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Habitat Education Center, Belmont

Ode to the Birdhouse: The Art of Pamela Tarbell on Exhibit at Habitat

October 29, 2024

November 1, 2024-January 1, 2025

Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary in Belmont will feature visual artworks by New Hampshire artist Pamela Tarbell.

A painting of a blue-toned birdhouse frame surrounded by multicolored ginko leaves and a bird in flight
Ode to the Birdhouse #7 ©️ Pamela Tarbell

About the Exhibition

Ode to the Birdhouse sets familiar motifs into colorful layers, resulting in kaleidoscopic visual compositions. Oil pigments set the boldly colored shapes into their own hypnotic space on the canvas, while also bolstering the contrast between overlapping patterns. 

A painting of a red birdhouse frame surrounded by warm-toned ginko leaves
Ode to the Birdhouse #3 ©️ Pamela Tarbell

About the Artist

A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and a United States Art Embassy Artist, Tarbell exhibits nationally, and in 2023 had a solo exhibit at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. In 2024, she was commissioned to paint the awards for the New Hampshire Committee for the Arts Gala Awards Celebration.

Location

In the Visitor Center at Habitat: 10 Juniper Road, Belmont MA, 02478. Open 9AM-4PM Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays.

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