Studies in Portraits
Showing at The Gallery at Well Sweep
July 2 to July 29
Wednesday through Sunday, 10am to 5pm
Constance Flavell Pratt
 You may not have heard the name Constance Flavell Pratt before but you have almost certainly seen her work, Her courtroom pastel drawing of Richard Reid, the “Shoe-Bomber” blanketed the airways and reached households around the world. Another famous trial Pratt illustrated was that of the British nanny, Louise Woodward.
Courtroom art requires that Connie be ready to grab her sketch pads and pastels at a moments notice and head for the courtroom where cameras are not allowed. Once there she must find a suitable seat with a good view of the defendant, judge and lawyers, hoping no one blocks her view, and go to work as quickly as possible before the judge calls a recess or the trial is interrupted. She captures the initial likeness in minutes, often finishing the drawing at home. Her courtroom drawings, as well as her portraits, will be on exhibit in the gallery.
Connie is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and a member of the Copley Society of Boston. She has won numerous awards for her fine portraits.
 Sissi Shattuck
Sissi's wonderful portrait of “Granny D” and her painting of Hillsborough Lower Village have been chosen by the Austrian government for exhibition in their fall show, “Homeland as Identity and Transformation.”
Sieglinde (Sissi) Shattuck has lived in Hillsborough Center since 1970. She is a native of Austria where she studied graphics and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. “Prof. Pauser considered her the best portraitist of the academy in 25 years.” (Prof. M. Melcher, Rector of the Academy). In her senior year she was commissioned by the academy to paint the portrait of the retiring Sektionchef for Universities at the Ministry of Education.
 Carole Hoffmann
Carole's fine art work has been widely exhibited and is hanging in numerous collections across the country, including Hawaii, Canada and Israel. Her gallery and studio in Hillsborough Lower Village features portraits of children and animals, as well as landscapes and still lifes. Carole accepts commissions and works well from photographs. Her primary media are pastel, watercolor, pencil and charcoal. |
