In its most recent exhibition titled “Midsummer Art Evenings,” Merge Gallery, located at the corner of Schoonmaker Lane and Pine Bush Road in Stone Ridge, brings together the artwork of three talented women artists. True to its name, the Merge Gallery has combined three different artists and their work to create an exhibition that is to be viewed and enjoyed in the early evening when the light is golden.

The artists — Millicent Young, S. Lillian Horst and Kathleen Shaver — are mature women who have worked for many years developing their art. All three women were drawn to the Hudson Valley and the local area because of its natural beauty and rural culture.

Culture plays a role in Young’s sculptural works. The daughter of an anthropologist, Young explores the human condition and its relationship to nature. Her artwork has a natural feel, which is a reflection of us that she says reveals both “the beauty and the horror.”

Shaver, an abstract artist who was originally a nurse, came to the area to enjoy the rural culture and to paint. Her works are large, colorful abstracts and smaller paintings on paper. Although not realizing it until recently, she has been following in her grandmother’s footsteps, who was also a nurse and an artist.

Horst had a very successful exhibit at Merge this spring and in this most recent exhibition she will be displaying more of her large-scale paintings. Horst’s works are powerful and colorful and reflect her inner energy.

The three artists are impressed with the Merge Gallery and its proprietors Lisette Wong and Reinhold Spiegler. According to them, Wong and Spiegler work hard looking for art and they display it in a setting that is inspired by nature, local culture, and history.

The show opens on July 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. The show will be on display from July 22 through July 30 with showings Thursday to Sunday, from 4 to 8 p.m. For more information, visit mergesr.com.