Elizabeth “Betsy” Craumer, Creative Ventures Gallery owner and acclaimed pastel landscape artist, shares on the left side, “Dancing in the Woods,” seen here with “Tractor Tracks,” on display now at CVG. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Wilton artist Diane Orzel, master watercolorist and teacher at CVG, created this realistic rendering, “Spring Turkeys,” on exhibit and for sale at CVG. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Alan Morse of Amherst memorializes a detailed work of the late Barbara Morse, his gifted wife whose graphite and acrylic drawing, “Blanket Sketch,” is honored with a prominent display space at CVG. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Elizabeth “Betsy” Craumer, founder in 2015 of Creative Ventures Gallery on Nashua Street in Milford, adjusts the alignment on “Beautiful Blue Birches,” an oil painting by Brookline artist Evalyn Maghakian, now on display for viewing or purchase, along with dozens more works in a variety of media at the art gallery and teaching studio whose classes, artist talks and workshops draw attendees from many towns. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Elizabeth “Betsy” Craumer, a Bedford resident and owner of Creative Ventures Gallery in Milford, admires a for-sale work, “A Quiet Winter Morning,” oil painting rendered by James O’Donnell of Hooksett. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON