Kevin Van Buren Gallery


FEATURED ARTISTS

For artists that would like to show work in our gallery,
please download the application and call for an appointment to review your portfolio and application.


Now showing

In our Main Gallery Space:

 

Christina Nalty

 

Christina Nalty, sculptor, is a native of the west of Ireland. She emigrated to the

United States in 1989 and currently lives and works in New York City. Christina holds

a MFA degree in Sculpture from The City University of New York at Brooklyn College

and a BA degree in photography from the University of Arkansas, where she received

the University's Fulbright Award in the fine arts. She apprenticed in direct stone carving

and hand polishing techniques with sculptor and master stone carver Alfredo Cardenas

in New York City.
She has exhibited in galleries throughout New York City and continues to produce

new work from her studio. Her artistic focus is the interaction of nature with the

human body, particularly in relation to form, and sensuality. Her sculpture shows an

intuitive understanding of classic form and reverence for the material, but with a

contemporary twist. She sculpts using a wide range of stone, including marble,

alabaster, and limestone.
Her professional experience ranges from historical building restoration,

stage set design, and sculpture commissions to college teaching at Suffolk County

Community College, Kingsborough Community College, and Empire State College,

State University of New York.

Kevin Van Buren

Kevin Van Buren has worked with Northlight Photography for almost 20 years exploring and developing a  

   photographic vision capturing the natural landscape. Kevin works in both color and black and white in

image capture. Images are captured using a Medium Format 6X7 camera system onto film. Images selected

for printing are digitally scanned and processed capturing maximum detail and providing greatest longevity. 

   Kevin has worked with numerous local groups assisting fund raising for their organizations as well has

numerous collectors in the Hudson Valley as well abroad. Many of the images are limited editions with

only 75 available per image size. 

   Kevin and his life partner, Toni Hokanson, continue to promote and help artists to succeed with the opening the

Van Buren gallery, Inc. which utilizes the incubator theme as a model to help promote and hone the skills of

aspiring artists.

Keum Won Chang

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (B.F.A.)
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (M.A.)
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (M.F.A.)
Present, Professor, Duksung Women’s University, College of Fine Art and Design

Solo exhibitions

2007 Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Korea International Art Fair, Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2006 Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Seoul International Art Fair, Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2005 Gallery Korea, Washington D.C, U.S.A.

Campbell Steel Gallery, Marion, Iowa, U.S.A.

2004 Gallery 202, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

2003 Design Ranch, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

2002 Gallery Wooduk, Seoul, Korea

2001 Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

2000 Gallery Samtuh, Seoul, Korea

Coralville City Hall, Coralville, Iowa, U.S.A.

1999 Project Art, The University of Iowa, Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

Arts Iowa City, Center and Gallery, Iowa, U.S.A.

1995 Arts Iowa City, Java House, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

1988 Hilton Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1987 Brewery Square, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

1985 Seoul American Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea

Group exhibitions

2001 “Making Waves in the Midwest”, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A.

2000 Hankook-Hwa Hwe, Seoul, Korea

Hanwool, Seoul, Korea

1998 Art Iowa City, Members Show, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

1991 “Women and their Arts”, Singapore National Museum of Art, Singapore

1986 63rd Annual International Competition, Philadelphia Print Club

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1985 Print Media, Seoul, Korea

Seoul Print, Seoul, Korea

1980 “3 Painters’ Show”, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, U.S.A.

1975 Minnesota Arts Fair, Minnesota, U.S.A.

 

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"The Emotionalism"

May 2010

Basha Maryanska

Art has it’s own life and showing Art makes sense of it.

 

My Art is all about the Beauty of Nature and Natural Environment.

I paint mysterious landscapes, using luscious, rich layers of paint, deep glazers to create

three- dimensionality and dramatic light and it is all derived from memory, imagination, feelings

and emotions, sketches, occasionally life and various travels. To me the vibration of the color and

texture have a significant role in painting. Although my images sometimes appear to be abstract,

they are all clearly recognizable as landscape and the portrait of the nature. I actually use landscape

motifs to paint my feelings and emotions. I portrait light and air with it’s magic transparency.

