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Roy
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Username: Litscribe
Post Number: 23
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 2:41 pm: | 
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It's almost that time of year again. Everybody who's around on June 4th will be in for a great day of art appreciation. Here's a link to the web site that offers some sneak peeks:
http://www.studiotoursoma.org/
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FlyingSpaghettiMonst
Citizen
Username: Noodlyappendage
Post Number: 131
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 2:57 pm: |
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Make sure that the posters on the "Shut Pierro Down" thread don't start commenting!! |
newtoallthis
Citizen
Username: Newtoallthis
Post Number: 259
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 2:59 pm: |
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I think this is a great idea, but while it's called a Studio Tour, the venues listed are mostly shops. Are there any studios that are actually toured? |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 9421
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 3:33 pm: |
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I agree. The artists need more attention. Here are some statements taken from the site. Some are first-person statements, others not and it's unclear who wrote them:
Austina
My art is a true form of my joy. It is my spiritual connection that allows me to reflect on the world around me. It seeks to unveil in many forms the quintessential speech of that which is not spoken but painted on my canvas.
Alaine Becker
Works on Paper. My pieces are abstract figurative pastels on oversized paper. The images are emotional reactions to events in my life.
Niv Ben-Adi
Unraveling the immediate subconscious truths, exploring figurative and abstract figurative compositions that possess both human and machine-like manifestations, the artist creates a dynamic, intense composition of vibrant colors and broad strokes.
Karen Bokert
Maplewood painter and private teacher. Works on exhibit: Southwest and Native American Theme. New abstract work entitled: “The Way of the White Cloud.”
Paintings may be seen at: 1978 Maplewood Ave. Maplewood.
Michael Bond
Type of art: Photography (scenes created using dollar store toys)
www.photo.net/photos/bondeditor
Ron Brown
Ron Brown is a black and white photographer and darkroom printer who frequently uses infrared and toning. He has worked with diverse subjects including still life, figure studies, landscapes, streetscapes, seascapes, architecture and abstractions. He has had seven solo shows (four on Italian themes) and won recognition in numerous group shows.
Dan Cereste
I specialize in illustration and sculpture. Although I have shown in a few galleries, much of my work has been on a commission basis. Illustartions are done in pencil and colored pencil and I use a variety of polymer clays for my sculptures. The waves for the 'surfer' (attached) was created in plaster.
Phyllis Carlin
I currently work with clay making useful and non- useful objects; vases and sculptures large and small.
Ave Chiricio
Her work is often inspired by frequent trips overseas. Creates realistic black and white water color
Cathy E. Clarke
Works in acrylic, graphite, and mixed media, with bold use of color, light, and texture. Primary subjects: Women; African-Americans; Still Life. Exhibits in NY and NJ.
Susan Cohen-Harris
Usinfg mixed media, gouache, and oil, I work in a representational and narrative style. My art reflects everyday life experiences and enigmatic situations with whimsy and humor. I am currently experimenting with found objects, collage and endless collections contained in boxes. Also, the children I teach at Art Studio constantly inspire me. We collaborate on art projects in an exciting studio work environment. These talented artists are a breath of fresh air. Come see their work and mine, step back in time and enjoy the surprise!
James Collum
www.jamescollum.com
My current work has developed from my interest in landscapes, aerial perspectives and my experiences while living around the country and in Japan for seven years. I want the viewer to be drawn to the image and the aesthetic quality of the surface and yet experience a sense of place.
Krysia D
Award winning Australian born Artist, Krysia D exhibits in galleries in New York, California and Florida. She is well known for her colorful still life paintings. Come and see her recent work at her fabulous home gallery & studio.
Larry Dell
I work in wood creating freestanding sculptures that reference human and animal forms. Removing wood from sections of tree trunks until I’m left with forms that
reference a torso or body shape, I connect those forms creating a single object.
