I started this little manifesto when I was working on my artist’s statement for the recent Mary Nohl Fellowship application. I don’t think I’m alone in finding writing artist’s statements to be an onerous undertaking. The manifesto is not the statement that I ended up using, but it did help. Painting is a refuge from […]
I’m please to announce that I’m now the artist in residence at the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums for the 2018/2019 exhibition season. I’ll be painting at the museums through September of next year culminating with an exhibition at the Villa Terrace opening in October 2019 and running through January 2020. More to […]
If you have known this site as huggettandniver.com, that domain is coming to an end. Don’t be sad because Chris and I are still a couple. I’m just creating my own website for now as Chris develops his latest body of work. I’m keeping his pages here too for all his fans.
This past May, Chris and I had the good fortune to spend an inspiring week in the C-Scape Dune Shack, part of the Dune Shacks of the Peaked Hill Bars Historic District located within the Cape Cod National Seashore. I made two paintings and Chris drew in his sketchbook. First painting: C-Scape Dune Shack, oil […]
This is Ariana Huggett and Chris Niver’s website. We’re 2 artists that happen to be married. I’m a painter, but I also draw and do a bit of photography. Chris embroiders, draws, and makes prints. You can see examples of our work by following links in our navigation menu. Currently we’re renovating the site, so […]