The deformations come from my subconscious mind.

 

www.bashamaryanska.com

Basha Maryanska’s paintings have been exhibits In the US, Europe and Asia. She has received

numerous awards. Basha’s artworks can be found in many private collections and museums

all over the world. She is a member of the Emotionalists.

She lives and creates in Athens, NY.

Gallery representation: Agora-Gallery and New Century Artists Gallery, NYC.

 

LUBOMIR TOMASZEWSKI

Tomaszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland. His interest in the visual world started very early in his

childhood; he drew before he could speak. He is the third generation of artists from his mother’s

side of the family. Influenced by his father, an engineer and inventor, young Lubomir turned toward

engineering, but not for long. After couple of years of technical education, Tomaszewski attended

a school of drawing. His higher education started with engineering, then gradually switched to architecture

at the Warsaw Polytechnic, and then to sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He was quickly

recognized as a leading sculptor of his generation by winning many national competitions. Tomaszewski

created numerous sculptures and projects for the reconstruction of the Old Town in Warsaw, and he took

first prize in the sculpture competition for decorating the square of the Palace of Culture and Science (1955).

A great patriot, who at 16 became an army volunteer in 1939, participated in the Warsaw Insurrection, and

was taken as a prisoner of war to Germany in 1944, could not allow himself to become one of those artists

bowing to the communist regime. He returned to his roots as an inventor/engineer and worked as an

industrial designer, again becoming recognized nationally and abroad, with exhibits in France, Germany,

Italy, Sweden, and Norway.

In 1966 he immigrated to the United States, looking for the freedom to create his art, as he wanted it to be,

and not what the government allowed in Poland. He could now pursue his ambitions in sculpture. He

started in a new direction, which he called ‘Inspired by Nature’. Remnants of nature – freshly unearthed

rock and fallen tree limbs – that stimulate his imagination, are dramatically utilized in combination

with copper, bronze, and other metals to create his figurative sculptures. “When Lubomir Tomaszewski

looks at a rock, he sees a piece of sculpture. Something in the layering, the shape, the natural formation

suggests to him the body of an animal or bird.” (New York Times 11/5/76).

His sculptures and paintings are in many corporate and private collections, as well as museums in

the Unites States, Poland, Germany, France, England, Japan and South America.

Tomaszewski’s paintings, using burned, charred or singed paper, are two-dimensional works depicting

strong emotions such as the tragedy and joy of life. As with his sculptures, he uses a manmade material,

paper, with a natural element, fire.

In 1994, Tomaszewski, along with another artist and dancer, established a group called

“In Tune With Nature.” Their evocative art had strong ties to Nature and elicited dramatic emotional

responses from audiences. Attracting other artists who were equally passionate and humanistic, the

group expanded into a multimedia movement with a strong emphasis on feeling, mood and expression.

They call their movement, “Emotionalism.” Their successful shows in USA, France, Germany, Denmark

and Poland have created powerful ties between the members of the group, all of whom ambitiously

promote its views.

 

Malina Boreyko

 

Always interested in the miniscule details and microorganisms composing my surrounding

environment, I spent many years observing and absorbing myself in every color, texture, and surface

of  life. Along this journey, I found that the bigger picture, the organic whole, disappeared entirely

from my vision and composition. This realization acted as a catalyst for my present work. I am in

a current state of exploration, understanding the process of representing an organic whole through

enigmatic microorganisms. My works, drip, melt, fuse, and outline abstractions that represent our

environment as a whole. Each line serves as a mentor to a color - it opposes soft melts with harsh

realism, mimicking the fluctuations of our existence. Lines fluctuate, appearing delicate only to

voraciously and demonically consume existing marks. The congregation and dynamism of the lines

and colors represents congregations - of flowers, buildings, people, life. The viewer can catch hints of

recognizable substances, yet as soon as a line or color is used as a mnemonic device, the lines and colors

quarrel with the eye, calling into question the identity of the components that create a whole.

