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 […]
Jess Blaustein is a conceptual artist and wannabe spy. With backgrounds across architecture, craft, and the humanities, she often uses discarded materials to tell stories of places—especially places underneath and in between. Jess crafts books, quilts, maps, and other tactile devices under the name B-PLOT and is also the co-founder of STUDIOOSS Applied Arts Collective.
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.
Ted and Nune. Photographic team whose images document the grandeur and scars of the man-made world. Seeking out the spiritual dimension in monumental human constructions, they journey to remote lands to make studies of architecture and industry, bringing a joint male-female point of view to their shared vision. Both photograph, edit, and print. They do not sign their works individually.
Neil Lavey was born in New York City in 1958, and grew up in Dobbs Ferry N.Y. He graduated Cooper Union 1981. Works shown in NYC & Massachusetts & The Edward Hopper House in Nyack N.Y. ,The Blue Door Gallery in Yonkers N.Y., and the Upstream Gallery in Hastings on Hudson, The Bethany Art Center, St. Mathews Church Bedford Hills.
MacDougall’s work transcends the physical. Led by the desire to capture the potential for movement in the objects around us and influenced by the world as seen through the lens of the microscope, Macdougall creates sculpture which leads the imagination to touch the sublime.
Learn more about MacDougall’s work and meet the artist at a special Artist Conversation on Sunday October 17. Details and tickets: https://riverarts.org/event/artist-conversation-with-malcolm-d-macdougall/
Hastings-on-Hudson based artist Jamie Kay MacKenzie is known for her ethereal figurative paintings. She is interested in exploring the emotional and spiritual lives of her subjects, and forging a psychical connection to their past. Each piece serves as a kind of vessel for the collective unconscious, combining the poignantly personal with an inclusive universality.
Creating a permanent record of the impermanence of our world fascinates me. Because of this, I have composed studio images of deceased insects, birds and small animals assembled with botanicals. These images speak to the the precarious state of our world. Inspired by Memento Mori, I am honoring and memorialize my subjects whose decline makes their recognition important and poignant.
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.
Camie Isabella Salaz is a classically trained painter in oils. She exhibits her work at William’s Fine Art in Boston and The Salmagundi Club in NYC. She is a professional painter residing with her family in the Hudson River Valley and is co-founder of Main Street Atelier in Tarrytown: a school for classical drawing and painting.
Marisa Gonzales Silverstein has worked since 2013 as a paper sculptor, creating designs that are meditative and mathematical but that demonstrate the interplay of light and shadow. Marisa received a Fellowship in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in 2016. She shows her work in galleries in New York City, Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties.
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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.
