Stonehedge Gardens in South Tamaqua is currently displaying a free art exhibit by Tamaqua artist Hilary J. England.

"In the examination of this subject, I am addressing the effects of single parenthood and poverty on young adults and children in rural America," said England. "I use bold palette, naïve approach to color, line, and skewed perspective to attempt to show the alienation and confusion between traditional childhood values we once espoused as a society, and the new marginalized norm and divide these kids are actually experiencing."She added that her present body of work explores the transition of contemporary youth into adulthood, and the spectrum of emotion and issues involved with that shift.England was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and has studied painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York since 1991, and has also studied with Myron Barnstone of the Barnstone Studios, Coplay, Pennsylvania. She has since exhibited at various galleries in New York, Pennsylvania and across Europe, and is collected internationally.For more information about events, visit

www.stonehedgegardens.org. Stonehedge Gardens in a non-profit organization.