Pawlet Sunset by Paula Vaicunas
The Road by Paula Vaicunas
(L-R) Blue Mountains, Vision, Vermont Hills by Paula Vaicunas
I am so excited to be a stop on the first Middlebury Art Walk which starts Friday, June 12, 2009 and held on the second Friday of the month. Otter Creek Used Books is stop #5 and will host painter, Paula Vaicunas (pastel and oil) as well as local poet, Gary Margolis.
Paula’s paintings are hung upstairs and down brightening up the space with their energy and colors. Upstairs (from Main Street) are three: Blue Mountains (oil on canvas), Vision (pastel), and Vermont Hills (pastel). Downstairs are: Pawlet Sunset (oil on canvas) and The Road (pastel). All are for sale. Stop by to view them because my camera certainly doesn’t do them justice. They will be hung for approximately 4 weeks. Until the July’s Art Walk. Unfortunately Vaicunas will not be here Friday though she will be here in spirit!
Gary Margolis, Ph.D. will be reading from his work. He was a Robert Frost Fellow and has taught at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences which is associated with Middlebury College. His third book, Fire in the Orchard was nominated for the 2002 Pulitzer Price in Poetry. His new book, Below the Falls will be published this year. Margolis will read at 5:30 pm and then again at 7:00 pm.
As part of the Art Walk all art books in the store will be on sale at 50% off. A drawing for a Otter Creek Used Books gift certificate will be held at the end of the evening – just list your favorite book.
Hope to see you. It should be a fun evening in Middlebury! Look for all the pink boots signifying participating businesses – retail, galleries, and restaurants! 