Malina Boreyko lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She is a recent graduate of Skidmore College with a

major in art history and minor in studio art. Most of her time is spent working at several art institutions

in New York City and as an artist assistant. During her free time, she continues her artistic practice,

cultivating her love of line, color, and dynamism.

 

Paul Sandiford

I have most recently been showing at the Unframed Artist Gallery in New
Paltz, NY and Wings Art Gallery in Rosendale, NY. Throughout the years i
have been a part of artist co-ops around the country....like San Francisco,
CA, Eugene,OR, Honolulu HI....and been in many art shows, but nothing ever
compares to the actual physical experience of creating the piece of art
itself.....greater than any other experience this artist has ever
experienced thus far...

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http://www.wix.com/foolperiod/foolperiod34

"i like to create art that is able to induce an emotional reaction to
the viewer."

That would qualify, in my opinion to describe in one sentence why
i choose to create art. I tend to use bright colours to bring about a mood
or essence of a feeling or memory. Then on top off the colour scheme, i
place figures, portrayed as basic symbolic shapes which are able to hint at
a certain personality type, and combined with the asthetics used for example
in their garments and accessories i try to set up a sub-culture for the
viewer to safely explore and perhaps personify, at their own comfortable
pace....
So, i guess in my opinion the main reason i create art, is much like
the cave dwellers, and their means of communication via cave art.....i only
hope that my images may last as long.......

 

 

 

 

 

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April 2010

Richard Morris

I believe that art should change you. Lingering over an image and exploring what it has to offer is a pleasure.

In my painting, I focus on the mix of randomly occurring forms and colors found in the earth and sky and I find faces and

human forms intermingled among them. We are united by our origins in the same speck of primordial dust and we return to

it in the end. The mind pulls us through our own universe in a sort of dance amidst the light and clouds. There is no other experience beyond our own. We dance with the stars that flow through the universe.

Over my life thus far, I have found creative expression in many forms. I have found joy in a long, happy marriage, raising

three sons, and my practice of the dance that is Family Therapy and Counseling with young children. I returned to painting

with a passion and I am thankful for the rush of expression that I now enjoy.

www.richmorrisart.com

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March 2010

"Local Woman Artists: Working in Paint, Pencil and Photography"

Featuring:

Helen Gutfreund

Helen Gutfreund is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist working primarily

in painting and drawing media. Trained as a multidisciplinary artist at The School

of the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, SUNY Purchase and SUNY New Paltz,

Ms. Gutfreund is currently involved in an "Art All Year" project, immersing herself

in visual arts for a period of one year with the intent of entering a Master's of

Fine Arts program in 2011. Her current work focuses on a personal mythology

based on the use of particular numbers. To find out more about Ms. Gutfreund's

Art All Year project, please visit http://artallyear.blogspot.com or http://www.facebook.com/artallyear

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Patti Hokanson-Murphy

Like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis and starting its new life cycle, Patti is

just beginning her new life as an artist. Although Patti has enjoyed the arts for many

years, it wasn't until recently that she allowed her inner artist to have freedom of

expression.  This renewed expression has allowed Patti to feel alive and has

reignited her passion towards life.

As a teenager, Patti enjoyed drawing and sketching. Over the years, she became

interested in jewlery design and began making and selling her one of-a-kind and

custom pieces.  More recently, Patti has enjoyed experiencing other mediums such as

pottery, in which she continues to study. In addition, Patti enjoys painting.  She creates both abstract and mixed art. This has beome her "therapy," she uses it to relax, reflect, and renew.

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Polly Reina

Many a day and night I paint in a style quite familiar to myself; one of frenzied

abandonment. In my opinion my best work has emerged from this state of near

madness; using bold colors and distorted perspectives, my canvas seconds away

from being destroyed only to be pulled together with the last strokes. For me,

life emanates from a painting done in that passionate state where imagery

comes alive, pulsating with breath and movement. This commonality is present

in all my work; the signature of my inner psyche.
I also draw inspiration from the imagery all around us in many forms and

substances; in the grain patter in a piece of wood, in the contours of the tree line

silhouetted against the sky, or the peeling of the paint on the side of an old building.

