FRIENDS OF THE WARDSBORO LIBRARY, Inc.
Wardsboro, Vermont 05355
BEST RAFFLE EVER!
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(Above detail from watercolor, left)
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The Friends' Raffle grand prize features a hand-hooked rug (above left) by Wardsboro resident Linda Gifkins of a local scene interpreted from the artwork of the noted Vermont painter Henry Branford, "Sugaring." Size: 26" x 36". Wool on linen, mostly hand-dyed heavy wool. Gallery value estimated at $850. Generously donated by the artist. Appreciation also to Henry Branford for permission to reproduce the original painting. The second prize is a watercolor vignette (above) on paper by the late artist Claude Croney (1926-1993) of the West Wardsboro Church, signed and framed, 27" x 21", painted c. 1970. Gallery value estimated at $700. Generously donated from the collection of a Wardsboro family.
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Claude Croney is a watercolorist known for landscapes, seashore, abstraction. Accolades include: member of the American Watercolor Society, WPA – Whiskey Painter Association & Allied Artists; author of My Way With Watercolor; published a watercolor demonstration with Silvermine Publishers of Norwalk, CT; taught art on the Cape (his home) and at numerous art seminars; resident artist in the 1970s & 1980s at the North Branch Club at
Linda Gifkins is a collector of antique hooked rugs. In 2004, she met Lucille Festa of American County Rugs at the Weston Crafts Show and has been studying with her and obtaining her wool and patterns from her ever since. She has also taken classes at numerous rug camps and is a member of ATHA, the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists. Linda hooks in the primitive rug hooking style, using hand dyed wool and many of her rugs are adaptations of antique rugs or folk art. Linda and her husband John are full time residents of Wardsboro, having previously spent most of their married life in Cobble Hill,
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