Prints and other Works on Paper

Kim Cunningham, Soosen Dunholter, Ann Eldridge, Lily Featherston, BeaTrix Sagendorph, and Annie Trowbridge

Opening Reception: Friday, July 11
5:00pm-7:00pm

Closing Event: Coffee and Conversation with the Artists
Thursday, July 31
10am-12pm

Exhibit will run from Wed, July 9 through Thursday, July 31 at 12pm. Available for viewing and purchases during open hours Mon & Wed 10am-12pm and by appointment. 

View open hours here:  https://www.dubhub-nh.org/calendar

For inquiry about purchases contact : dubhubartcommitee@gmail.com

Kim Cunningham
Since moving to southwestern New Hampshire in 1979 with her husband Scott, Kim Cunningham has worked primarily as a graphic artist and illustrator for companies such as Brookstone, Eastern Mountain Sports and Cobblestone Magazine. Now a full-time printmaker and ceramic artist, she has exhibited throughout New England and her work appears frequently   in the Monadnock Region on calendars, posters and logos.
Website: https://blockpaperchisels.com/

Soosen Dunholter 
Soosen’s mixed-media work in drawing, painting, and printmaking has been exhibited in solo and group shows in galleries and cultural centers throughout New England. Her work is widely collected and has been licensed for books, magazines, and music CDs. She has won numerous awards and prizes including the 2016 Ruth and James Ewing Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Creative Arts.  Painter, printmaker and collage artist, Soosen is never far from her roots in graphic design as a former art director with a focus on book publication.  On any given day you can find her in her spacious, eclectic studio adjacent to her home in Peterborough, NH creating a variety of sophisticated yet whimsical Art!

Artist Statement
I recently unearthed three large portfolios in my studio filled with architectural photographs from the early 1900s—elaborate interiors and exteriors of Roman cathedrals and Gothic architecture across Europe. The images, rich with soaring arches, intricate stonework, and a sense of sacred stillness, sparked something in me. I began experimenting with the surrealist technique of Cubomania—cutting images into squares and reassembling them to disrupt their original context—which immediately resonated. This intuitive process felt like the perfect fit for a new series exploring meditation, presence, and the square as a calming, repetitive form. Using a minimal color palette, I aim to create compositions that invite quiet contemplation while reimagining historical grandeur through a fragmented, modern lens.
Website: https://www.soosendunholter.com/

Judith Ann Eldridge (Bradford, NH)
J. Ann Eldridge graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree majoring in Printmaking and then studied intaglio printmaking with Elena Colin at her studio in Worcester MA. She has been working with intaglio printmaking for over thirty years now. This a process with origins in the mid-1400s. It involves a metal plate, bees wax, smoke, etch solution, pointed instruments, rosin, and a good deal of patience. Her prints are executed one at a time in limited editions using archival materials. Born in Maine, she has lived in Bradford NH since 1986.

Her work can be found in a handful of galleries around New England and in New Hampshire, at most of the League of NH Craftsmen galleries and Exeter Fine Arts. She also travels in the northeast to retail shows, cleaning herself up and setting up a booth. She has recently won awards at the Westport Fine Arts Festival in Westport CT and the Annual Outdoor Arts Festival at the Bruce Art Museum.

Artist statement:
I think of myself as a reporter describing what I witness in the course of my days - while growing food or mucking about in swamps, for instance. What better way to really learn an animal or plant than to draw it?  My prints and drawings are true stories and often I know the title before an image forms.
Website: www.jaeldridge.com

Lily Featherston
After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in animation in 2012, I moved back to my home state of New Hampshire where I began experimenting in linocut. I had never taken a printmaking class at school but I was immediately hooked. Over the last seven years I have slowly developed my own personal style of carving and printing, and settled myself in a studio in the mill buildings in Harrisville. I have shown pieces in group shows around New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Artist Statement:
My creative focus is often centered around the moments in nature where simplicity meets detail. The expanse of color from a cloudless sky against a line of trees, or a snow covered hill paired with a tangle of weeds are what draw my attention. I work intuitively, with just a basic sketch on the block. I carve each layer as I go, and mix colors right before printing. This open process gives a lot of room for error, but I love the flexibility it provides. I often have a clear idea of what the final image will look like, so the process fluctuates between chasing what I see in my mind's eye all while unearthing the image I’m ultimately making. The final product is often close to what I intended but I enjoy seeing the small ways it morphed during its creation. My work is deeply connected to nature and my surroundings. These beautiful landscapes are where I find myself the most content. 
Website: https://www.lilyfeatherston.com/
IG:  @lilyfeatherstonart

BeaTrix Thorne Sagendorph (1900-1985)
BeaTrix was the daughter of Chicago philanthropists George Arthur and Louise Thorne, grew up in Winnetka, IL, attended Vassar College and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also studied art in China, Mexico, Italy and New York. In 1928, she married Robb Sagendorph, who left the family steel business in 1930 to become a freelance writer and in 1939 became editor and publisher of the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The couple founded Yankee Magazine in 1935. BeaTrix provided the bulk of 50 years of covers for the magazine.  In May, 1965, she established the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College in New Hampshire in memory of her mother, later dedicated to her husband after his passing in 1970. Deeply connected to the area through her art and her family, she produced hundreds of artworks that reflect the flavor, mood, weather, history, constants and changes that define the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire.

Annie Trowbridge 
Annie grew up in Peterborough NH, and learned to block print from her dad, who learned from his grandmother Beatrix Sagendorph! She loves the history of block printing in New England and trying out new techniques. She is also an oil painter and likes to celebrate the landscape where she grew up with both her paintings and prints. She participates in art markets around NH and Maine selling her prints and dyed clothes. She currently lives in Portland, Maine, where she is exploring images of the ocean for the first time! But nothing is quite like being in New Hampshire, and making art about her childhood there.