Beginning April 1 Summer Gallery Hours

Wednesday through Sunday 10 am - 6 pm

Closed Sunday April 5 for Easter

Events

EVENTS

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet the amazing women brought to life on canvas by Simone Scholes. Through fashion, attitude, and expressive detail, these striking figures celebrate their decade, honor their heritage, and offer a captivating glimpse into their individual stories.

New Exhibit

by Simone Scholes

Her Story

Artist Reception

April 11, 2026

4 - 6 pm

Light Refreshments will be served.

About the Artist

Simone began her career at Art College majoring in textile design but was very quickly pulled
onto a different track in the corporate world of the fashion industry. In a serendipitous turn, her
corporate career brought her on a journey to Vietnam many years later, where she quite
unexpectedly fell in love with a painting hanging in a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh city. It sparked a
new creative interest in Simone and where previously she had mainly worked with watercolor, it
intrigued her to explore oil paint.

Using bold brushstrokes and plenty of Linseed oil, she plays with familiar shapes and light to
create different personas. Using a combination of materials and textures, her fashion and textile
inspired artwork aims to capture both the outward beauty and the inner mystery of human
beings.

Her developed, recognizable style has been in numerous local New England shows and
publications including the Attleboro Arts Museums 8 Visions and Boston City Hall Emerging
Artist show.

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Coming May 1st

New England Impressions:Sea, Pond and Blooms

with Watercolorist

Kristina N. Occhino

Experience the depth, movement and emotion of the natural world as it is brought to life in the breathtaking watercolors of Kristina Occhino. Through the use of color and light, her work captures both the spirit and the stories embodied in the scenes that surround us.

Artist Reception

May 9, 2026 4 - 6 pm

Light Refreshments will be served.

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About the Artist

Kris Occhino holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Studio Art from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY and a master's in art education from Rhode Island School of Design. She is a member of the Foxboro Art Association, New England Watercolor Society, North American Watercolor Society, Women in Watercolor and the American Watercolor Society. She is an Artist Member of the Cape Cod Art Center, and a Signature member of the North East Watercolor Society and the RI Watercolor Society.

Kris’s award-winning work in watercolor, acrylic and oil has been selected by jurors for regional, national and international shows and has been exhibited in museums, art associations, galleries, and art festivals in New England. She has paintings in the collection of Assumption College and in many private collections in the US and abroad. She is an Honorary Life Member of the Attleboro Arts Museum where she once served as the director. She also directed the RI Watercolor Society.

A much sought after instructor, Kris currently teaches watercolor painting at the Attleboro Arts Museum. She has done painting demonstrations for many art groups and has been filmed doing painting demonstrations by Foxboro Cable TV.

Kris's artwork has been published several times in Art and Color 365 Magazine earning Recognition Awards each time. In the Fall of 2025, she had a painting reach the Top 40 in Modern Impressionist Magazine.