Willington
John C. Starinovich at Holes in the Woods
Wall hung sculpted mirrored tree holes with adornments.
Cottage garden in a natural setting, streams, 1/2 acre pond, numerous wild flowers, approximately 2 miles of trails with ferns, moss, rocks and Mt.Laurel that is on a " Pollinator Pathway"
Approx 80 pieces of my wall hung sculpted mirrored tree holes are displayed in my 1000sq ft studio, 500sq ft gallery and weather permitting some may be displayed outside .
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Nancy Bunnell Studio
Group Show
I am also a gardener. My garden is filled variety: a rock garden; lilac garden, a ever changing perennial garden. My husband and I have done extensive landscaping with almost 20 shrubs blossoming in Spring. The white dogwood offers shade to the fish pond. We also continue to experiment with raised bed gardening. Hummingbirds and butterflies are attracted to ever-changing Spring to Autumn flower display.
Nancy Bunnell at Nancy Bunnell Studio
Pastel and Acrylic Painting
I have a beautiful 24x 24' gallery and loft studio filled with paintings depicting realism to abstraction. I love color and painting flowers and landscapes. My landscapes reflect my traveling. Abstraction offers me freedom to use texture and layering to paint. My work is very unique to me.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Nancy is hosting a group show this year:
Aline Hoffman at Nancy Bunnell Studio
Gourd Sculpture, Wood Burning, Birch Paintings
Unique Sculptural Gourds (cut and painted; each an original piece of art): some functional (holders for pencils, eyeglasses, etc.), some decorative. I’ll also be showing Birch paintings on textured paper, and Pyrography (wood-burning).
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Rich Longmore at Nancy Bunnell Studio
Digital
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Mansfield
Shauna Shane at FentonRiver Studio
Painting: oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolor – Cement sculpture and Garden Art
My garden is my playground, a space to fill with peonies, iris, and all manor of perennials that are in their full glory during the Art and Garden Tour. Even more, I have space to create cement sculptures in my “fort,” enclosed by a variety of willows. Within that space I can mold and cast colorful cement leaves and even flowers, beautiful in their natural form; enhanced by bright color, and better still, weather-proof in all seasons. After eight years of creating the Lobby Entry Display for the CT Flower and Garden Show in the Convention Center in Hartford, my studio has profited from those same sculptures brought home and planted to be permanent fixtures in my garden. In addition to planted “garden ladies,” a large and small planted peacock, giant illuminated mushrooms and a lighted “hobbit abode,” there are sheep, chickens, a giant tortoise, and a seven-foot lion standing alert beside a boat filled with a fountain and a fairie house display. You will find many, many succulents in hypertufa containers, planted globes, and spheres on small columns that can define an entry or hide an unsightly post in your yard.
FentonRiver Studio is my studio and gallery located within a colorful cottage garden.Entering the grounds past the planted Garden Lady you might want to wander through the willow archway. To your left is my Koi Pond and illuminated ‘Hobbit Abode,’ where a small artist just left – her painting still on the easel. Turn right to a seven-foot lion and a planted peacock standing guard near a fairie landscape in a boat, highlighting the whimsy visitors have delighted in while exploring this artistic space.Walking through walls of colorful cast cement leaves, decorated fairie houses and succulents galore in unique lava containers, you will find a moss chair blooming with primrose. Take the path sparklingwith mother-of-pearl, and enter my home and studio, featuring more than 150 oil, pastel and watercolor paintings. And there’s more…My life is dedicated to the expression of beauty in a space created for the enjoyment of others.Welcome!
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Flying Dragon Farm Studio
Group Show
It's a tangled garden with fruit, flowers and vegetables. There is an aquaponics garden with goldfish pond
Mary Noonan at Flying Dragon Farm Studio
oils, watercolor, encaustic
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Elizabeth Clark at Flying Dragon Farm Studio
Jewelry, metals, wood, stone, beads, resin,
I create jewelry and other crafts with many different materials. Natural elements may be used or symbolized with a touch of whimsy.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Leanne Peters at Flying Dragon Farm Studio
Oil, Digital, Pencil
I offer prints, cards, bookmarks, postcards, and more reproductions of my colorful, detailed nature artworks. Always something to find that's new in the works!
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Khuyay Farm
Group Show
Janet Dauphin at Khuyay Farm
fused glass
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Janet is hosting a group show this year:
Nora Lili Charters at Khuyay Farm
Photography
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Michelle Allison at Michelle Allison
Wood, metal
My gardens consist of a perennial flora garden with a water feature interspersed with numerous architectural elements. I also have installation sculpture space consisting of recycled agricultural, industrial and architectural metal works (some pieces by me, some by others).
My work is light to the touch and dazzling to the eye: lathe turned vessels sculpted from local, found hardwoods. I extend the boundaries of the wood medium with thin wall piercing, dyes, airbrushing and a dramatic, color saturated, high gloss finish. A perfect marriage of the natural properties of wood with my modern, irreverent artistic vision
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Scott Rhoades at Scott Rhoades Studio
Acrylic Paint
My wife, Ellie, and I have created a backyard that we enjoy working and relaxing in. Ellie's gardening and my studio work are enhanced with landscaping ideas that we work on together.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Coventry
Barbara Timberman Watercolor Paintings
Group Show
A quiet sanctuary—my Cottage Garden is a mix of vegetables, herbs, perennial and annual flowers enticing the visitor to wander, to rest, to draw and to engage the senses. Visitors are welcome to come for an afternoon of chat, share a cup of tea or indulge in quiet enjoyment. Feel free to bring sketchbook or camera.
Barbara Timberman at Barbara Timberman Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
A quiet sanctuary—my Cottage Garden is a mix of vegetables, berries, herbs, perennial and annual flowers enticing the visitor to wander, to rest, to draw and to engage the senses.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Barbara is hosting a group show this year:
Richard White at Barbara Timberman Watercolor Paintings
Painting, Drawing and Photography
The current exhibition is a survey of painting, drawing and photography from my studio in Coventry , CT.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Kathleen Lepak at Barbara Timberman Watercolors
Calligraphy, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen and Ink, Bookmaking
Letters come alive in this collection of calligraphic artwork and illustrations. Against the glorious colors and textures of Barbara’s Cottage Gardens, discover words to inspire and engage.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Ashford
Willow Tree Pottery
Group Show
Set in an old hayfield, this is a blowsy, overstuffed cottage garden. There are arbors, informal hedges, stone benches, an armillary, and a Szalay hummingbird print on the kiln shed. You are invited to sit or wander.
Suzy Staubach at Willow Tree Pottery
Pottery
Stoneware baking dishes, serving platters, bowls, garden finials, birdbaths, plant markers, garden bells, and more. Cottage gardens to wander. Come enjoy!
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Suzy is hosting a group show this year:
Barbara Katz at Willow Tree Pottery
Ceramic
I am a sculptor and potter working with clay. I create pottery and sculpture for the home and garden.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm
Gretchen Geromin& Lauren Merlo at Willow Tree Pottery
wood, wood burning
We work as a team collaborating on handmade cutting boards and signs made from local trees. Each piece is enhanced with Gretchen's wood burned art.
2023 Tour: June 10 & 11th, 10am - 5pm