Tour artists' studios, autumn landscape

Its an autumn tradition that is as much about the colorful creations inside Monadnock artists studios as the vibrant hues painting the Granite State landscape along the way.

The sixth annual Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour turns up the hues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday of next weekend - Oct. 11-12.

The event will highlight paintings, drawings, jewelry, fiber arts, photography, sculpture glass, pottery and woodturning in a self-guided tour through the picturesque region.

In all, 26 artists in 19 studios will participate.

Among them are: Antrim paintings by Linda Dessaint, 52 Main St., and glass works by Alex Kalish, 35 Old Carr Road; Keene paintings, drawings and etchings by Bob Askey, 90 Bradford Road, and colored pencil works by Sue Doyle, 119 Stearns Road.

Pottery by Shana Brautigam from her Pottery Studio -208 Middle Winchendon Rd. in Rindge, N.H.

In addition: Munsonville woodturned pieces by Bob Englund, 17 Cameron Cove, paintings by Mary Alice Fox and David Bulger, 1 Mill Pond Road, and paintings by Susan Kingsbury, 558 Granite Lake Road; Nelson paintings by Frankie Brackley Tolman, 43 Nubanusit Road (second floor) and paintings by Mary Wood Cornog, 133 Nubanusit Road.

Also New Ipswich sculpture by Gerry Friedman and encaustics by D.M. Le Bris, 239 Main St., watercolors and colored pencil works by Roland Coates, 410 Ashby Road, and abstract paintings by John OBrien and landscapes, still lifes, abstracts and figurative works by Judith Prager, 88 Upper Pratt Pond Road; Rindge pottery by Shana Brautigam and oil painter Anne Murray, 208 Middle Winchendon Road; Spofford photography by Jeffrey Newcomer, 373 Route 9A; Stoddard paintings by Richard Whitney and Sandy Sherman, 100 Chalet Drive, and woodturned works and photography by Lindsay Freese, 95 Walker Road; Swanzey woodturned works by Kenny Greatbatch, Route 10, and watercolors by Jeanne Maguire Thieme, pastels by Gill Truslow and textiles by Victoria Reck Ames, 30 Hale Hill Road; and West Swanzey oil pieces by John C. Raynor, 24 Railroad St.

For a downloadable map, visit http://www.fallfoliageartstudiotour.com.

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