Monday, May 31, 2021

June Artist of the Month: Maria Kaprielian

MARIA KAPRIELIAN

Streams of Consciousness (Looking at the Surface and Below)

ARTIST STATEMENT

Many memories of my childhood center on a stream flowing through the undeveloped lot next to my home. I spent countless hours playing there with my friends, wading through the icy water in my bare feet, looking for salamanders and constructing rock dams to alter the flow of the water.  I’m still fascinated by woodland streams, although now I take a more observational role: watching the passage of the water over the rocks, peering into the depths and enjoying the glints of sunlight reflected off of the surface.

I think watercolor is a great medium to paint the impression of water. There’s the sense that the water and pigment are doing exactly what they want and you can only surrender to the flow. Passages of movement and stillness invite the viewer to feel the rush of the elements or to stop and dip their toes. Like my memories, the paintings may be more realistic or vague, but for me, they all represent a part of the same whole. 

ARTIST BIO

Maria Kaprielian is a Mahopac artist with a passion for the natural world and all it encompasses. Her education includes BA and DVM degrees from Cornell University and a BFA from SUNY Purchase. Her artwork has been featured at the Mahopac Public Library and Tilly's Table at Tilly Foster Farm, and she has participated in many group shows in the Hudson Valley region. Her favorite medium is watercolor because of its luminous and spontaneous properties.  

*All works displayed here are on display in the Kent Library

Great Hollow Stream
Watercolor, 2021
25 x 19 inch, framed and matted
$300
Path of Least Resistance
Watercolor, 2021
21 x 17 inch, framed and matted
$195

In Flux
Watercolor, 2021
21 x 17 inch, framed and matted
$195

Rocky Bed
Watercolor, 2021
17 x 21 inch, framed and matted
$195

Little Resistance
Watercolor, 2021
15 x 12 inch
$95

Memory Flow
Watercolor, 2021
25 x 19 inch, framed and matted
$300

Monday, May 3, 2021

VIRTUAL DISPLAY - May Artist of the Month: Shelley Dell

Shelley Dell

Catching moments of beauty, observing sunlight as it changes and passes through and around objects is a fascinating thing to observe and try to catch on paper. I make images with watercolors and colored pencils on paper and very recently I have started exploring monoprints. I graduated from NYU with a degree in studio art. Studies include classes at The Art Students League, and The School of Visual Arts. My current projects integrate classic painting and drawing techniques with the digital world, images made with watercolors and colored pencils on paper attempting to record a few seconds of magic light. My work is in collections in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. Galleries where I have exhibited include 55 Mercer Gallery and 80 Washington Square East Gallery in NYC; I have been lucky enough to be selected to exhibit work in juried shows in the NY/NJ/CT area, some of my editorial illustrations have been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, and Scientific American. Currently I am working on a larger series based on "analemma" the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.-- Shelley Dell

Rt 44 near Minnewaska
 water based media and colored pencils
DIMENSIONS 10.5"w x 9"h
looking for the light 1
mono print
DIMENSIONS 9"w x 6"h
PRICE $100.00
2020 Vision
water based media
DIMENSIONS 8” square 
Rainbow 06302020
 water color
DIMENSIONS 7” square
PRICE $250.00
Fair Isle Phone box
 water color and colored pencil
DIMENSIONS 10"w x 7.5”h
PRICE $300.00 



Burano Clothesline
water based media and colored pencils
DIMENSIONS 9.5"w x 7.5"h

To see more or to contact the artist:

EMAIL: shelley.dell.paints@gmail.com