tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45396166139303110372024-03-18T11:06:01.601-04:00 Kent Library's Artist of the Month BlogMeet the artist of the month, with our art director Amanda Lynne.bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-2582261899320380412024-02-29T00:00:00.003-05:002024-03-18T10:49:43.338-04:00March Artist of the Month<p> </p><h1>March Artist of the Month</h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library</span></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;">with Arts on the Lake</div><span><div style="text-align: center;">Exhibition Dates: March 1st-30th</div></span></span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Patricia L. Stanton</span></h4><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div><span><h1 style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: x-small;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ89JoSGRMTF028n_7HnDAnm8PzsRxuS7IlgWQcQ18UurPTKtrkebv0_6-gA5_nKWqyCP8KpPBZ1OMs30QuQHmg3EPhkCuUsLMquZs7nby4fzrzgEH7Jciq_eVyGeNB0b9h1FBtCbXVh49ARTHf04Xf9DHgCXDPP9MXJAVw3tNFYBCLwj0qqudBpw-r82/s621/PATRICIA%20LEINANI%20STANTON.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ89JoSGRMTF028n_7HnDAnm8PzsRxuS7IlgWQcQ18UurPTKtrkebv0_6-gA5_nKWqyCP8KpPBZ1OMs30QuQHmg3EPhkCuUsLMquZs7nby4fzrzgEH7Jciq_eVyGeNB0b9h1FBtCbXVh49ARTHf04Xf9DHgCXDPP9MXJAVw3tNFYBCLwj0qqudBpw-r82/s320/PATRICIA%20LEINANI%20STANTON.jpg" width="232" /></a></div></span><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span> "My main influences are flowers, leaves, nature and patterns that I see in everyday life. I express my inspirations, both abstract and realistically, using paint, paper, collage materials and fabric. This is what drives my art."</span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span> </span>Patricia Leinani Stanton is a painter with abstract and realistic influences, originally from </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago, Il. She attended the School of the Art Institute and took courses in Fashion Design, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Printmaking and Photography. She later attended the School of Textile and Surface Design, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">where she received a certificate in Berkeley, CA. She also received an A.A.S degree of Textile and </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Surface Design, from the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York. She currently resides in </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yonkers, New York. Pat has also worked in the textile design field having created a line of </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">silicone placemats, for Bed, Bath and Beyond. She is currently an artist member of the Blue </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Door Art Center, an art gallery in Yonkers NY. She also is a member of the New Rochelle Art </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Association, where she serves on the membership committee. Pat has won several awards since </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;">she began exhibiting her fine artwork.</span></p></h1><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="clear: both;"><br /></p></div></div></span></div></div></span><h3 style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Instagram:</u> @luckybunny_designs<br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"><u>Email:</u> patricialstanton@yahoo.com</span></span></h3><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeG-PgqG-1c3LcGsSLAVTgrJGMAaH3rzn0Gb38VTc-V4OLzbU-o6NvrF7VgVSXscJlox6jiq2-qp-3MzsnT0CqjHkCxkIU7BzKH-SERQCmJNoQCQ3pkNbCj_R-m2Q6nIeF-AQy52a8Ze5P1Bg6yJFLZf1xbw_LJXnElrZi-fQ5S120UUzqz9WQQrMx6mg/s6579/GOLD%20JACOBEAN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6579" data-original-width="5184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeG-PgqG-1c3LcGsSLAVTgrJGMAaH3rzn0Gb38VTc-V4OLzbU-o6NvrF7VgVSXscJlox6jiq2-qp-3MzsnT0CqjHkCxkIU7BzKH-SERQCmJNoQCQ3pkNbCj_R-m2Q6nIeF-AQy52a8Ze5P1Bg6yJFLZf1xbw_LJXnElrZi-fQ5S120UUzqz9WQQrMx6mg/s320/GOLD%20JACOBEAN.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="clear: both;">Gold Jacobean</h3><div>Gouache on watercolor paper</div><div>$1000</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39KkbVFWds_ET6rFzPL7mGE7QNGZAVx5HyN20aUmlBmzYKllrR0cwuAgQCqpt7cHJoXyoym0tfkVeDeqIqXVQzXwQffpbv0MJ7T5g9L1hypINJZXH3IckY6c0EJ70nLkqWYaUWh3vUv6ebojjvCwUDPiNPtLIbo5sQjbrojnbaCe-avLp6NXpK-6O1u6F/s772/GREY%20DAMASK%204.5_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39KkbVFWds_ET6rFzPL7mGE7QNGZAVx5HyN20aUmlBmzYKllrR0cwuAgQCqpt7cHJoXyoym0tfkVeDeqIqXVQzXwQffpbv0MJ7T5g9L1hypINJZXH3IckY6c0EJ70nLkqWYaUWh3vUv6ebojjvCwUDPiNPtLIbo5sQjbrojnbaCe-avLp6NXpK-6O1u6F/s320/GREY%20DAMASK%204.5_.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><h3>Grey Damask</h3><div>Gouache on watercolor paper</div><div>$250</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPkfFuiRHwLnvAMwrU5r2DRLvES8A6iTqJK-aWPBrusl2RguwFbVhvjssuePR_atOxND88PP2-K9erjj2viXDB6vv4Up6B10k5St-C6M7Hf_1bc0RsVMnk9vRvaVZXTMRS9acQ76mzPLH9R_cmgVJ2KgkNrNKM06HAasQ6OlmlCxwkVlWQWG39UFzZGD4/s485/SCARF%20DESIGN2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPkfFuiRHwLnvAMwrU5r2DRLvES8A6iTqJK-aWPBrusl2RguwFbVhvjssuePR_atOxND88PP2-K9erjj2viXDB6vv4Up6B10k5St-C6M7Hf_1bc0RsVMnk9vRvaVZXTMRS9acQ76mzPLH9R_cmgVJ2KgkNrNKM06HAasQ6OlmlCxwkVlWQWG39UFzZGD4/s320/SCARF%20DESIGN2.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Medallion</h3><div>Gouache on watercolor paper</div><div>$350</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0HBi1T3kGSK3xhPnpEGTzKFiuA-dOF7n0_C6nOwkhkNrS6V0ZdHgrEJ6CTJDTClimJK4NSHivQkPR3CwdYwctXV1tj8_R8zhW4iiLEgPbjlBLoFBqsIhcgYhKAQe9nad6tUhd2eWLx95S6STMzX3qYpTfCjurpsweNbHvPL3SNxP3sHOhG-ZJlpLY20b/s630/RED%20DAMASK%208.75%20IN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="630" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0HBi1T3kGSK3xhPnpEGTzKFiuA-dOF7n0_C6nOwkhkNrS6V0ZdHgrEJ6CTJDTClimJK4NSHivQkPR3CwdYwctXV1tj8_R8zhW4iiLEgPbjlBLoFBqsIhcgYhKAQe9nad6tUhd2eWLx95S6STMzX3qYpTfCjurpsweNbHvPL3SNxP3sHOhG-ZJlpLY20b/s320/RED%20DAMASK%208.75%20IN.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3>Red Damask</h3><div>Gouache on watercolor paper</div><div>$400</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqbl2jFjCUGVYnq8Y0W0TIYlhDar0lZNZeiYRxvUqHTyls92Dr-ujBg5H-oDqW-4_WSPhPKaFacETH59x7od5jozKNMWvrjoIE7NgUD6dZqVj1-tMqexWynqmjZ7ZYGkXEUoLfPmHR4F5SFH2k9-JxWxOs3KTB9ZN82p_-C92nWhO4lFsT-q9NtPZ2NfD/s828/RED%20SUNBURST%20FINISH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="828" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqbl2jFjCUGVYnq8Y0W0TIYlhDar0lZNZeiYRxvUqHTyls92Dr-ujBg5H-oDqW-4_WSPhPKaFacETH59x7od5jozKNMWvrjoIE7NgUD6dZqVj1-tMqexWynqmjZ7ZYGkXEUoLfPmHR4F5SFH2k9-JxWxOs3KTB9ZN82p_-C92nWhO4lFsT-q9NtPZ2NfD/s320/RED%20SUNBURST%20FINISH.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3>Red Sunburst Finish</h3><div>Acrylic paint on paper, framed and matted</div><div>$350</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-W6ubxCrCJWNzlgmar57IntSNkIRrTId4PaReRsmnqayi8Eu6zJ19TSTEpNS0lrhXDbUJ-m9nj6ZFdCc6CfSPKAKv-tUDsIcCjfHiB5C270YSLBn5hxHPavDttPzqxEo8e4vKHAJ9YwdO9k8ZTBvlnRz11s1V2Z6pkPnbNKUcLahowHWtahAfXRPAKc8/s828/TOKYO%20ROSE.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="828" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-W6ubxCrCJWNzlgmar57IntSNkIRrTId4PaReRsmnqayi8Eu6zJ19TSTEpNS0lrhXDbUJ-m9nj6ZFdCc6CfSPKAKv-tUDsIcCjfHiB5C270YSLBn5hxHPavDttPzqxEo8e4vKHAJ9YwdO9k8ZTBvlnRz11s1V2Z6pkPnbNKUcLahowHWtahAfXRPAKc8/s320/TOKYO%20ROSE.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3>Tokyo Rose</h3><div>Acrylic paint on paper, framed and matted</div><div>$350</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe_udVB-Gxg0orB50mN_mSRzR0fCTe_MhfxjjnotLxDpBICQBzkAXKMLKGn0744VLAPGXCIISUgxrDh-5erKnmBM5rYHhTM8QV8m1RefMDvAN_dRWjXx381J0Jr4imK4NpLmtdBLp2SD7oGrHInBpNCKt-4k0HMDR7trnQ9G1i0mtzvIfcut5nm8AWJXe/s828/MUSIC%20IN%20THE%20NIGHT%20WIND.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe_udVB-Gxg0orB50mN_mSRzR0fCTe_MhfxjjnotLxDpBICQBzkAXKMLKGn0744VLAPGXCIISUgxrDh-5erKnmBM5rYHhTM8QV8m1RefMDvAN_dRWjXx381J0Jr4imK4NpLmtdBLp2SD7oGrHInBpNCKt-4k0HMDR7trnQ9G1i0mtzvIfcut5nm8AWJXe/s320/MUSIC%20IN%20THE%20NIGHT%20WIND.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3>Music in the Night Wind</h3><div>Acrylic paint/mixed media on cradleboard</div><div>$350</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyWgI2nF9CDGgMI1YDIIg08h_3TvdKeu4dc0R22bwDGAyNXJVbDNkBWrL3aCCB1FlSh5LAiqmrmqgi1Mw2uKASJ9ypbtTjMY13TrFOvhMV1efzN0aZa5fzmt3DHgSyAPjbpl6uheJtGsys8bNaJD25I9fx-Tz7MBUPguQpUlCopeQ0-kD2dgSmOOiaAt5/s828/MON%20CAFE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="828" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyWgI2nF9CDGgMI1YDIIg08h_3TvdKeu4dc0R22bwDGAyNXJVbDNkBWrL3aCCB1FlSh5LAiqmrmqgi1Mw2uKASJ9ypbtTjMY13TrFOvhMV1efzN0aZa5fzmt3DHgSyAPjbpl6uheJtGsys8bNaJD25I9fx-Tz7MBUPguQpUlCopeQ0-kD2dgSmOOiaAt5/s320/MON%20CAFE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3>Mon Café</h3><div>Acrylic paint on paper, framed and matted</div><div>$350</div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-23144602203619382112024-02-01T00:00:00.018-05:002024-02-03T12:17:22.607-05:00February Artist of the Month<p> </p><h1>February Artist of the Month</h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library</span></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;">with Arts on the Lake</div><span><div style="text-align: center;">Exhibition Dates: February, 2/2-2/29</div></span></span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Kat Sayegh</span></b></h4><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div></span></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kat Sayegh is an abstract mixed media and digital artist from New Rochelle, NY. She received her BFA in studio art from the college of New Rochelle, and received her master of professional studies degree in art therapy and creative development from Pratt Institute, and a master of science in sport and exercise psychology from Lock Haven University. Kat is also an art therapist specializing in athletic injuries, physical and medical trauma, injury and illness recovery, and stress and anxiety reduction. She also serves as president of the New Rochelle Art Association.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-38003afc-7fff-b1eb-b281-bdd55c549591"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The driving forces behind her work are the deep emotions that only the subconscious can reach. Within these feelings live the traumas that she has experienced throughout her life as an injured athlete. These memories are released through her work, which ultimately makes art her therapeutic process. Her physical trauma, x-rays, MRI images and the organic shapes of the nervous system serve as the basis of her inspiration.</span></span></p></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"><u>Websites:</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.26px;">katsayegh.com</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Instagram:</u> @kat_sayegh_artist</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"><u>Email:</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.26px;">sayeghkat@gmail.com</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Healing Journey<br />Digital Media<br />$300<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-9638670505991322212024-01-01T00:00:00.001-05:002024-01-01T00:00:00.246-05:00January Artist of the Month<h1><span style="font-family: inherit;">January Artist of the Month</span></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></span></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;">with Arts on the Lake</div><span><div style="text-align: center;">Exhibition Dates: January 2nd-31st</div></span></span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Caroline Zemira Douglas</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-767eab2c-7fff-73cd-855f-50142731e69b"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These photos were taken in the fall of 2021, during which I conducted research on water quality in the Green River (Williamstown, MA), for a geomorphology class. There are quite a few things to be said about what the Green River has provided for me, but to put it simply: it has offered solitude when I need it, brought togetherness when I wanted it, and most of all, it has served as a physical reminder that multiple things can exist within one body. Whether it be the dramatic variation in water dynamics or the fact that I could pursue two of my strongest interests at the very same location and even in the same moment. It’s easier for me to see now that there’s no need to box in things that don’t need to be confined. Instead, I try to lean into and celebrate the multidimensional nature of people and places — it brings new perspectives.</span></p></div></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span> </span>Caroline Zemira Douglas is a graduate of Williams College and a resident of Stormville, NY. At Williams, she studied Geosciences and Studio Art, and has combined the two in various forms while exploring the overlap between visual art and science. She works with a range of materials, and has experience with photography, drawing, painting, linocut, quilting, video, weaving, fresco, and more.