Current art exhibit
Margaret Dries has been creating art as long as she can remember…from the time a truly treasured gift was a set of Prismacolor pencils or the super deluxe 64-size box of Crayolas to experimenting with collage and textures today. Margaret was raised in Wisconsin, studied fine art at the University of Wisconsin, exploring figure drawing, 2- and 3-dimensional art, illustration and graphic design. She lived in Chicago before moving to New Hampshire.
Margaret owns Sunset Hill Studio, a graphic design and art business in North Conway. She finds it is a joy to break away from graphic design computer work to work with paint on canvas. She is recognized for bold colors, shapes, and brushstrokes that play out on her canvas as the painting takes on a life of its own. Margaret shares her vision of the world through her art, and she appreciates how abstract imagery draws in viewers and invites them to explore the painting.
Margaret has pieces in private collections and is a gallery artist at Jackson Art Studio and Gallery and frequent contributor to Humana Obscura, a publication for the arts. Her illustrations have been featured in both catalogs and publications.