March Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Diversity in Color

Show Dates: March 1st-31st

 

Pamela Hallisey “Aries” 

Contact Info

https://signsofaries.com

917-566-0160

signsofaries@gmail.com

    Pamela Hallisey, also known as “Aries” is a self-taught artist living in Lake Carmel, NY. She was born in 1971. When she was a child, even when times were tough and money was short, “Aries” as she likes to be called, remembers always having access to pencils, paper and crayons; and thus began her love of creating.

Spending time with her “Poppy” in his basement workshop, as he created things, like dollhouses and personal plaques for loved ones, further inspired her. She came to learn and believe that there is nothing you cannot create if it comes from love, and passion, and grows within your heart. Having two adult daughters, she hopes she can instill in them, and in anyone who views her work, the belief that anything is possible.

With all forms of nature as her inspiration, Aries creates Fun and Fine art in multiple mediums. From vibrant and cute cryptids created with POSCA markers, to realistic birds with watercolor. She also incorporates the use of her pyrography (commonly known as wood-burning) tool in as much of her work as possible.

In recent years, Aries has invested a lot of her time into figuring out how to bring pyrography and watercolor together, learning the proper temperatures to burn on paper and finding a style that truly enhanced the beauty of both mediums. She refers to the combining of these two mediums as her “Fire and Water” technique. Having always loved everything outdoors, spending time in the woods as a teen in Queens and now enjoying every moment of wildlife she gets to experience around Lake Carmel, NY, she brings her love of local wildlife and the outdoors into her current works. Her “Birds of Prey,” “Backyard Birds,” and “Nocturnal” collections feature all of the local wildlife she’s surrounded by every day.

The King of the Night

10"x8" Pyrography and Watercolor

Original matted and framed $362

10"x8" Archival Print $30

The Pink Prince

14"x11" Watercolor

Original matted and framed $450

14"x11" Archival Print $40

Jynx the Mothman

 8"x10" Acrylic POSCA Marker on Paper

Original matted and framed $158

8"x10" Archival Print $25

Help

 14"x11" Pyrography and Watercolor

Original matted and framed $525

14"x11" Archival Print $40

 

February Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Four Seasons

Show Dates: February 3rd-27th

 

Doris Mady

 

Contact Info

dorismady.com

dorismady42@gmail.com

"Many Artist Statements refer to “Nature” and “Colors” as a means to describe why a person has taken on the mighty task of painting. I too could fall under that umbrella, but I consider myself an “outdoor” painter, also known as a Plein Aire Painter. Once someone asked me, “Why plein aire?” My answer, ”because being outdoors offers an infinite array of possibilities that tickle not only my mind, but yours as well...day by day, season by season. So please enjoy!” -Doris Mady

As a child, before all the budget cuts for The Arts, Doris was fortunate enough to attend public schools that had art programs. In Junior High School and High School she  majored in art and is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, studied at School of Visual Arts, Westchester Community and Skidmore Colleges. Following a long, successful advertising career as creative director/art director in some of advertising’s Top Twenty advertising agencies she decided to pursue her first love: oil painting. In addition to so many wonderful places in the US, painting has taken her to South America, Europe, and the South Pacific! In addition to traveling Doris’s artwork has afforded her almost a dozen awards and has gained her membership to 7 prestigious art councils.

Earliest of Mornings

12”h x 16” w, oil on canvas, $ 675.00

Hop-Scotch Rocks

12”h x 16”w, oil on canvas, $ 675.00

Dorset Summer

 15”h x 30” w, oil on canvas, $1,350.00

 

January Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Echoes of Earth  

Show Dates: December 30th 2024 - January 31st 2025

 

Emma O'Leary

 

Across all mediums within my practice, my aim is to create artwork as a form of documentation: both of my everyday life and internal world. Through use of bright colors, angular depictions, and invented spaces; I intend to break the expectations of my medium. Simultaneously mending the gap between illustration and traditional oil painting. Above all, my paintings are a whimsical take on the world that surrounds us, a celebration of the mundane with a desire to fill the world with color.

Flora

Oils on Canvas 16"x20"

$175.00

Return to Home 

Oils on Canvas 11"x8"

Not for sale

Resting Fawn

Oil on Canvas 24"x38"

Not for sale

 

December

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: An Inventive Mind 

Show Dates: November 30th-December 28th

Don Longabucco

October 22, 1939 - December 4, 2019

    Don Longabucco explored many different types of artistic techniques over the years. His work started with figurative oil paintings and watercolors, then changed to abstracts, and finally to various forms of paper collages. 

    His meticulously cut out small pieces of paper create a riot of disconnected color at first sight, but actually require concentration and quiet as the viewer peers at individual pieces and paths within the total work. He built each collage organically as he worked. 

