Gretchen Alexander Art

Gretchen Alexander Art Fine Art and Illustration

This is a scene from a little pond in my garden - a chaotic mix of shadows and reflections that somehow blend into a wat...
08/27/2026

This is a scene from a little pond in my garden - a chaotic mix of shadows and reflections that somehow blend into a watery peace. I love seeing the aquatic visitors that show up to hang out with the goldfish who lives there in the warm months (the goldfish eats the mosquito larvae - I bring him inside for spa treatment in the winter). So, a few weeks ago when somebody in town was getting rid of a small pond liner, I eagerly took it off their hands to add another water feature to my garden. After installing it, I visited a local pond to find a few native plants to seed my new pond. I noticed there was a species of lily pad about ten feet off shore that seemed to prefer deeper water and I decided to wade out above my knees to investigate it. It was quite mucky and I felt something tickling my ankle. “Probably just bubbles”, I said to myself, but that self-comforting thought exited my mind as quickly as it entered, for in the next moment the long ribbon of a ginormous leech swam between my knees and outstretched arms, and I said aloud, “Nope!”, as I quickly high-tailed it for the shore. I mean, leeches are beautiful in their own way - they can be exquisitely patterned and colored and the undulating sine-wave of their swimming is hypnotic, but I guess I just prefer to admire them from a dry place. Next time I go seed-hunting I’ll bring waders.

“August Visitor”, 24 X 20, available on my website

Earlier this summer a pair of beavers showed up in the wet meadow upstream of us where we walk our dogs. Every other da...
08/22/2026

Earlier this summer a pair of beavers showed up in the wet meadow upstream of us where we walk our dogs. Every other day or so there would be a freshly cut aspen sapling felled across the path as they started to create a series of terraced wetlands, taking advantage of the especially high water table. I imagine those aspen saplings are like soft butter to a beaver – they definitely preferred them to everything else. As the summer wore on and we had less rain, the water table dropped and the pools dried up, so they moved to the river, building a dam at the head of a gorgey section of brook where I’ve seen them attempt dams before. Often a high flow will wash the dam out in this spot, but so far that hasn’t happened this summer. I have a dream of beavers building a massive complex of dams on this historically straightened and entrenched section of brook, allowing it to aggrade, reconnect the floodplain and eventually cut some wide meanders through the alder meadow. A girl can dream, yeah? But until then I’m just glad to know they’re there doing their beaver thing, healing the landscape and creating habitat for other plants and animals simply through their presence. My son put together this compilation of game camera videos from the camera we set up along the beaver’s skid trail – so many animals using the beaver highway!



“Below the Beaver Dam”, 30X24, available on my website

A late July hike on Sunset Ridge on Mt. Mansfield provided stellar views and Greenland stitchwort in full bloom - its wh...
08/20/2026

A late July hike on Sunset Ridge on Mt. Mansfield provided stellar views and Greenland stitchwort in full bloom - its white blossoms poking out in every crevice along the ridgeline.

“Alpine Bloom”, 16X20, available on my website

08/20/2026

Another one of our showcase artists that is coming with us to NYC for the affordable art fair. Gretchen Alexander is a local Vermonter whose background in river ecology inspires her artist practice. Her work explores the interconnectedness of the world around us, with a lens on Vermont. Come to booth A7 during the Affordable Art Fair in September to explore her work and the works the other artists coming with us!

