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2025 Small Stones Festival of the Arts

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THIS WEB GALLERY SHOWS ALL SUBMITTED ARTWORK.  ARTWORK SELECTED BY OUR JURORS FOR EXHIBITION AND PUBLISHING ARE NOTED.

 

  1. VIEWING - Click on an image for a larger view.
  2. NAVIGATION - The images are sorted with prizewinners first (note that most prizes will be awarded on January 25), then alphabetically by artist last name. Note that there are multiple pages in the gallery - use the page selector to see more entries.
  3. SEARCHING - You can enter an artist's first or last name in the search box to find a given artist.
  4. FILTERING - You can create a filtered view to see only paintings or photography by selecting a choice in the Category Filter box. You can see only those entries selected by our jury for inclusion in our exhibition and printed catalog by using the Tag Filter.
  5. PURCHASING ARTWORK - Artwork on display at the in-person exhibition may be purchased if the artist has elected to make it available for sale.

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Season of the Black Bird
Season of the Black Bird
Maggie Hart


Artist statement: I am a watercolor artist with a love of detail and realism. In my work I use objects and nature to expresses the theme of the human emotional response to all one lives in a life.
Linked to the Past
Linked to the Past
Maggie Hart
$300.00


Artist statement: I am a watercolor artist with a love of detail and realism. My work uses everyday objects and nature to express the theme of the shared human emotional experiences that one lives in a life.
Stromness, Scotland in the fog
Stromness, Scotland in the fog
Pam Haynes
$275.00

Selected for Exhibition
Artist statement: When visiting Stromness, Scotland, on a foggy morning, I was enchanted by this street.
Specific medium: Watercolor
Norwegian Horse
Norwegian Horse
Pam Haynes
$200.00


Artist statement: I visited a Norwegian farm outside of Bergen Norway and I was fascinated by the personality of these rare horses.
Specific medium: Watercolor
MCA Kicks Ass, Tower Records, 1997
MCA Kicks Ass, Tower Records, 1997
Jenifer Heck
$250.00


Artist statement: As a filmmaker, music has always been an inspiration to me. While I was a student at NYU in the ‘90s, music was everywhere, but I was too poor to attend concerts. However, I carved out an opportunity to use my camera for access by working as a music photojournalist. Only a (naive) teenager at the time, I often developed a friendly rapport with the artists I met. In this image, MCA was gracious enough to pose with my skateboard at Luscious Jackson’s album release at Tower Records on W4th.
Specific medium: 35mm film
Prince at the Palladium in NYC, July 14, 1994
Prince at the Palladium in NYC, July 14, 1994
Jenifer Heck
$275.00


Artist statement: As a filmmaker, music has always been an inspiration to me. While I was a student at NYU in the ‘90s, I had an opportunity to use my camera for access by working as a music photographer. Just a teenager at the time, I often developed a friendly rapport with artists I met. In this image, Prince plays at NYC’s Palladium in the summer of 1994. Later, in 2016, I made Prince’s official memorial film with Van Jones. That film screened at his public memorial in Minneapolis for over 17,000 fans.
Specific medium: 35mm film
FOCSA Havana
FOCSA Havana
Jenifer Heck
$200.00

Selected for Exhibition
Artist statement: I am an avid history buff, and finally, in 2014, after years of curiosity, I was able to visit Havana when it briefly reopened during an easement for artists and professionals. The city feels frozen in time, as if the clock stopped in 1953. It was a fascinating study in architecture, history, and decay. This image is of the FOCSA Building, a monolithic architectural block in a mixed Brutalist-Modern style, facing Havana’s Malecón and overlooking the Straits of Florida.
Specific medium: Digital camera
Adventure Part 1: Himalayas Versus Twin Engine
Adventure Part 1: Himalayas Versus Twin Engine
Jenifer Heck
$200.00


Artist statement: Like so many before me, I was drawn by the allure of the Far East and its multifaceted promise of adventure, including one of the greatest earthly challenges one can imagine—Mount Everest. I was fortunate to travel to the mountain twice for my film work, and although the journey is mostly on foot, it begins with a precarious plane ride on an outdated Russian plane, landing on the world’s most dangerous runway at the mountainside Lukla airport. This image represents part one of that long journey.
Specific medium: Digital camera
Quiet Watcher, Havana Streets
Quiet Watcher, Havana Streets
Jenifer Heck
$200.00

