Dwellers of the Wells Reserve

Dwellers of the Wells Reserve is a community-created large-scale portrait series of animals for whom the Wells Reserve is home. People of all ages and abilities are invited to paint a small segment of the portrait. We will sit together in groups and make art, have conversations and have a unique experience of community, layered with themes of habitat conservation and the animals that we are painting.

Through this event, the public is invited to celebrate the Wells Reserve and create a permanent artwork for generations to come. Participation in the project should take an hour or less. Available painting sessions are at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm. Minimum age is 5, accompanied by an adult.

About the Artist

Eric Gold is an artist whose work explores collective consciousness through community created artwork. Over the past ten years, Gold has led collaborative paintings with thousands of people across the United States and Canada. All of his community painting events have been free to the public and inclusive to people of all backgrounds, abilities and ages.

Gold developed a process of creating paintings from 100 small pieces. The evolution of his technique sparked the exploration of co-creating portraits. He began facilitating community paintings as a means to engage people and elevate awareness.

His recent projects exhibited on permanent display for the public are at the Seacoast Science Center (New Hampshire), the Center for Wildlife (Maine), eight offices of the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.), and at the Wells Reserve.

Gold continues to work with communities as well as independently in the United States and Canada.