FARMINGTON — Susan Sanders, SugarWood Gallery’s Artist of the Month, will be featured at a public reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6.

A lecture will take place at 6 p.m. after visitors have had an opportunity to view the exhibit.

SugarWood has planned a three-month changing exhibit that will incorporate an explanation of her work.

Sanders does not consider herself an artist but rather uses artistic mediums to express herself. She is a clinical psychologist with an expressive arts practice in Phillips. Years of curiosity, study and questioning led her to an interest in Jungian theories and depth psychology, which provides a framework for her present artistic expressions.

Sanders has exhibited extensively in Washington state, showing wearable art clothing created from her own hand-spun yarns and weaving. She also exhibited multimedia collage work focused on obscure scriptures from ancient Hebrew texts. Recently she was the featured artist in an international depth psychology journal. This is her first exhibit of paintings.

Sanders has termed her method “emerging imagery,” which describes her technique. Beginning with a messy background of colors and forms, Sanders paints the images as they emerge, much like seeing images in the clouds or in grains of wood. These images seem to beckon stories and myths, in and of themselves.

Imaginative and filled with symbolism, these mythological images have become delightful for many, and are joyfully shared. Each month of the three-part exhibit will introduce new pieces and a new lecture.

Refreshments will be served. 

To see more of Sanders’ work, visit morningbridgecenter.com, susysandersimages.wordpress.com and www.sugarwoodgallery.com/store/manufacturer/susy-sanders.

SugarWood Gallery is at 248 Broadway and is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

FMI: 207-778-9105.