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This is our current show @
RiverWinds in Beacon. For more information about future or past Beacon
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in Beacon: Wed - Monday 12 - 6pm, Beacon Second Saturday 12 - 9pm |
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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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Next Show
"Poetry of Color” – Paintings by Clayton Buchanan @ RiverWinds Gallery
June 14 – July 7, 2008
Artist Reception: Saturday June 14, 5 – 8pm
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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. |
South and Lander, pastel, 20 x 19 framed |
Fishing in the Rough, pastel, 30 x 40 framed
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