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2008 Shows |
"Buone Feste"@ RiverWinds Gallery - Holiday Group Show
November 8 - through the December 31
Open Everyday now through Dec 24....and open late Friday and Saturday nights
RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon offers a unique holiday shopping experience. Will Keafuver’s Hudson River paintings explore the beauty and serenty of the river. Nancy Bauch’s bowls and holiday bells are stunning. These artists plus many more offer one of a kind gift for that special someone on your list, a handmade gift that says you have given thought.
Special for the holidays we have hand made ornaments by Nancy Bauch, Jan Davis and Allen Paiva plus holiday cards and card gift packs by Allison Cross, Alexis Lynch, Mary Ann Glass and Linda Hubbard.
Bannerman Castle Sunset - photograph by Robert Rodriquez, Jr.
For the home decor we have fine art landscape, and nature photographs by Robrt Rodriguez Jr, Mary Ann Glass, Linda Hubbard and Karl LaLonde.
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Winter snow paintings by Lee Haber
There are wonderful paintings and drawings by Lee Haber, Jamie Grossman, Will Kefauver, Robert Ferrucci, Peter Billman, Allison Cross and Virginia Donovan plus mixed media by Christopher Staples and painted porcelain by Paola Bari.
Hudson Light by Will Kefauver
There are also hand painted ceramic wall tiles by Marilyn Price plus her vases, earring dishes and bowls. Ceramists Jennie Chien, Tinya Seeger and Maryam Ali have a wide array of items for the kitchen and dining room.
And new for the holidays - RoseAnna Stokes suchi dishes
We also have paper sculptures by Lila Turjanski
Dancers by Lila Turjanski
For that special lady on your list we have warm scarves and shawls by Kelly Makara and Karen Lemke, plus purses by Emma Crawford. Lucious colors of hand dyed yarn are also available.
There is a wide selection of jewelry - earrings, necklaces, and bracelets in silver, crystal, glass, precious and semi precious stones by Carolyn Baum, Paola Bari, Jan Davis, Virginia Donovan, Michael Dunn, Kathy LaLonde, Virginia Goggin, Julie Siegmund, Christopher Staples, Nancy Troske and Jean Morris.
Nightblossom necklace by Nancy Troske
For that special man on your list we have truck photos by Karl LaLonde, Hudson Valley landscape and aerial photographs, warm scarves, landscape paintings, mugs, and journals.
And if you need some last minute small gift ideas - we have
Great Gifts for $20 or less!
Elegant bookmarks for the book-lover on your list: $14.50
Pretty and useful earring dishes - these will sell out! $20
Fabulous ornaments -- charming angels, adorable snow babies, glittering gift giving boxes, jolly Santa, delicate snowflakes and candy canes. (For just $5 more -- $25 -- enchanting porcelain bells)
Face-flattering earrings - large and small: $20
Hearty stoneware mugs, guaranteed to keep your cocoa hot! $18
Calendars - desktop and wall size -- for the hard-to-buy-for person on your list: $12 & $16.95
Whimsical refrigerator magnets: $15
Unique holiday (and all occasion) cards featuring work from local artists: $2.50 - $8.00
Beautiful card packs of the Hudson Valley and the holidays: $15.00
Gorgeous hand-dyed yarns in luscious colors: $17.50
Charming ceramic soap dishes/teabag holders, etc.: $12 - $20
Adorable mini-vases in red, blue, green: $12 - $20
Very tiny Zen bowl: $12
Big beautiful bows to give your packages that wow factor: $5
Fun beaded holiday pins -- wreaths, trees: $20
Contemplative journals, for deep thoughts: $19.95
And more!!
Come and enjoy the Holidays in our gallery!
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Aristotle said, “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Nyack sculptor Jennie Chien’s work does just that. Her show “Meditations on Circles: Works in Metal, Clay, and Paper,” runs from October 8 to November 3, 2008 at the RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon, NY. She is Featured Artist for the month of October. The Artist Reception is on Beacon’s Second Saturday, October 11, from 5 to 8 PM.
