This is a painting of the village of Stowe, Vermont in fall foliage. I lived very close to Emily's Bridge (a covered bridge) in the Hollow for 8 years as a child. This view of the village church is well known to visitors returning from a trip to Mt. Mansfield from the Stowe side back into town.
While I saw the white steepled church nearly every day, we attended the Blessed Sacrament Church. Andre Girard, a French artist whose wife spent several years in a concentration camp, painted the entire church: walls, ceiling, glass, and exterior. His paintings depicted many scenes from the New Testament (including some rather intense and modern stations of the cross) and the work of "Brother" Dutton, who was born on the site, converted to Catholicism at 40 and worked with lepers in Molokai for 44 years.
Stowe has always conjured up a magical feel of mischief in the mountains from those days long ago. Enjoy!
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| Stowe Church in Fall 2014 Catherine K. Moore |
