Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of history, the essence of my work lies in the age-old struggle between nature and the man-made industrial world. My challenge is to convey this in a way […]
Art gives me the canvas … the voice, the potential and possibilities to speak my truth … to write it … to paint it … to draw it … to move with it and beyond it. Perhaps … that which is my vision can make some difference in the larger world of our common humanity. To create is to heal. Mixed-Media Paintings, Encaustics. Drawings, Poetry Books, Jewelry
My paintings, drawings and collages are made using a quasi logical process balancing simple shape, form, color and texture. A leftover cut out shape becomes a skirt, the skirt becomes the head of a proud tulip and the conversation keeps going. The work is quirky and graphic and longs for an audience so, hope you can come by.
I find inspiration for my work in the garden and familiar landscapes. Ideas and images develop in reverie and on the page. I am moved by color and light, organic composition and growth – and by surprises of medium and process. Sharing studio space (Collective Art Space) adds a rich dynamic to work and life. […]
Exploring personal relationships through the lens of pop culture imagery, distorted memory and vicarious nostalgia, my work encompasses collage, mixed media, and printmaking. Current pieces use transparent layers of color in acrylic and image transfers to create depth and complexity, enhancing the sense of memory altered, distorted and rewritten through the passage of time.
My work takes inspiration from the human figure, the natural world, and the written word. I create mixed media pieces incorporating pen and ink, pastel, watercolor and acrylic. I paint and teach privately out of Main Street Atelier in Tarrytown, New York.
EB Gregor has painted since she was a child and chose to become an architect because of her appreciation of art. Her source of inspiration and favorite subject is landscape. Immersion in the landscape is essential to journeys towards happy places and moments of peace. Including works inspired by walks through near and far places, EB reflects on our surroundings.
I studied 5 years as an audit student in the Art Practice program UC Berkeley. My work is very eclectic wandering between abstract, abstract figurative renderings, acrylic to oil to mixed media on canvas, cardboard and wood. I have been in juried shows and donated a large body of work to nonprofit organizations including hospital waiting rooms.
A former Teacher and Translator, Kristin is an improbable Mosaic Artist. What began as an exploration of her Italian heritage has become a way to express profound emotion. Initially self-taught, she has grown through study of Classical and Modern Mosaic techniques. Her Mosaics are born from memory and develop through a meditative and painstaking process over weeks or months.
Jane Kang Lawrence received her BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Following painting residences in Italy she continued to dovetail art making with teaching by pursuing her Masters from the School of Visual Arts. Jane is a founding director of Peep Space (Tarrytown, NY) and maintains a studio in New York.
A deep love of color, pattern and nature are the foundation of Jennifer’s work as an artist, illustrator, author. Her joyful gouache paintings of flowers, random objects, people and occasional meditative abstract musings open a colorful and enticing window onto a detail of the day one might ordinarily overlook. She recently has been exploring abstract […]
Michael Lewis is a practicing architect and painter who emerged in the 80’s with East Village and Soho solo exhibitions at the M-13 and Howard Scott Galleries. His work is in corporate and private collections, as well as the Connecticut Museum of Contemporary Art permanent collection. Currently, Lewis’s painting and architecture studios are both located in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
Movement, color and a lyrical fun vibe would describe this piece. Most of my work has a certain raw but refined way about them. Sound design, no pun intended. A fan of abstract expressionism and pop art, I try to engage the viewer to see what they want in my work.
Catrin Perih’s paintings are based on the idea of memory. Much of her work is inspired by old family photographs growing up in Wales. The images she creates are mostly figurative, however they include elements of abstraction and ethereal components with more detailed images of shapes or figures, alluding to the fact that memories can be vague or surprisingly clear.
I am dedicated to exploring the possibilities of three-dimensional shapes formed from straight lines. Symmetry makes it easier to suspend a form in midair as the forces pull it in all directions equally. I often concentrate on the creation of shapes that appear to float in space. My recent work has been acrylic but I’m back to working in wood.
Artist and art teacher at the Art Academy of Westchester (Dobbs Ferry). I prefer oils but I often explore with other mediums such as charcoal, graphite, pastels, acrylics and ink. I also like to experiment on genre. My studio is a laboratory!
I make mixed media pieces on plexiglass. Each piece can be installed in different ways, such as hung from a wall, a ceiling, in front of a window or in a light box. I also work in photographic series to further my ideas about the blending of visual and conceptual boundaries.
Madge Scott is an international award-winning folk and portrait artist working in oils and mixed media, including wood carvings, drawings and fabrics. She is of Jamaican heritage and creates historical paintings and drawings in various media, especially inks.
Monica Shulman is a self-taught artist whose brand of gestural abstraction is a form of story-telling. She is known for her elaborate impasto technique that creates heavily layered and sculptural surfaces. Exploring themes of the human condition, identity, and self-reflection, her intuitive work is process-oriented and she learns through experimentation. Her world is best described as colorful and rhythmic.
My work in all mediums is shaped by love of natural forms, surfaces with history, creating windows of remembered experience, weather, and light. I earned a BFA Rhode Island School of Design, worked Fresco Decorative Painting in NYC. Currently I balance nurturing my family and growing my studio art practice here in Westchester.
My artist statement is simple. I paint what I love, what I find beautiful, what intrigues me and what makes me laugh. And then I hope for the best.
I’m a self taught artist. Painting and photography provide an inner peace and allow me to quiet myself and communicate in a new way in a digital age. My art is driven with a powerful force of curiosity filled with a synergy of freedom. I hold an M.A. from Manhattanville College and B.A. from SUNY Purchase. I teach and create.
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RiverArts’ programs are made possible, in part, by support from The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. RiverArts’ programs are made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with support from Westchester County Government.