Chien’s pieces evoke the circle archetype, which symbolizes the sun, the eternal, wholeness, enlightenment, and the self. Viewers go down into the quiet within themselves through the power of the archetype and their contemplation of the organic and timeless qualities of works’ form and surface.
The works are spiritual, inspired mainly by Buddhist thought. They include an antique well wheel, a sun made of welded nails and bronze, ceramic vessels inspired by Zen, and delicate paper casts of labyrinths.
Chien, an informally trained fine artist, is an award-winning graphic designer with an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA in Economics and Far Eastern Studies from Columbia University. She is in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Women, and is involved in many art programs and panels in Rockland County.
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Artist Reception September 13, 5 - 8pm
RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon presents the photography of Ellen M. Galinsky “Forgotten Spaces”. For more than three decades, her photographs have traced the process of change, as nature reclaims what's left of human creation - the tenacity and triumph of living weeds, flowers, and trees to invade walls, to crack even the strongest of structures, and ultimately, to make their own creations out of ours. The opening reception for the show is September 13, 5 - 8pm (Beacon Second Saturday). This show will run until October 6, 2008.
Her photography is her way of seeking answers to some of life's most seemingly intractable questions. It is a journey of discovery and understanding: what happens to what we try to create, try to build, try to maintain, try to preserve? We spend so much of our lives attempting, each in our own way, to leave indelible footprints that will outlast us - in our homes, in our families, in our communities, and in our work. On a daily basis, we fight against the encroachment of dust and decay, but time erases and nature reclaims.
She has photographed this stunning nexus between death and rebirth, all over the world. “While some might turn away from these monuments to the very nature of life, I venture in-to try to understand more about the realities of endings and beginnings” says Galinsky. This show includes recent photos from five parts of the world Chile, the Greek island of Kos, Kansas, New Mexico and Martinique in France. Her photography has been exhibited in Charleston, WV and several galleries in Manhattan and surrounding NYC areas. This is her first exhibit in Beacon, NY.
The photographs are all taken with a Nikon F100 using Film: Kodak Portra 160VC. She then has them developed as a Metallic C Print. Her presentation is very unique. The photographs are then flush mounted on Black Sintra, then mounted onto Frosted Plexiglas, protected with a clear laminate. The effect is beautiful and haunting.
Ellen Galinsky is President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute (FWI) based in New York City, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies the changing workforce, family and community. She is the author of 35 books and reports, many of which are illustrated with her photographs. She also directs and co-directs many world-renowned studies, such as the most comprehensive ongoing studies of the U.S. workforce and workplace-the National Study of the Changing Workforce and the National Study of Employers. In addition, she is currently co-directing Mind in the Making, a project on early learning that includes a prime time television series.
A leading authority on work family issues, she was a presenter at the 2000 White House Conference on Teenagers and the 1997 White House Conference on Child Care. She is the recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Achievement Award from Vassar College as well as numerous other awards and three honorary doctorates. A popular keynote speaker, she appears regularly at national conferences, on television and in the media, including Today, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show, ABC World News with Charles Gibson, and Oprah.
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"INSPIRIT: COLOR EXPLORATIONS” Paintings by Ellen A. Lewis
* Sold
August 9 – September 8, 2008
Artist Reception: Saturday August 9, 5 – 8pm |
RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon presents ‘Inspirit: Color Explorations” paintings by Ellen Lewis. Ellen’s paintings reveal her evolving use of color in landscape paintings. “Most memories people hold on to are in color . . . bright vibrant color. Because of the colors and the sense of the unknown my paintings will promote instant reflection,” says Lewis.
The artist’s creative interests toward painting was triggered by a family tragedy. “In 2005, I had a gut feeling and bought a canvas and started painting despite the fact that I hadn’t created a work on canvas ever before,” says the artist. “Soon after that my mother, the biggest cheerleader for my creative pursuits, entered the worst of her battle with cancer. I was able to give her the painting she had always encouraged me to create.” Painting helps me honor that connection to my mother, but recently it has also become expression of solitude and joy. That may be reflected in the brighter colors and fiery nature of some of my landscapes.” |
Born in Queens NY, Lewis, 38, now resides in Sandy Springs, GA and spends approximately four months a year in her hometown Floral Park, NY and in a rustic family cabin in Harriman State Park, NY. In addition to being represented full-time by a well-known and respected Georgia gallery she is also being sold world-wide to corporate and private establishments by a renown fine art publishing company. Currently Lewis’s works are in private and commercial collections nationally and including private commissions.
