Since moving to Vermont nine years ago, Reese has worked almost exclusively with landscape, reflecting her response the pattern, texture and emotion of the natural terrain.  "My textured, multi-layered work in landscape is a recent focus.  Landscape allows me to shift between reality and abstraction without losing a sense of time and place. Composition and texture supersede subject, and through the use of color, glazes and layering, I work to express its essence.  As for the portrait work, a sideline of mine, in the world replete with the imagery of high-tech digital cameras and video, it may seem that a painted portrait is somewhat of an anachronism.  But through the use of texture, color and brushwork, I also aim to produce an enduring, painterly work of art."

Educated at Skidmore College, The Montclair Art Museum, and privately, Reese's prize-winning work has been shown widely in solo, group and juried shows in CT, MT, NJ, NH and VT.  Her work was handled by The Woodsum Gallery in Warner, NH; The Chaffee Center for Visual Arts in Rutland, VT; Pegasus Gallery in Quechee, VT -- all of which has closed their doors in 2008;  Reese is still reopresented by East End Gallery in  Nantucket, MA.  Her work can also be viewed on her website www.reesepaintings.com. 

Marsh Near Quechee Gorge, 36" x 24", oil on canvas 

Empty Farmhouse

Skating Pond at Dusk

Striped Winter Fields

White on White 

Snow on a Country Road, 7" x 7", oil with tissue paper underlay

Morning Lights, 3 panels 12" x 12", oil on tissue covered canvas

 Late September on the Cape, 16" x 24", oil on clayboard

Summer Shadows, 24" x 46", oil on canvas

 
October Silence, 3 panels 4" x 4", oil on canvas