The Art On Rotation Gallery presents Stephen Collins at the gallery at Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster, MA. for the month of December 2007. Stephen is an experienced and accomplished artist. He paints in watercolor and oil. The exhibit features watercolor paintings of landscapes from various locations- in and around Clinton etc. and other states, still lives and wonderfully painted portraits. Stephen has received many awards for his watercolor paintings.

Stephen with his wife Sheryll Collins make their home in beautiful Clinton with their son Joel, and two wonderful grandsons.

Stephen works as a senior software engineer for IBM. Sheryll is the owner coordinator of the Art On Rotation Gallery.

Please come and see his work all the month of December at The Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster.

For further information call Sheryll 978-549-5822

A Walk Through Rutland State Park by Sheryll Collins

Summer's Ebb by Sharon Carloni

Sunset by Liz McDonald


Aztec Snowflake #1 by Neil Murphy copyright 1978

Farm by Sid Solomon, PhD Juror

The AOR Gallery is having a juried art show and holiday sale for the month of December from December 2-December 31. Many of the AOR gallery artists are participating. The show will be juried by Sid Solomon, PhD from Worcester, MA. An awards reception for the artists will be held at the gallery at Clark's Cafe 310 High St. Clinton, MA on December 7 from 7-9pm.

Many different pieces will be offered for sale all of the month of December.

January at Clark's Cafe will feature the artwork of Stefanie Sacks, a talented adult with autism. Her paintings are painted in acrylic and feature simple themes. She has sold her work in many places. This is her first solo show. Her reception is January 11, 2007 from 6-8pm at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark's Cafe 310 High St. Clinton, MA. A portion of the sales will go toward Autism Research.

Also at the gallery at Clark's Cafe the winners of the All Artist Juried Show will exhibit their work for the month of January. Paintings by Stephen Collins, Sheryll Collins, Rachel Collins, Neil Murphy, Helen Garcia and Peter Lance will be on display. The paintings and Giclee prints may be purchased.

Contact Sheryll Collins or Liz McDonald with any purchase or other information. See link on side bar.

Oil Painting by Sid Solomon

January and February 2008 at the Art On Rotation Gallery Thayer Memorial Library

Although Sid Solomon was born in Springfield, he spent his early years in Worcester, Mass. In high school, his first prize-winning entry in the Service Clubs Essay Competition led to a scholarship to the Worcester Art Museum for three years, culminating in a graduation certificate, and an Art career spanning more than forty years.

After three years of Army service and a year teaching Art, he became a portrait painter in South Florida. This experience was followed by further study with nationally-known portraitist and teacher, Edmund Archer, at the Corcoran School in Washington, DC.
As a part of his course of training, he copied Rembrandts and other old masters in the National Gallery. He also taught at the Corcoran, and for the U.S. Veterans Administration, as well as painting a number of important government, military and industrial leaders and their families.
After three years in the Nation's capital, Mr. Solomon traveled through the East and the South, painting portraits of over a thousand persons at art festivals. During this period he continued his studies and attained proficiency in many areas of arts and crafts, which enabled him to become a Director in the Army Arts and Crafts Program of the U.S. Department of Defense.

An extended leave from his government teaching position permitted him to return to graduate school where, after nine years of intense concentration, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Art Theory and Criticism by the University of Georgia. While completing the requirements for this degree, Mr. Solomon worked as Director of Arts and Craftshops for the 7th Army Training Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany. He had the advantage of travel and study in the major art centers of Europe, and, as a result, his doctoral dissertation broke new ground in defining the concept of aesthetic quality as used in criticism.

Since 1980, Sid Solomon has maintained a studio in Worcester, Mass., where he continues to improve his understanding of drawing and painting the human figure at weekly sessions of the Worcester Life Drawing Group, which he coordinates. He has, in addition, become a prolific plein aire painter of the colorful New England landscape in all its seasons, including the depth of winter. He says, "A good portrait painter can paint anything."

Sid will be exhibiting at the Art On Rotation Gallery at The Thayer Memorial Library Main St. Lancaster, MA January 4 through February 29, 2008. The public is invited.