Lewis’s work has been included in group exhibitions at New York’s Art Director’s Club, The Whitney Museum of American Art and The School of Visual Arts, where she received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in three-dimensional design and illustration. Lewis has 20 years of commercial experience bringing people’s visions and concepts to life as a designer, sculptor, calligrapher, scenic painter, special effects engineer, prop stylist, carpenter and set dresser. She has worked on music videos, movies, television commercials, Broadway shows, high-end holiday and store displays from Manhattan to Los Angeles, and more. In 2001, she founded her freelance business as a commercial and residential color consultant, muralist, and faux finish specialist.
Quiet 12 x 12 |
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Instill - 20 x 20 painting *Sold |
Verde - 20 x 10 painting |
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Monday August 4th 12 noon
Ribbon Cutting by the Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce
RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon celebrates its first five years in business with an array of new works by the three owners – painter E. Virginia Donovan, and photographers Mary Ann Glass & Linda T. Hubbard. (Beacon Second Saturday). This show will run until August 4, 2008.
During its first five years, RiverWinds has presented the work of more than 200 of the region’s finest artists, working in a variety of media, including fine art photography, painting, ceramics, jewelry, and wearable art including scarves and shawls. They also have the area’s finest selection of cards. Artists themselves, the owners of RiverWinds Gallery have been pursuing their own creative work even while curating and marketing the work of others. In addition to the gallery in Beacon, they have curated artwork at AGEdwards, a division of Wacchovia Securities, in Rhinebeck for the past three years.
For this show, each is presenting new work.
Known best for her Hudson River scenes, Linda T. Hubbard is taking the opportunity to highlight her love of water in images that range around the globe, from the Hudson River to Cape Cod to New Zealand, Australia and England. Whether on land, by boat or leaning out of a helicopter, Linda has a zest for capturing the many changing colors and moods of the places where land meets water.
For Mary Ann Glass, when she lived in New York City, Coney Island was her beach of choice. She would ride the subway to the end of the line, bringing along with her towel & sunscreen, her camera with black and white infrared film. She was intrigued by the juxtaposition of this classic all-American scene with the dark European imagery on many of the rides that seemed inspired by Hieronymus Bosch and old circus sideshow themes. All this has disappeared, replaced by cartoon and animation signage, so this portfolio celebrates what used to be and is no longer.
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E. Virginia Donovan continues her investigation of light and shadow in oil with her evocative, moody landscapes. “I find painting to be a great enhancement to my life,” she says. “It can be consuming yet freeing, somewhat relaxing and even sometimes frustrating. But in the process, everything else becomes distant and I can be totally inside the painting. This happens whether I am painting en plein air or in studio. Sometimes the colors get me excited; sometimes the shapes and occasionally, as in Sunset Cedars, both. I feel truly blessed that I have found this path of growth and fulfillment in my life.”
Sunset Cedars - 16 x 20 oil painting |
"Poetry of Color” – Paintings by Clayton Buchanan
June 14 – July 7, 2008
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RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon presents "Poetry of Color” – Paintings by Clayton Buchanan.
“My goal is to paint the real world – to comprehend and interpret the what is in front of me and share that vision.” He is forever composing colors and shapes, capturing the intrinsic mood, the fleeting moment of when light gives birth to the poetry of color. The opening reception for the show is June 14, 5 - 8pm (Beacon Second Saturday). This show will run until July 7, 2008.
Clayton Buchanan pastel paintings are of those endless combinations that we see everyday. “Nature’s compositions constantly astound me in their simplicity and complexity.” He is always learning about her spontaneity and natural fitting together of colors and shapes. His paintings capture the world around us, bringing memories of special times and places in our lives.
