‘Garden Of Sophia’ Extended

LITCHFIELD — The Marie Louise Trichet Gallery at Wisdom House announces an extension until January 17 of its present exhibit, “In the Garden of Sophia.”

 The exhibit shows the process used by painter Hugh O’Donnell of Washington (Conn.) to create new chapel windows for Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center. The medium is a combination of traditional painting in oil on canvas, digital manipulation and laminated glass technology.

 Mr O’Donnell is an internationally recognized artist and professor of painting at Boston University College of Fine Arts. His work is held in private and public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; National Gallery. Washington, DC; Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan; The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

The new chapel windows will be installed this summer. The project is being supervised by Litchfield architect Clifford Cooper of Clifford A. Cooper, AIA Architecture.

Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. The main entrance for Wisdom House is at 229 East Litchfield Road.

For further information call Wisdom House at 860-567-3163 or visit WisdomHouse.org.

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center is an interfaith center which presents programs in spirituality, education, and the arts. It offers hospitality for group meetings and specializes in service to the not-for-profit community. The center is a ministry of the Daughters of Wisdom.