Vermonters most likely know Bow Thayer as a musician; this paper has reviewed albums by the Americana vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. But Thayer is also a lifelong painter with a fine arts degree. At age 52, he’s finally mounted his debut solo exhibit, “It’s What You Bring Back,” at the White River Gallery in South Royalton. His acrylic works on paper, mounted on wood, reflect his “travels” — by which he doesn’t just mean local hikes, touring with his band or going abroad. His studio paintings, Thayer writes, chronicle inner journeys taken under the influence of the entheogenic plant ayahuasca. “Although some could call these pictures psychedelic,” he notes, “they are more about integration upon return to this dimension — hence the show’s title.”
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