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Katie Blair St John Art Show Opening
Sun, August 4 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Katie Blair St John has spent every summer of her life in Small Point, breathing in the colors, composition and atmosphere.
A great admirer of art from Italian Renaissance to Contemporary, she foolishly was intimidated from taking painting classes because other students appeared to already know what they were doing.
Local painters, Frank and Phyllis Mason and Mary Ester MacFadyen became her inspiration. In the 50’s and 60’s she’d watch them pick up an old, wooden shingle and dash off a quick landscape while supposedly watching her gang of cousins swim or climb the rocks. The children felt very special if asked to sit for a portrait. These much loved paintings can be found all over Small Point.
During the winter Katie Blair lives on the Great Marsh in Ipswich, Massachusetts where there’s a thriving art scene. On her 60th birthday, almost done with the rigors of work and raising 4 boys, she began to paint, first by herself then with artist friends. Now, 10 years later, she still paints two days a week Plein Air or from photographs in a studio with these artist mentors. She works in oil and pastel.
Contact info: katieblairstjohn@gmail.com
Artist work is exhibited throughout the week and is available for purchase during that time.
