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Over the month of July, 2026, True Grit Art Gallery put out a Call For Poetry to local poets throughout southern New England. We asked them to submit poems for an upcoming planned art exhibition. The idea was that the gallery would select five poems from a pool of submissions that visual artists could respond to by producing one artwork each. The catch is that the gallery would assign each artist their poem to work with by a purely random, lottery process. This was done to ensure an equitable artworks to poems distribution for the planned exhibit. The results are posted below and 'Poetic Visions' will be on display at our brick and mortar gallery through September 26th. |
Artists responding to 'Polar Bear' by Carol Hobbs
Artists responding to 'The Last Dog That Died Unburied Herself' by Jenifer Browne Lawrence
"Rebirth"
I aimed to showcase a decrepit home overtaken by nature, symbolizing the theme of life & death. Where the structure was losing its liveliness, The surrounding forest repurposes it to give it life once again. — A.J.C.
"Intercept"
20" x 16" original acrylic painting with ballpoint pen on canvas by Alice Cal Ridley.
"Taking Flight"
12" x 36" original oil painting on wood boards by Christina Beecher.
The kestrel flies low along the silver planks, mottled with insect holes that reach upward showing the way to growth and letting go. — C.B.
"The Hornet At The Window"
12" x 12" original pastel painting on sanded paper by Greg Sanford.
"Dying Moths In Yellow Light"
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20" x 20" original mixed media painting on panel by James Reynolds.
"Haunted by a House of Sorrow"
12" x 9" original mixed media painting (acrylic, decoupage, distressed wood, real bee's nest and nest paper,) on canvas by Jen Connolly.
Artists responding to 'Self Portrait: An Inventory' by Kristin J. Kelley
"Self Portrait: An Inventory"
18" x 24" original acrylic painting on canvas by Gail Newcomb.
"Self Image"
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24" x 24" original mixed media artwork on wood by Katelynn O'Brien.
This ingenious interactive piece uses a spinning wheel which gallery patrons can turn to see different imagery through a circular cut-out, as if peeking into the mind of the silhouetted form.
Not For Sale per artist's request.
Artists responding to 'Marsh Behind Chalker Beach' by Ed Gaudet
"Mother of the Marsh"
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24" x 11" original drawing (charcoal and chalk pastel on handmade upcycled cattail reed paper) by Amanda Godowski.
"Childhood Memories"
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15" x 12" original artwork (shadowbox: mixed media/watercolor" by Amy Montgomery Fletcher.
"Gilded Tides"
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10" x 8" original acrylic painting on canvas by Ashley Newcomb.
Not For Sale per artist's request.
"Last One Standing"
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12" x 8" original artwork (cyanotype & embroidery) by Katie Sanford.
Artists responding to 'You Wouldn't Recognize Me Anymore' by Robert Demerjian
"Legato"
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Not For Sale per artist's request.
"When The Music's Over"
20" x 24" original mixed media (charcoal and acrylic) painting on canvas by David Packard.
"Even One Man Is An Island"
18" x 18" original mixed media painting on silk by Lidia Mikhaylova