Selected for Exhibition
Artist statement: I am an avid history buff, and finally, in 2014, after years of curiosity, I was able to visit Havana when it briefly reopened during an easement for artists and professionals. The city feels frozen in time, as if the clock stopped in 1953. It was a fascinating study in architecture, history, and decay. This image is a typical street scene that could have been just as easily taken in 1954 as 2014.
Specific medium: Digital camera
Cairn
Cairn
Ria Hills
$590.00

Selected for Exhibition
Artist statement: Ria Hills was born in The Netherlands, raised in New York, and presently paints in her home studio in Uxbridge, MA. Her still life paintings are born from the appreciation of the play of light on common objects or a scene. Revealing the beauty of simple subjects that are frequently overlooked is a challenge that she enjoys.
Specific medium: Acrylics on canvas
Summer's End
Summer's End
Ria Hills
$425.00


Artist statement: Ria Hills was born in The Netherlands, raised in New York, and presently paints in her home studio in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Revealing the beauty of simple subjects that are frequently overlooked is a challenge that she enjoys.
Chines Garden, Beijing
Chines Garden, Beijing
Cheri Holland
$150.00


Artist statement: I traveled to China. The Chinese have the most beautiful gardens all over the country. These water lilys were in a serene garden. Bonsoi trees and plants surrounded them.
Kandinsky Twirl
Kandinsky Twirl
Cheri Holland
$250.00


Artist statement: Wassily Kandinsky painted his colorful work titled Oriental in the year 1909. I used Photoshop to turn it into a Twirl.
Specific medium: Digital Art
Linear Majesty
Linear Majesty
Cheri Holland
$175.00


Artist statement: This is my favorite tree in Dean Park in Shrewsbury. I often take walks on the path in the woods there. The lines of the tree spoke to me.
Melon Twirl
Melon Twirl
Cheri Holland
$175.00


Artist statement: This twirl was made from one of my own photographs. I digitally manipulated it into a twirl. I tried to bring out the melon color. It reminds me of a Hippo mouth, but it's open to interpretation.
Tempest Twirl
Tempest Twirl
Cheri Holland
$150.00


Artist statement: I used one of my photographs as the base for this twirl. Every twirl is unique. This one seems like it's moving. Bursting with energy.
Poetry in Motion
Poetry in Motion
Sandy Howard
$200.00


Artist statement: Photography began as a hobby but has now blossomed into my passion. With photography, I have learned to notice the beauty in the simple little things that I had never noticed before and to realize that all this beauty is all around us to enjoy! We just need to take the time to see it. It has brought me such joy I decided that perhaps I could share that joy with others! I hope you enjoy my art and perhaps you will begin to see the same beauty in the “simple, little things”
Specific medium: Photography on canvas
Along the Blackstone Canal #1
Along the Blackstone Canal #1
James Hunt
$350.00


Artist statement: The Blackstone Canal began operating over 175 years ago. It's life span was brief, just 20 years. Technology, in the form of the railroad, made it obsolete. It quickly fell into disrepair and in many places long its journey from Worcester to Providence, it has been covered. In places though, it's still there. Its ability to survive with almost no help over an extended period of time gives one pause. These infrared images capture something of the personality of the Canal as it exists, today
Along the Blackstone Canal #2
Along the Blackstone Canal #2
James Hunt
$350.00


Artist statement: The Blackstone Canal began operating over 175 years ago. It's life span was brief, just 20 years. Technology, in the form of the railroad, made it obsolete. It quickly fell into disrepair and in many places long its journey from Worcester to Providence, it has been covered. In places though, it's still there. Its ability to survive with almost no help over an extended period of time gives one pause. These infrared images capture something of the personality of the Canal as it exists, today
Along the Blackstone Canal #324
Along the Blackstone Canal #324
James Hunt
$350.00


Artist statement: The Blackstone Canal began operating over 175 years ago. It's life span was brief, just 20 years. Technology, in the form of the railroad, made it obsolete. It quickly fell into disrepair and in many places long its journey from Worcester to Providence, it has been covered. In places though, it's still there. Its ability to survive with almost no help over an extended period of time gives one pause. These infrared images capture something of the personality of the Canal as it exists, today

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