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Massasoit Art Guild displays painting of the month

NORTH BROOKFIELD - Artist Carole Bentley of North Brookfield created this painting entitled “Geraniums #2”. This 11 x 14 painting is done in oil paint on stretched canvas. It is the second in a series of three paintings inspired by photographs that Carole took while visiting Belfast, Maine. “It was a bright, sunny day” Carole remembers. “I spotted these beautiful geraniums hanging in front of the windows of a building, and I knew I had to paint them!” The painting features colors of bright roses, reds and greens. The background is done in large brushstrokes of blues and greens. Carole’s goal was to capture the bright sunlight bouncing off of the blooms, contrasted with the deep cast shadows.

This painting and others like it may be seen at the Massasoit Art Guild Studio in the former Lashaway Jr. High School, Hodgkins Building on School St. in East Brookfield. The studio is open every Wednesday morning from 9:30 a.m. - noon, and every second Saturday of the month from 1–4 p.m.