Collection: Fruitlands

FRUITLANDS MUSEUM GIFT SHOP COMMUNITY ARTISAN SHOWCASE

Natural Remedies
An artist celebrates the healing power of nature.
Paintings by Barry Van Dusen

Wayside Gallery, September 10 - December 5, 2021

Natural Remedies is a selection of recent watercolors by nature artist Barry Van Dusen. One group of watercolors, Lockdown Suite, features subjects observed within five miles of the artist's studio. Other works in the show were painted during a statewide residency project and are featured in Barry's new book "Finding Sanctuary."

Barry W. Van Dusen is an internationally recognized wildlife artist living in central Massachusetts. He has illustrated many publications for the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and his bird illustrations have appeared in books published by the American Birding Association, HarperCollins, Princeton University Press and Cornell University (Comstock). In 2014, Barry was named Master Artist at the annual BIRDS IN ART show (Wausau, Wisconsin) - an award which recognizes artists who have shown “outstanding achievement in using bird imagery in their artwork”. In the last decade, Barry has been Artist-in-Residence at several museums and botanic gardens around New England, and most recently, he finished a five-year project visiting and painting at all of Mass Audubon’s sanctuaries throughout Massachusetts.