Amanda Amend

Harsher weather is officially upon us, but you can still bask in summer sun amidwatercolors by California transplant Amanda Amend, who uses her brush to capture the ethereal beauty of Vermont's seasons. “The Once Mighty” memorializes a bone-brittle dead tree in hazy woods, and “Waitsfield Sugar Shack” features a state icon of vernacular architecture set against a mountain horizon. Whatever time of year it is, Amend gets the light just right.