Review
"...haunting and eerily calm, executed with a technique that brings out eloquently the dignity of Vermont hills." --
Tom Slayton, Vermont Life magazine, Autumn 2001
"One of the Twelve Best Books of 2000." --
Vermont Book Professionals Association
"[A] lovely book with beautiful pastels and excellent writing." --
Ira Spanierman, Spanierman Gallery, New York
Product Description
Gaal Shepherd's pastel
interpretations of Vermont's peaceful and verdant landscape are
beautiful, luminous, and by her own admission and intent, just a bit
mysterious.
This
new book contains twenty-six handsome full-color reproductions of
Gaal's artwork, revealing Vermont in every season of the year. Woven
among the reproductions is the artist's essay detailing why she finds
the hills, fields, forests, and people of her adopted state so
compelling, and why she wants to share her appreciation of them.
From the Publisher
Gaal Shepherd's pastel
interpretations of Vermont's peaceful and verdant landscape are
beautiful, luminous, and hy her own admission and intent, just a bit
mysterious.
About the Author
Gaal Shepherd
has been painting, drawing, and sculpting in Vermont for more than 15
years, and her pastel landscapes and wood sculptures have been
exhibited regularly at galleries and shows throughout New England, as
well as in such diverse venues as Washington, Baltimore, North
Carolina, and Santa Fe. For more than a decade, Gaal's work was
featured at the Simon Pearce Showroom and Restaurant in Quechee.
Vermont. The galleries that carry the largest amount of her work right
now are the Munson Gallery on Cape Cod (www.munsongallery.net) and
Young & Constantin Gallery in Wilmington, Vermont (ycgallery.com).
Gaal
was born in Florida and grew up there and in Atlanta. She studied art
at the University of Tampa and the Corcoran School of Art in
Washington. When not working in her studio in the hills of North
Pomfret, Vermont, she can usually be found tramping the Appalachian
Trail, which runs just behind her house, with her dog, Harpo.