    Mr. Longabucco was among the founding members of Arts on the Lake and was part of the Visual Arts Committee, setting up and participating in all of the shows that they presented at AotL each year.  

Paper Collage, Ex Series

11x14

$125.00

Paper Collage, Brooklyn Bridge

11x14

$150.00

Paper Collage, Alphabet: X

11x14

$120.00

 

November Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Autumn in the Hudson Valley  

Show Dates: November 1st-30th

Joseph Pizzuti

Joseph Pizzuti is a self-taught oil painter in the Hudson Valley. He taught himself to paint as a hobby years ago to help him deal with the stresses of an onerous occupation. He was inspired early on to paint bucolic scenes of the Hudson Valley. He often drives for hours without direction to find and photograph subjects to paint at home. However, painting in a poorly ventilated room may have contributed to a cancer that forced him to stop painting for several years on the advice of his doctor. He started painting again with doctor approved water mixable oil paints (no more hazardous chemicals) while he was confined at home by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he is blessed to be retired and cancer-free.

Two Weathered Barns

Oils on Canvas 24"x18"

$575.00

A Church in the Catskills 

Oils on Canvas 24"x18"

$575.00

Beaver Falls

Oils on Canvas 24"x18"

$575.00

 

October Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Autumn in the Hudson Valley  

Show Dates: October 1st-31st

Susannah Leighton

My creative life began early, at the knee of my colorful and artistic grandmother. She taught me to knit, to sculpt in clay and to embroider in gold—all these decades later I continue to thrive in those media and many more. My greatest love is painting in oils. More recently I’ve become fluent in watercolor, and drawing always serves as a primary underlying force in my work. I can paint just about anything, and often get commissioned to make images I wouldn’t otherwise choose. But my favorite work captures the spiritually rich landscape of the Hudson Valley—I will never tire of calling this part of the world my home.

Golden Afternoon

Watercolor

$120.00

Japanese Maple, October

Oil

$500.00

Beech Eyes

Watercolor

$120.00

 

September Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: A Little Bit of This...A Little Bit of That! 

August 31st-September 28th

Patricia DiIorio

I make art because I need to- Art is Life is Art for me!

    I'm drawn to different techniques and materials so I don't contain my creative curiosity and art adventures to just one approach, genre or medium.

    The theme "A Little Bit of This...A Little Bit of That" reflects my artistic journey and eclectic approach. I invite my audience to experience each artwork with no preconceived notion that the piece has some sort of "meaning" but that instead "it is what it is" to each person who views it.

    My work encompasses a variety of processes and mediums such as painting, printmaking, steel sculpture, mixed media, textiles, ceramics, weaving, driftwood, natural elements, recycling and upcycling.

    Each medium presents its own challenges as I work to express ideas and create unified compositions through the elements of art and principles of design, including color, shape, form, line, value, texture and movement, among others 

    Through constant experimentation, I've come to understand that each piece I crate helps me to see that art is not about following a single path, but about embracing the multitude of directions that creativity can take me.

Email: pdartanddesign@gmail.com
Phone: (914) 980-5887

Drift #4

Mixed Media

$250.00

 

Koi

Print, mixed media with embroidery

$125.00

Sunset Wheat

Gelli Print

$150.00

 

August Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

August 1st-August 31st

Eliot Scher

  Eliot Scher is a fine art photographer from Carmel, New York. He retired from a thirty seven year teaching career to find joy behind the lens of a camera. Eliot’s images are digitally processed, Giclee prints museum matted and framed and also printed on metal.

Though he is, more often than not, a landscape photographer, you will also see him creating compelling sports images, children’s photography, portrait photography of all kinds and photographs of model railroads. His work has been published in quite a few magazines and has been put into book print form. 

Eliot believes that art is the story of life in visual form, be it an image, a sculpture, a song, a poem, or any type of creative expression. Without art, life would be dull and without a very special kind of joy. He believes that every image in your home should be something you want to look at every day. Otherwise, Eliot says, it’s just a space on your wall.

We’re all here for some purpose. If we can make our lives more vibrant and meaningful through art, we’re on the right road.

New England Canopy 

$295

20"x30" printed on metal using a Chromaluxe dye sublimation process

                                                                               

Fire Island Shoes

$295

20"x30" printed on metal using a Chromaluxe dye sublimation process

Taos Trees

$365
28"x36" printed on metal using a Chromaluxe dye sublimation process

 

July Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

i love the way you love: June 29th-July 31st

Steph Gonzalez

    Steph Gonzalez is an Illustrator and Designer based in New Rochelle, NY. They earned their BFA in Digital and New Media from Pace University and is interested in using interdisciplinary approaches to increase access to art and education. Steph is a Board Member of the New Rochelle Art Association and, in addition to freelancing and exhibiting in local shows, is working to obtain their MA in Art Education from Lehman College.

