Jean Gerber: Big and Small, Inks to Oils

Jean Gerber lives and paints in a small off-grid cabin in Thetford, Vermont.  Sketching outdoors has been a pastime since childhood camping trips.  In college she began painting in oils. While still painting in oils she also enjoys the use of inks, watercolors, and graphite to capture a more immediate sketching quality in her work.  Much of the inspiration and sketches for her work comes from canoe trips in New England or the Far North in Canada and Alaska.  Bringing a sense of these wild regions back to viewers is the art she pursues.  Through the past 40 years Jean has worked for various organizations leading wilderness trips.  Living and traveling in the landscape develops an attachment to the land which she finds essential for creating her artwork.  Jean Gerber’s show runs through December 30. 10% of sales benefit the Friends of Lyme Library