</span><br /></span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Email</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">carolinezemira@gmail.com</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Wm6EvJo1fZH62Ou5-EdUcHoEwGwy3yMcoi-U6X_NK_ekYorD7d350rEjuGjsUuMgZbeJQQPps4ph_M-DmkcIAJFehMTS_ingMuOIsUn72xolaf6OE5Y3NqffoF2i2QRDHAqoXIplZehmRzue3sZwkVT5ghwb1dqoSDC3UnbriPkS8PcC-DfWksPJ01kU/s3712/Stained%20Glass%20-%20Green%20River%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-49240916516969501922023-12-01T00:00:00.012-05:002023-12-01T00:00:00.139-05:00December Artist of the Month<h1><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>December Artist of the Month</h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library</span></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;">with Arts on the Lake</div><span><div style="text-align: center;">Exhibition Dates: December 1st-30th</div></span></span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Michael Garland</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdXmF18Hh-O2513D3ImPPqJ5svgW-GMd7BJ-i__tUdvm_LQZmPS-fN_I2U608XosYxy0aroqPDLuYKnS9aSnU07hybkaJ3pv5lU6Y8_-yxTdu_YyDVNSHGHlv-dxkFR6b90cvO8VrnNdGZujGkI1u4pFQmAufon_KAa3M0-X10jXCqcTwdXBREMEZQ9xD/s320/MGarlandPort.jpg" width="256" /></a></div></div></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: times;"> <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author and illustrator Michael Garland’s greatest success has been the writing and illustration of children's picture books. Garland’s </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook </i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">won the California and Delaware State Reading Awards. He is the author and illustrator of forty-four children’s picture books and illustrator of more than fifty books by other authors. Recent books include</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">We’re Not Weird</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">and </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">Ferry Boat</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> from Holiday House,</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">Grandma’s Farm</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">from Astra Publishers, and</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">Grandpa’s Tractor</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">from Boyds Mills. His book</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">Grandpa’s Tractor</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">was selected for the Original Art of Children’s Book Show at the Society of Illustrators in NYC while Garland’s </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">Miss Smith and the Haunted Library</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> made the New York Times Best Seller list. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 18px;">Currently, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 18px;">Ferry Boat </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 18px;">is on sale at the Museum of Modern Art and</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 18px;"> </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 18px;">his 2021 collaboration </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 18px;">The Traveling Camera, Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 18px;"> by Alexandra Hinrichs illustrated by Michael Garland is currently on sale at the Getty Museum.</span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><span> </span>Michael Garland has illustrated for celebrity authors like James Patterson and Gloria Estefan on best selling picture books. Michael Garland’s illustrations for Patterson’s <i>SantaKid</i> were the inspiration for Sak’s Fifth Avenue’s Christmas window display in New York City. Garland’s <i>Christmas Magic</i> has become a season classic and is currently in development as an animated Christmas special.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><span> </span>His work has won many honors and is frequently included in the Society of Illustrators and the Original Art of Children's book show annuals as well in Print, Graphics and Communications Arts magazines. Recently, Michael Garland was included on the list of the top one hundred Irish Americans by <i>Irish American Magazine</i>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><span> </span>Michael Garland has illustrated cover commissions for <i>Forbes</i>, <i>Fortune</i>, and<i> Newsweek</i> magazines as well as best-selling novels and is frequently asked to speak at schools, literary conferences and festivals across the country.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;">You can learn more about Michael Garland by visiting his web sites, Facebook, calling or emailing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;">Websites:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://michaelgarlandfineart.com&source=gmail&ust=1699201069097000&usg=AOvVaw0_81lVcPNcYjc814X4SAl4" href="http://michaelgarlandfineart.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">michaelgarlandfineart.com</a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://garlandpicturebooks.com&source=gmail&ust=1699201069097000&usg=AOvVaw21Z2LXRZ4R-VqUNPqEMrTL" href="http://garlandpicturebooks.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">garlandpicturebooks.com</a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;">Phone:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;">845-878-4347</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; 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text-align: center;">We're Not Weird</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Digi-woodcut 10.75 x 10.5</div>Not for Sale<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-88445605400381508902023-11-02T00:34:00.003-04:002023-11-20T14:55:57.508-05:00November Artist of the Month<h1><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>November Artist of the Month</h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library</span></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;">with Arts on the Lake</div><span><div style="text-align: center;">Exhibition Dates:(November 1st-30th) </div></span></span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Herberto Turizzo Anaya</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOLoaaYir15hS3itX2jsonr2ojoudPB4BM6BKuGm3p3l3i3C-vmf3ZhaCrxRqPdltB1BUnXDM2R6gD1u03d34ORtsuIG_nE8pM1TyWzo4JSAeKmMALgllrhubAr9V3sKhkzmIsEGtLCJTk7SEPGY7XxVYhM2SHgBSU1yb0xoU7VbPVTk8c6hGosQmKk8l/s1080/Untitled%20design.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOLoaaYir15hS3itX2jsonr2ojoudPB4BM6BKuGm3p3l3i3C-vmf3ZhaCrxRqPdltB1BUnXDM2R6gD1u03d34ORtsuIG_nE8pM1TyWzo4JSAeKmMALgllrhubAr9V3sKhkzmIsEGtLCJTk7SEPGY7XxVYhM2SHgBSU1yb0xoU7VbPVTk8c6hGosQmKk8l/s320/Untitled%20design.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Herberto Turizzo Anaya, has been painting for over 52 years and has been a part of New York City's El Taller Latino Americano's long history. Alongside his exhibitions have been stand-out projects like his work on the Public MTA Mural project for the Second Avenue Subway Station in 1988, which was later relocated to Hostos Community College in the Bronx and is still available for viewing.<br /><span>Anaya has exhibited in a multitude of locations including Columbia, South America, England, and various parts of the United States, including Florida and New York. He is a regular participant in the art shows held by Arts on the Lake, in Lake Carmel NY, which have been curated by Roy Volpe for the past fifteen years. Anaya has also exhibited at the Mahopac Library's group shows for the past several years.<br /></span><span>In June, 2022 he participated in a group show called Urban Tribes, at the Valerie Goodman Gallery on East 91st Street, NYC, which was sponsored by the Taiwanese American Arts Council. The series of Urban Tribes projects attempted to raise awareness towards the threats to our land and environment. The Second Venue for this show, From Urban Reverence to Urban Divergence, also in June, 2022 was held in the old Pfizer Building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.</span></span></p></div></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Contact Information</span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;">with Arts on the Lake</div><div style="text-align: center;">Exhibition Dates: October 3rd - October 30th </div></span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wendy Alvarez</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I make Art to Connect and Play and give voice to Flights of Fancy. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are two overarching fascinations that are present in my art. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first is Nature. It enthralls and inspires me. I am fascinated by the changing colors, complex details, infinite variety, and sheer wonder of the natural world. I never tire of observing and interpreting the beauty around me.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The second is the use of patterns-in particular, those used by diverse indigenous cultures throughout history. I think of these designs as a dynamic, universal language weaving through time, connecting us all to one another and allowing us to continue the age-old story.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have been greatly influenced by the philosophy and work of Navajo and Apache artists with whom I spent the summer of 1996. They showed me the many profound ways in which Art can be informed by Nature and Belief. This transformative experience forever changed my creative process and I now always strive to celebrate the essential spirit of the Natural World in my work.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.wendyalvarezart.com</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(845) 216-5644</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">$575</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x8tXEkYg4bhDYa5LDYI5rvcBDUk8QMP73tTG9dNuWhPRIkjHGSYB1TsuuRisvKbKk3y15QG3_xvTBLvOpgY5PAFYYKt6IXQ4n0ACQuRz6Mx7BuezKsnKqyKlTUJatkdRzNQ_xcYbsa_B4LktNNw9KqvdtrSIaQyMpSt3Xam2OkDePf_L8Gh1dAdYxBKK/s4032/Tweet%20%2320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Acrylic and Painted Paper on Canvas</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">$300</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; 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color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-84438134683141073792023-09-01T10:00:00.002-04:002023-09-11T13:23:36.305-04:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> September Artist of the Month</h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library</span></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"> with Arts on the Lake</div><span><div style="text-align: left;"> Exhibition Dates: September 1-30, 2023</div></span></span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span><b>Frank Mari </b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9LkunsCirlg9Gy5miuxRLKOi7S6YJY3gg0CPhzA2240ss-vqwqCR8TaWMVhTwSgQyWhRhi1Y8SN15cLERQ5IWze2vgNG7md2RK8Hn7Rz_sW3u2jBN-JaG_XUDtHOGvOCxQCxcyjKdpS7K9uIo54d8C-J4Arx_iLVmZ95jWMr7H5g5scax4_zzKuM-fkG/s600/DSC_3958%20Frank%202x%20bio.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9LkunsCirlg9Gy5miuxRLKOi7S6YJY3gg0CPhzA2240ss-vqwqCR8TaWMVhTwSgQyWhRhi1Y8SN15cLERQ5IWze2vgNG7md2RK8Hn7Rz_sW3u2jBN-JaG_XUDtHOGvOCxQCxcyjKdpS7K9uIo54d8C-J4Arx_iLVmZ95jWMr7H5g5scax4_zzKuM-fkG/s320/DSC_3958%20Frank%202x%20bio.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’ve been a pro photographer since 1990 but my interest in photography began way back in 1969. With a basic knowledge of the craft, I started working for my college newspaper and yearbook all the while getting tips from some of the more “seasoned” staff photographers who were a year or two ahead of me. I successfully muddled my way through and the passion took hold. From that point on, I’ve been fascinated by the art of photography and capturing that single moment in time which will never happen again.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mostly self-taught, I began soaking in as much knowledge as I could from books and photo magazines. Throughout the years I attended professional seminars, was mentored by some pros, shared best-practices with other photographers and I will continue to learn more about the craft, the technology, and the art.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m still in business in the corporate photography field doing headshots, events, and group photos. I get the opportunity to travel to such locations as Shanghai, Barcelona, Chicago, Washington DC, and Miami. When people ask me what I do to relax, photography is right up there with family time, travel, and playing guitar - not so well, but fun none the less.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">To say my work is a bit eclectic is an understatement. I photograph all kinds of subjects from CEOs to landscapes, headshots, group photos, real estate, events, animals, travel, flowers, bugs...you name it, and I probably have a shot of it somewhere in my archives.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">With regard to artistic captures, oftentimes I don’t put a lot of forethought into what I’m going to shoot. I love the vibrancy and joy of color and the documentary feel and sometimes moodiness of black & white. My personal philosophy is very simple. If I see something I like, I take the photo. Understanding the rules of photography is important but knowing when to break them can be the key to get the shot. Most of all, just have fun doing it!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Please visit these sites to see more of my work,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">business: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.frankmari.com&source=gmail&ust=1692886219848000&usg=AOvVaw0iL9Ui-TnMZvVHYLFDwpc6" href="http://www.frankmari.