Photographer Gabe Palmer's "Impatient Patriot" poignantly depicts an unfinished American flag mural on a barn in rural Pennsylvania.  Palmer describes his meeting with the artist:  "The guy was painting a POW/MIA image along with the flag.  We stopped at the side of the road to watch him, at the start of our 39,000 mile Blue Highway Journey through America.  I wanted to photograph his portrait, but he refused.  ‘You can just do the flag.' he said, so I did."

Another Palmer photo in this month's show, "Ground Zero," is his interpretation of graffiti found on the wooden fence surrounding the site, a year after the World Trade Center's towers fell.

One our newest members, glass artist Brendan Miller, is exhibiting his elegant glass sculpture, "Red and White," while rug hooker Dan Barber is showing two patriotic wall hangings/rugs.

Weaver Paula LaPorte's latest creation is a charming child's rocker featuring her interpretation of the American flag.  The oak frame is painted a translucent blue, accenting the wood grain.  The fifty charmingly hand-painted stars on the back slats lend a lively whimsy to the piece, which is finished with woven red-and-white Shaker tape stripes.  Deceivingly simple in its finished form, it is a masterpiece of advanced weaving skill - with a lot of humor and patience added.

Rounding out the window display is a set of stylized Stars and Stripes plates by ceramic artist Marie DeVito.