Falls Village is a bucolic
town located in the far northwest corner of the Litchfield Hills. In addition
to several excellent hiking trails, the village has several shops, a library boasting an art gallery, a museum and a fabulous country inn making this a wonderful spring destination.
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| Mullins Deep End |
The David M. Hunt Library, located on 63
Main Street in Falls Village, CT in the center of town has planned an art
exhibit that will run through May 17.
The featured painter is Patty Mullins whose exhibit, "Collected
Stories," presents a selection of the artist's narrative and landscape canvases.
Patty Mullins, a resident of
Sharon, is well-known for her evocative paintings, the narrative elements of
which are a natural fit for the Queen Anne architecture of the David M. Hunt
Library which has, like the paintings, numerous spaces to be alone, quiet, and
thoughtful. The intimate landscapes of our region are also found in Ms.
Mullins' canvases, particularly the ones inspired by wetlands in Lakeville,
Cornwall, and Sharon.
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| Mullins Orpheus |
In a recent statement, the
artist described her work: "For me, painting is a process of discovery.
Like an archeologist, I start with an idea of what I'm after, but don't know
exactly what I'll find; images trigger memory and emotion, and as I paint I
follow the emotion and find layers of meaning...elements in my paintings
include personal history, the history of painting, loss, desire, skewed vision,
vertigo, self-absorption and self-containment. My current body of work includes
landscapes, figures, portraits of objects, and a recurrent theme: for the real
subject of my work is time; the spaces and the things that people leave
behind."
Patty Mullins exhibits her
paintings locally in New England, as well as in New York and Philadelphia. Her
work has been shown at the National Academy Museum, and is in the collections
of Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy, Bianca Jagger, Campbell Scott, and Jamie
Wyeth. Ms. Mullins' work can be previewed on her
website, www.PattyMullins.com.
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| Falls Village Inn |
After viewing this art show,
stop into the Falls Village Inn located on 33 Railroad Street in the heart of
this bucolic village. The Falls Village Inn features a lunch, taproom and
dinner menu that acknowledges a desire for classic American comfort fare.
Gorgeous accommodations are also available in comfortable rooms designed by
Bunny Williams.
For more information call
860-824-0033 visit http://www.thefallsvillageinn.com.
For information on Hunt Library http://www.huntlibrary.org. For information on the Litchfield Hills
www.litchfieldhills.com