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.frankmari.com</a></div><div style="background-color: white; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-58024169148838863322023-08-10T10:42:00.004-04:002023-08-23T10:12:29.114-04:00August Artist of the Month:<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: August 1st to August 31th</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-weight: bold;">Jeanette Rodriguez</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="il">Jeanette</span> Rodriguez is a teaching artist. She has worked in the art field for over 28 years. She graduated from the High School of Art and Design and received her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Rodriguez is an award-winning artist who has exhibited in Solo and group exhibitions. She has artwork gracing the walls of private homes throughout the Hudson Valley, New York City, New Jersey, Florida, Arizona, and Hawaii. </p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="il">Jeanette</span> has experience working with all age groups in both communities and via Zoom. She has taught Alcohol Ink painting and Soul Painting in the Hudson Valley area, Mayor Arizona, and the Big Island of Hawaii. Soul Painting is a workshop that helps students tap into their intuition. The paintings on display were created using a meditative technique that she calls flow. </p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://jeanetterodriguezinks.weebly.com&source=gmail&ust=1691764585119000&usg=AOvVaw2CU3LHcQ8yZQuPqUfqjBP_" href="http://jeanetterodriguezinks.weebly.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">jeanetterodriguezinks.weebly.<wbr></wbr>com</a></p><p style="color: black; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stillness</p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Watercolor on photo paper</p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">$350</p><p></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Autumn Sky</p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Watercolor on photo paper</p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">$350</p><div><br /></div><p></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Warm regards,</p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="il">Jeanette</span></p></div></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-83256073353441624402023-06-05T15:51:00.001-04:002023-06-05T15:51:29.681-04:00June Artist of the Month: Aries<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: June 1st to June 30th</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Aries</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u4SFkyUTZR0MOL01hquM6sgWWbWutZN6pkQdNtTOz2bh5c7BE7-OlfLJdWCN6T_9g1XOU1t1d-VKfj-R-17F8pZN_10LrWfpaSRslDYCptrdC0lYD-HwCsaLOa7QnP8cENz6WvAa3HSPvYgf-PU9zMYRmAL1Up4E-XHU_obIKik8BxX-5B6suwLFOw/s286/aries%20artist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="216" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u4SFkyUTZR0MOL01hquM6sgWWbWutZN6pkQdNtTOz2bh5c7BE7-OlfLJdWCN6T_9g1XOU1t1d-VKfj-R-17F8pZN_10LrWfpaSRslDYCptrdC0lYD-HwCsaLOa7QnP8cENz6WvAa3HSPvYgf-PU9zMYRmAL1Up4E-XHU_obIKik8BxX-5B6suwLFOw/s1600/aries%20artist.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Aries</i></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="color: #222222;">Hi! I’m Aries, it’s a nickname I have had since I was 13 years old. I am married, have 2 beautiful adult daughters and the universe has finally decided THIS time, right now, is time for me to seize the opportunities I've failed to seize in the past and to become a full-time artist. My husband, and my entire family both blood and chosen are so supportive and encouraging! It's like having my own cheerleading team by my side!</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;">My dream is to be able to share and sell my art, not only to make a living for myself, but to raise money and awareness for local charities. I've donated to several auctions and Tricky trays for local school fundraisers as well as to no kill shelters and other Pet charities. Art is meant to be shared, and I can think of no better way to share it. I look forward to growing so that I can give more.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;">In 2023, for the first time, I am participating in Art shows, exhibitions, and vending events! If you would like to know where else you can see me and my art feel free to sign up for email list at signsofaries.com or follow me on my Facebook page at Signs of Aries. </span></p><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Website:</b> S</span><span style="color: #222222;">ignsofaries.com<b> </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Facebook</b>: @</span><span style="font-family: Assistant; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.45pt;">SignsofAries</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibVsziT2qfwTZUfKhx_e0xUmkp8g-82-9Wb82u200ZNTS5zqf6j6y5vY15J7iGeJ7Uze32eEDNs7NoOkd7eCd_u0v13pGOH4BwKegOzu2c5Nl-u1d49QGNGYSGIta7hvgP8UrSLWrkeGbgcEEGShIntOPivLHyLTrImjbfDIU11Xx3HTw1-sGnjzItA/s3000/Peek-a-boo%20print.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibVsziT2qfwTZUfKhx_e0xUmkp8g-82-9Wb82u200ZNTS5zqf6j6y5vY15J7iGeJ7Uze32eEDNs7NoOkd7eCd_u0v13pGOH4BwKegOzu2c5Nl-u1d49QGNGYSGIta7hvgP8UrSLWrkeGbgcEEGShIntOPivLHyLTrImjbfDIU11Xx3HTw1-sGnjzItA/s320/Peek-a-boo%20print.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>"Peek-a-boo" Bald Eagles</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Pyrography and Watercolor</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">8x10 matted and framed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">ORIGINAL $362.00</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Archival prints $24.00</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: April 1st to April 30th</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Joe Cuccinello</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1515" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWMP6Yhr8ORxCE6lb3hMpX-LMk-vdsfXN7_nXj-0eK6s1PEjOAPg4ufl5JmDuFE_UE7bWjGdllcsnYHJYs-io2L5MmGarhRcQqJJJG1CQLrxQWQEApatkMsU581UTHu6qoxF9WilV-R0LzgPmDfee0_px1Z6eRqRJaYpTvldMyUG58l7xkouC4q0egw/s320/joecseal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>"Seal Pup"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gDj9qKfga49mI2CUQkHuNxHBti5o5e1s0HE55yQYB-76VFNwq8qCANMeEueUC1C39MIm6y4250gziMJMFYOxb6knpveOdLIHLzv9kFBUzEdJ-wdIX4rq55ZcUiyZeEnEh1T9rPJFazCsKgDyAPfjPpeV5MGktFTZkEdceOj7gIfYc7eLEgaFDughZQ/s1583/joecwhales.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1583" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gDj9qKfga49mI2CUQkHuNxHBti5o5e1s0HE55yQYB-76VFNwq8qCANMeEueUC1C39MIm6y4250gziMJMFYOxb6knpveOdLIHLzv9kFBUzEdJ-wdIX4rq55ZcUiyZeEnEh1T9rPJFazCsKgDyAPfjPpeV5MGktFTZkEdceOj7gIfYc7eLEgaFDughZQ/s320/joecwhales.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><i>"Breaching Dolphins"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | <i>Joe Cuccinello</i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="color: #222222;">I have always had a love of water and all things associated with it, fish, corral etc. and even though I personally cannot swim. That is how my paintings of water and water life came to be. I hope my renderings bring smiles to people’s faces as much as painting my impressions of the underwater world of ours.</span></p><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-40408529628745566222023-02-04T10:40:00.006-05:002023-02-27T15:32:38.743-05:00February & March Artist of the Month: Karen Jacobs<h1 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></h1><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: February 1st to March 31st</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Karen Jacobs</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcpcib27vBjMbHSKkd6MAk6ITqZevL1aWUIqEXC8QQWHg3H_BKrLLMKCh3uhZHR2D6eDxdKr-VU0Zhsxan8lHigj1aw2t-aHt9kqLyopHGl5qwuBXoaJGcCCWC3mZp0CoEs_Xt335UZ8-KcsIW18Br9XsS9qTsSrIulJKYzsc7043jFG5tzIQWQ0-jw/s960/Bio%20Profile%20Pic%202023%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcpcib27vBjMbHSKkd6MAk6ITqZevL1aWUIqEXC8QQWHg3H_BKrLLMKCh3uhZHR2D6eDxdKr-VU0Zhsxan8lHigj1aw2t-aHt9kqLyopHGl5qwuBXoaJGcCCWC3mZp0CoEs_Xt335UZ8-KcsIW18Br9XsS9qTsSrIulJKYzsc7043jFG5tzIQWQ0-jw/s320/Bio%20Profile%20Pic%202023%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b>“It is a true gift to share my artistic creations and designs with you! It is my intention to transform and inspire people on a large scale through the use of my unique, imaginative visual vocabulary while inspiring, bringing joy, love and healing to others. I am eternally grateful for all the people and resources that have continued to support me on my colorful artistic journey.”</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ms. Jacobs is a self-taught artist living in New York. She comes from a highly artistic background, her mother is a classical musician and her father is a fine artist. From an early age she expressed her emotions in journals using colored pencil and has evolved this process organically, now exploring the spatial movement of color and elements of design. Today, this process has manifested into vibrant and intricate images filled with spontaneity and deep revelations. Her intent is to inspire others with her creations and have the viewers connect emotionally and spiritually.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Immersed in a powerful artistic journey, Karen spends hours creating vibrant, raw and symbolic imagery. It is Art full of discovery and mystery, allowing the viewer the opportunity for novelty time after time. Within each drawing hidden images are revealed. Her art ranges from serious to whimsical and can have playful elements, for example the doves found in her "Rainbow Peace Palace" drawing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Working primarily with colored pencil allows Karen to delve within her senses while exploring the unknown in the abstract world. She prefers to design a juxtaposition of objective and subjective elements, displaying balance between emblematic shapes, imaginative detail and an instinctive sense of color. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Karen has also begun exploring different styles of painting including Acrylic Abstract Painting and Oil. She had the honor and privilege of attending a Mische Technique visionary summer painting seminar in Boulder, Colorado with Professor Philip Rubinov Jacobson, who studied with internationally renowned artist, Ernest Fuchs. Under his guidance and mentorship along with co-teacher Mantra Cora, she explored a fascinating mixed technique consisting of egg tempera and oil and experimented with Creative and Innovative Grounds. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbHqC-6PRfAqBQwU5TmIgk4mmIluwdAf9kZliNlWp0BzZ0wXDm4pEYlKlqbNmQThTWQN73BTeA3Rda-5skFZgO2Gq_-YFDlaox1qRvRZqcNvrfLnL_WRk7OeEiBS-21j3IWNh-eypuYhr6NkbfmEdfNDcD5vl51dMVIxldrYjCIFEI1UtDlOPD0CuoA/s800/Higher%20Rembrance%20Jacobs,%20Karen%20Image%201%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="800" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbHqC-6PRfAqBQwU5TmIgk4mmIluwdAf9kZliNlWp0BzZ0wXDm4pEYlKlqbNmQThTWQN73BTeA3Rda-5skFZgO2Gq_-YFDlaox1qRvRZqcNvrfLnL_WRk7OeEiBS-21j3IWNh-eypuYhr6NkbfmEdfNDcD5vl51dMVIxldrYjCIFEI1UtDlOPD0CuoA/s320/Higher%20Rembrance%20Jacobs,%20Karen%20Image%201%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>"Higher Remembrance"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Medium: Colored Pencil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dimensions:11” h x 14” w</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Price: $500</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgy9XsVH-TH1H_qLcT4q_273a5WAaG1TpG01oByUB_642EXueveKsGuG1YLXqpHQWsjDGnftcGSJSHtTL_GMlu0xz_cb6Cs2vlLMD8tyF6cH6D9bfwHWOP4f3Uewq7047PVENsc5RxcMClEq7NjLiUosymy9AXmtyn_FdMSM6MX7Ghn8BMwzGaRi9gw/s800/Vibrational%20Neon%20Light%20Jacobs,%20Karen%20Image%202%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgy9XsVH-TH1H_qLcT4q_273a5WAaG1TpG01oByUB_642EXueveKsGuG1YLXqpHQWsjDGnftcGSJSHtTL_GMlu0xz_cb6Cs2vlLMD8tyF6cH6D9bfwHWOP4f3Uewq7047PVENsc5RxcMClEq7NjLiUosymy9AXmtyn_FdMSM6MX7Ghn8BMwzGaRi9gw/s320/Vibrational%20Neon%20Light%20Jacobs,%20Karen%20Image%202%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b> </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b>"Vibrational Neon Light"</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Medium: Colored Pencil & Neon Paint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dimensions:11” h x 14” w</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Price: $375</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZhUCSA1fX6K7kBTWI1TkFeBfnNyPSKZCdtetcvEOjDna7NGdOlbNHF3uXP-HU2BOvGYq07Zb61y6MGYip6nCYShktifQK88Wy4auNkeWvPYeXA2fvLYsL5HO0tMpmzGZ88L96wW4FofGDzjTG3o1fKdQC-DbxhEMCFXJxKCH8dn_XpqXnaAFJ0M62Q/s800/Territory%20Climax%20Jacobs,%20Karen%20Image%203%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="800" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZhUCSA1fX6K7kBTWI1TkFeBfnNyPSKZCdtetcvEOjDna7NGdOlbNHF3uXP-HU2BOvGYq07Zb61y6MGYip6nCYShktifQK88Wy4auNkeWvPYeXA2fvLYsL5HO0tMpmzGZ88L96wW4FofGDzjTG3o1fKdQC-DbxhEMCFXJxKCH8dn_XpqXnaAFJ0M62Q/s320/Territory%20Climax%20Jacobs,%20Karen%20Image%203%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b>"Territory Climax"</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Medium: Tempera Grassa and Oil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dimensions: 16” h x 16” w </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Price: $850</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Karen Jacobs</i></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="color: #222222;">The meditative quality of working primarily with colored pencils inspires me to explore the spatial movement of color. I express original thoughts and sacred symbolism organically discovering surreal and metaphysical elements within these vibrant and intricate patterns. My intent is to give the viewer a sense of wonder and surprise. This process provides a conduit through which I am most able to access hidden memories and an ever changing desire to create. </span></p><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Website</b>: <a href="http://kjacobsart.com">kjacobsart.com</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Instagram</b>: </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">@karenjacobsfineart</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-26796511315734174042022-11-30T12:14:00.000-05:002022-11-30T12:14:02.973-05:00December Artist of the Month: Achmed John Assaff<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: December 1st to December 31st</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Achmed John Assaff</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUK1Trd9i57nNJw-a2l2_Z1iaveiKnHGCrvO7iN3bRimeByl398muaRxV45BBkdysueWJyuhLtQqc-hZsssRE-prtEOIlRSXjYHO84o9C-bPg187Q2de4SBwDX_6xWAYHVyiSwW7QK7MJoeCdms1KKT5z0kZJvMXLF43a9F6r80nzLrW21b1eLuFJbrQ/s1262/Achmed%20John%20Assaff%20headshot%20(1)-page-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUK1Trd9i57nNJw-a2l2_Z1iaveiKnHGCrvO7iN3bRimeByl398muaRxV45BBkdysueWJyuhLtQqc-hZsssRE-prtEOIlRSXjYHO84o9C-bPg187Q2de4SBwDX_6xWAYHVyiSwW7QK7MJoeCdms1KKT5z0kZJvMXLF43a9F6r80nzLrW21b1eLuFJbrQ/s320/Achmed%20John%20Assaff%20headshot%20(1)-page-001.