Gallery One CT Presents “Her Season” Exhibition

The “Her Season” exhibit celebrates work of two Gallery One CT artists Jill Vaughn (Ivoryton) and Diana Rogers (Clinton) coming together to share the healing powers of art and nature. The artists approach their art from unique perspectives - one from the inside and the other from the outside. Connecticut-based Gallery One is a virtual gallery representing a diverse group of established artists whose works reflect different artistic traditions.

Jill Vaughn explores the inner connections of how we touch nature across all seasons - sometimes tenderly and at other times harshly. In creating recent works, she reflects on how the consumption of natural resources affects our health and well-being. “As we encroach on nature, are we compromising the very systems that sustain us?” Vaughn asks. In several works in the exhibition, she uses drawing and collage and incorporates objects from modern day life such as the paper from a financial investment report and plastic packaging. “I draw inspiration from environmentalist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer who reminds us to live a life of reciprocity with nature’s gifts in her book “Braiding Sweetgrass.” I am exploring the art of giving back to nature rather than taking too much,” she explains.

Diana Rogers views nature from the outside, literally by painting on location and by abstracting the shapes and contours of the landscape. Her work draws on the healing energy of nature’s vast outdoors. “Painting on location I get to know the beautiful places that we need to protect and appreciate. I can express the vitality of each passing season, even winter is bursting with light,” Rogers explains. Using a vibrant color palette and energetic mark making, her work conveys the emotion, movement, and temperature of the day such as a warm breezy afternoon on the shore or the crisp air of a winter’s day.

The show opens for viewing on the gallery’s virtual exhibit platform on Saturday, February 20 and runs through Friday, April 2. To view the virtual exhibit, visit the Gallery One website at www.galleryonect.com.