Linda Mirabile
Painting birds has always been part of my life, as early as grade school. Recently, while cleaning out my mom’s condo I returned home with a large painting of a mother gannet and her chick, done in junior high school, a barred owl that I have no memory of doing, and a chicken done in colored pencils that she always had hanging in her kitchen.
Focusing on birds and all things related allows me to speak a universal language. Everyone relates to a soaring vulture over a farmer’s field or the song of a white-throated sparrow during a walk in the Adirondack woods. The line between aesthetic and spiritual, for me, has always been blurred.
I strive to dismiss the need to perfect my work in a way that squelches experimentation—difficult for a person obsessed with detail! I enjoy trying different mediums, painting in oil one week and then graphite the next. The results are varied, but always fun in their pursuit. I hope you enjoy my work, each bird becoming a good friend before the palette is dry.
UPCOMING EXHIBITS
Highland Center for the Arts
Greensboro, Vermont
Group Exhibit
August 14 - September 21, 2025
PAST EXHIBITS
CVMC Gallery
Berlin, Vermont
February-March 2017
Solo exhibit
Vermont State House
Montpelier, Vermont
April 2017
Solo exhibit
Rutland Audubon
Stone Valley Arts
Poultney, Vermont
Spring 2017
Invitational group exhibit
Kent Museum
Calais, Vermont
September-October 2017
Invitational group exhibit
VT Governor’s Gallery
Montpelier, Vermont
January-March 2018
Solo exhibit
Highstead Foundation
Reading, Vermont
May-June 2018
Solo exhibit
West Branch Gallery
Stowe, Vermont
“Fragile”
July 2018
Group exhibit
Portland Public Library Gallery
Portland, Maine
“A Critical Balance”
Group exhibit
June 2019
Highland Center for the Arts
Greensboro, Vermont
“A Critical Balance”
Group exhibit
August 2020
Studio Place Arts
Barre, Vermont
“UP UP & Away”
Group exhibit
March 16, 2021
CVMC Gallery
Berlin, Vermont
September, 2021
Solo exhibit
Jericho Town Hall Gallery
“Tracks”
Group exhibit
January-April 2022
Vermont Tourist Center
Montpelier, Vermont
February/March 2022
VNRC Conference Room Gallery
Montpelier, Vermont
Solo exhibit
March-June 2022
Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester, Vermont
Member exhibit
November 2022 - February 2023
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Manchester, Vermont
Member exhibit
May 2023 - July 2023
Studio Place Arts
Barre, Vermont
“2+2=4”
Group exhibit
June/July 2023
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Manchester, Vermont
Solo exhibit
July 20, 2024 - November 3, 2024
PUBLICATIONS
The Book of the Raven: Covids in Art and Legend
Angus Hyland
Featured painting:
“Crows in Flight”
Published in 2021