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><h4><b>IN TUNE - A selected collection of street photography</b></h4></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A native New Yorker, Achmed John Assaff was born in 1941 on 104th Street and Lexington Avenue. John grew up near Central Park and knew all its majestic views, paths, and ponds like the back of his hand. The park was a place he considered home and would become the connective tissue of a body of work he photographed in his late 20's, setting in motion a life-long love of photography.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For a five year period between 1968-1973, John socialized with like-minded photographers and other regulars around Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, an active meeting place where he spent most weekends and his days off as an Aircraft Mechanic at Pan American Airways. It was an exciting time and John was seldom seen without his Pentax camera. Relishing the spontaneous opportunities the day would bring, his vibrant portraits of musicians, activists, and park goers were a consistent source of inspiration for him. The city was changing and culture was on full display as current events unfolded along Fifth Avenue, including frequent protests against the Vietnam War and women’s rights demonstrations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Self-taught, John’s hobby developed to have a documentary-style flair. His keen observation, composition, and use of natural light captured social issues on display in and around the park. Now, more than fifty years later, the subjects he photographed still resonate. In retrospect, John photographed a time-capsule of many intimate and powerful moments in New York City’s ever evolving history.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZBT58lLFR88b_gB86BNKlex58i7ZsRa9fuXP1usmfMoWmppTd5iJXR1rW4vc1n2cZ4-Yhvo0eCUUNxLse6NNwbgcDRgcoU1U8JI8ap8rSlN5jucEsLc4opLiVpFBNsrLmAMEPrHerskzWt8EMKi2V-VC6_ebiqXAP47zr3sQR0pxapTcjnkksyJDHg/s1280/Bethesda-Fountain-Photo-$75-matted.$200-framed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="870" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZBT58lLFR88b_gB86BNKlex58i7ZsRa9fuXP1usmfMoWmppTd5iJXR1rW4vc1n2cZ4-Yhvo0eCUUNxLse6NNwbgcDRgcoU1U8JI8ap8rSlN5jucEsLc4opLiVpFBNsrLmAMEPrHerskzWt8EMKi2V-VC6_ebiqXAP47zr3sQR0pxapTcjnkksyJDHg/s320/Bethesda-Fountain-Photo-$75-matted.$200-framed.jpeg" width="218" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>"Bethesda-Fountain"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Matted Photo $75</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Framed $200</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: November 1st to November 30th</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Liz Crimi Olsson</span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvfaURVlzBiQNDjztvaMB_uEg4zD0iMmGs1Ft2Ey5ZmrTcaEeZW67qaOddxjey0FE_WbPncctXHOfkjjz3uKKI2F39hRKdO53-tGy_fpXX56NAfv0UUEmoPiQ0HfBY0Ty8RTVWNQjRaNW9UBFJpxquKXcMD46_FAmmBZN5fbwGDs361eM_XbSH1sfLA/s428/image.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="428" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvfaURVlzBiQNDjztvaMB_uEg4zD0iMmGs1Ft2Ey5ZmrTcaEeZW67qaOddxjey0FE_WbPncctXHOfkjjz3uKKI2F39hRKdO53-tGy_fpXX56NAfv0UUEmoPiQ0HfBY0Ty8RTVWNQjRaNW9UBFJpxquKXcMD46_FAmmBZN5fbwGDs361eM_XbSH1sfLA/s320/image.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Having grown up around art and artists, I have become a very visual person. Sometimes I think I see what others may not see. Very often I may be taking a walk or driving my car and my eye is caught by something beautiful. Something that I think will make a beautiful photograph or painting or sculpture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I come from a family of artists and sculptors, both professional and non-professional. As a child my mother took me to the many art museums in New York City and I fell in love with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I always participated in special art projects in elementary school. I spent childhood summers in our little cottage in Lake Carmel where I sketched and painted the wildflowers, made outfits for my paper dolls, and taught myself needlework. I majored in art in high school and participated in several art projects. I majored in art in college where I studied sketching, life drawing, design, sculpture, and art history. The creative genes in me always found a way to surface…either by painting stage sets for community theater, needlework, making my own clothing, assorted crafts, baking, cooking, gardening, painting and wallpapering my home, directing the repainting of a Westchester railroad station, and as an active member of a town beautification committee. In my more recent years I have visited Italy and Sicily many times to revel in the art of the masters. However, I never really learned how to “paint”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have always been attracted to the beauty of watercolor. I never had the confidence to take a watercolor painting class until I met an artist in a gallery who encouraged me to take the plunge. So I enrolled in classes at the Putnam Arts Council in Mahopac, NY, the Westchester Community College Center for the Arts at the White Plains County Center, the Bronx Botanical Gardens, HRCE (Hudson River Community Education) in Dobbs Ferry, and the Railyard Arts Workshop in Croton Falls, NY. I have participated in many art workshops in watercolor, acrylics, calligraphy, and drawing at several public libraries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am a member of the Putnam Arts Council in Mahopac, NY and Arts-on-the-Lake in Lake Carmel, NY. I have participated in local group art shows and have sold some of my watercolor paintings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have fallen in love with the meditative aspect of painting which allows me to focus on my art and put all worries aside! I choose to see and paint beauty in difficult times…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScpQ_YzcGhQO9_hOvWke6k7xpEezuDFUiqusQNcNS96eEig5IIoPzzxkOG_4lBNsU1_iRtWLA-cTV5XFKgPNS174eCevmcN788Z8xC5Ug9_8iyWBd71l_Eo7fBwqStHCvKCA74A6udS1L2H77C91GSh86rFfT3ajZvpdwtek2giwTju0ZkvzzUCGtBA/s1280/cid_ii_l9eepaqt0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1280" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScpQ_YzcGhQO9_hOvWke6k7xpEezuDFUiqusQNcNS96eEig5IIoPzzxkOG_4lBNsU1_iRtWLA-cTV5XFKgPNS174eCevmcN788Z8xC5Ug9_8iyWBd71l_Eo7fBwqStHCvKCA74A6udS1L2H77C91GSh86rFfT3ajZvpdwtek2giwTju0ZkvzzUCGtBA/s320/cid_ii_l9eepaqt0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>"Day's End"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Watercolor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$200</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcPNnSbyw-TWoPhIuXfpN7ZmaxOxc07yXbYQBSxEzQg42vWmSqZ3BgT9Eor-MJlg6oMvppItK2p7gK_rX1i5VP-Sxmu8JLki81VKafuxR0cTBc8IL9jltK7uIdbQf8bQcLrFhjb-oxJ4sKau_Z9agQHHJev8pS-69ythrejCAJni5zNt7KZYJpneQtA/s1280/image0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1280" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcPNnSbyw-TWoPhIuXfpN7ZmaxOxc07yXbYQBSxEzQg42vWmSqZ3BgT9Eor-MJlg6oMvppItK2p7gK_rX1i5VP-Sxmu8JLki81VKafuxR0cTBc8IL9jltK7uIdbQf8bQcLrFhjb-oxJ4sKau_Z9agQHHJev8pS-69ythrejCAJni5zNt7KZYJpneQtA/s320/image0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>"Rockport, Massachusetts"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Watercolor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$200</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqSsEOOOeD6KGR9H38rrLAi-GrdlsQ2JR1sgAnmo2HRmAEr2rRwKEhO-uuAx-Sq1WEPMYi63wgqXSaO7PuUBSN3gj5hDyz_pxXPlcmtIaZlNsaA7F5zcwo_rfhbJpAbuV1Zbnk_ENnQSST3p0fNe9kX-j7XYKfFHUkQuBxZ5ttwQwCg4NNBNVJIAHcQ/s1280/image%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1280" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqSsEOOOeD6KGR9H38rrLAi-GrdlsQ2JR1sgAnmo2HRmAEr2rRwKEhO-uuAx-Sq1WEPMYi63wgqXSaO7PuUBSN3gj5hDyz_pxXPlcmtIaZlNsaA7F5zcwo_rfhbJpAbuV1Zbnk_ENnQSST3p0fNe9kX-j7XYKfFHUkQuBxZ5ttwQwCg4NNBNVJIAHcQ/s320/image%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>"Venezia"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Watercolor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$200</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Liz Crimi OHarrison</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">I love color. So I study and paint in watercolor. I choose peaceful references and, most recently, from photos that I have taken over the years. Many have personal meaning. I choose to see beauty in challenging times and share it with the viewer.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-9260446377353176232022-10-03T12:19:00.006-04:002022-10-03T12:19:55.722-04:00October Artist of the Month: Richard Harrison<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: October 1st to October 31st</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Richard Harrison</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90bq6NDSa209BtJ9VF1fhcVSXcqnNZahEfNznYePET659yv7N7WZH5ypBpfKAoPoE__drWicGm0jv0wc484VaSSm1b-IxUy_YoOYlN7YDeuEqUTHxQb-WTo_ylBvvaQJU3hxqiSeCSNxptIPtaxnl65H5DbqRdxoPUBiBoG3BWZDqID_qWbA-HSUaGg/s1650/RichardHarrison-page-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90bq6NDSa209BtJ9VF1fhcVSXcqnNZahEfNznYePET659yv7N7WZH5ypBpfKAoPoE__drWicGm0jv0wc484VaSSm1b-IxUy_YoOYlN7YDeuEqUTHxQb-WTo_ylBvvaQJU3hxqiSeCSNxptIPtaxnl65H5DbqRdxoPUBiBoG3BWZDqID_qWbA-HSUaGg/s320/RichardHarrison-page-001.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="clear: both;"><b>ALICE AT THE LIBRARY</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE CHESHIRE CAT…ALICE AT THE MAD TEA PARTY…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE MARCH HARE….TWEEDLE DUM AND TWEEDLE DEE. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All iconic figures written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">and illustrated by Sir John Tennial, a political cartoonist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1650" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBfTVvOiHEYQDJCy49bIEzRvAopwrlp4UjuLZJRg4_Jpd8dIucI_xQzB-cwaEg2K94aKzoXYNmw6GjMPCdTIOW4jEreFgTMv5oG_zjJQ4zICnegDHUlVTLBVImr55IGj1j0myGtihCl49NXNmcTKy_ZkXCvdTqvqrJFXzbmmfuCcpphNON58dWfbVew/s320/MadTeaParty-page-001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mad Tea Party</b></div><h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Richard Harrison</i></div></span></div></span></div></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"></p><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;">I was always impressed by the strong and varied use of line in</div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Tennial’s work which showed such expressiveness. I began studying</div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;">and drawing some Alice in Wonderland illustrations on paper when my</div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;">sister Kathy suggested working on fabric instead. She would use a</div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;">technique called trapunto which would give the fabric a low relief,</div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;">three dimensional effect. This she would use to create wall hangings,</div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;">pillows and soft sculptures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">I began experimenting using various media on the fabric — markers,</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">acrylic paints, etching, photo silk screen, and mixed media. We</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">eventually brought our work to a crafts gallery in New York City where</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">they were very successful. When Kathy’s career demanded more</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">time I coerced my mother Helen, to take over the fabric sewing and</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">design. She was very hesitant at first but ended up succeeding very</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">well.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">After ten years work with Alice art we decided to move on to the next</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">phase of each of our lives. Today both Helen and Kathy are no longer</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">with us and I am dedicating this exhibit to them.</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Richard Harrison was an art teacher at George Fischer School for</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">twenty five years.