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Howell &
Parsons Exhibition
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Marian Howell loves to use a camera, and she loves where she lives - on a cove on the southeastern coast of Massachusetts. Of her photographs she says “when you live on the water, nature is a part of your daily life. Weather is of interest of course, but more essential is the fact that we live on the edge, the thin strip that encompasses the physical transition from land to water, and this makes our relationship to that land and the water very special.” Her personal photographic pleasures lie in exploring the beauty of this space which is so delicately balanced between the elements. This passion as a photographer has put her on the Board of the Sippican Lands Trust, an organization whose purpose is to preserve open space for the benefit of both the residents and visitors to the Town of Marion. It is her privilege and pleasure to photograph for the Lands Trust, both professionally and personally. “There is a need for documentary images as well as passionate ones, and when the two can be combined...well, all the better!”
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Charles Parsons
is well-known for his local
watercolors and elegant oil paintings.
He has a studio in Marion and is
represented in galleries on Nantucket,
Martha’s Vineyard, in Philadelphia and
throughout New England. He has studied
in Japan as well as at UMass Dartmouth
and in Rhode Island. He paints on site
and can be seen with his brushes and
sketch pad at the beach, in downtown
Marion and other places where you least
expect him! He states: “I try hard to
communicate my feelings to others…and so
I paint. Painting for me is a great
leveler. The peaks and valleys of life
are put in perspective…I’m not
interested in creating work that is
disturbing and unsettling. If I can
achieve that end, I won’t be painting in
vain.”
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