Past Exhibitions
HEROES & VILLAINS
January 20 ~ March 4
3rd Friday Gallery Night January 20, February 17
Canal Street Art Gallery presents: Heroes & Villains, open January 20th and on view through March 4th. Join the Gallery on 3rd Friday Gallery Night in Historic Downtown Bellows Falls from 5-7pm, January 20th, to celebrate and meet the artists. All Gallery events are free and open to the public.
The Heroes & Villains exhibit shows artwork by Clare Adams, Thomasin Alyxander, Debi A Barton, Jean Cannon, Mindy Fisher, Corinne Greenhalgh, Gregory Damien Grinnell, Yevette Hendler, Su Lin Mangan, Gretchen Seifert and Linda Udd. The story of the hero and villain is told in many ways. Through art, music, performance, writing, and everyday life, the hero and villain come alive. The quest of the hero often includes the villain, and the villain’s story may even be told as well as or even instead. Many of the hardest decisions a hero must make are revealed by villains. The internal struggle of the hero becomes clear only after encountering, then revealing the true nature of, and finally conquering, the part of the villain which resides in the hero themselves.
“As a bead weaver I try to stitch sculptures that tell stories about society, weaving together elements from folklore, history, literature and mythology.” -Thomasin Alyxander
“I have collected vintage textiles, buttons, and ephemera which tell stories of people, especially women, who came before me. What stands out most to me during these strange times is not, however, the Villains who wish to control, but the strength and perseverance of the Heroes who will not be controlled.” -Debi A Barton
“Are they heroes or are they villains? What parameters are ascribed to each? They are indeed heroes in their own reality but what of our reality as observers?” -Gregory Damien Grinnell
“My painting and drawing usually include people. I like to use figures because they embody a spiritually infinite fascination.” -Kathy Lavine
“Escape depicts the underground railroad routes that escaping slaves traveled, from the southern territories to the northern territories. The heroes are not only the escaping slaves but the people, the large network, who risked their lives to help them on their way to freedom.” -Su Lin Mangan
“One of the most heroic acts one can undergo is taking on one's daimon/demon. To battle the inner chaos and untangle the knots, to have the courage to look at the shadow that personifies everything one refuses to acknowledge about oneself; within this dark seeming abyss lie the possible jewels of the authentic self, the discarded self tangled in darkness.” -Linda Udd
In the promotional piece for the Heroes & Villains show, The Power of One, 2018, by the late Charles Norris-Brown, the same girl at different ages supports herself to reach for the sky. This represented to the artist the sentiment of ‘Never give up’. Perhaps in as many ways as there are people, heroes may include all those who accept the call to the heroic quest.
Artworks in the Show
Kathy Lavine
Funny Face - young boy at the beach
2019
charcoal on paper
20 x 16 in
$210
Kathy Lavine
Violation of Beauty - Trojan Horse meets Lilith
2020
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
18 x 22 in
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Kathy Lavine
Nude
2022
charcoal on paper in archival sleeve
24 x 18 in
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Harriet Tubman
2022
stained and reverse painted glass
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Malala Yousafzai
2022
stained and reverse painted glass
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Nikole Hannah Jones
2022
stained and reverse painted glass
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The Yellow Chair
2023
acrylic on canvas
24 x 20 in
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Su Lin Mangan
Escape
2022
fiber
26 x 36 in
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Dan Henry
2018
acryla-gouache on panel
12 x 12 in
NFS
Thomasin Alyxander
George Orr
2022
glass seed beads over a wood and cloth frame
9.75 x 7 in
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Linda Udd
Black Head 1
2022
terracotta clay/ granite slab
22.5 x 7.5 in
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Linda Udd
Venus
2020
Clay, plaster
26 x 5 1/4 in
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Linda Udd
Black head 2
2022
plaster, wood, metal
22 x 8.5 in
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Linda Udd
Woman
2017
clay
12 x 6 in
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Yevette Hendler
Everything Bothers Me
2015
archival pigment print
24 x 20 in
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Yevette Hendler
She
2017
archival pigment print
24 x 18 in
$235
Yevette Hendler
Madame Scrutiny
2014
archival pigment print
24 x 18 in
$235
Gregory Damien Grinnell
Some Excitement Last Week
2020
ink, paper, acrylic, oil, on board
30 x 40 in
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Gregory Damien Grinnell
Which City Should I Move To?
2021
acrylic, oil, paper, ink, gravel, on board & canvas
36 x 2 in
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Debi A Barton
Metamorphosis 1
2021
paper and metallic thread on paper, reclaimed frame
14.75 x 12 in
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Debi A Barton
Metamorphosis 2
2023
15.5 x 14 in
vintage photo, paper, fibers, butterfly wing on cardboard, reclaimed frame
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Debi A Barton
She Died Last Night- Metamorphosis 3
2022
vintage paper, newsprint, fibers on Bristol board, reclaimed frame
24 x 18
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Jean Cannon
Nude with Device
2019
watercolor on paper
15 x 22 in
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Jean Cannon
Cowgirl #1
2018
watercolor on paper
15 x 11 in
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Jean Cannon
Cowgirl #2
2018
watercolor on paper
15 x 11 in
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