Barrington Public Library is happy to welcome Linus Powers to the Main Floor Gallery and John Sideli to the Jennifer English Gallery!
Jennifer English Gallery (second floor)
Artist: John Sideli
A longtime art and antiques dealer and Bristol resident, John Sideli has spent more than 50 years immersed in the world of fine objects. Alongside that career, he has cultivated his own artistic practice, creating imaginative assemblages that bring together found materials in unexpected and thought-provoking ways. His work has been shown at Hirschl & Adler in New York City and is now being shared with the East Bay community. Now semi-retired from the antiques business, Sideli has turned his focus fully to his art. “My interest in showing at the library springs from a desire to share my work with the local community,” he explains. A regular attendee of the Library’s Wednesday movie series, Sideli was inspired by the gallery adjacent to the theater and felt it would be a perfect setting for his pieces.
Main Floor Gallery
Artist: Linus Powers
Powers' exhibit will include acrylic paintings on canvas and pen & ink drawings on paper featuring a mix of landscapes and animal portraits in bold lines and colors. Many of the images might look familiar to those from the East Bay as they are based on local scenery and architecture. Linus Powers is a self-taught artist and musician. A lifelong Rhode Islander from Providence County, Linus is currently residing in Barrington with his wife, two daughters, cat, and frogs. He loves identifying surrounding wildlife and has a passion for writing and playing music inspired by heavy metal, 80s pop, and 90s video games.
