. Regular gallery hours are Tues 11-4, Wed thru Fri 10-5, and Sat 10-3.

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   Join us Saturday, May 11, from 6 to 8 PM as we host an opening reception for 'Erasing History' —a solo exhibit of mixed media artworks by Warren,RI artist John Irwin. Enjoy complimentary adult refreshments, meet and chat with the artist, and socialize with other local art enthusiasts. ​Free and open to the public. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St. in Middleboro,MA.

   These new paintings were created during and after the chaos of the Covid era. In the last few years an atmosphere of paranoia, mistrust and anxiety has taken hold of humanity and left many of us confused and overwhelmed. Political and social upheaval, here and throughout the world, have seared their way into our collective consciences. Disillusionment with government and media institutions is something we have all felt in one way or another. There are also two major wars raging at the moment. As an artist, and a human being, I can not help but be influenced by these current events and by what I see and hear on social media, television and talk shows. The pictures exhibited here are a reflection of— and sometimes a reaction to— what I have seen and heard.
  The paintings themselves are a combination of multiple types of mixed media. Oil and acrylic paint are sometimes mixed with plaster and sawdust and with clippings from magazines embedded into the surface along with scraps of discarded drawings and painted cardboard. Crayon, magic marker and pencil are used to make small, graffiti-like passages. Occasionally I would glue or staple twigs, wildflowers and other three dimensional objects onto the surface of the painting. The result, which admittedly can be slightly overwhelming, is a body of work that is disorienting, dense and emotionally charged.
    I would describe these pictures as a kind of stream of consciousness view of our world with a little humor thrown in. As I was working on them I sometimes would get into a creative zone where I temporarily lost track of time. It was difficult to decide when enough was enough.— J.I.

   Join us Saturday, April 13, from 6 to 8 PM as we host an opening reception for 'Traversing Water & Land'– a solo exhibit of paintings by Lunenburg, MA artist Jill Pottle. Enjoy complementary adult refreshments, chat with the artist, and socialize with local art enthusiasts. Free and open to the public. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St. in Middleboro,MA.

  Jill Pottle is an artist from Worcester County who exhibits her paintings and drawings both locally and nationally. She graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA and received her MFA from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. She is a lifelong accomplished artist and has been teaching art for 39 years.

   My paintings have been described as "expressionist realism". I primarily work from life and reinterpret the subject into a personal response to convey my story. I get lost in the moment, searching for that perfect brush stroke or that delicious color combination or that mark that leads to the vivid illusion of reality. In all things, I see the world as a mirror and have an insatiable curiosity and passion.
  I create landscapes "en plein air“ and studio paintings either oils or acrylics. Working outside on location keeps a renewed vision of observation, everything is constantly changing. I try to capture moments in the time, when in front of nature. The landscape reminds me to be spontaneous when I return to the studio. —Jill Pottle

​  Traversing Water & Land will be up from its opening night through May 4. Regular gallery hours are Tuesdays 11 to 4, Wednesday through Friday 10 to 5, and Saturdays 10 to 3.

   Join us for our annual small works show, beginning with an opening reception on Saturday, December 9, from 6 to 8 PM. Enjoy complementary adult refreshments, meet and chat with local artists, free and open to the public! Small Wonders 2023 features smaller artworks in painting and photography priced for this holiday season. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St. in Middleborough, MA.
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Image: 'Love Language' © Emmanuel Lusardi, Carver, MA.

Join us Saturday, September 16, from 6- 8 PM as we host an opening reception for Marshfield, MA artist Dorothy Pentheny's new exhibit 'Land, Sea and Sky'. Enjoy complementary adult refreshments, meet the artist, and socialize with other local art enthusiasts. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St. in Middleborough, MA.

  “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air” a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson is my inspiration to paint this curious and beautiful world. My paintings capture what we love about the land and sea around us. The cool deep woods, the vast ocean, and the open fields around New England are a refuge from the chaos of our lives. Being in nature brings us an escape, entertainment, and for some a source of income. The paintings in my show “Land, Sea and Sky” capture everyday moments that leave lasting impressions; lobsterman heading out to sea in the early morning, a curious calf in a patch of wildflowers, or a bank of orange clouds over the blue ocean. These are the moments worth remembering. When painting on location (en plein air) I notice the colors bouncing around my subject and see how nature creates a perfect color harmony. My larger studio paintings are informed by these smaller works.— D.P.

   An oil painter for almost 20 years, Dorothy Pentheny has been exhibiting her paintings and selling her art work locally and throughout the US. Pentheny is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where her photographs won recognition in the University Art Gallery. Her paintings have been juried into numerous art shows. She has recently been the featured gallery artist at South Shore Art Center in Cohasset. Her work was awarded “Best Oil Painting” in the
Hull Lifesaving Museum show and received an Honorable Mention from the Plymouth Art Guild. She continues to augment her education with self-study and workshops.​

  Join us Saturday, June 10, from 6 to 8 PM as we host an opening reception for Scituate, MA painter Kathleen Dunn. Enjoy complementary adult refreshments. Meet and greet with the artist. Socialize with other local art enthusiasts. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St. in Middleboro, MA.

   Presenting landscape as a transcendent experience, painter Kathleen Dunn exhibits oil on canvas paintings that express the spirit of a moment through color and form. Dunn enjoys working plein  aire in many instances to rediscover and find inspiration in the shoreline landscape, traveling off the beaten path in search of new views and moments in the landscape.        
   Looking to the natural world to express the spirit of place, color is the prominent force in her paintings, defining the elements of landscape in a minimalist style. She responds to the landscape as subject by transforming the moment into a vision that goes beyond the subject, to the essence of forms and color which she compares to a transcendence of the experience into paint.
​   A resident of Scituate, MA with longstanding ties to the Outer Cape, Dunn is a graduate of the University of Mass. at Boston with additional study at the Mass. College of Art and Truro Center for the Arts. A recipient of grants from the Mass. Cultural Council, her paintings have been exhibited widely including the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Post Office Gallery in North Truro, Arlington Center for the Arts, Marion Art Center, the Salt Pond Visitor Center of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and Plymouth Center for the Arts. 
​  Dunn continues to participate in artist retreats in the historic dune shacks in Provincetown to paint and contemplate nature. Recently retired from the Boston Public Library Archival Center working with Special Collections, she enjoys devoting her full time to painting, especially plein- aire with the Eastham and Hull painters.

   ​Join us Saturday, December 10 as we host an opening reception for our annual small works show for the holidays! ‘Small Wonders 22’ will be up from its opening night through Jan 7, 2023. The show features over 90 smaller works of fine art and photography from over 30 local artists which have been priced for the holiday season. Enjoy complementary, adult, refreshments, free and open to the public. True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St. in Middleborough, MA.
IMAGE: Blue Spruce in Winter © Judy Volkmann

​This show will be posted online beginning
​Tuesday, December 13