Community Gallery
Featured artists from the Quabbin Arts Association
When you visit Hitchcock Center for the Environment, enter our Visitor’s Center and go left through the glass door to see what’s on view in our Community Gallery. From July 1 to August 29, visitors will experience a collaborative nature-focused show with artists from the Quabbin Arts Association.
Meet the artists:
Susan Kendall
Pieces in the show: “Over to Boulder” and Where They Meet”
I am a self taught watercolor painter – with the help of adult education, books, persistence & membership in The Messy Palette Club. I lived for many years in the beauty of the western mountains and deserts of Utah where I became a Signature Member of the Utah Watercolor Society. Since 2012 I’ve been painting both plein air and studio pieces. I am represented at Gallery 24, Torrey, Utah. I have recently “come home” to Massachusetts. Scenes of light & shadow, nooks & crannies, bends in the river, winding pathways lead me into their mysteries. What at first appears quiet & still is really full of movement. I try to depict these surprises in a loose and expressionistic way. With its own unpredictable nature, watercolor is the perfect medium to capture the ever changing dance of light on the solid seeming world.
Chang Yu 
Piece in the show: “Untitled”
Spring 2025 work, chicken series and still life with pastel pencil and oil pastel. Next time, I look forward to working on a figure on Hanji.
Russell Steven Powell
Piece in the show: “Dusk, Shore”
I strive to capture something of the wonder and beauty of my particular time and place. My challenge is not simply to paint what I see, but what I retain from seeing. I draw greater attention to my surroundings by rearranging them as they persist in my imagination and memory.
My work is heavily influenced by the flora and landscapes of rural New England, especially central Massachusetts, where I grew up, and western Massachusetts, where I have lived for more than 40 years.
Lynda Lewis
Piece in the show: “Woodland Harmony” and “Forest Edge”
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