Juxtaposing the “satiated and the hungry,” the 10-panel “The Hunger Dream” highlights the “Ronald Slayton: Master of Watercolor” exhibition on view from May 1 through June 29 at the T.W. Wood Gallery at the Center for Arts & Learning, 46 Barre St., Montpelier, Vermont. Seen as one, the 1985 work “becomes more than the sum of its separate parts. Slayton’s almost naive, simple, boldly stated images directly confront the viewer today as much as in the past.” It’s joined by a second watercolor mural, “The Last Supper,” as well as 12 late-period watercolor works from the private collection of Billi and Bobby Gosh. Slayton, whose early career included employment as an artist in the Vermont Division of the federally funded Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1936-1939, passed away in 1992. Also on view: Slayton’s woodcuts “Social Activities of the ‘30s,” “Clearing the Fields” and … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS