SOUTH THOMASTON — Artwork in the current exhibition at The Kelpie Gallery are To Hold the Air , It Was, and A Threshold Breach.

One of the artists, Sarah Barnard-Blitz, has been both artist and arts educator in ceramics, and is currently serving as assistant to the director and deputy director at the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University.

Created in porcelain, a very fine clay noted for its strength and translucency, these pieces reference both nature and fantasy, but require the imagination and experience of the viewer to complete the story. In the artist's words:

“I find my work in the deep woods within my imagination. The forest is so dense and large that one could easily become lost. It is a place of mystery where the unknown awaits discovery. Myth and history hang in the wind. Finding my way through the trees I stumble upon an object. Finding this artifact, I begin to tell myself a story of its life. The past, present, and future of the place and the thing all exist simultaneously within the object as in a dream. My mind stays in this place through the process, from idea, through each mark and curve, and to display.”

One can view Barnard-Blitz's work, as well as the works of artists Jill Valliere, Allen Bunker, Susan Lewis Baines, Julie Haskell, Sandra Leinonen Dunn, Pamela Hetherly, Kay Sullivan, and Nancy Lovley at The Kelpie Gallery in South Thomaston.

Discover The Kelpie Gallery at 81 Elm St. (Rte 73), in the Weskeag Village of South Thomaston or at www.TheKelpieGallery.com.