The Tini Gallery at Hilliard Mills

A gallery for Artists by an Artist

Call to artists!!!

There’s still room for a few more before the gallery officially opens (when the door sign comes in). Send an email and let’s talk.

The Tini Gallery at Hilliard Mills

It started as a guitar instruction studio. But with the 12’ ceilings, these walls had a calling. The more that I learned about the art world and how artists navigate it, the more I saw that this guitar studio had even more to offer. Galleries are typically large, expansive spaces, that do basically one thing: show art. From a business perspective, this means the commission from sales ranges from 45-60%. But with the studio paying the bills, the artist gets a better cut, and fledgling artists get a chance to show their work.

Mark Rich

  • Apex Welder

  • Windowseat

  • Pick Me

  • Under boothill

  • Cicada moon over poison ivy

  • Crow & Cicada

  • Things I can’t recall

  • Short Story - Kerry’s Garden

  • Last day of camp

  • Sweatlodge peyote

  • Sacred River

  • Reject

  • Paradox

  • Small Town Reverie

  • Falling Yellow and orange crush

  • Mobey Worm

  • Inquiry

  • Spider House 2

  • Proud Y

Why I Do It (from www.markrichart.org)

I paint because my father does. Using oil & wax, my pallet is an old glass tabletop. Empty tuna cans hold the wax on a hot plate. A torch for heating the brands that melt into the surface, hisses off to my left. From the pallet, to trowel, to brush... to canvas. Each time it’s this surprise, this step along the path. It is improvisation and sometimes random. 

Abstract painting is a way of thinking, and there is no destination. Difficult work may be more important than resolved work because it keeps you moving. Churning through ideas until the layers are thick with experience and history. 

My earliest influence was my dad, Harry. Followed by the New York School abstract expressionists, the post NYS neo abstract painters of the sixties, seventies and eighties, the faculty at SVA including: Susan Crile, Don Eddy, Burt Hasen, Michael Loew, Michael Goldberg, Joe Pearlman, George Ortman, Hannah Wilke and John Button.

Sharon Coolbaugh Quagila

  • Reflections of Love's Memories

  • Good Vibrations

  • Hot Fun In The Summertime

  • Tumbling Down

  • Wipeout

  • The Invitation

  • The Showoff

  • Memories of San Gimignano

  • Sweetness in the Dark

  • The Sun Poured in Like Butterscotch

Sharon Coolbaugh Quaglia is a self-taught artist working primarily in Alcohol Inks.  Formerly, a baker, sugar artist and cake decorating instructor, since mid-2020, she has marveled at the unpredictable nature, vibrancy and transparency of the alcohol ink pigments.

Using a spontaneous, intuitive approach with techniques not commonly used with alcohol inks, Sharon creates unique effects in florals, still-lifes, landscapes and abstract paintings.  She hopes the viewer will feel the wonder of this magic, fluid medium, as she does.

Sharon has shown her work in several local gallery shows including Open and Shut at Arts Center East in Vernon, Blank Canvas shows 2021 and 2022 and Perspectives of Home 2021 at WORKSPACE in Manchester, the Tiny Gallery in Manchester, as well as, several Manchester Art Association exhibits.

Nicole Marion

  • Farmer's Mums

  • Serendipitous Frog

  • Deconstructed Peacock

  • Life is a Hoot

  • Bull in Paradise

  • Rico's Revenge

  • Skeletons in Retrograde

  • Lisbeth, Sharks & Eggs

  • That 70s Couch

Nicole Doyle is a talented Connecticut born artist who works primarily in acrylics on various mediums to express her creativity.  Nicole has displayed a passion and propensity for the arts; whether it be singing, acting, dancing, or writing, Nicole has always excelled in all forms of expression. Nicole currently performs with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Choir and has worked extensively with the Vernon Chorale, VOCE, and the Spirit of Broadway Theater in the past. Nicole’s art has previously been shown in the Reliance Health Gallery in Norwich, CT, is currently on display in the Balance Rocks in Baltic, CT and she will be the featured artist during the August 2023 First Friday Celebration in Norwich, CT. All of Nicole’s creations are original and prints are available. Please contact her at the below information with questions or requests: Facebook: @nikkisniknaksCT - Email: odoylerules5@yahoo.com  - Instagram: @nicolemarion3

Rich Grotton

  • My Forest Home

  • The Sun God

  • Snail

  • The Watchers

  • Klee #5

  • Circle #15

  • The Totem

  • Coffee

  • Untitled

  • The Visitors

Rich Grotton lives in Mansfield , CT. He is a special education teacher who loves to paint in his free time. His works are inspired by his imagination and memories of dreams.