View Finder at ArtsWorcester

Start date: May 9, 2024

End date: June 16, 2024

All-day event

Location: ArtsWorcester Gallery, 44 Portland Street, Worcester, MA 01608

May 9-June 16, 2024
Opening Reception: May 10, 6:00pm-9:00pm

"Life Among Decay", a watercolor mixed media illustration by Victoria K. Chapman. A rotted tree stump sits on a forest floor, covered in moss, mushrooms, and fungus. In front are ferns. A log covered in turkey tail mushrooms sits to the side. There are more mushrooms growing from the ground. A hairy woodpecker sits on the log. In the background there are trees and underbrush and a white-tailed deer peeks from behind them.

I’m so pleased to have been chosen as one of 43 artists in the upcoming View Finder exhibition at ArtsWorcester. My piece, Life Among Decay depicts the rotted stumps and logs of fallen trees in the forest at the Black Pond Trail in Harvard, MA. But, despite the death of these trees, life is teeming among the decay. Various fungus, moss, lichen, ferns, and animals all thrive. Painted in watercolor mixed media in 2023, I’m pleased to have this piece now shown to the public in-person.

View Finder. May 9-June16, 2024. ArtsWorcester. Public Reception: Friday 5.10, 6-9pm.

From the ArtsWorcester website:

Featuring 46 works by 43 artists, View Finder presents traditional or reimagined landscapes and streetscapes depicting locations in Worcester County. Artworks showcase scenes of majestic natural beauty, geometric cityscapes, and snapshots of the world around us through a wide range of media and styles. Artworks for View Finder were selected by Sarah Montross, Chief Curator, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum/The Trustees.