Goshen Artist’s Colorful Works On Display at Litchfield Library
The World Famous Goshen Fair by Don Sexton
In the exhibition, "In My Life," award-winning painter Don Sexton shows scenes from around the world, experienced in his life: people going about their lives – with their families, at rest, at play. Sexton tells their stories.
He paints with oils and mixed media. The mixed media technique works are unique in that they are based on a special approach which he developed. After drawing the scene with black ink, he employs oil pastels and water-based inks that produce vivid hues and make intriguing and exciting what at first glance might seem to be an ordinary scene.
Don has been a professional painter for more than 30 years. His studio is in Goshen. He studied painting and drawing at Wesleyan University and at the New School, the Stacy Studio Workshop, the Koho School of Sumi-E in New York City and at the American Center for the Arts in Paris.
For more than fifty years, Sexton served on the regular faculty of Columbia University, where his positions included chair of the International Business Division. Over the years he has worked, lived, or visited for substantial periods of time in a variety of countries, including Australia, China, India, Japan, France, Russia, Portugal, South Korea, Italy, Brazil, Greece, Iran, and Mexico. The paintings in this show are based on observations from his travels.
The exhibition will remain open until August 30th, at the Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street, in Litchfield. A talk by the artist is scheduled for Saturday, August 12th at 11 AM. Admission to the exhibition is free.
