Kent Library's Artist of the Month Blog
Meet the artist of the month, with our art director Amanda Lynne.
Monday, March 31, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
March Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibit: Diversity in ColorShow Dates: March 1st-31st
Pamela Hallisey “Aries”
Pamela Hallisey, also known as “Aries” is a self-taught artist living in Lake Carmel, NY. She was born in 1971. When she was a child, even when times were tough and money was short, “Aries” as she likes to be called, remembers always having access to pencils, paper and crayons; and thus began her love of creating.
Spending time with her “Poppy” in his basement workshop, as he created things, like dollhouses and personal plaques for loved ones, further inspired her. She came to learn and believe that there is nothing you cannot create if it comes from love, and passion, and grows within your heart. Having two adult daughters, she hopes she can instill in them, and in anyone who views her work, the belief that anything is possible.
With all forms of nature as her inspiration, Aries creates Fun and Fine art in multiple mediums. From vibrant and cute cryptids created with POSCA markers, to realistic birds with watercolor. She also incorporates the use of her pyrography (commonly known as wood-burning) tool in as much of her work as possible.
In recent years, Aries has invested a lot of her time into figuring out how to bring pyrography and watercolor together, learning the proper temperatures to burn on paper and finding a style that truly enhanced the beauty of both mediums. She refers to the combining of these two mediums as her “Fire and Water” technique. Having always loved everything outdoors, spending time in the woods as a teen in Queens and now enjoying every moment of wildlife she gets to experience around Lake Carmel, NY, she brings her love of local wildlife and the outdoors into her current works. Her “Birds of Prey,” “Backyard Birds,” and “Nocturnal” collections feature all of the local wildlife she’s surrounded by every day.
8"x10" Acrylic POSCA Marker on Paper
Original matted and framed $158
8"x10" Archival Print $25
14"x11" Pyrography and Watercolor
Original matted and framed $525
14"x11" Archival Print $40
Friday, January 31, 2025
February Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibit: Four SeasonsShow Dates: February 3rd-27th
Doris Mady
"Many Artist Statements refer to “Nature” and “Colors” as a means to describe why a person has taken on the mighty task of painting. I too could fall under that umbrella, but I consider myself an “outdoor” painter, also known as a Plein Aire Painter. Once someone asked me, “Why plein aire?” My answer, ”because being outdoors offers an infinite array of possibilities that tickle not only my mind, but yours as well...day by day, season by season. So please enjoy!” -Doris Mady
As a child, before all the budget cuts for The Arts, Doris was fortunate enough to attend public schools that had art programs. In Junior High School and High School she majored in art and is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, studied at School of Visual Arts, Westchester Community and Skidmore Colleges. Following a long, successful advertising career as creative director/art director in some of advertising’s Top Twenty advertising agencies she decided to pursue her first love: oil painting. In addition to so many wonderful places in the US, painting has taken her to South America, Europe, and the South Pacific! In addition to traveling Doris’s artwork has afforded her almost a dozen awards and has gained her membership to 7 prestigious art councils.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
January Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibit: Echoes of Earth Show Dates: December 30th 2024 - January 31st 2025
Emma O'Leary
Across all mediums within my practice, my aim is to create artwork as a form of documentation: both of my everyday life and internal world. Through use of bright colors, angular depictions, and invented spaces; I intend to break the expectations of my medium. Simultaneously mending the gap between illustration and traditional oil painting. Above all, my paintings are a whimsical take on the world that surrounds us, a celebration of the mundane with a desire to fill the world with color.
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Sunday, December 1, 2024
December
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibit: An Inventive Mind Show Dates: November 30th-December 28th
Don Longabucco
Paper Collage, Brooklyn Bridge
Thursday, October 31, 2024
November Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibit: Autumn in the Hudson Valley Show Dates: November 1st-30th
Joseph Pizzuti
A Church in the Catskills
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
October Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibit: Autumn in the Hudson Valley Show Dates: October 1st-31st
Susannah Leighton
Japanese Maple, October
Saturday, August 31, 2024
September Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibit: A Little Bit of This...A Little Bit of That! August 31st-September 28th
Patricia DiIorio
I make art because I need to- Art is Life is Art for me!
I'm drawn to different techniques and materials so I don't contain my creative curiosity and art adventures to just one approach, genre or medium.
The theme "A Little Bit of This...A Little Bit of That" reflects my artistic journey and eclectic approach. I invite my audience to experience each artwork with no preconceived notion that the piece has some sort of "meaning" but that instead "it is what it is" to each person who views it.
My work encompasses a variety of processes and mediums such as painting, printmaking, steel sculpture, mixed media, textiles, ceramics, weaving, driftwood, natural elements, recycling and upcycling.
Each medium presents its own challenges as I work to express ideas and create unified compositions through the elements of art and principles of design, including color, shape, form, line, value, texture and movement, among others
Through constant experimentation, I've come to understand that each piece I crate helps me to see that art is not about following a single path, but about embracing the multitude of directions that creativity can take me.
Email: pdartanddesign@gmail.com
Phone: (914) 980-5887
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
August Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeAugust 1st-August 31st
Eliot Scher
Eliot Scher is a fine art photographer from Carmel, New York. He retired from a thirty seven year teaching career to find joy behind the lens of a camera. Eliot’s images are digitally processed, Giclee prints museum matted and framed and also printed on metal.
Though he is, more often than not, a landscape photographer, you will also see him creating compelling sports images, children’s photography, portrait photography of all kinds and photographs of model railroads. His work has been published in quite a few magazines and has been put into book print form.
Eliot believes that art is the story of life in visual form, be it an image, a sculpture, a song, a poem, or any type of creative expression. Without art, life would be dull and without a very special kind of joy. He believes that every image in your home should be something you want to look at every day. Otherwise, Eliot says, it’s just a space on your wall.
We’re all here for some purpose. If we can make our lives more vibrant and meaningful through art, we’re on the right road.
New England Canopy
$295
20"x30" printed on metal using a Chromaluxe dye sublimation process
Fire Island Shoes
$295
20"x30" printed on metal using a Chromaluxe dye sublimation process
Taos Trees
$365
28"x36" printed on metal using a Chromaluxe dye sublimation process
Friday, June 28, 2024
July Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the Lakei love the way you love: June 29th-July 31st
Steph Gonzalez
Steph Gonzalez is an Illustrator and Designer based in New Rochelle, NY. They earned their BFA in Digital and New Media from Pace University and is interested in using interdisciplinary approaches to increase access to art and education. Steph is a Board Member of the New Rochelle Art Association and, in addition to freelancing and exhibiting in local shows, is working to obtain their MA in Art Education from Lehman College.
“For my graduate thesis exhibition, I created a series of illustrations on Adobe Illustrator inspired by the quiet and personal work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres. What I’m exhibiting here, at the Kent Public Library, are the original sketchbook drawings that my digital work is based on. “Untitled” (i love the way you love) is a celebration of the queer people in my life who I hold dear to my heart. Like Gonzalez-Torres, I sought to explore and express my queer experience while allowing room for the audience to insert themselves and create their own personal connections with the work.
I, along with the subjects of these portraits, recognize the stories behind each image, but the lack of context is meant to encourage the construction of new narratives. Each moment was first captured in a photograph. I used that photo as reference for a colored pencil sketch that then became the basis for the final drawing in Adobe Illustrator. Instead of working directly from the photograph I decided to draw on paper first so I could take the time to fully reflect on who and what I was rendering. Through that love I hold for each person, this collective of moments ultimately became a self-portrait.”
Instagram: @yummyknife
Website: StephGonzalez.art