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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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Seagulls greet the Sunrise
Seagulls greet the Sunrise
John Andonian
$499.99


Artist statement: This was one of the shots that just "happened" and I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time to capture it.
The Northern Lights invade Massachusetts
The Northern Lights invade Massachusetts
John Andonian
$499.99


Artist statement: Aurora Borealis makes a trip down south to New England. One of the largest solar storms in recent decades resulted in a nearly worldwide light show that is usually reserved for the high latitudes of our planet. This was taken on the shore of a pond near Wachusett Mountain.
Total Eclipse 4-8-24
Total Eclipse 4-8-24
John Andonian
$499.00


Artist statement: This was the greatest thing I have ever witnessed in my lifetime. I had this date marked in my mental calendar over 40 years ago. There were months of preparations and so month stress on the day just trying to get to that "perfect" spot which wound up being JACKMAN, ME. No words, photo, or video can truly capture this moment. You really had to be there, but this was the best interpretation of it that I could do.
Final Family Photo
Final Family Photo
John Andonian
$499.99


Artist statement: My mother battled Dementia for years. Our family supported and cared for her for the entirety of it. I think she would have been proud of all the care we provided her. Ultimately the ending is the same for all who fight this fight. This photo was a collaboration between my sister and myself. Just as she was taking her final breath, we brought all our hands in with hers for a final embrace. I think this might be the most powerful photo I have been a part of.
Metamorphosed pond ice-star blades with seed twig
Metamorphosed pond ice-star blades with seed twig
Steven Arcone
$950.00


Artist statement: As a retired glaciologist I enjoy macro photographing crystal formations on small ponds, and their decay into different forms. I seek to merge complex science and art. The thin ice allows the colorful fall debris beneath to provide background color to the blue and silvery crystals, and crystal metamorphism and capillary fringes where meltwater meets ice constantly provide new forms. My work abstracts larger physical processes across small ponds and in turn, often appears abstract.
Specific medium: Ink infused into aluminum plate
Metamorphosed silvery pond-ice blades on red with a seed twig
Metamorphosed silvery pond-ice blades on red with a seed twig
Steven Arcone
$1,300.00


Artist statement: As a retired glaciologist I enjoy macro photographing crystal formations on small ponds, and their decay into different forms. I seek to merge complex science and art. The thin ice allows the colorful fall debris beneath to provide background color to the blue and silvery crystals, and crystal metamorphism and capillary fringes where meltwater meets ice constantly provide new forms. My work abstracts larger physical processes across small ponds and in turn, often appears abstract.
Specific medium: Ink infused into aluminum plate
Silvery leaf and metamorphosed pond ice blades
Silvery leaf and metamorphosed pond ice blades
Steven Arcone
$950.00


Artist statement: As a retired glaciologist I enjoy macro photographing crystal formations on small ponds, and their decay into different forms. I seek to merge complex science and art. The thin ice allows the colorful fall debris beneath to provide background color to the blue and silvery crystals, and crystal metamorphism and capillary fringes where meltwater meets ice constantly provide new forms. My work abstracts larger physical processes across small ponds and in turn, often appears abstract.
Specific medium: Ink infused into aluminum plate
Sunlit fractures within thin black ice
Sunlit fractures within thin black ice
Steven Arcone
$700.00


Artist statement: As a retired glaciologist I enjoy macro photographing crystal formations on small ponds, and their decay into different forms. I seek to merge complex science and art. The thin ice allows the colorful fall debris beneath to provide background color to the blue and silvery crystals, and crystal metamorphism and capillary fringes where meltwater meets ice constantly provide new forms. My work abstracts larger physical processes across small ponds and in turn, often appears abstract.
Specific medium: Ink infused into aluminum plate
White moss and decayed leaf upon blue ice with green edge melt
White moss and decayed leaf upon blue ice with green edge melt
Steven Arcone
$700.00

