ABOUT

Work by Georgine MacGarvey "My inspiration is the light that constantly transforms the mood and drama of the landscape," says Georgine. "People who buy my landscape paintings are usually Vermonters and our visitors who want a little bit of Vermont to remember. I give them a painting that is a story about a place."

Gerorgine's portrait career began long before she moved to Vermont. While she was still an art student in New York, she drew pastels for shoppers in Bloomingdales. That led to commissions from an art gallery. Now, she paints portraits from photographs she takes.

She describes herself as a contemporary, realistic portrait and landscape painter. One visitor who signed her guest book described her pastels as breathing "life and peace."

Georgine lives in Dorset with her husband Steve, a custom furniture maker.

 

Solo Exhibitions

2018           Solo Show, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT

2016           Solo Show, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT

2013           Beginnings and Endings Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester,VT

2013           Noble Nocturnes, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2011           The Eternal Landscape, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2011           Dorset Artists: Then and Now, Dorset, VT

2010           Inspired by Nature, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT

2010           Annual Member’s Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2009           Landscapes, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester,VT

2006           Landscapes and Portraits, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT 

2002           The Dorset Gallery, Dorset, VT

2001           Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT

1995           Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT

1994           Elm Street Arts, Manchester Center, VT

1993           Light and the Landscape, Elm Street Arts, Manchester Center, VT

1990           Landscapes, Beside Myself Gallery, Arlington, VT

1988           Landscapes, Beside Myself Gallery, Arlington, VT

1976           Monoprints, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022           Pop up Show: Melina White & Georgine Macgarvey, Little Equinox Gallery, Manchester, VT

1980-2009  Fall Open, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT (Annually) 

1982-1998  Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton Mountain, VT (Annually)

1994           Equinox Forever, American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT

1993           Small Wonders, Elm Street Arts, Manchester Center, VT

1988           Works by Vermont Visual Artists, State House, Montpelier, VT

1979           Virgin Island Artists, Customs House, St. Croix, USVI

 

Experience

2016-2021  Instructor Pastels and Oils, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT

2014          Co-curator, The SVAC Permanent Collection: A Fresh Look, Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Manchester, VT

2011-2013  Co-curator, Dorset Artists: Then and Now, Dorset, VT

1977-1987  Freelance Artist/Illustrator, New York, NY; St. Croix, USVI; and Vermont

1978-1982  Instructor, Silkscreen Printing, Pastels, and Figure Drawing, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT

1979           Partner, Virgin Island Design, St. Croix, USVI

1976-1977  Apprentice Silkscreen Printer, Styria Studios, New York, NY

1973           Murals for "The Flying Horses" Carousel, Oak Bluffs, MA

 

Memberships      

Artist Member, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT        

Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

Pastel Society of America, New York, NY

 

Selected Publications                      

1987           Murals featured in Home Magazine, September 

1984           Illustrations for The Orvis Flyfishing Guide, Winchester Press 

 

Education

1973           BA, Hollins College, Roanoke, VA

1976           MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY