Obliviousness
By Kristine Chartrand
On display in the Kitzmiller Fiction Room the month of September
Obliviousness is a combination of two explorations of society. The first is an ink on paper series of distortions and manipulations of trees. These images playfully explore man’s destruction of the natural world. The second exploration is a series of watercolor paintings about the destruction of the human soul through our overwhelming use of technology and how it results in an overworked population.
Kristine Chartrand is a Calais based artist and jeweler who teaches art at U-32 High School. She grew up in NJ and got her BFA in Metals and Jewelry from SCAD in Savannah, Georgia. She worked for several jewelry designers in NYC before going back to SCAD to get her MAT to teach art. She designed a mural for Summer Street in Barre and has another short term mural on State Street in Montpelier. She has exhibited in shows around the state over the past 13 years.