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Amy Hook-Therrien
Vermont Artist
Watercolor/Pen & Ink Paintings of New England Scenes
I love painting with watercolor. When I first started working with the medium is made me nervous not to be able to control it, then in time I learned to love the uncontrollable chaos of it. I use pen to put in the fine details then go over with watercolor. I mix my paint loosely so that it separated slightly giving the painting texture. I love to paint natural things, birches, dead beech leaves, waterfalls, plants, stones, it allows me to be freer in my painting style, nothing ever looks the exactly the same in nature. You can fall in love with the imperfect. A flower missing a metal, a tree with a broken branch, these are what I like to find and focus on. Painting in nature is always exciting and exploring it is my passion.
Amy Hook-Therrien
A Native Vermont Artist, inspired by the New England landscape.
Illustration
Moochie Cow Illustration
My Bring Up by Shirly Hook
My Five-Dollar Bike Illustration
My Bring Up by Shirly Hook
West Hill Church Illustration
My Bring Up by Shirly Hook
“trees really capture my heart, and your piece allows me to really see this birch up close, for as long as I want to look! (Forever and a day??!) Also, the composition captures for me the passage of time and the transformations of nature. If I could draw and paint like you, that is an image I would want to create. I feel like it’s been inside me waiting for an artist to put it on paper for me!”
Landon
Stories of an Artist
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- Illustrating My Bring UpThis last year I illustrated my mom’s book “My Bring Up”, a memoir of her childhood growing up in the small town of Chelsea Vermont. Throughout the process my mom and I collaborated on the images I created. It was… Continue reading Illustrating My Bring Up
- Southern Vermont Arts CenterThis winter I applied for one of the solo show spots in the Yester House at Southern Vermont Arts Center. I was so excited to hear that they wanted me to be one of their artists showing this season. Actually… Continue reading Southern Vermont Arts Center
- Vermont Institute of Natural ScienceI am so excited to have my work showing at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) in Quechee, VT. I have always been an admirer of the work they do there. They are known for their rehabilitation of birds… Continue reading Vermont Institute of Natural Science