When I moved from Manhattan to a secluded mountaintop house in Vermont, my wonderment at the measurelessness of the landscape surrounding the house was boundless. At night, it was an endless universe of black space but in the morning light, even in April when snow covered the ground, there emerged at the edge of the distant woods the soft nuanced greens of willows and the soft reds of new growth on maples. A still-frozen stream far in the distance was the sole interruption, a meandering silver stroke spanning the snowy vastness. Recently, I set out to visit Northern Daughters Gallery in Vergennes, a cool community that boasts several top-rated chef-owned bistros, bars, patisserie shops and even a chocolatier. My interest was in seeing more of Julia Jensen’s large-scale semi-abstract landscapes that I had seen a year ago. Her paintings have a way of staying with you, long after you … [Read more...] about JULIA JENSEN: CAPTURING NORTHERN LIGHT IN ALL ITS VARIATIONS