Current art exhibit
The Cook Memorial Library will host an exhibit of prints and paintings by artist Blair Folts during the months of February and March 2026. Folts is an artist and environmental activist living in the Ossipee Watershed. Her work is inspired by nature and her connection to the earth. She is passionate about adventuring to remote areas in search of natural mysteries which she refers to as “landscapeness.”
After graduating from the University of Maine with a degree in English and Art, Folts attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where she pursued a graduate degree in painting and printmaking. She had her first major show in 1991 at the Currier Museum of Art where she had the opportunity to exhibit paintings, prints and an environmental installation about Acid Rain. Since then she has exhibited across New England and has shown internationally in Canada, China, and Italy.
Although she considers herself a painter first, Folts is also deeply connected to the printmaking process. She approaches printmaking as she does her painting and combines many layers of ink and many passes through the press in order to create the finished prints. Using printmaking this way, Folts depicts the layers of time and presents how change is impacting the culture and the environment in the 21st century.
The prints and paintings on display in Tamworth are all inspired from landscape sketches Folts did in Penobscot Bay in Maine. As a special treat for Valentine’s Day, Folts is also displaying a case with Valentine’s Day cards that she created from childhood into adulthood.
All are invited to a reception with the artist on Wednesday, February 18 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. From 6:30-7:30 p.m., Folts will give a hands-on demonstration of making watercolour monoprints with gelatin plates, a technique used for many of the pieces in the exhibit.