For August 2016 these Martha’s Vineyard inspired paintings are available at the Old Sculpin Gallery.

This year I explored the water and skies as viewed from the ferry as it crosses between Wood’s Hole and Martha’s Vineyard. Inspired by the calming experience of standing on the deck of the ferry while breathing in the salt air and taking in the view. Silvery mornings and deep blue evenings are depicted in these scenes, along with one of my favorites, State Beach Sunset Study.

Call 508-627-4881 for purchase information.

Distant Land, oil on canvas, 11x14, framed, $375

Distant Land, oil on canvas, 11×14, framed, $375

View From the Ferry- Grey, oil on panel, 5x7, framed, $185

View From the Ferry- Grey, oil on panel, 5×7, framed, $185

View From the Ferry- Moonlit, oil on panel, 7x5, framed, $185

View From the Ferry- Moonlit, oil on panel, 7×5, framed, $185

View From the Ferry- Bright Sun, oil on panel, 5x7, framed, $185

View From the Ferry- Bright Sun, oil on panel, 5×7, framed, $185

View From the Ferry- Rainy Horizon, oil on panel, 7x5, framed, $185

View From the Ferry- Rainy Horizon, oil on panel, 7×5, framed, $185

Evening Boats, oil on panel, 7x5, framed, $185

Evening Boats, oil on panel, 7×5, framed, $185

State Beach Study, oil on canvas, 5x7, framed, $185

State Beach Study, oil on canvas, 5×7, framed, $185

In memory of George Gabin

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I am a little late posting this in memory of George Gabin’s birthday but I want to share it none the less. I recently came across something I wrote that I want to share. In 2011 an art exhibit called Guided by Gabin was hosted at Brickbottom to gather students and celebrate George Gabin’s teaching career. It was a wonderful event. I was asked, along with other students, by Montserrat to offer my reflections about George as a teacher for an article about this event. I have pasted my response below.

December 2011

As a teacher George Gabin had a unique ability to draw the student in, his soft spoken lectures commanded my full attention. Not only did I not want to miss a word of the instruction but his ability to describe a technique with feeling helped open doors in my mind. He demonstrated a commitment and method; with humor; that lead me to enjoy the productivity and process of painting. Through his methods he shared a passion for art and beauty. George has been described as a sentimental painter and I am certainly sentimental about him as a teacher.
The past 20 years George Gabin has been a constant role model for me-not only encouraging me to keep painting but softly complimenting by saying “ You have a gift that needs to be shared with the world.” How could I possibly stop painting after knowing how much he believes in me?
Although we have kept in touch, thoughts of George have been pressing on my mind since receiving the news about illness this fall. What do you do at the end of someone’s life ? When the small sentiments;

thank you,

love you,

you’re important to me,

you changed my life for the better,

you gave more to me than I could ever return,

…don’t seem like enough.

Do these words comfort those who are suffering, facing the pain of illness and the ulimate-ness of mortality? What do these words mean in comparison to the experience of a lifetime?

One should be so lucky to spend a lifetime teaching your love and passion for art, to know countless students and offer them the opportunity to see something in a new way. It is a gift, to have a teacher who becomes a mentor. One who guides you to that moment when everything clicks.

Someone just reminded me what an amazing gift this is and how this gift will always live on. Anyone who teaches lives on forever in the actions of their students. I am lucky to have opportunities in this life where I can carry this gift. In every day lives the opportunity to honor someone during their lifetime; every time I pick up my brush, work on an exhibition, or guide a student artist in class.

George spoke recently and said “The moon is a dream and the dream rises…. What is the dream? The dream that comes from inside at an early age and then becomes the strength and hope of the future. “

In my dreams I hope to emulate him; in reality I hope that I have risen in ways that have made him proud.
Thank you for the opportunity to share these reflections on George as a teacher. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do.
– Cynthia Woehrle

Image: George, Martha, and I in 2008

I was accepted into the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association and will be displaying my artwork at the MVAA’s Old Sculpin Gallery this year. Through out the 2015 season I will have up to 2 works viewable in the Member’s Gallery. Additionally I will have 3 exhibition weeks occurring in June and August, with 12-20 new paintings on display. The new works are inspired by Martha’s Vineyard landscapes, sunsets and moon-rises. Pictured above is a detail of Lighthouse Beach at Sunset.

Old Sculpin Gallery is located at 58 Dock Street, Edgartown, MA. ( Across from the Chappy Ferry!) Join the June 14th event here: New Members Reception

Woehrle Paintings on Etsy

Original artwork by Cynthia Woehrle is for sale directly from the artist via the Etsy Shop WoehrlePaintings.

This shop is currently featuring site specific landscapes of Massachusetts and Virginia, subjects range from mountains to beaches and sunsets to moon-rises.

All major credit cards are accepted and artworks ship across the US.

Day 5: Thick Atmosphere

The theme for day 5 of the 3/5 challenge is thick atmosphere, because it is my favorite subject.


Atmosphere Study (detail), oil on wood, Cynthia Woehrle ©2015 (held in private collection)

Day 4: Nostalgia

Today’s theme for the 3/5 challenge (post 3 paintings a day for 5 days) is nostalgia.

Day 3, Moons

Tarot Moon, oil on panel 2011 ©Cynthia Woehrle

Super Moon over Dune, oil on panel 2014 © Cynthia Woehrle

Day 3 of the 3/5 painting challenge (post 3 paintings a day for 5 days). Here is a sample of some moon paintings. This has been a theme in my work since 2010, when I was invited to paint the moon inspired by the symbolism of the Tarot card.

Day 2, Color Fields

Today day is day 2 of the 3/5 artist challenge, post 3 artworks a day for 5 days. This challenge was given to me by Martha’s Vineyard and Ohio artist Marybeth Thompson Dowlin.

The theme for day 2: color fields.

Sunset

Atmosphere 1

Thinking of Summer

Day 1, Rain and Fog

An artist friend from the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association challenged me to post 3 paintings a day for the next 5 days. Today is day one and the theme is Rain and Fog, because, yes, it’s raining and foggy here in Massachusetts, so what other theme would I need! Each of these works are oil on panel and range in size from 12″ x 12″ to 3 x 2.5′.