William Figdor
Bill Figdor Studio: The latest series of paintings feature interesting compositions from the present day – in sizes that will barely fit in his car. The Architecture of NY is
one recurring theme, possessing a contemporary romantic Hopperesque quality. There are also paintings such as sleigh riding (“SNOHO!”) in South Orange, “Roof Ducts” across from Maplewood Post Office, and a sense of over 100 people in “Red Square”, Moscow. The menu cover of The Mapleleaf Diner is a copy of a Figdor painting that was originally used without the artist’s permission. Bill who is also an architect, has been studying at the Salmagundi Club in NY since 1997, has won several awards, and has been accepted in many national and international juried shows. He has been represented at Marquet Patisserie (15 E. 12th St.) in Greenwich Village for several years.
Marc Gaston
As an artist, I look and interpret my environment. My work is a visual commentary on the social scene. We live in a world where violence is prevalent and children become ultimate “Target Practice.”
Amie Goad
I create beautiful, fluid ceramic pieces for decorative and functional use in the home. My work combines wheel-thrown and hand-built techniques and is inspired by forms found in nature.
Ed Hoffner
Works on canvas or masonite, using acrylic paint, sometimes with a variety of fabrics—subjects range from realistic to totally non-objective.
Berc Ketchian
I am a Mediterranean “emotionalists” painter of human stories,
Evelyn Graves
My work is mixed media. I collage different materials to create textured and non textured effects in my works. In using clay, paper, authentic African fabrics, and other found items that are included on a masonite base.I recently developed a new series about strong women who have influenced me throughout my lifetime. Everyone has had a woman in our lives that has helped to wean us into who we are today. My collages express my feelings about these woman who have come through my life.
B. John Kaufman
If time = ‘s money, then money is a black hole and my art is in there and trying to get out.
Christine Krus
“100 logos is a compilation of corporate identities produced by Christine Krus. An award recipient in the design field for over 15 years, Christine holds a full time position as an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Seton Hall University. Currently the owner of 1003 design (ten-oh-three design) and a consultant for UDesign, Inc. Christine is an alumna of Pratt Institute’s graduate program.
www.1003design.com
Laura Lou Levy
Moody, evocative landscapes in charcoal, oil pastel or oils. Many are small drawings. Though the artist has a strong classical background, the work vacillates between abstract and real. Some figurative work as well.
www.lauraloulevy.com
Barbara Laube
“Let the beauty we love be what we do.” Rumi. Light is my central subject, and a love of paint is foremost. My paintings are intensely autobiographical, and the drive
is for authenticity. I start from photographs, and then they are transformed in the act of painting. The use of the triptych, the movements of the brush, and the decisions taken on the picture plane becomes conduits of feeling. I believe painting has a spiritual dimension and the power to heal. “I want to say something consoling, as music does. I want to paint men and women with a touch of the eternal, whose symbol was once the halo, which we try to convey by the very radiance and vibrancy of our coloring.” Van Gogh.
www.nyartscircle.org
Susan Napack
Wishbones have held a fascination for me for as long as I can remember, and they have featured prominently in my art for a number of years. I was first attracted to the perfect simplicity of the form itself. Starkly elegant in it’s imperfect symmetry, a wishbone is surprisingly reminiscent of the human figure. And, at once, it is both extremely fragile and incredibly strong.
Tara O’Leary
A pastel artist with fine art training, I am drawn to the soft subtle lines, the ethereal mood and warm tones of the medium. Landscapes, still lifes, and architectural pieces, all display the vivid yet quiet result of pastel.
www.taraoleary.com
Rick Parker
Rick Parker’s humorous drawings, cartoons and found object assemblages have been seen in The New York Times, The Village Voice, The New York Press and in
millions of Beavis and Butt-Head Comic Books world- wide.
Sarah Petruziello
Sarah Petruziello received a 2006 Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey Council on the Arts for Works On Paper. The work on display includes large-scale narrative portraiture drawings in graphite pencil, as well as landscape-based etchings.|
www.petruziello.com
Erin Pickering
Realistic vibrant watercolor & acrylic paintings of landscapes, architecture and portraits, exploring the contrast of light and dark and the beauty of color. Commissions accepted
www.atelier-erin.com
Joanne Rafferty
Acrylic and mixed media paintings on canvas, using collage, handmade paper and gold leaf. One of a kind jewelry with gold and silver leaf and semi-precious stones.
Roberta Reynolds
Trainscapes Oil pastels on paper based on photos taken from the trainnwindows on my rides between Maplewood and Manhatten or Hoboken.