Born in Memphis, Tenn, he had studied impressionist painting and figure/portrait painting with many masters. He has worked in the graphic arts industry for 30 years and now paints full time. He resides in Newburgh, New York. Clayton’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout the Northeast and the South. His works are in private and corporate collections including England and Canada, including numerous corporate and private commissions. He is a member of the Kent Art Association, Kent, CT, the Connecticut Pastel Society and the Orange County Art Federation, Orange County, NY.
Girl in Motion |
South and Lander, pastel, 20 x 19 framed
Portrait Commissions
"People, their looks and expressions, have always intrigued me. Portraiture presents an opportunity to explore and document my fellow human beings and lets me share my creativity in expressing who they are. A portrait should capture the essence of the subject - the physical likeness, the personality, and the emotion…who the individual really is." says Clayton Buchanan.
The components of the composition are as important as the likeness in that they support and add interest levels of the subject. Light, color, clothing and posture needs to be researched and settled upon. Buchanan likes working in natural settings that are comfortable and known to the subject - many times the home environment works best. Working outdoors with children puts them in play mode and in many instances insures relaxation. He prefers to let the subject initiate the pose – "it is my job to recognize and record it."
He works with a digital camera and usually take a number of shots, that not only familiarize him with the subject, but lets him capture specific, natural moments. Children are the greatest challenge and he sometimes takes dozens of shots before settling on any given direction. Having Mom or Dad at the photo shoot for support is a needed requirement. He has found that shooting over an hour on any given day becomes tiresome and boring for children - sometimes several days are required to get the correct shots. He shoots at the same time every day - it insures the same light angle/condition. The bottom line is to get that correct shot for referencing and not let the time factor dictate.
To find out more about having a pastel portrait done of your loved one, please contact RiverWinds Gallery - 845-838-2880 or info@RiverWindsGallery.com |
Fishing in the Rough, pastel, 30 x 40 framed
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At The Lake
Up River
The Red Trunks
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RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon presents “Wanderings” - landscape oil paintings by two incredible artists - Carol Douglas and Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone. The inspirations for the paintings come from extended painting excursions to rural corners in New England, New York and the South - and from the pain and emotions of life. The paintings are directly observed, or inspired, done on site, or finished in the studio with life's emotions adding their own element. The works may be called Painterly Realism but with life's realism a strong influential element. The opening reception for the show is May 10, 5 - 8pm (Beacon Second Saturday). This show will run until June 9, 2008.
Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone
“Over the years, I became aware of how the natural environment actually transforms my process of observation. My urban psyche is free of tensions, and I have access to a heightened sensitivity to my surroundings.” says Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone.
Shelli's primary interest and subject are the grasses, fields, roads, trees themselves, and her involvement and reaction to them. Further developing subject and color and listening to the quiet and focus, Shelli works at being more precise and finding "more color in the color”. And using all manner of strokes and marks, she builds an expressive and painterly surface layer by layer. Being observant, and attentive enough to nature's wonders, she evokes a "feel" of the place itself .
“Painting Plein air , I am IN the picture, rejoicing in the beauty of the Earth, and playing with my colors.”
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"Shelli's Truck” oil by Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone. |
Passing Clouds, oil on canvas 16 x 20
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Mountain Mist, oil on canvas 14 x 18
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Catskill Foothills, pastel 18 x 25
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Berkshire Field, pastel 18 x 25
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"The Long Way Around” oil, 24 x 18, by Carol Douglas |
Carol Douglas
Carol Douglas finds art transforming and life saving. Always a part of her life, it continues to give new meaning, a life thread, a gift of life and hopefully a gift of life to others.
“Art has a meaning that transcends life's difficulties”. Through her brush strokes and her colors, she brings an emotion to the surface. The simple things in life take on new meaning, the simple pleasures of nature become rewarding.
The struggles one has in life help create emotion in a painting and help one focus on bringing the importance of a simple pleasure to the prominence it deserves.
