Alison Bert draws on her background in music and journalism to capture the spirit of people and places using a variety of photographic techniques. Her work has been shown in juried exhibitions at the Salmagundi Club in Manhattan, the Upstream Gallery in Hastings and the Garrison Art Center. She does her own printing using archival inks on fine art paper.
I explore the relationship between photography and the expressive gestures of hand-etched lines and fields of tone. Printing on an aluminum base, etched lines erode the print surface and reveal reflective metal , utilizing light to deepen the perceptual sense of touch. Collections include the Smithsonian, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Park Service, & Library of Congress.
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 work reflects the natural world and its relationship with what is man-made. Each can appear vivid and real, yet evolve into something new based on context and perception — often blurring (even blending) parameters between reality and imagination. I am particularly drawn to changes that occur through incidental “lenses” such as clouds, water, shadows, […]
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.
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.
Flower Power is an exhibition of constructed photography from Janine’s archive of personal photographs. Playing with scale and angle of view, Janine’s photomontages breakdown the boundaries between time and place. The recurring floral motifs mimic objects of magical beauty that, when placed with opposing imagery, create new visual information and narratives in a blend of significance and whimsy.
Wendy Naidich is showing at the James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
My work can be described as surrealistic photo-montage or collage. It’s a commination of photographic images put together seamlessly to create a new image. It represents dreamlike scenes of odd juxtapositions and fantastical worlds. Some of my work also includes surrealistic engagement with current issues such as environmental causes.
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.
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.
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.
Nancy Zallo is an artist residing in Tarrytown, New York. Her photographs, paintings, and drawings are often inspired by textures found in nature, architectural curiosities and urban landscapes with hidden stories to tell. Her work has been exhibited throughout the New York area, as well as privately collected. Her interests include music, birdwatching, corvids, books, old maps, and poetry.
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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.
