Inspired Space by Sandie Daignault

September 14 - January 1

Sandra Daignault

(Click on the artist’s name above to learn more)

This exhibit reflects both on Sandie’s inspiration from the cosmos as well as the environment.

Artist Statement:

Light and our reaction to light inspires Sandra’s paintings. She plays with the colors and the form to create abstract pieces striving to evoke an experience of seeing things through a different lens. Her paintings are inspired by the underlying consistency of our ever-changing environment and are always influenced by nature no matter what the subject.

Marie Louise Trichet Art Gallery

“What was any art but a mold in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself – life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.” –Willa Cather

About the Gallery

What a happy marriage the Marie Louise Trichet Gallery and Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center enjoy. Over 25 years a wide variety of artists working in various mediums have exhibited in the gallery, each capturing some element of life that reveals the Divine.

Visit the gallery Monday through Saturday* 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. *It is advisable to call to inquire about Saturday hours.

Come breathe in this quiet space and catch a glimpse of a moment of creation.

ONGOING EXHIBIT

Homage to author Madeleine L’Engle

Featuring Sculptor Joseph Jude Brien | Exhibited in our Peace Garden

Charlotte Jones Voiklis, L’Engle’s granddaughter commissioned the West Cornwall Connecticut sculptor and educator to create a sculpture from an old apple tree on the family’s property that was blown down by a wind storm in 2020.

Voiklis asked Brien to create a sculpture from the tree that was inspired by the Time Quintet. After giving it some thought, Brien came up with a work that evokes some of the non-human characters that populate L’Engle’s books.

“She describes many fantastical creatures including a majestic unicorn, a feathered beast with multiple eyes, helpful serpents, benevolent dragons and microscopic organisms dwelling within our DNA strands,” Brien said, challenging viewers to see how many creatures they can find.

The sculpture is on display at Wisdom House in honor of Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time and will eventually be moved to display outdoors at Charlotte Jones Voiklis’s home in Goshen, where her grandmother, Madeleine L’Engle, lived and wrote many of her books.

Joseph Jude Brien studied metalworking and woodworking in secondary school, completed a three-year apprenticeship with a traditional cabinetmaker and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A. in Industrial Design.

He has presented workshops and demonstrations in schools from kindergarten through university level as well as at museums, nature centers, and seasonal festivals and has appeared appeared on network television - CBS “Sunday Morning” and HGTV’S ”That’s Clever!”

Mr. Brien is a Teaching Artist affiliated with the Connecticut Office of the Arts and has been awarded numerous grants to support his art projects and educational programs.

In addition to teaching, he operates, Made on Earth Studio, designing and hand-crafting furniture, cabinetry, sculpture and restoring antique furniture and tools.