“The Art of Sauntering”

The Living Gallery is featuring new work by internationally recognized plein-aire artist Henry Isaacs. We have been representing Isaacs since the gallery opened six years ago.

Educated at the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London, and The Rhode Island School of Design, Isaacs has over twenty years of teaching experience in art schools in Europe and the U.S. He has been sharing his love of plein-aire painting and drawing for much of that time in workshops across the country, often partnering with various environmental and educational organizations. His pastels and oils can be found in numerous private, corporate, and public collections, and museums. Isaacs resides in Norwich, Vt

Isaacs’ subjects include mountains, hills, pastures, vineyards, and towns; coastal and inland. “The natural landscape offers me a mode of living; it is there that I can sort my life. Composition , color, and form may mimic the scene before me as I paint; but I can look and attempt to find a spirit that starts with the spread of a meadow and the sweep of fast moving clouds, and brings me back home and to my family. My landscapes are as much about me as they are about the Columbia River or the Siskyou Mountains. A gust of wind that diverts my attention demands me to consider a subject and moment that I hadn't seen.

"Sauntering requires relaxed breathing, a quiet approach both in step and brush. Whether minutes or days in duration, sauntering offers us both a time away, and an opportunity to see clearly that which may have gone unrecorded or noted. Perhaps the people who end up with my pictures can both enjoy my record of these times, and inspire themselves and others to find and preserve their air and paths, to slow themselves into an occasional gentle saunter.”

**Proceeds from sales of this show will in part benefit The Nature Conservancy.

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