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Adirondack Pond, oil, 12 x 16 |
Migrating Geese, oil, 9 x 12 |
Along the Rio Grande, oil, 24 x 18
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The Rocks Would Cry Out, oil, 24 x 18
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Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone and Carol Douglas |
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Virginia Donovan, Carol Douglas, Mary Ann Glass, Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone and Linda Hubbard
Artist Reception was held 5/10/08 - friends, family, customers and art students came to admire the work and meet the artists. |
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"Edges of Light" - Photography by Robert Rodriguez, Jr.
April 12 - May 5
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RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon presents “Edges of Light” - photographs by Robert Rodriguez, Jr. Through his fine art prints, Robert endeavors to capture those rare and unique moments in nature when light and land combine in a magical way, and to bring them into our daily lives. The opening reception for the show is April 12, 5 - 8pm (Beacon Second Saturday). This show will run until May 5, 2008.
"I am driven to create photographic images that capture the feeling of experiencing something that is unique and wondrous in nature. As long as I can remember, the natural world and its many beautiful forms have always resonated deeply within me. Photography allows me to express my vision, and enjoy my passion for the outdoors.” says Robert.
His current work centers on the Hudson Valley and Maine. The images express a personal vision, and convey a strong sense of the dramatic and natural landscape that make a visual and emotional connection with the viewer.
Trained as a musician, Robert Rodriguez Jr. earned a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music, and music was the first medium he chose to express himself and grow as an artist as well as a human being. He was a successful musical arranger and producer, working for many record labels including Sony Music, Disney and Warner Brothers. He established his own media production facility recording and mixing hundreds of arrangements, some of which achieved national recognition and awards.
Robert uses the highest quality equipment available today to create finely detailed, expressive prints. He takes pride in a hands on approach, working on every stage of a master print, from the initial exposure and processing, to printing using archival inks and highest quality papers. His prints have been purchased by private collectors and commercial clients throughout North America. His photography is also showcased and used for promotional purposes by Scenic Hudson, a non-profit organization dedicated to land and nature preservation in the Hudson Valley.
In addition, Robert is a respected educator in all aspects of photography including field work and digital editing and printing. He now teaches photography workshops, gives seminars in the region on a regular basis, and has been an invited speaker to industry associations. He holds certifications from Adobe and is an Apple Certified Consultant.
Many friends, customers and family came to enjoy Robert's artwork at his opening on April 12th.
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"Dreams” – Porcelain Painting by Paola Bari - March 8 through April 6, 2008
RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon presents “Dreams” - Paola Bari, Porcelain Painter. Paola creates a fantasy, adapts it to her every day inspirations and paints to the shape of the porcelain in the end forming a harmonic unit. The opening reception for the show was March 8, 5 – 8pm (Beacon Second Saturday). This show will run until April 6, 2008.
“Painting on porcelain has always been fascinating for me. The distinct qualities of porcelain, the capacity of transmitting light, the brilliant surface for colors and patterns, the three-dimensional capability have made this medium intriguing and demanding.” says Paola. It is like combining the challenges of painting on canvas and modeling a sculpture where combinations of styles transform ones’ perceptions of a piece of porcelain. The transparency of the porcelain contributes to the elegance of the finished work of art.
Paola paints porcelain and Limoges pieces with overglaze colors and uses European close medium, lusters and precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum. Once painted, each piece requires to be fired around 1400-1450 F degrees to make the colors permanent on the china surface. Many pieces need to be fired multiple times, depending on the motif and on the variety of the material used. |
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Across the Hudson - oil -on linen - 14" x 24" |
RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon presents Will Kefauver, landscape painter, “The Sky Above”. Will’s is first love is the landscape and the colors and shapes defined by the changing light. Of particular fascination is the abstraction found in nature — whether in the forms of clouds doused by light or the interwoven branches of barren trees. The opening reception for the show is February 9, 2008 (Beacon Second Saturday), 4 - 7pm. This show will run March 3, 2008.