</div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><p></p><p></p></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-57814602259007232022022-09-07T17:45:00.005-04:002022-09-07T17:45:52.027-04:00September Artist of the Month: Phyllis Chadwick<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: September 1st to September 30th</span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Phyllis Chadwick</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOKhblnIhOJ3W1UwnrNpMlxdET_hZyrk1C9iaveqEezzqPpgDhgZj7Y9TiNAqhz9BrhOflliOU7oGEpzUBuHFalHiZ83SBtywzyrHU9cTbSJhXctDzZa1pd1RVk910o9zz_Vw3uAGsr5DXlT8E-GR21lkh3FsJJv7MNjtqhpYIfib2ICH21OYuXEnQw/s280/PastedGraphic-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="280" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOKhblnIhOJ3W1UwnrNpMlxdET_hZyrk1C9iaveqEezzqPpgDhgZj7Y9TiNAqhz9BrhOflliOU7oGEpzUBuHFalHiZ83SBtywzyrHU9cTbSJhXctDzZa1pd1RVk910o9zz_Vw3uAGsr5DXlT8E-GR21lkh3FsJJv7MNjtqhpYIfib2ICH21OYuXEnQw/s1600/PastedGraphic-1.png" width="280" /></a></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A play on these words by Stephen Cope from The Wisdom of Yoga… “Insight is revealed as the seed opens its secrets to the mind of the [artist]” hit home for her.</div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Phyllis continues to see herself as a seed beginning to open and become. She has always had a creative spirit seeking an outlet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Phyllis Chadwick grew up in Westchester County and moved to Dutchess County about 40 years ago. It was during this part of her life that she was able to explore her creativity on a deeper level.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All her life she had a need to create, starting with crafts and sewing which eventually led her to explore other mediums and finally to return to school to study art.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After earning a Master of Arts in Teaching, it was a seamless shift from teacher assistant to art teacher. She taught a myriad of art classes for about 10 years. During that time, she revived the Art Club where she guided the students in the creation of wall murals throughout the school as well as set painting for the high school musicals. Since retiring from the teaching profession, she plays, experiments and studies art in her own studio at home. Currently you will find her working in watercolor and digital photography.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If not in her studio, she is out and about with her sketchbook, camera or iPhone capturing all things she loves. Phyllis’ aim is to take you on a tour to see and enjoy things you may not have taken the time to notice.</div><h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUcDxEAKuCOQmE-WY5uERTQc1Yfg0qx5ZGTDgDRDXRHCgGr-fU5jYIZtZoNyQ3Mz8BQTLqnTR8halH4uHMie4dFNX2Bk4g8OMGLEUe26Wgifmpzph8q8Y54DducWzM8FT8t_E6ELrPtgZWViKimhdAUO8qNvrJtSWNki8uxjBEsuHilvK0ZIwr_SsJw/s306/b%2011%20x%2014%20barn%20ans%20skyIMG_3224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="240" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUcDxEAKuCOQmE-WY5uERTQc1Yfg0qx5ZGTDgDRDXRHCgGr-fU5jYIZtZoNyQ3Mz8BQTLqnTR8halH4uHMie4dFNX2Bk4g8OMGLEUe26Wgifmpzph8q8Y54DducWzM8FT8t_E6ELrPtgZWViKimhdAUO8qNvrJtSWNki8uxjBEsuHilvK0ZIwr_SsJw/s1600/b%2011%20x%2014%20barn%20ans%20skyIMG_3224.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: times;">B</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">ucolic Niche</span></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">12” x 16”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Digital Photography $250</span></span></div></div><span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgtqnEStd4WzNUBTKxzMC1_c7XrzShbJwAstJ08femczrMyGk_suWQq7CQAVBfk5Tz7M3xD75GtfFQtnmzcfWi2dY_dUS80of_joVYehY4aGsUdBJbccH-ALnvIv5fBAXO1vdOYGaGfWhoYTDSUJEl7cE1ULyRGv50cb3zwa8CuNDc0rnbe8cNhhanA/s320/red%20truck%20_%20flagIMG_9797.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgtqnEStd4WzNUBTKxzMC1_c7XrzShbJwAstJ08femczrMyGk_suWQq7CQAVBfk5Tz7M3xD75GtfFQtnmzcfWi2dY_dUS80of_joVYehY4aGsUdBJbccH-ALnvIv5fBAXO1vdOYGaGfWhoYTDSUJEl7cE1ULyRGv50cb3zwa8CuNDc0rnbe8cNhhanA/s1600/red%20truck%20_%20flagIMG_9797.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><u>Days Gone By</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">12” x 16”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Digital Photography $250</span></span></div></div><span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUY9f5_exRow27OwAHVmx5CQHfqWaBgFaTz4WF1io8BE8W4-B8A0HRvRMoZAA20NWKUkxE6lDfhuJh-LdGVzlDuI2zWqRO29Ayx6cVR-by7WNpw-mRVOx_4eywGMIxcymm49NAzzSRGM7S27FBr8wE2Ss1183-2ITSmGAoKkDvxRwlOUFI208FMDVkbw/s320/yoga%20IMG_0763.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUY9f5_exRow27OwAHVmx5CQHfqWaBgFaTz4WF1io8BE8W4-B8A0HRvRMoZAA20NWKUkxE6lDfhuJh-LdGVzlDuI2zWqRO29Ayx6cVR-by7WNpw-mRVOx_4eywGMIxcymm49NAzzSRGM7S27FBr8wE2Ss1183-2ITSmGAoKkDvxRwlOUFI208FMDVkbw/s1600/yoga%20IMG_0763.jpeg" width="229" /></span></a></div><div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><u>Sit, Breath, Notice.</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">12” x 16”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Digital Photography $250</span></span></div></div><br /></div></span></div></h1><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small;"><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | </span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Phyllis Chadwick</i></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>I have always had a creative spirit seeking an outlet. All my life I had a need to create.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><i><div style="text-align: center;">On my 13th birthday I received my first (polaroid) camera. That was the beginning of a love for the world around me. I was the annoying member of the family always wanting to take photos or prolonging an outing because I had to stop and photograph something. I found objects and nature easier to photograph as they didn’t protest the way my family did.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">As time moved on equipment and technology continued to advance and I discovered apps! I began to play with manipulating images. My most difficult decisions happen once the editing process begins, and I have to decide which images to print. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did while I was creating it.</div></i></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Contact Info</u></b>:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="mailto:Phyllis@pgchadwick.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Email: Phyllis@pgchadwick.com</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://pgchadwick.com&source=gmail&ust=1662648317661000&usg=AOvVaw2fP6PBlXpbIGGS7Wdwb3Tz" href="http://pgchadwick.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">pgchadwick.com</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: start;"><span face="Skia-Regular"><span style="font-family: arial;">Instagram @pac_755art </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></p></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-19121665659493949912022-08-02T13:28:00.005-04:002022-08-02T13:32:56.878-04:00August Artist of the Month: Joseph R. Cuccinello<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: August 1st to August 31st</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">JOSEPH R. CUCCINELLO</span></span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kent Lakes, NY</span></span></div><h1><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "EB Garamond";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifk7qzQ9_-dPY5W-rU9oYSDvLNQbL5RkLGFlp-ogRpCnxnOQ6lmNGmeBwa84PtuU6HkwOdlAtmBdSDwcBjnVXHTOW0kITA-LJiyyykvILApMdbmrDcHzDevcQfHEdFFCqR-flF7NDUs42EtEpzazn2xQ62pocO1Znj-wDKN2eJbuHA5jAl2MK6FX0GFQ/s640/Portland%20Head%20Lighthouse.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifk7qzQ9_-dPY5W-rU9oYSDvLNQbL5RkLGFlp-ogRpCnxnOQ6lmNGmeBwa84PtuU6HkwOdlAtmBdSDwcBjnVXHTOW0kITA-LJiyyykvILApMdbmrDcHzDevcQfHEdFFCqR-flF7NDUs42EtEpzazn2xQ62pocO1Znj-wDKN2eJbuHA5jAl2MK6FX0GFQ/s320/Portland%20Head%20Lighthouse.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><u>"Portland Head Lighthouse"</u></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;">$250</div></span></span></div></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRi_fXfTxJERZnuXS9ltIeZfqPFlibh6c8JyXgOafWgopdCL5epwsVaC35YOEi9hHiTEY9YXSzvnPXT4Ykd9XgW7WsOdZcPwonp7gATn7PdnbnxOc0z1HSIF83JjedZYOGqVOqWuSs1j3g8CldBsCg5KocTRlHzqp_usFVEsboOyd6-2pVIg2GKrALw/s615/IMG_20210514_081714408.jpeg" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRi_fXfTxJERZnuXS9ltIeZfqPFlibh6c8JyXgOafWgopdCL5epwsVaC35YOEi9hHiTEY9YXSzvnPXT4Ykd9XgW7WsOdZcPwonp7gATn7PdnbnxOc0z1HSIF83JjedZYOGqVOqWuSs1j3g8CldBsCg5KocTRlHzqp_usFVEsboOyd6-2pVIg2GKrALw/s320/IMG_20210514_081714408.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div></h1><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u><b>"Mediterrian Terrace"</b></u><br />$150</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxg5O2ktn_LMQ4xDv-TqsakWe8f7BWrMcT4OSVbhVE-E9a1XAPJsAIRwG1xvSpg_LrNwD44A28IGXwO81dkwZDdGvjB6NItZPy0beQu5KH9XAMigL3q_uUczhDTb4k20_w_iSEZJ2QC6iCsuFNPj-kkV6A5eHhT0I0jv_tovBEybQd0gODQ4DF5s80g/s513/black%20capped%20chickadee.jpeg" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxg5O2ktn_LMQ4xDv-TqsakWe8f7BWrMcT4OSVbhVE-E9a1XAPJsAIRwG1xvSpg_LrNwD44A28IGXwO81dkwZDdGvjB6NItZPy0beQu5KH9XAMigL3q_uUczhDTb4k20_w_iSEZJ2QC6iCsuFNPj-kkV6A5eHhT0I0jv_tovBEybQd0gODQ4DF5s80g/s320/black%20capped%20chickadee.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><b><u>"Blk capped chickadee"</u></b><br />$60</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small;"><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | </span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Joseph R. Cuccinello</i></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">I remember back in school I was not a very good art student but it was easy credits. One day at the ripe old age of sixteen a friend of mine gave me an old solid body guitar to learn how to play. I decided to refinish it, I did so by carving in the portrait of Jimi Hendrix. I never realized this would be the start of my passion for wood carving.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;"> Over the course of the years my passion for working with wood had me making coffee tables, end tables and bars for people as well as building wooden radio controlled boats, airplanes and building doll houses. One day a friend asked me to refinish a bar for him, also giving me free reign to do what I want. I did the refinishing and carved a country scene on the bar top and sealed it in. So began my love for relief wood carving, the rest is history. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">Deciding to further my quest in the arts I started to test my hand in acrylic painting. Thanks to the encouragement and help from my artist friends I have been creating paintings that highlight air, land and sea subjects. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">My work mainly depicts Americana Folk Art in all it’s wonderful elegance.</span></p></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-23897797589455224342022-06-30T14:16:00.003-04:002022-08-02T13:10:25.003-04:00July Artist of the Month : Chris Casaburi<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: July 1st to July 31st</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Chris Casaburi</span></b></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSQaQ7EM9uVEq0nrbTj-hQ3TtSg8DnpE7ZbCjeOnREB3DIvdNJl7cA3IWNEkMUGBRJv1PJzVOtDfUlcezI6k33Ieqcurq7TLPDZwqdt3dExGxVs84vZF1F7VaIWE2wL1zwPX4NtvDERrSOyTkKTNkJGB6Z2ev75vHool1SHd-Earjz7wqKvd54Xz_hA/s960/ChrisCasaburi.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSQaQ7EM9uVEq0nrbTj-hQ3TtSg8DnpE7ZbCjeOnREB3DIvdNJl7cA3IWNEkMUGBRJv1PJzVOtDfUlcezI6k33Ieqcurq7TLPDZwqdt3dExGxVs84vZF1F7VaIWE2wL1zwPX4NtvDERrSOyTkKTNkJGB6Z2ev75vHool1SHd-Earjz7wqKvd54Xz_hA/s320/ChrisCasaburi.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";">Biography</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Dec. 2022 marks 20 years Mr. Casaburi has lived in Lake Carmel. Born in NYC moved to Long Island where he was exposed to photography and filmmaking by his father (who shot Super-8 film of kid’s sports and family events). After college Chris worked as a mechanical engineer at Con Edison in NYC. After a year and a half, he quit his job to chase his dream of becoming a photographer.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; text-indent: 0.5in;">10 years later Chris’ portraits graced the covers of Forbes, BusinessWeek and many other magazines. He’s photographed Beyonce, Michael Bloomberg, Daymond John and other notables. Eventually Chris starts making short films, and soon after offered video services. His films have won Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Music. Last year 2021 WINNER of Hometown Media Award (with local PR guru Lisa Kaslyn) for “Hospitality Heroes” video series for the Putnam County Business Council.</span></p><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Skia-Regular;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSndA_0dVt2l2vbjJdm8b7rxteRMnTxLyfSI16HaMy1IKuV9ZiqT7F7seoBe8zZrky52GGeqmhAxRWApMMmieqEzQoeHSZgxoTNFVvt1fP9MUOMkD50_7GsShKCiaA5TjA_tha-yuCbPypBvgXaI3AhHH_xApEovaZp_GTUQ0JcJWaseTx1bX7UGKgGA/s1153/CCasaburi_JasonSamuelActor.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1153" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSndA_0dVt2l2vbjJdm8b7rxteRMnTxLyfSI16HaMy1IKuV9ZiqT7F7seoBe8zZrky52GGeqmhAxRWApMMmieqEzQoeHSZgxoTNFVvt1fP9MUOMkD50_7GsShKCiaA5TjA_tha-yuCbPypBvgXaI3AhHH_xApEovaZp_GTUQ0JcJWaseTx1bX7UGKgGA/s320/CCasaburi_JasonSamuelActor.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">"Masks. Jason Samuel, Actor</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">"</span></u></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOhFQmCLvaL0FaPPB5Iu26NNrs3OycKgeXHmXevv2AOyxqD5mF2pgU4I8nz_RXN9OIoVsajUe9gjqAt67qsjeLwa7QsoUNUHb1wuaTGOUvCFRhddiAKJhUmKn-p1k_m3anPSBrb9hT75h7LbrwdrXjwzn01_Vdu98avC4DQfG5y4srVKJ6bnVOLHoIQ/s1012/Casaburi_BrianWilliams_RedBkgd.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1012" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOhFQmCLvaL0FaPPB5Iu26NNrs3OycKgeXHmXevv2AOyxqD5mF2pgU4I8nz_RXN9OIoVsajUe9gjqAt67qsjeLwa7QsoUNUHb1wuaTGOUvCFRhddiAKJhUmKn-p1k_m3anPSBrb9hT75h7LbrwdrXjwzn01_Vdu98avC4DQfG5y4srVKJ6bnVOLHoIQ/s320/Casaburi_BrianWilliams_RedBkgd.