Local Artist's Work Displayed At Barnstable Town Hall

HYANNIS, MA — The work of local artist George Booth is on display at Barnstable Town Hall as part of the "Art on Loan" program, according to a release from Barnstable's Arts & Culture Coordinator.

Booth's paintings are on display in second floor meeting rooms at the town hall through March 27, the release says.

Here's the "about the artist" section of the press release:

George Booth always had an interest in art but not beyond a sketch book. A Barnstable High School graduate, it was not until his late twenties that he became serious with his art career. He studied painting at the University of New Hampshire with Craig Hood and Melvin Zabarsky and received his BFA in 1987.

He moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he “painted in obscurity” until moving to the Cape in 1999. He studied under Sarah Holl, who provided a great foundation and continued in Provincetown to engage in an extended study with Vicky Tomayko and Jim Peters.

Booth says of his style, “I am looking at my surroundings and I am seeing the landscape. My painting is what happens for me between looking and seeing. I paint to live and live to paint.”

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