Sean Murtha and Allison Maltese: Reflections on Nature

Sean Murtha and Allison Maltese: Reflections on Nature

Sean Murtha has drawn since he could hold a pencil and been a birder since he got his first binoculars as a young teen.  Both have remained lifelong passions and are combined in his adult work.  He paints the birds of the Long Island Sound region and the landscapes they are found in, often using a kayak to approach his subject, and puts great importance in sketching and painting directly from nature.  Light, atmosphere, and mood are more important than detail, with the primary goal to capture the sometimes fleeting experience of seeing a bird in the field. 

Allison Maltese has been photographing the natural world since her teens. Growing up in the woods of Killingworth, the trees and leaves, glacial stone, frozen icicles, and the surface of her family pond were the roots of her creative inspiration, and fed her fascination for pattern and color. This body of photographs represents an exploration into the art of water as it moves, reflects light and color and creates a myriad of shapes and patterns. The water images uniquely capture that one moment in time, freezing the impermanent medium.