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b><u>"Brian Williams, NBC Studios"</u></b></span></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYOeqdvvjdos0l7aIRMNEqmSF2lNQEJzsKzluwqXa7HD0Yzk7ix7gWFCfUXwK3i0L_wrGpxcbSPV-f-OW48rPQS0vK-1zXG7u_5mdYVtIO44v27XnguarCctlH_nz8NNRkx30kQumHnJxgBqlekiJanYuqRt6QExCUAtNo8RbiY8NDQZwxyoV2YH4GA/s960/Casaburi_SybilLudingtonStatue.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYOeqdvvjdos0l7aIRMNEqmSF2lNQEJzsKzluwqXa7HD0Yzk7ix7gWFCfUXwK3i0L_wrGpxcbSPV-f-OW48rPQS0vK-1zXG7u_5mdYVtIO44v27XnguarCctlH_nz8NNRkx30kQumHnJxgBqlekiJanYuqRt6QExCUAtNo8RbiY8NDQZwxyoV2YH4GA/s320/Casaburi_SybilLudingtonStatue.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><u>"Sybil Ludington Statue, Carmel, NY"</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">$125</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small;"><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist Statement | </span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Chris Casaburi</i></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">Creating photographs magnifies life and lets me bring joy to myself (hopefully to clients + audiences as well). I love color and light, and the drama of black & white.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">People and nature inspire me. I couldn’t live without them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">The environmental prints were captured using Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. After 25+ years of photography and 15+ working in video… using digital cameras, drones, microphones, iPhones… telling stories is more rewarding than ever. ❤️</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chris Casaburi<br /><span style="color: black;"><span dir="ltr">917-771-8027<br /></span></span><span style="color: black;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.casaburi.com/&source=gmail&ust=1656697781158000&usg=AOvVaw12Me0qX50VERaP_mZR4T0n" href="http://www.casaburi.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.casaburi.com<br /></a></span><span style="color: black;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.executivephotovideo.com/&source=gmail&ust=1656697781158000&usg=AOvVaw1yWAy0k91XrKUq8m6vpLjB" href="http://www.executivephotovideo.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.executivephotovideo.com</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;"></span></p></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-60991788120315469512022-05-31T14:11:00.009-04:002022-05-31T14:15:55.871-04:00June Artist of the Month: Charlotte Tramontana<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: June 1st to June 30th</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Charlotte Tramontana</span></b></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiksrcP0_id6ezpqXgN3knTCiIfvmt6zv3yF11L_1_i6ipnwJ-tvKsWmGpM9TQC_AxiJnRDTQ-Nz1t-f3WX4HxtNIj_vhWn9EAmcCF924bSOyVLRv7eiBGqrvdlhTfYZas6-Q1S2fp7C-osYl3VLUCQjQ1gD294Z8IhbYvL4lDutg9Rj7ahD2OGgREw/s1919/Headshot.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="1919" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiksrcP0_id6ezpqXgN3knTCiIfvmt6zv3yF11L_1_i6ipnwJ-tvKsWmGpM9TQC_AxiJnRDTQ-Nz1t-f3WX4HxtNIj_vhWn9EAmcCF924bSOyVLRv7eiBGqrvdlhTfYZas6-Q1S2fp7C-osYl3VLUCQjQ1gD294Z8IhbYvL4lDutg9Rj7ahD2OGgREw/s320/Headshot.jpg" width="320" /></a></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";">Biography</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";">Charlotte Tramontana (b. 1990, they/them)
is a speculative fiction novelist who likes to doodle what they’re writing
about. This exhibit is a showcase of their artwork since 2020 revolving around
the Undine Isles series they have been writing and developing since 2008. An
earlier exhibit of their work took place at the Kent Public Library in December
2019, after which “Guided Doodles” became a regular program here, and continued
online during quarantine for over a year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";">Charlotte has worked at the Kent Public
Library since 2016, and was program coordinator from 2018-2022. Though they
work full time in Poughkeepsie these days, they still frequently visit and
occasionally pitch in at KPL because this is where their people are. Charlotte
holds a BA in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies from SUNY New Paltz. In
2021, they also began work on a separate project with fellow KPL staff member
Theresa Paras, a fantasy series for middle grade readers, and they are very
excited and hopeful to share stories and doodles of another world with the KPL
community in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: small;"><br /></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Skia-Regular;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EnEj9ysCGr6tDi0_gNbX_TsZGhozYeM9UVZRSdt1Uc5wJs6oAhJp1olFRzPSna5RKH39L5bDn8yoKMJsflX7kgy_rQn25ncTk0Bza70Lm1Jss-oNGApMzuV9iGBpe5iihQ5upD_t9UTiH8zms45z3fqMO4QQDLEoBpmELnbWmqijXuvv1KXgeIBzkA/s3828/Coffin%20of%20Angela%20Yates.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3828" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EnEj9ysCGr6tDi0_gNbX_TsZGhozYeM9UVZRSdt1Uc5wJs6oAhJp1olFRzPSna5RKH39L5bDn8yoKMJsflX7kgy_rQn25ncTk0Bza70Lm1Jss-oNGApMzuV9iGBpe5iihQ5upD_t9UTiH8zms45z3fqMO4QQDLEoBpmELnbWmqijXuvv1KXgeIBzkA/s320/Coffin%20of%20Angela%20Yates.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>The Coffin of Angela Yates</b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">2020</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKGA8JBP4Fpr_qY3olDrlJ_1hffEVywYqhiCE3QHIQDMYtufBK797sWfAIPxP-JF34W2sgCH9dasJuy-Cbmh5gygYL9PLO9Pr-ItVVpPC4I9hSu5xTpoFRgvEg0BnTbTJJb4Bew1BpY_Afls17TIiyN20hWZEbv4QCfMivfm3LIpJ_ztexDLeZNLjoQ/s990/Septima.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKGA8JBP4Fpr_qY3olDrlJ_1hffEVywYqhiCE3QHIQDMYtufBK797sWfAIPxP-JF34W2sgCH9dasJuy-Cbmh5gygYL9PLO9Pr-ItVVpPC4I9hSu5xTpoFRgvEg0BnTbTJJb4Bew1BpY_Afls17TIiyN20hWZEbv4QCfMivfm3LIpJ_ztexDLeZNLjoQ/s320/Septima.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><u style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Septima in Little Italy (detail)</b></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">2022</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u0cPi5pWCKiF_6JNI_zDR3U25iGNQGeiqZLjRXPdyCsVhmvSVg6etjbaqc6_-_eaJZR2hWYMi_4xr_t2YNJw8QsxeiIhfon4qFdDoXNnm3TcNbGoDA7baW8VG_CJIJImeUq7s30GhO8rLoX0ZEmxYwfJfyrfWGZg6P92D5E6Bbde5GyU-Ffc0RTVyg/s1740/Young%20Alisha.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u0cPi5pWCKiF_6JNI_zDR3U25iGNQGeiqZLjRXPdyCsVhmvSVg6etjbaqc6_-_eaJZR2hWYMi_4xr_t2YNJw8QsxeiIhfon4qFdDoXNnm3TcNbGoDA7baW8VG_CJIJImeUq7s30GhO8rLoX0ZEmxYwfJfyrfWGZg6P92D5E6Bbde5GyU-Ffc0RTVyg/s320/Young%20Alisha.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><u><b>Young Alisha</b><u></u><u></u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">2021-2022</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small;"><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Artist
Statement | </span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16pt;">Charlotte Tramontana</i></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I have wanted to be a writer of stories
since before I could actually write anything, so the things I draw are people
and objects that appear in my two writing projects, the older of which is the
Undine Isles series (the world of the gay mermaids).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";">I accidentally started writing what would
become <i>The Undine Isles</i> at the age of
17 and have not been able to walk away from it since (despite repeated attempts
to walk away because I am acutely aware that the whole concept is completely
bonkers). But as a lesbian, I grew up used to the way that any character who
was like me would eventually get punished for it, often with deadly force. All
who participate in global pop culture still live under the effects of a
historic precedent called the Hays Code, a rule of the motion picture business
dating back to the 1930s that calls for all fictional universes to punish their
queer-coded characters so that real-life LGBTQ people wouldn’t start getting
ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";">When I wrote the first lines of what would
become <i>The Undine Isles </i>in October
2008—the inciting incident in which my disoriented protagonist washes up on the
tropical shores of Locust Island, only to learn that she’s a mythological
creature now—I didn’t know that I was doing anything more than telling my
teenage self a story, as I had done a thousand times before as far back as I
can remember. I definitely didn’t know that I was attempting something for
which I had never even seen a blueprint. I just did it to feel good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "EB Garamond"; mso-fareast-font-family: "EB Garamond";">I draw for much the same reason: because it
is a source of joy to physically see some trace of the places and people that
exist only in my imagination. I don’t draw—and will probably never do
so—because I think that I am very good at it. I believe wholeheartedly in the
Queer Art of Failure, a concept proposed by gender theorist Jack Halberstam in
his book by the same name. I believe that performing this Art (because as the
great feminist theorist bell hooks stated, queerness is “about the self that is
at odds with everything around it and has to invent and create and find a place
to speak and to thrive and to live”)—showcasing imperfection while focusing
solely upon the joy of it all—is a radical act.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">A challenge to everyone who reads this
statement: give yourself permission to create or express one thing without
falling victim to fears that you’re not good enough, because that’s not what
art is about, and it’s not what being alive is about. You can do it.</span> </p></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-75345544901419515142022-05-02T16:19:00.003-04:002022-05-02T16:20:54.166-04:00May Artist of the Month: Patty DiVito <p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: May 1st to May 31st</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Patty DiVito</span></b></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5YLL7oI8u5dmf5UPmXWuvKQSqmCAz2zvJth3-49WVcH8MluKQzzsiIxYpst1OVWxGLilUKpFF-Z3Gj2cAWw3MrJlodW5c6M5XNMdx7_bqeg3hZBr-fMYai17suB5CVm7nRWtKp8hdgbX8n_c-7GmbB2o6-six91h15BHGgieRB6lvNqYvPVY6cHEAA/s1149/IMG_0940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="1149" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5YLL7oI8u5dmf5UPmXWuvKQSqmCAz2zvJth3-49WVcH8MluKQzzsiIxYpst1OVWxGLilUKpFF-Z3Gj2cAWw3MrJlodW5c6M5XNMdx7_bqeg3hZBr-fMYai17suB5CVm7nRWtKp8hdgbX8n_c-7GmbB2o6-six91h15BHGgieRB6lvNqYvPVY6cHEAA/s320/IMG_0940.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Artist Bio</span></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Patty DiVito is a Hudson Valley native who has been exploring abstract paint pouring techniques for s<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">everal years. Patty served in the US Army and was based in Europe which gave her the opportunity to be immersed in art and culture and ignited her passion. She returned home where she raised her children while earning a master’s degree in communication disorders. Prior to her recent retirement, Patty worked as a Speech Language Pathologist with school age children with disabilities. She often used painting and crafting as a fun motivational way to provide her students opportunities for communication. Paint pouring has given Patty a unique form of self-expression that gives immense satisfaction and allows her creative side to thrive. With the use of color, paint additives, and pouring techniques, she strives to produce paintings that provide interest, balance, and give a sense of movement. Patty has a strong connection to nature and is inspired by colors and patterns in the land, sea, and sky. She has participated in various local art shows. Patty continues to expand her creative endeavors by working with watercolor, alcohol ink, photography, and digital clothing/accessory design. </span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: small;"><br /></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Skia-Regular;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIPEGI4Y3_qzrOwmjHeHmmgtim3f8xFML5_GvMii_mUNVMvs7jex72OMiFtbwFBKKAztTCrrLQpjTYlM9PRqwSZSKbA4MSQ1eZQ8Ba9mOljqw_aBdst77lvhWTC77iENXnXJit3eNqFStu0a1RggDl7TNyv0Mkouz6IONiJZnzf-o2SOZw6QBuIWgag/s640/72F5F6E181074ADB8C32C63A79458CF6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="634" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIPEGI4Y3_qzrOwmjHeHmmgtim3f8xFML5_GvMii_mUNVMvs7jex72OMiFtbwFBKKAztTCrrLQpjTYlM9PRqwSZSKbA4MSQ1eZQ8Ba9mOljqw_aBdst77lvhWTC77iENXnXJit3eNqFStu0a1RggDl7TNyv0Mkouz6IONiJZnzf-o2SOZw6QBuIWgag/s320/72F5F6E181074ADB8C32C63A79458CF6.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small;"><blockquote style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;" type="cite"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: 13px;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><b>Bursting Bloom</b><u></u><u></u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">12x12 Acrylic on canvas<u></u><u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">Wood floating frame<u></u><u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">$80.00</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vPvpzs6k0iNUg20MSRWreHJGWUD2PZkk72pyqGZd8BSftrn2WDJVl09b4UKlGtG6qp9_5E35QzRx2BQz7FLYGkZFOFZh6PMbE2nC29JB5TBDcJ5IeGszrzGrP5FlzIpxHhJ8uOOWyFvSqvmQ5Xen-86lvJ6NHMGLbjv6q2rjrDKbVBuRaAlLgQtr3Q/s640/690BC877A3DE4E56B4847490E1DFAE09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Oak wood frame<u></u><u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">$140.00</div></div></blockquote></div><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWVErHIQoMj8hv-9L8uaZZ1vvBH_dLTYcDJlgsGUJQPZsmcLS9nPW307h9UecomSsIvhJcuTySu1j92U_bf1Oa61qTiHoL3UaXQPmn1rM_EJhS9WynYB7KtH8NhK11ywF6VpT5G_ZH80PAsqG8Y_XrFADfYR6lTdUVdgf6vGRlKTyQNl7ZtjWFiFnpw/s640/459625058AB241F9B817DA907FFD3264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWVErHIQoMj8hv-9L8uaZZ1vvBH_dLTYcDJlgsGUJQPZsmcLS9nPW307h9UecomSsIvhJcuTySu1j92U_bf1Oa61qTiHoL3UaXQPmn1rM_EJhS9WynYB7KtH8NhK11ywF6VpT5G_ZH80PAsqG8Y_XrFADfYR6lTdUVdgf6vGRlKTyQNl7ZtjWFiFnpw/s320/459625058AB241F9B817DA907FFD3264.