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Great Barrington, MA – New Paintings by Margaret Buchte will
be on view at Art On Main, The Gallery at Barnbrook Realty from January 3 to
February 26, 2015.
Working primarily in oils for this show, Margaret Buchte,
one of the Berkshire’s best-known regional artists, has captured the light and
energy of the rural landscape and the urban streetscape. Though her easel and palette are commonly
seen in and around Great Barrington, Lenox and other small hamlets of the
Berkshire hills, Buchte has widened her reach and is working in “plein aire”
further afield these days. Indeed, there
are horses and cows out below the blue sky and clean air of grasslands but we
are also treated to the man-made, architectural and decidedly grayer concrete
of life in the city.
For those of us who have lived in the Berkshires for a long
time, when the commonplace scenes of everyday life can become stale or just too
familiar to notice, the paintings of Margaret Buchte enliven our attention and we are invited to see them
again through Buchte’s rich color and dazzling light. This is a very enriching experience.
