Artscope Magazine

“Richard Haynes, a 77-year-old artist who resides in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, stands out in a myriad of artistic expressions — photography, drawing, painting — is the epitome of grateful. Spiritual. And humble. A model of how it can be done. But per real life, it doesn’t happen overnight, and it doesn’t happen without learning some hard lessons.”

Linda Sutherland tells his story in our current issue and previews his current “Learning to See” exhibition at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Vermont. “He’s a visual storyteller whose bright, daring images kindle a sense of connection that flies in the face of racial discrimination.

"Richard Haynes’s work,” said Alison Crites, curator for the show, “begins with a simple but radical question: how do we learn to see one another? Across drawing, painting, and photography, he reveals that seeing is not neutral, but something formed by experience — and something that can be transformed. By reimagining America’s history of division as one of connection, Haynes invites us to look again and see new possibilities in the way we understand one another."

Read Sutherland’s full feature story on Richard Haynes in the July/August 2026 issue of Artscope Magazine, available free of charge at partnering museums, galleries and art centers throughout New England and via mail order or digital purchase for online access at artscopemagazine.com/subscribe/

“Where Words Can Not Go,” featuring Timothy Dunnbier’s abstract thought-scapes, assemblages by Allison Mitchell and pastel paintings by Jill Goldman-Callahan, remains on view through this Sunday, July 19, at Three Stones Gallery / Contemporary Art, 32 Main Street, Concord, Massachusetts.

Reviewing the exhibition in our current issue, Madeleine Lord writes that the show’s focus on abstract works is to “ignite a deeply personal connection with the viewer through the power of pure form and color.” There are words though, in the carefully chosen titles each artist assigned to their oeuvre, verbal nudges leading the viewer to the artist’s path and intent. The exhibition also features recent works by Merill Comeau, Cindy Crimmin, Joan Kocak, and Mara Sanadi Wagner. ​

Read Lord’s full review of “Where Words Can Not Go” in the July/August 2026 issue of Artscope Magazine, available free of charge at partnering museums, galleries and art centers throughout New England and via mail order or digital purchase for online access at artscopemagazine.com/subscribe/