Will Kefauver can often be found in a field or on a hilltop — painting in oils, en plein air. His work depicts the moods of the landscapes of New York and New England, from stormy clouds over the Hudson River, to the apple trees of a Hudson Valley orchard to the beaches of Martha's Vineyard. Light is the source of all painting, nature changing in moments and always new.
Through surface, the painting becomes an object of its own, itself changing with each movement of light. Color, with every stroke of the brush represents a relationship changed from those of before. These are the tools: light, surface and color that Will uses to make his paintings recollections of places you may have been, may have wanted to be. Moments in a day fondly remembered or imagined.
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Mememsha Sunset - oil on linen panel - 5" x 7" |
Epiphany - oil - 28" x 28"
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He studied at Whittier College and the Katonah Arts Center and has both studied and been an instructor at the School of Visual Arts. He has returned to painting after many years as an illustrator, then graphic designer, then art director and executive in the publishing industry.
He has studied with Robert Speier, Milton Glaser, William P. Duffy and Jock MacRae. Among the artists who've influenced him most significantly, Will cites Corot for his use of atmospheric perspective, Frank Benson for the energy of his composition and Wolf Kahn, who can find color anywhere.
Kefauver's work has been selected for appearance in juried shows across the country. He has received awards from the National Society of Artists, the Lake Wales Arts Council, the Art Director's Club, the American Institute of Graphic Arts and The One Show. His work has been featured in Art Direction, Advertising Techniques and Idea magazines and one of his most recent shows was featured in a full-page article in the North County News, a Westchester, New York paper. |
Light Song The Beeches - oil on canvas - 30" x 40"
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One Path Ends - oil on linen - 19" x 25"
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Rhinebeck Afternoon - oil on canvas - 18" x 28"
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Resevoir Sunset - Yorktown Heights - oil on cavas - 6" x 12" |
January Light - oil on canvas - 15" x 30"
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Three Over Ashokan - oil on canvas - 6" x 12" |
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Beacon Teen Reflections
January 12 - February 4,
2008
Artist Reception: Jan 12 - 2 - 4 pm
Beacon Second Saturday - open till 9pm
RiverWinds
Gallery at 172 Main Street in Beacon is providing an opportunity for art
students at Beacon High School, Beacon New York, to show and sell their work.
Last January the "Beacon Teen Reflections" show was a great success. This
January's show promises to be as exciting and successful. Once again the art
students from Beacon High School's Art Department will be demonstrating their
aesthetic knowledge and skillful craftsmanship in a variety of mediums – fine
art painting, photography, ceramics and more.
The work is fantisful, talented and amazing for all to to enjoy. The
opening reception for the show is January 12, 2008 (2nd Saturday), 2 - 4pm. This show will run Jan.12th-Feb.4,2008. |
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Becca
Ambrossini will have an oil painting done in an impressionistic style, and will
also have a number of pieces in the show. Cheyenne Cole's black and white
photographs of a variety of subjects and themes will also be in this show. Becca
and Cheyenne are both students from Mrs. Mikula's Portfolio Development class.
Kelly Knowles, a sophomore, in Mrs. Mikula's Drawing and Painting class has hand
painted beautiful violets on a wooden box. Brian Pena and Nick Sienty, both
seniors in Mrs. Mikula's Portfolio Development class, have created block prints
of nature.
Anthony Schaustel and Ashely Mock students in Mrs. Harris' Studio Art class have
tempera paintings of unique symmetrical motifs. Samantha Stotz and Aaron Perez,
Mrs. Harris's Studio Art class, have created large block prints for this show.
Mr. Lyon's Photo I students will have work displaying a variety of themes and
techniques in their photos for this show. Amber McDougall, Rachel Plihcik, Sara
Sheehan,Bip Sing, Jeleannette Oquendo, and Fahja Simmons are all students displaying photography in this show.
Omari Banks a student from Mrs. Davis' Textiles
class has hand crocheted a sweater vest. Batik draw string bags were hand dyed
and sewn by, Marchelle Irizarry and Alyssa Lemin students in Mrs. Davis'
textiles class. Blake Calabrese and Courtney Burke, students in Ms. Davis's
Ceramics class will also display work.
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