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;" type="cite"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: 13px;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><b>Outer Limits</b><u></u><u></u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">10x10 Acrylic on canvas<u></u><u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">Wood floating frame<u></u><u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">$70.00</div></div></blockquote></div><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoB47u9Byult577tXe-IYrn4cfVOUBX8gKtU-2akkgP7-aTDzUTntDZJ7aCnl_DpDG9tVdWcl5VwqdcLb_M5v3bSEKvI2u0c70U7qQ6EIj6wX4bTo3mXsJDDjj2RnvJPGvsHWbHejWBnEjB0WuflOhmUvgr0Aqn37M8TEWMlYR7P153wi1TwI0AuTQw/s640/C53CE1B6BE99496C87BC3729CE75C250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="511" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoB47u9Byult577tXe-IYrn4cfVOUBX8gKtU-2akkgP7-aTDzUTntDZJ7aCnl_DpDG9tVdWcl5VwqdcLb_M5v3bSEKvI2u0c70U7qQ6EIj6wX4bTo3mXsJDDjj2RnvJPGvsHWbHejWBnEjB0WuflOhmUvgr0Aqn37M8TEWMlYR7P153wi1TwI0AuTQw/s320/C53CE1B6BE99496C87BC3729CE75C250.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="font-size: small; text-align: start;" type="cite"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: 13px;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><b>Electric Vibe</b><u></u><u></u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">11x14 Acrylic on canvas<u></u><u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">Wood floating frame<u></u><u></u></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">$80.00</div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><b style="text-align: left;"><span face="Skia-Regular" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Artist Statement</span><span face="Skia-Regular">:</span></b><span face="Skia-Regular" style="text-align: left;"> </span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is something about paint moving across a surface that is so alluring and mesmerizing, as there is a certain calmness and stillness within the flow. The reaction and transformation of the paint as colors are tilted</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">, blown, or dragged across each other to create various effects is both soothing and exciting as pleasant surprise occasionally occur. My artwork is intended to provide interest, induce an emotion or feel</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ing, and perhaps provide a moment to escape or dream. Fluid paint pouring for me has been a journey of exploration that continues to teach </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">deeper lessons such as patience, trust, perseverance, and acceptance, all of which has helped me to learn and grow as an artist. </span> </p></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-75755394046415276402022-04-04T16:58:00.003-04:002022-05-02T16:20:45.329-04:00April Artist of the Month: Bridget Pavalow <p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: April 1st to April 30th</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bridget Pavalow</span></b></h1><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Skia-Regular; text-decoration-line: underline;">Artist Statement</span><span style="font-family: Skia-Regular;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Skia-Regular;"> Bridget Pavalow is an author-illustrator based in New York. She’s written two comics, “After Life” and “Secretive Quarrel,” her stories focus on self-discovery through magical adventure. As a person — and an artist — she’s never been fully represented in the media and is inspired to share her stories with others who also need to see their full selves in the media. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><b>Cozy Halloween</b></div><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Digital<br /></div><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small; text-align: center;">10x8</div><div style="font-family: Skia-Regular; font-size: small; text-align: center;">$400.00</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Skia-Regular;"><br /></div></div></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-65846343624323840382022-03-01T18:37:00.001-05:002022-05-02T16:20:30.742-04:00March Artist of the Month: Mary Ellen Staten<p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Optima; font-size: large;">Art At The Kent Library</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library with Arts on the Lake</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: March 1st to March 31st</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mary Ellen Staten</span></b></h1><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Optima-Regular;">Life through a lens, seems to have been a life’s motto for me. Always trying to capture the essence of life. </span><span style="font-family: Optima-Regular;">Line up our lives, compose the shot, focus and fire. Some times you get it and sometimes you don’t. </span><span style="font-family: Optima-Regular;">And when you don’t you refocus and shoot again. But you learn to be more patient, more steady, more selective about what we focus on. </span><span style="font-family: Optima-Regular;">This passion of photography is a spiritual journey for me and to </span><span style="font-family: Optima-Regular;">“ Capture the Spirit “ of that beautiful moment. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Optima;"><b><u>Contact for Web is Instagram:</u> </b></span><div><span style="font-family: Optima;"><b>MePhotography222</b></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a30003; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhfBZfHP_uxffE_RDZApmVw8KL2Amp8tIxBT6eFhMAyjxRFsuo_O26HfZN3cmeNfnCYElSw6fyWuFmTHxkBxs05FfuPxFYTrK44pev_L7mZ9nDQR9EAC2RrB2WNHvwfUTHz0mC45WWwJg9nyJ9q3w49y62YwdzQAqayKps89Ps7xjrfDh6waiOHf-aiw=s960" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhfBZfHP_uxffE_RDZApmVw8KL2Amp8tIxBT6eFhMAyjxRFsuo_O26HfZN3cmeNfnCYElSw6fyWuFmTHxkBxs05FfuPxFYTrK44pev_L7mZ9nDQR9EAC2RrB2WNHvwfUTHz0mC45WWwJg9nyJ9q3w49y62YwdzQAqayKps89Ps7xjrfDh6waiOHf-aiw=w591-h591" width="591" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNCGgL5LDp3EkrZfoJ8nHvvWNde86HhAskld6o2H4T5IARoCx5CE-0rX6FWXd89TRnwxofQEA5i3qTczb_YFgK61hfXh-8MyaF28Zks_Z6m-F2_C2cgQjl6aI3vIuQSMe2PBB8MnjpIWhNnV_RD_jR0l1OH4Fh0USDRxCOUdQITAL0_8RtLiNh-LH48A=s1060" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNCGgL5LDp3EkrZfoJ8nHvvWNde86HhAskld6o2H4T5IARoCx5CE-0rX6FWXd89TRnwxofQEA5i3qTczb_YFgK61hfXh-8MyaF28Zks_Z6m-F2_C2cgQjl6aI3vIuQSMe2PBB8MnjpIWhNnV_RD_jR0l1OH4Fh0USDRxCOUdQITAL0_8RtLiNh-LH48A=s320" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a30003; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-41350097653470464832022-02-01T14:39:00.004-05:002022-05-02T16:20:17.039-04:00February Artist of the Month - Jeanette Rodriguez<p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Art At The Kent Library<br /></span><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library with Arts on the Lake</span></span><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: February 1st to February 28th</span></span><br /><br />Jeanette Rodriguez<br />Teaching Artist, Alcohol Ink Painter and Jewelry Designer <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYNi0rH5dxn9JBq8Q6EiTyDIGYEmsVHmAAFY_t8Da28q4sEjcCLV35a3fclpOZethAnxQUpWCQL3QlZgDKte13KgpxkeFD7cB86jwph6g8XuL-wDWy1IRu9PA57TRSDgkUV2bxmDadvXzJiNyzQIBpvc_DvREn6Yb7BbYEWlByRA6Ph3r1l5sb7AF1eA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="415" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYNi0rH5dxn9JBq8Q6EiTyDIGYEmsVHmAAFY_t8Da28q4sEjcCLV35a3fclpOZethAnxQUpWCQL3QlZgDKte13KgpxkeFD7cB86jwph6g8XuL-wDWy1IRu9PA57TRSDgkUV2bxmDadvXzJiNyzQIBpvc_DvREn6Yb7BbYEWlByRA6Ph3r1l5sb7AF1eA=w337-h400" width="337" /></a></p><div style="font-family: Skia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: left;"><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Artist Statement</h4><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a30003; font-size: 11px;"> </span><br /></p><p style="color: black; text-align: left;">I can't say I paint what I see, I paint what I feel. There is a stillness in nature that speaks to me. I believe it speaks to all of us, but the everyday situations of our lives can interfere with that connection. For me making some effort to connect with nature is essential, like walking in a park, watching the sun rise, or seeing reflections on a lake, our colorful planet is inspiring. When I can silence the outer world and inner mind chatter, it allows me to enter into a flow state. I experience a loss of time and a deep connection with myself. Just like listening to music that speaks to my soul, art transforms me into a space of serenity.<br /><b>Website</b>: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jeanetterodriguez.net/&source=gmail&ust=1643838787861000&usg=AOvVaw3YYQ1HZljbbfx2HRCYRvb1" href="https://www.jeanetterodriguez.net/" target="_blank">jeanetterodriguez.net<br /></a><b>Instagram</b>: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/jralcoholinks/&source=gmail&ust=1643838787862000&usg=AOvVaw3bD8NflKwxJDv2xA9hTbbe" href="https://www.instagram.com/jralcoholinks/" target="_blank">jralcoholinks</a></p><p style="color: black; text-align: left;"><br />Jeanette Rodriguez has always engaged in art. She's been a teaching artist for over a decade. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Rodriguez is an award-winning artist who has exhibited in galleries and whose work hangs on the walls in private collections. She is the Founder of Soul Painting, a workshop that helps students tap into their intuition. She loves creating art and sharing the process of making art with others.<br /> <br />Years ago she had the opportunity to teach in Mayer, Arizona, and the Big Island of Hawaii. Upon returning to New York, she began teaching Soul Painting in the Hudson Valley area. Jeanette is fascinated by students who initially believed they were incapable of creating art become painters, jewelry designers, and full-time artists!<br /> <br />As an artist, she finds that painting helps her release stress; it has assisted her in healing during rough times in her life. Jeanette admits it's not always easy. She's learned to live in the moment and trust the process. The ever-changing and peaceful energy of nature, from the transformation of luminous fall colors to the silence of winter, is what Jeanette strives to capture in her paintings. She shares her creative teaching style with the same motivation and enthusiasm to help students release stress and help them discover their inner-artistic gifts.</p><p></p></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a30003; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZO-WEh6iLI6yIhrWRrrdXVMvNj5HPnYR28rXdQrjQ_6rGgUFYHUtXQKcU84OzVVMNxVeiu5h9_zt60m9a_6M2P2S_QKhWwCqpc8Uz8pjACqiPhUe0rNpNg3LnVkVo34E1mMpARzok84blhdNq1PSVfA82rQySykcrsukl3bE-PofyFN4wmo7Yrhp3cg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZO-WEh6iLI6yIhrWRrrdXVMvNj5HPnYR28rXdQrjQ_6rGgUFYHUtXQKcU84OzVVMNxVeiu5h9_zt60m9a_6M2P2S_QKhWwCqpc8Uz8pjACqiPhUe0rNpNg3LnVkVo34E1mMpARzok84blhdNq1PSVfA82rQySykcrsukl3bE-PofyFN4wmo7Yrhp3cg=s16000" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Sea of Light</b></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>8 x 11.5</b></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper</b></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>$250</b></div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a30003; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuspmyvDFJ3x325zRBww6YVa-EQDbNkRDXPtonak9wAn0o_OZqJUT775LY31VBcw4ekCRzOZXSNYY3rsGTscHqZ8CtXTFncj75q4yXKlCy_tkbGqbda1BKlnAsc7FucKHyG_DEziLysWZxKlCDOrRuL6QJybgM7RWdDT1ViIA4RL-6nmpycnf_YrNymg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a30003; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8sBVGV094ON24wdXHQbLX8vSn_7ic2oB3lNRWJTWfQSw9T_nJtjXOmmmEat5W1ZKW5Hx_fPSvxKZgvjHaIZ0IL12ZFrmaosyjtpkBpuxyxE26XkP42pVwpmO41M7EB6_JOgIyVgYw4erqS6klpCr00P5QbWIT0OadxwqxKrWDeof3HyqKyU4OZEW8cg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8sBVGV094ON24wdXHQbLX8vSn_7ic2oB3lNRWJTWfQSw9T_nJtjXOmmmEat5W1ZKW5Hx_fPSvxKZgvjHaIZ0IL12ZFrmaosyjtpkBpuxyxE26XkP42pVwpmO41M7EB6_JOgIyVgYw4erqS6klpCr00P5QbWIT0OadxwqxKrWDeof3HyqKyU4OZEW8cg=s16000" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Night Meets Day</b></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>12 x 12</b></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper</b></div><div style="font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>$350</b></div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6FkqaXOMXhjJJNqA5Q8Aa4h9TD2xREGo5djcLb7-pCiKJU5E_MdhCnDNGZsZm33r5bcxsJI1X6dJqZ-xlcXJ8RT6OmkZLUGdJNoEC7UaBUHCrhahMvbGInGuA0s1k7BfUr11ZX7Zn5EImuEeHgS7cYEKQGKcR9wgpFj8MiD6mzQ4y_sKZLFRktKeKGQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-family: Skia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-10534703956206647992021-11-29T17:17:00.011-05:002022-02-01T18:26:25.529-05:00December Artist of the Month: Doreen O'Connor<p><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #a30003; font-family: Skia; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Art At The Kent Library</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library with Arts on the Lake</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Exhibition Dates: January 1st to January 31st</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;">Doreen O'Connor</p><p>Doreen O'Connor has lived in the Hudson Valley region almost her whole life and feels deeply connected to and inspired by the history and natural beauty of the area. Though her early years were in suburbia, her family purchased a farm in Dutchess County when she was nine years old. That farm and the surroundings became her muse.