May Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Riley the Dog

Show Dates: May 1st-31st

 

Jeff Hodges

  Jeff Hodges is a videographer based in Manhattan who has been filming documentaries, fashion shows, and the performing arts for almost 50 years. He has produced many films about nature and local history that can be found in libraries and historical societies throughout Putnam County and elsewhere.

Here is what he has to say about the subject of his current exhibit "Riley the Dog":

Riley the dog came to us from Santa Monica California. She was five years old, and such a hellion that her previous owner sometimes gave her bits of Valium to make her more tractable.

Like other Yorkies that entered our lives throughout the years, she arrived "over my dead body" but nonetheless took up residence in our city/country lifestyle. She quickly adapted to the turmoil of Manhattan, strutting down the sidewalk like a hoodlum, barking at police cars and ambulances, straining at the end of her leash to challenge any dog that came along. Friendly dog owners would attempt a canine introduction, saying "my dog is a real sweetheart, she loves little dogs" while Riley launched herself into the air in a frenzy of snarling and biting. We had no friends among the large fraternity of urban dog owners.

The first time I brought her to the country I took her into the woods and turned her loose. She tore up a rocky ridge barking and sniffing, terrorizing squirrels and chipmunks, and digging into the earth until she all but disappeared. This is what she'd been waiting for her whole life. When she came back down she was my dog and never left my side for the next nine years. When she died, she left behind a long list of creatures that she treed, took to ground, and otherwise challenged and intimidated, including a fisher, a litter of bobcats, countless deer, and a couple of coyotes.

Not bad for a dog that weighed six pounds soaking wet after a full meal.

There are fourteen 10"x12" photos in the exhibit $100 Per Photo

One 11"x14" photo $125 

 

April Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Here and Away

Show Dates: April  1st-30th

 

Arlene Seymour 

Creating for ArleneRobinArt

Contact Info

arlenerobinart.com

ArleneRobinArt (Ships from: the US) - Etsy

  Arlene Seymour was born in NYC, but travels to the Hudson Valley in her teens left a lasting impression. She moved to the Hudson Valley in 1978. After several attempts to relocate, the pull of the river and mountains were an irresistible force, becoming her official home in 2000. She spent many of her professional years as a Creative Arts Therapist. Semi-retired now, she is able to focus on her art, letting it flow in whatever current runs below the surface. Arlene's art can be seen in exhibitions throughout the area and in several private collections. Using watercolor, gouache, ink, and acrylic, Arlene’s paintings are inspired by her home in the beautiful Hudson Valley and her travels worldwide. 

When discussing her process and inspiration Seymour explained; “I create colorful, expressive semi-abstract landscapes, wildlife, figures, and fanciful worlds based on my photography and my imagination. I believe creation is a core response humans possess to express emotions. My work is inspired by my years as a creative arts therapist, witnessing the progress people are capable of when they are encouraged to express themselves. I believe each work of art I create is infused with emotions that others can relate to. Although I often begin a piece based on my photographs, my inner state reveals itself in surprising and pleasing images and forms in my paintings. At times, my work is intuitive and spontaneous, when layers and colors of paint transform a blank canvas to an imaginative landscape or figure. I work with acrylics, gouache, watercolor, and inks on paper or canvas. This exhibition is composed of a variety of my work including my trip to England last year, my home, June pond in Putnam county as well as some of my imaginary natural world paintings. It is my hope that these paintings show a combination of the physical and emotional while bringing to the viewer an image to ponder.”

Barn After Snowfall

12"x12" Watercolor $250

Golden Autumn

9"x12" Watercolor $250

Hyde Park Heron

 16"x20"Acrylic $500

 

March Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Diversity in Color

Show Dates: March 1st-31st

 

Pamela Hallisey “Aries” 

Contact Info

https://signsofaries.com

917-566-0160

signsofaries@gmail.com

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

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

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

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

The King of the Night

10"x8" Pyrography and Watercolor

Original matted and framed $362

10"x8" Archival Print $30

The Pink Prince

14"x11" Watercolor

Original matted and framed $450

14"x11" Archival Print $40

Jynx the Mothman

 8"x10" Acrylic POSCA Marker on Paper

Original matted and framed $158

8"x10" Archival Print $25

Help

 14"x11" Pyrography and Watercolor

Original matted and framed $525

14"x11" Archival Print $40

 

February Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Four Seasons

Show Dates: February 3rd-27th

 

Doris Mady

 

Contact Info

dorismady.com

dorismady42@gmail.com

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

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

Earliest of Mornings

12”h x 16” w, oil on canvas, $ 675.00

Hop-Scotch Rocks

12”h x 16”w, oil on canvas, $ 675.00

Dorset Summer

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

 

January Artist of the Month

              Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library

with Arts on the Lake

Exhibit: Echoes of Earth  

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

 

Emma O'Leary

 

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

Flora

Oils on Canvas 16"x20"

$175.00

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Oils on Canvas 11"x8"

Not for sale

Resting Fawn

Oil on Canvas 24"x38"

Not for sale