Lexie Haselton is a landscape painter living in Bolton. Raised by an artist in Hinesburg, Lexie took to drawing and creating art with various mediums from an early age. While largely self-taught as a painter, she earned a degree in Environmental Studies from Skidmore College, where she also took numerous studio art classes with a focus on surface design.

As a landscape painter, she strives to capture the colors and patterns of the working and natural landscapes in water-based oil. She enjoys the challenge of fighting her natural inclination to capture every detail, creating work that reflects the visual serenity of the world around us through light, color, and design. It is no wonder that Lexie is skilled at finding four-leaf clovers without even trying to look for them.

Much of Lexie’s current work draws inspiration from the imagery she encounters during her daily travels through Vermont. Fields, skies, farms, and their inhabitants, as well as mountains with dramatic lighting, are some of her favorite subjects to paint. Her goal is for the result to be work that is vibrant, yet peaceful and consistently evolving. Inspired by her mother, Sally Reiss, and other artists such as Sabra Fields and Georgia O’Keeffe, Lexie enjoys creating art in a cozy corner on the second floor of her home.

Creating art since she was very young, Lexie was always happiest when drawing. Her mother, also an artist, taught after-school art classes out of their house and always made sure plenty of art materials were accessible to her. In high school, Lexie started exploring figure drawing and painting, expanding upon these skills in college to include surface design. Lexie initially taught herself to paint with acrylics but found a love for water-based oil painting after her daughter was born in 2010.

Check out more of Lexie’s work on her Instagram: @lexie.haselton.