The Bryan Fine Art Gallery - Stowe
Weds, Thurs, Sun: 11am-4pm
Fri, Sat: 11am-5pm
For more information call (802) 760-6474

The Bryan Gallery - Jeffersonville
Weds, Thurs, Sun: 11am-4pm
Fri, Sat: 11am-5pm
www.bryangallery.org (802) 644-5100

This year our summer camping trip happened to coincide with the Perseid Meteor Shower that happens every August. Earlie...
08/19/2026

This year our summer camping trip happened to coincide with the Perseid Meteor Shower that happens every August. Earlier in the day there was a partial solar eclipse too cloudy for us to witness, but with the darkness of a new moon, I was hopeful for some late night clearing. It was cloudy and raining when we went to bed, but when I woke up at midnight, I said to myself, “I wonder if it’s clear enough to see any meteors tonight?”. As I glanced up to the small opening in the trees above our campsite I instantly saw a bright streak flash across the sky amidst a backdrop of glittering stars. That answered my question! I sat up for a bit to watch the show, and then again the next night with Brian. Painted from the memory of this experience, these pieces have a playful dream-like quality, invoking the enchanted feeling of night in the forest and imbued with the fantasy that can sometimes creep into our memories.

“Affirmative”, 8X8
“Perseids on the Pond”, 8X10
Both available on my website

Today I was able to tour the brand new Hematology Oncology unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in which each room...
08/17/2026

Today I was able to tour the brand new Hematology Oncology unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in which each room on the floor has one or more limited edition prints of my artwork. Walking through the space and imagining it filled with patients in the coming weeks, I felt a bit emotional… What an honor to play a small role in creating a peaceful, healing space for cancer patients. Many thanks to DHMC Arts & Humanities Coordinator Gillian Cook for the tour of the new unit and for choosing my artwork for this purpose. I will also have a show of original work in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Rotunda Gallery this coming spring.

Also had a chance to see “Thidwick” the moose by Vermont artist Rita Dee, made completely of driftwood. So cool!

Quintessential Vermont summer, swimming in a river and skipping rocks. Fitting that I finished this scaled up version o...
08/10/2026

Quintessential Vermont summer, swimming in a river and skipping rocks. Fitting that I finished this scaled up version of an earlier study today, as my mid-day break was spent doing exactly this - in this same place with this same person.😊 A little different pose than my first study - this time the rock has left his hand - do you see it? This painting will be on view at the Champlain Valley Fair Art Show, coming up August 28 - Sept. 6.

“Rock Skipper”, 20x40, acrylic on canvas

Thank you to the Bryan Gallery for once again including my artwork in their offerings at the Affordable Art Fair in NYC,...
08/10/2026

Thank you to the Bryan Gallery for once again including my artwork in their offerings at the Affordable Art Fair in NYC, coming up September 16-20. It’s a thrill to share my Vermont landscapes with an expanded audience and for maybe some bits of Vermont to spread to new places. Because all the world could use a little more Vermont vibe, yeah?
Bryan Memorial Gallery

I’m excited to share that my paintings “Turtleback Tower” (30x24) and “Summer Evening” (24x30) were juried into the Brya...
08/02/2026

I’m excited to share that my paintings “Turtleback Tower” (30x24) and “Summer Evening” (24x30) were juried into the Bryan Memorial Gallery’s annual exhibition of “Land, Light, Water & Air”. Since both of these paintings were inspired by the scenery around my home, I thought it would be fun to bring them to their places of creative inception for a photo shoot. Both are framed in maple float frames (hand-crafted by me).

The title for “Turtleback Tower” was inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass”, which I’ve been re-reading with my oldest son at bedtime. In her book she relays the indigenous earth creation story of “Turtle Island”, and looking up at this Hemlock from this perspective, it made me imagine trees as skyscrapers of the forest metropolis, almost like a vertical extension of the turtle’s back with its scaly scutes morphing into bark.

The exhibit will be open to the public August 26 – October 25 and the opening reception is Thursday, September 3, 5-7pm in Jeffersonville - save the date! Until then, “Vistas”, “Fur, Feathers & Tails”, and the “New Horizons” exhibits are still on display and well worth a visit!
Bryan Memorial Gallery

An evening not unlike tonight.“Sun Kiss Goodnight”, 18x24, available on my website
08/01/2026

An evening not unlike tonight.

“Sun Kiss Goodnight”, 18x24, available on my website

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