Selected as Alternate
Artist statement: As a retired glaciologist I enjoy macro photographing crystal formations on small ponds, and their decay into different forms. I seek to merge complex science and art. The thin ice allows the colorful fall debris beneath to provide background color to the blue and silvery crystals, and crystal metamorphism and capillary fringes where meltwater meets ice constantly provide new forms. My work abstracts larger physical processes across small ponds and in turn, often appears abstract.
Specific medium: Ink infused into aluminum plate
Passage
Passage
Bayda Asbridge
$400.00

Selected as Alternate
Artist statement: Chinese landscape paintings are believed to be influenced by traditional Chinese religious beliefs, such as Taoism and Buddhism. It is also distinguished from Western landscape paintings by Asian artists using a few different brush strokes to capture the essence of a subject in a minimal approach.
Specific medium: ink , watercolors, paper
People are Lines of Water
People are Lines of Water
Bayda Asbridge
$195.00


Artist statement: Arabic calligraphy, Kufi font. A santanza from a poem by Gibran Khalil called "Give me the Flute" 'For people are nothing but lines which are scribbled in water'
Specific medium: ink on wood
Zero II
Zero II
Bayda Asbridge
$350.00


Artist statement: this is one in a series of prints of a palette in different colors.
Specific medium: woodblock printing
Bistro Corner
Bistro Corner
Joan Avato
$200.00

Selected for Exhibition
Artist statement: Symmetry and cheerful color in a romantic courtyard.
Pollinator and Milkweed
Pollinator and Milkweed
Joan Avato
$200.00


Artist statement: The increasing popularity of the cultivation of native plants will create plentiful sources for bees and other pollinators to work.
Street in the Magical 'Yellow City' - Izamal, Mexico
Street in the Magical 'Yellow City' - Izamal, Mexico
Joan Avato
$200.00


Artist statement: Located in Yucatan, Mexico, the city of Izamal has ancient ruins and colorful architecture. There are several theories but no one knows why buildings in the city are all painted yellow.
Here's Looking at you
Here's Looking at you
Joan Avato
$200.00


Artist statement: Walking through the woods can heighten one's imagination. Use your imagination as you look at the old, gnarly tree in this photo.
Weathered Wood in Two Forms
Weathered Wood in Two Forms
Joan Avato
$200.00


Artist statement: The weathered wood structure of the moss-covered wood bench and the shape of the multi-trunked moss-covered tree complement each other.
Desert Shadows at Dusk-Death Valley
Desert Shadows at Dusk-Death Valley
Michael Backunas
$300.00


Artist statement: I am primarily a travel and landscape photographer from central Massachusetts. My subjects and compositions are largely drawn from by main career as a geologist and environmental consultant. I look at potential compositions making use of line, direction of light, diagonals and natural forms presented before me. My photos are mainly color fine art images. Occasionally, abstracts best presented in black and white. Other subjects include architectural, and industrial imagery.
Specific medium: Fine Art Photography
Guardian of The Shore
Guardian of The Shore
Michael Backunas
$300.00

Selected for Exhibition
Artist statement: I am primarily a travel and landscape photographer from central Massachusetts. My subjects and compositions are largely drawn from by main career as a geologist and environmental consultant. I look at potential compositions making use of line, direction of light, diagonals and natural forms presented before me. My photos are mainly color fine art images. Occasionally, abstracts best presented in black and white. Other subjects include architectural, and industrial imagery.
Specific medium: Fine Art Photograph
Sunset at Raven's Nest
Sunset at Raven's Nest
Michael Backunas
$300.00


Artist statement: I am primarily a travel and landscape photographer from central Massachusetts. My subjects and compositions are largely drawn from by main career as a geologist and environmental consultant. I look at potential compositions making use of line, direction of light, diagonals and natural forms presented before me. My photos are mainly color fine art images. Occasionally, abstracts best presented in black and white. Other subjects include architectural, and industrial imagery.
Specific medium: fine art color photograph

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