Ruth Hamill Ruth Hamill is a visual artist working across painting, printmaking and collage to explore transience in contemporary life through pervasive symbols such as ocean waves and cut flowers.
Chosen by the chief curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston for group National Prize Show of the Cambridge Art Association in 2008 (Weather Coming, 46x46, oil on raw linen)

Chosen by the chief curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston for group National Prize Show of the Cambridge Art Association in 2008 (Weather Coming, 46x46, oil on raw linen)

Peoples Choice Award recipient at the Crane Estate Art Show in 2009; Shown at the Attleboro Arts Museum, juried into exhibition in 2008 (Essex River, 48x48, oil on canvas)

Peoples Choice Award recipient at the Crane Estate Art Show in 2009; Shown at the Attleboro Arts Museum, juried into exhibition in 2008 (Essex River, 48x48, oil on canvas)

Chosen for Abstract Now 2009 annual juried exhibition by Nassau County Museum of Art chief curator (Ocean Breeze, 50x50, oil on raw canvas)

Chosen for Abstract Now 2009 annual juried exhibition by Nassau County Museum of Art chief curator (Ocean Breeze, 50x50, oil on raw canvas)

Chosen by curator of the Jersey City Museum for group show at the Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ in 2008 (Beach, 23x23, oil on raw canvas)

Chosen by curator of the Jersey City Museum for group show at the Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ in 2008 (Beach, 23x23, oil on raw canvas)

Exhibited in The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery/Gallery Ho, New York and Seoul, South Korea...(Midday, oil on raw canvas)

Exhibited in The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery/Gallery Ho, New York and Seoul, South Korea...(Midday, oil on raw canvas)

Chosen by Carl Belz, director emeritas of the Rose Art Museum, for RED exhibit 2009 of the Cambridge Art Association (Trees and Pond, 24x24, oil on raw canvas)

Chosen by Carl Belz, director emeritas of the Rose Art Museum, for RED exhibit 2009 of the Cambridge Art Association (Trees and Pond, 24x24, oil on raw canvas)

In the collection of Cubs legend Kerry Wood and his wife, Sarah, who was pictured in front of this painting in NS magazine, Fall 2015 (Sea Change, 24x66, encaustic on canvas)

In the collection of Cubs legend Kerry Wood and his wife, Sarah, who was pictured in front of this painting in NS magazine, Fall 2015 (Sea Change, 24x66, encaustic on canvas)

Pictured in Art New England Magazine, January/February 2015, and exhibited in the Copley Society of Art, Boston, New Members Exhibition, January 2015 (Tide Coming Up, 22x34, encaustic on canvas)

Pictured in Art New England Magazine, January/February 2015, and exhibited in the Copley Society of Art, Boston, New Members Exhibition, January 2015 (Tide Coming Up, 22x34, encaustic on canvas)

Exhibited at the Arts Club of Washington, DC, in juried  group show Portraits: Interior and Exterior of the National Association of Women Artists (Crossing to Safety, 24x18, encaustic on linen on board)

Exhibited at the Arts Club of Washington, DC, in juried group show Portraits: Interior and Exterior of the National Association of Women Artists (Crossing to Safety, 24x18, encaustic on linen on board)

Chosen by  director and curator of Montserrat College of Art Gallery, for the group show The Perfect Storm of the Rocky Neck Art Colony and received top award (Sea Breeze, 10x18, encaustic on canvas)

Chosen by director and curator of Montserrat College of Art Gallery, for the group show The Perfect Storm of the Rocky Neck Art Colony and received top award (Sea Breeze, 10x18, encaustic on canvas)

Chosen by curator of the Cape Cod Museum of Art for exhibition at the museum (From Shore, 48x17, oil on canvas)

Chosen by curator of the Cape Cod Museum of Art for exhibition at the museum (From Shore, 48x17, oil on canvas)

Made the New York Times, , May 22, 2016, (Sunday Metropolitan section, CT) in conjuction with Southport Galleries' Sea + Glass duo exhibit  (Break Away, 24x24, encaustic on canvas)

Made the New York Times, , May 22, 2016, (Sunday Metropolitan section, CT) in conjuction with Southport Galleries' Sea + Glass duo exhibit (Break Away, 24x24, encaustic on canvas)

In Maine Home + Design Magazine, The Art Issue,  April 2016, in article about 2016 artists that are "ones to watch" (High Tide, 18x36, encaustic on canvas)

In Maine Home + Design Magazine, The Art Issue, April 2016, in article about 2016 artists that are "ones to watch" (High Tide, 18x36, encaustic on canvas)

In Cape Ann Lifestyle Magazine, Making Waves: Ruth Hamill’s paintings strive to capture the emotion of the natural world, October 2014, (Chop, 22x34, encaustic on canvas)

In Cape Ann Lifestyle Magazine, Making Waves: Ruth Hamill’s paintings strive to capture the emotion of the natural world, October 2014, (Chop, 22x34, encaustic on canvas)

In International Contemporary Artists, 9th Volume (Crash, 24x24, encauastic on canvas)

In International Contemporary Artists, 9th Volume (Crash, 24x24, encauastic on canvas)