mother hen

Here is another piece now showing at the Creatures: Real & Imagined show at the Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH.

Kristina Wentzell, mother hen, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches © 2010

best in show

This month I participated in a fundraiser for a great local non-profit: the Stonewall Farm Annual Art Auction. Many local artists submitted work for this worthy cause and I am pleased to announce that my piece "lazy day" won best in show.

Kristina Wentzell, lazy day, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches. © 2010.

Creatures: Real & Imagined

Kristina Wentzell, chicken, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches. ©2010

I've been painting chickens this year. I'm ready to join the craze of having a backyard flock of laying hens....it won't work out until next summer so I'm getting by with just painting them for now.

This piece is part of a show "Creatures: Real & Imagined" at the Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH. May 7th - July 4th.

upcoming shows

Things are getting busy in my studio with lots of events coming up. Check back on my website for updates.


June 4th-13th
Keene Art Walk, EF Lane Hotel, Keene, NH

June 6th
Beacon Hill Art Walk, Boston, MA

July 10th & 11th
Wickford Art Festival, Wickford, RI

July 24th & 25th
Art-on-Bartlett-Mall, High St, (1A and 113) & Pond St., Newburyport, MA

August 14th
South Portland'S 31st Annual Art in the Park Show & Sale , South Portland, ME

September 4th & 5th
Art in the Park, Ashuelot River Park, Keene, NH