  
    “For my graduate thesis exhibition, I created a series of illustrations on Adobe Illustrator inspired by the quiet and personal work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres. What I’m exhibiting here, at the Kent Public Library, are the original sketchbook drawings that my digital work is based on. “Untitled” (i love the way you love) is a celebration of the queer people in my life who I hold dear to my heart. Like Gonzalez-Torres, I sought to explore and express my queer experience while allowing room for the audience to insert themselves and create their own personal connections with the work.


    I, along with the subjects of these portraits, recognize the stories behind each image, but the lack of context is meant to encourage the construction of new narratives. Each moment was first captured in a photograph. I used that photo as reference for a colored pencil sketch that then became the basis for the final drawing in Adobe Illustrator. Instead of working directly from the photograph I decided to draw on paper first so I could take the time to fully reflect on who and what I was rendering. Through that love I hold for each person, this collective of moments ultimately became a self-portrait.”

   Instagram: @yummyknife 

    Website: StephGonzalez.art

                    Email: stephgonzalezart@gmail.com 

I still think you're very talented

Colored pencil on paper

Let me hold your bag so you can eat

Colored pencil on paper

                                                           I'm grateful to be here with you

Colored pencil on paper

 

June Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Still Blooming: June 1st-27th

Luisa Baptista

    Since I can remember picking up a pencil and crayon I have always been innately passionate about art. My earliest memories are of happily drawing, coloring freely and seeing the world through imaginative, creative lenses. My young soul was happiest when I was freely creative.    

Despite my natural gravitation toward art, my expression of it seemed to ebb and flow throughout several stages of my life. There were periods where I placed it all on hold, due to my inexperienced struggles and pressures to meet external and traditional expectations, ignoring what my soul was needing and subconsciously yearning for. Of course, as experience has taught me, creative instincts can not be suppressed for long and, consequently, my artistic desire to create and express would re-emerge and blossom during my periods of health crises and extreme stress. After my last life-altering health scare, with immeasurable support from loved ones, I began to listen and tune into my innate creative instincts and finally took a chance on myself and my art. Once I did, my world seemed to open up in ways that I could not have believed: some lifelong dreams were realized, awesome opportunities and experiences became possible and tangible and new artistic outlets opened up that I had never considered before. 

Long before I became cognizant of it, my visual art was always an extension of myself and what I needed to release. What began as subconscious doodling with pen and paper has developed into expressions of my passion for visual movement and energy, patterns and the arrangement between positive and negative spaces. Whether I'm working with vivid color combinations or high contrasts of black and white, my line work explores fluidity and motion. Creating linear tension and balance by diverging and synchronizing shapes and spaces provides both a heightened focus and meditative state for me. My art is not only inspired by, but celebrates my love for the beauty of natural lines, shapes, light, shadows and harmony found in the human body and nature and its elements (i.e.: bodies of water, fire, air, plant life). 

Instagram: @luisaartanddesign

Website: LuisaArtandDesign.com

Family (of 5) Nest framed Giclee print

16"x20" with frame $350

Floral Mandala 2 framed Giclee print

25"x25" with frame $550

                                                Flow Like Water framed Giclee print

25"x25" with frame $550

 

May Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Land- Real and Imagined Exhibition Dates: May 2nd-30th

Joann Zwolski

    Joann received her BFA from Pratt Institute, and MA from the College of New Rochelle. She have exhibited her artwork in several solo and group shows throughout the tri-state area and the state of Delaware. Joann has taught art for over thirty-five years to students from kindergarten to high school and has been teaching adults drawing for many years in a variety of places. She has been a trustee, including the chairman, with Putnam Arts Council and is currently a trustee with the Peekskill Arts Alliance Board. This show is her visual interpretation of nature, particularly landscapes, through acrylic painting.

 

    "Line, color and texture are the essential art elements in my work. My line is a quick mark that captures and records nature. My palette consists of brilliant hues encompassing a wide spectrum. I love all colors, but my favorite color is red. Red energizes, motivates and inspires me. Red symbolizes joy. Texture is achieved by layers of paint. The paint is applied using both traditional and nontraditional methods. For example, the potato masher is one of my nontraditional tools that I use when I paint."

Instagram: @jzwolski14

Email: jzwolski14@gmail.com

Landscape with Red

16"x 20" acrylic
$300

Three Trees

16"x 20" acrylic
$300

The Golden Field

16"x 20" acrylic
$300