</p><p>Following the conventional wisdom of the 60s, Doreen pursued degrees in Art Education in order to be able to make a living from her art. After two years of teaching Junior High art, she went back to get a graduate degree only to find she had priced herself out of the market for art teachers. She worked as a substitute and continued to work in the historic house museum she had been working in while in graduate school. She stayed in the local history field for 20 years.</p><p></p><p>In 1990 Doreen started a decorative painting business doing faux finishes, murals, trompe l'oeil, etc. and never looked back. She found she was finally making a living from her art. "If it doesn't move, I have probably painted on it'' became her slogan.</p><p>Doreen moved back to the family farm after her father died in 2001 and lived there and cared for the place as she continued to do the decorative painting. As faux finishes were losing popularity and age was advancing, Doreen has been more involved in "fine art" work painting beloved old buildings, equipment and landscapes <i>en plein air</i> (outdoors).</p><p>Doreen is a member of ArtEast Open Studio Tour, Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters and FrOGS, where she participates with other artists in paint outs and exhibits.</p><p>You can visit Ms. O'Connor online on her website at <a href="http://www.1doconnorwildflowers.com">www.1doconnorwildflowers.com</a>.</p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68hKvCYO3b7W5dQqn2uVIetQuHNlg2UaF5ASs5OYCSjpkhUR27nNyISDaWZPG7PSqKuvT8HAdEdIX_DJWJ-wwHaIouHN2105zcN7GVqxgR8epo4xNDtlG5XiQIehavmwIqBMQxPXDQLzO/w462-h337/unnamed+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"Host of Golden Daffodils"<br />Acrylic on Panel<br />11" x 15"<br />$500</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Swamp Trees"</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on Panel</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">10" x 12"</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">$400</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivaikkQQgz3SaC2wmHPGpWaSgFh_gLgLoctg1QB6RuXZcaoldwQyqOEbZE5d-LPJA115PIHNvv-B7_e71U4xhypYk_eGGRA7J4Xy6tP6Ew76FcnMm-nM50jfhteTYaqIiqyEfn3RiUnT4B/s532/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="481" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivaikkQQgz3SaC2wmHPGpWaSgFh_gLgLoctg1QB6RuXZcaoldwQyqOEbZE5d-LPJA115PIHNvv-B7_e71U4xhypYk_eGGRA7J4Xy6tP6Ew76FcnMm-nM50jfhteTYaqIiqyEfn3RiUnT4B/w351-h388/unnamed.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Eleven Foot Six" sunflowers</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on Panel </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">14" x 15"</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">$300</span></b></span></div></div><p></p></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-63667024260032708702021-11-04T11:37:00.000-04:002021-11-04T11:37:25.454-04:00November Artist of the Month: Jeanne Plekon<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuVBcdRyI75piJ8GPsJAavnVZ-NS_BMAIAXGJDiyymCnj2TjNsaPwqsw1rV_j1dIV5bgOAiTXBqsOgVsWBlb0y8FCQbBVyLnrUti_ekVdaCs73KgEhf-cvrE0_sliqtm436_0fsEfIint/s320/JP+painting+at+Pegleg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuVBcdRyI75piJ8GPsJAavnVZ-NS_BMAIAXGJDiyymCnj2TjNsaPwqsw1rV_j1dIV5bgOAiTXBqsOgVsWBlb0y8FCQbBVyLnrUti_ekVdaCs73KgEhf-cvrE0_sliqtm436_0fsEfIint/w320-h240/JP+painting+at+Pegleg.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jeanne Plekon Bio</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I am a painter of landscapes and local scenery in the Hudson Valley in New York and in southern California. Most of my paintings are done 'en plein air’ - meaning ‘out doors,’ so a hat, umbrella, bug spray and sunscreen are essential equipment when I paint. I retreat to the comfort of my small studio to put finishing touches and my signature on paintings, and occasionally have painted entirely from a photograph.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">After graduating college with a double major in studio art and art history, I earned a Masters in Art History and Museum Studies from the Williams College-Clark Art Institute. At Columbia University I completed all but my dissertation for the PhD, and focussed on landscape painting in the 18th and 19th centuries. This study was foundational for my current pursuits, though between then and now, life had other plans for me. Creating art was my orientation from the start, and now - after a 35 year hiatus in the corporate world - I am back at it. To help develop my art, I have studied with John C. Traynor in New Hampshire, Saim Caglayan in Borrego Springs, CA, Kate McGloughlin in Woodstock, NY, and Bill Galen, from Santa Fe.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I paint as often as possible, often with the Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters, the San Diego Plein Air Painters and the Borrego Springs Plein Air Painters. I exhibit in the ArtEast (Dutchess County, NY) Open Studio Tour, the Pawling Farmers Market, and at various informal art shows in New England, and in California at the Borrego Art Institute, at the community arts festival called ‘The Circle of Art,’ and at the Borrego Soroptimists Art Studio Tour.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I have painted many ‘house portraits,’ often for families who are selling a long-time home and relocating, who want a painting to help remember the home and good-times. Contact me if you are interested. Images of the house portraits are available on my website.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2020: Second Prize, Fallbrook, CA, Grand Traditions Paint Out</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2019: Honorable mention, Fallbrook, CA, Grand Traditions Paint Out</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2018: Third Prize in Oil Painting at the Cortland (NY) Wine and Art Festival.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">www.jeanneplekon.com</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">jplekon@yahoo.com</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">845-702-6974</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sponsored by The Friends of the Kent Library with Arts on the Lake</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIjhB05E98rmP4H6M0B3LCql5y-0gdn7T8inkpVKBXcf6H-cWg_q7MKQhYPgLjFoXJzF-wOO6_SC83HelGFxO7EyOy1qBodPunbQ-WQ9qI0t5iQcVCWmgkpz00T5cSjlorQYCxwf-FlU3/s306/Betsy%2527s+Meadow+at+Dawn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="306" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIjhB05E98rmP4H6M0B3LCql5y-0gdn7T8inkpVKBXcf6H-cWg_q7MKQhYPgLjFoXJzF-wOO6_SC83HelGFxO7EyOy1qBodPunbQ-WQ9qI0t5iQcVCWmgkpz00T5cSjlorQYCxwf-FlU3/s0/Betsy%2527s+Meadow+at+Dawn.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Betsy’s Meadow at Dawn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">9” x 12”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oil on canvas panel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$300</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFMj0IWgZznuy0cBk8R_fflR82XQMAPyO1geZtV9vpS3JSvL_vUNfskE-KRuCkLyEtDK7B9SqfIAS6yvPwW-r_Ji0-yNdtc1anOQjEBfVu0AGxABASuLPHOMNPnp7vE_3_Np7VuNDl_xN/s307/Carey+Cottage%252C+Portsmouth+NH.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="307" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFMj0IWgZznuy0cBk8R_fflR82XQMAPyO1geZtV9vpS3JSvL_vUNfskE-KRuCkLyEtDK7B9SqfIAS6yvPwW-r_Ji0-yNdtc1anOQjEBfVu0AGxABASuLPHOMNPnp7vE_3_Np7VuNDl_xN/s0/Carey+Cottage%252C+Portsmouth+NH.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Carey Cottage, Portsmouth NH</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">11” x 14”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oil on canvas panel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$425</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMSiPJmhFAu8UZsQCO1ljRUSO3Af0rvoO3RSVxLA3D7sRF7CQr4qExDNNDwRWmEbu3DE21vxD7_YcQriDlGL-pHyeVsE03GqFpGztM99FQVuc2k4QyPETUguqnA4zYS87ZI2H5rf33rff/s303/unnamed+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="240" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMSiPJmhFAu8UZsQCO1ljRUSO3Af0rvoO3RSVxLA3D7sRF7CQr4qExDNNDwRWmEbu3DE21vxD7_YcQriDlGL-pHyeVsE03GqFpGztM99FQVuc2k4QyPETUguqnA4zYS87ZI2H5rf33rff/s0/unnamed+%25282%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Akin Library</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">10” x 8”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oil on canvas panel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$250</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHBxvT72h5Oi3I8uouLWWYK2NPohTdoBWTjAkQP3ewMwj6_FkVDxbyDDl4bsYKucGMNGLoceOAW-rltybeMtQgPzgnl3nXvEuyCtMi_GQB1_7yR8NaDCaF3QStvMGNminekQ4REYBdbQR/s320/unnamed+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHBxvT72h5Oi3I8uouLWWYK2NPohTdoBWTjAkQP3ewMwj6_FkVDxbyDDl4bsYKucGMNGLoceOAW-rltybeMtQgPzgnl3nXvEuyCtMi_GQB1_7yR8NaDCaF3QStvMGNminekQ4REYBdbQR/s0/unnamed+%25283%2529.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pawling Baptist Church</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">12” x 9”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oil on canvas panel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$300</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxp1ONigydoRTfXstO4KMbforlye5FH9ayWBsueebG1SN4jkYEaGESRxprn7PulAdvd1Pzqz1Sws96RPITtCfIKOYAWqecpE4xovMEjJAPH2Xr2QRJGZy0milOEZsNTOeWBDUnU8YhWnE/s319/unnamed+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="241" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxp1ONigydoRTfXstO4KMbforlye5FH9ayWBsueebG1SN4jkYEaGESRxprn7PulAdvd1Pzqz1Sws96RPITtCfIKOYAWqecpE4xovMEjJAPH2Xr2QRJGZy0milOEZsNTOeWBDUnU8YhWnE/s0/unnamed+%25284%2529.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Goose Island at Ray’s Lake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">12” x 9”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oil on canvas panel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$300</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeSVrP4bUFd7Ht_ESu9vcsMlIfE9KBKHi3a5_Y7hX8dL6DvSdZYBEGR3K-KUKISZ0ZSA-WL-JlW3_S_lp0DHvVf8IY89BGXqZ7o_HPOcQ-xpMASxa4UJwg-jqKCLoARE7rAT7Z8VyebqN/s319/View+from+Burger+Hill.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="319" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeSVrP4bUFd7Ht_ESu9vcsMlIfE9KBKHi3a5_Y7hX8dL6DvSdZYBEGR3K-KUKISZ0ZSA-WL-JlW3_S_lp0DHvVf8IY89BGXqZ7o_HPOcQ-xpMASxa4UJwg-jqKCLoARE7rAT7Z8VyebqN/s0/View+from+Burger+Hill.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">View from Burger Hill, Rhinebeck NY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">12” x 16”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oil on canvas panel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">$525</div></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757021259722224491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539616613930311037.post-44620550480616458122021-10-10T09:48:00.003-04:002021-10-10T09:48:26.620-04:00October Artist of the Month: Cynthia O'Connor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2xur6yvAjJv8U4U6DDwNOOxCmgtbC3BBVAxF155t-jYQxY-eEd_q3aDrUu-6f-JfOmzQ7VNgyOzNQ5zQPCFoF6ZNFSOFbvyeC9OuigC04gxFs4PI-RE7mkX71zbZAGQvn0wK04LegQC1/s640/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2xur6yvAjJv8U4U6DDwNOOxCmgtbC3BBVAxF155t-jYQxY-eEd_q3aDrUu-6f-JfOmzQ7VNgyOzNQ5zQPCFoF6ZNFSOFbvyeC9OuigC04gxFs4PI-RE7mkX71zbZAGQvn0wK04LegQC1/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">Cynthia O’Connor Bio</span></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Cynthia O’Connor was born and raised in Chicago. In the early 1980’s, Cynthia moved to New York, where she became a successful advertising executive.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">In 2005, Cynthia retired from the advertising business and embarked on a new career in photography. She established “A Thousand Words Photography”, an artist consortium in Sherman, Connecticut. </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">In 2010, Cynthia went solo with a new venture: “Big Shots by Cindy.” </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Her work includes event photography, portraiture, weddings, and corporate commissions. Cynthia’s photographs have been exhibited at Denise Bibro Fine Art in New York City, the White Silo Winery, the Kent (CT) Art Association, Art at Trinity (Lakeville, CT), and the Hancock House is Danbury, CT.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Cynthia has won numerous awards and she exhibits throughout the year. </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Cynthia O’Connor – Artist Statement</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">I'm passionate about everything I do, and I've always sought to convert my talents into something beneficial to others. All around me, things call to me deeply. Some bring me joy, others tug at my heart, and still others render me speechless. I need to look inside and find the soul of what or whom is before me. What catches my eye is embedded, the beauty, irony, humor, or the melancholy. I must capture it, understand it, and share it, that feeling... that moment.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">My camera is always with me, and I endeavor to capture not just what I see but what I experience from what I see. I hope my vision brings a meaningful connection to all who see my work, to what surrounds us all, and what we all have deep inside us.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMGA23xchT8KRCuxHgWJQLJMqTKCyYQkz_0GWQJLnkGjiG-096SnDNg-yYt_9anSB_Ui-4XiacpTAZo3QJUoSK7feAGDiTcIBf9Dc7L_kqFEq6dIfrh3cApOlGLPMQ99J5j8zmX1CeiUY/s640/cozier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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