Kimberley Richards
The use of various mediums, including oils, pen and ink, pastels and watercolor, as well as a variety of styles of expression is reflected in my work.
Bill Stahl
I make imaginary landscapes and maps populated with mines and machinery of obscure purpose. My media are oil on small panels or wood or copper, and relief prints on wood or linoleum.
Sheila Sugerman
Sheila is an award-winning pastellist and sculptor. Her sculptured pieces are figurative; her representational style paintings include still lifes, portraiture, land and eascapes. She finds inspiration from scenes as distant as her world travels, and as near as her own backyard. Ms. Sugerman has shown her work in juried, solo exhibits, corporate and private galleries. Her commissioned portraits and other works are in private collections.
Miriam Sumner
I’m showing oil paintings and drawings dealing with pattern and family.
Teddy Sumner
Figurative and non figurative oil paintings and drawings.
Jennifer Takahashi
My still lifes are “bigger than life” views of growing up in East Coast suburbia. Whether oils or watercolors, all are realistically rendered.
The artist creates landscapes: oil on wood in a variety of configurations. Also available: monotypes, limited editions and embossed posters.
Nette Forne Thomas
I use watercolor on scrapeboard to create the look of lace embedded with figures of males, females and embryos. The images are used to illustrate and illuminate
these interdependent relationships.
Nancy Tobin
Nancy Tobin’s painted paper collages transform dreamlike images into colorful abstract compositions. Tobin studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and has exhibited across the country.
Dawn Williams|
Color and texture are at the heart of my work. Color excites me, engages me, and moves me to make a stroke. Each stroke guides me to the next. It requires focus not to be in the head but in the spirit of the process of creating. It is a joy when others are able to see and feel the spirit within a piece. In the end it is about communicating what is within through the visual.
Fran Willner
Antiques, paintings, collages, prints, handmade paper books, Spirit houses, sculpture and jewelry.
Florence Wint
Clay is like magic to me. It creates its own forms as it is pinched, coiled and played with. My ideas come from the shape that appears and it just keeps developing until a three dimensional sculpture is born. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 3278
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 4:02 pm: |
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This sounds fantastic. I'm there. Great idea! |
Roy
Citizen
Username: Litscribe
Post Number: 25
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 4:56 pm: |
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FlyingSpahgetti, if you're referring to the Local Links on the Studio Tour site, those are basically for sponsors. It is true that a number of the artists will have there work grouped together in a number of public venues turned gallery for the day. But there will also be a considerable number of artists who are opening their private/home studios to the public. When you purchase a ticket for the tour it is basically a map that points out the various locations in Maplewood & SO that will have art on display. It's easy enough to do the tour on foot since several of the private studios are clumped together within a few blocks of each other. |
FlyingSpaghettiMonst
Citizen
Username: Noodlyappendage
Post Number: 133
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 6:17 pm: |
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No Roy, go over to the South Orange Section and click on the "Shut Pierro Down" thread. You'll wonder what town these posters live in. |
Roy
Citizen
Username: Litscribe
Post Number: 26
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 9:21 pm: |
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Actually Spaghetti, my response was supposed to be directed to the query by newtoallthis rather than your comment. But I did just take your suggestion and checked out the "Shut Pierro Down" thread. Interesting debate. If I choose to add my two cents to it, I'll do it there rather than here. On second thought, I think I will add that to my knowledge gun art never hurt anybody, but bullet art can inflict some serious damage. :-) |
Deidra
Citizen
Username: Deidralynn
Post Number: 567
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 9:56 pm: |
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Being an amateur artist myself, I went last year with my son (6 at the time). We both enjoyed the variety of art expression in this community. I think you should all make it a point to view Tara O'Leary's work in pastels. It's a brilliant medium that I personally love. She has magnificent skill in scale and detail. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 3325
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 12:50 pm: |
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We love Tara O'Leary's work and purchased one of her pieces when she had a show at Classic Design Framing's CDF Gallery last December. This tour looks like it's going to be great! We have such varied talent in our towns. |
Lucy
Supporter
Username: Lucy
Post Number: 3725
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 1:34 pm: |
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Impressive thanks Dave. |
Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 9428
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 2:21 pm: |
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I just copy/pasted. Thank Roy. |
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