Artist Meg Black, PhD, past Chair of the Art Department at Salem State University, and a painter of gardens for over 40 years, will share her creative process and the artists whose work she references for inspiration. Historical examples include Berte Morisot, Vincent Van Gogh, Maria Van Oosterwijck, and Claude Monet, along with contemporary artists whose subject of botanicals continues this ancient tradition. Enjoy examples of Meg's garden paintings and receive an explanation of the fibers she uses to create her colorful and textured paintings that capture the essence of garden life. https://boxfordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/garden-painting-in-the-history-of-art/

Meeting Room 1, Boxford Town Library, 7A Spofford Road