As I lay down a form it is if I am feeling with my fingertips the essence of the

beast I am bringing into existence.
I am ever grateful to have worked with Professors Henry Raleigh and

Robin Arnold both of whom integrated the formal studies in technique while

nurturing and enabling me to take my intuitive visions to a new level.

*****

Maureen Rogers

Eileen Quinn

A trip to Kenya in the Summer of 2008 re-energized my love of photography.

Always drawn to nature, I found the lush Central Highlands and the great expanses

and wildlife of the Masai Mara to be alluring. Photography allows me to perceive and

feel at a level far beyond “just looking.” The process of working with these images with

Kevin Van Buren at the gallery, doing my own framing for the first time, and

now sharing them has brought me the joy that comes with creative expression.


Yong Sook Kim

*****

 

January 2010

Rob Couteau

“ A Year with Picasso: A reinterpretation of major and minor works."

                         Rob Couteau was born in Brooklyn, NY, and studied fine arts at the State University of New York, at New Paltz.  In the mid-1980s

he was director of a nonprofit agency that provided advocacy, housing, and counseling for former psychiatric patients, in New York City.

In 1985 he won the Fourth Annual North American Essay Award, a competition open to writers throughout North America and sponsored

by the American Humanist Association. He has published poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews in such publications as The Alembic; Arete;

Bloomsbury Review; Chrysalis; Croton Review; The European; The Hawaii Pacific Review; The Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy;

Raintaxi Review of Books; Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture; West Hills Review: A Walt Whitman Journal; White Pelican Review;

and Z Miscellaneous.

            After living in Paris for twelve years, he returned to the U.S. in December 2000. He currently resides in

upstate New Paltz, New York. His work inspired by the time he spent at Musee Picasso, Paris is entitled

“ A Year with Picasso: A reinterpretation of major and minor works."

                A new book of poems which features work that is part of the Picasso project will soon be available. In the

book, Couteau takes a number of his paintings and "portrays" them in poetic form. These include pieces that

are also featured in the "Year with Picasso" show  as well as a number of poems about Paris and some prose

that deals directly with the inspiration of Picasso in his own work and in 20th century art.

The book of poems will include an introduction by Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno, a well-known

biographer of poets and writers (including e.e. cummings and Paul Bowles) and who has translated many

collections of poetry by major poets for City Lights Books.


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Couple with Dog, after Picasso

by Rob Couteau

January/ February 2010

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Cathy Law

  

November 2009

 

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Gregory B. Martin

Large Format Landscape Photographer

Growing up, I took my point and shoot camera with me on every vacation. Perhaps it’s the scientist in me or perhaps it’s the first four letters of analysis, but I found myself seemingly documenting everything and everyplace when I traveled. If there were four mountains, six building and five rivers, I’d make sure I took pictures of four mountains, six building and five rivers. Vacations started to become a time to catalog rather than a time to enjoy, so, fifteen years ago, I stopped taking pictures and started to just relax during my travels.

About ten years ago, my interest in photography was rekindled when it became necessary to do some macro-photography for another hobby. After purchasing a midrange modern 35 mm SLR, taking a local continuing education course, and completing my project, I decided to use my new camera to take some local landscape shots, landscapes being my favorite subject. Of course this lead to taking the camera along on almost all of the trips that my wife and I take across North America.

I started to display my early photographs on a couple of bare walls in my office. As I studied the prints made by my local photo lab I noticed that they just didn't seem sharp enough and did not seem to match my memory. I bought a medium and then a large format camera to address the first and Photoshop and a digital printer to address the second. My goal is to have my prints match both what I remember what the camera actually recorded.

I now try to balance the enjoyment of the vacation and photography by becoming somewhat more discriminating on both what and how I photograph. I patiently compose my photographs and wait for the best lighting and can now drive by three of those four mountains and a couple of the rivers without stopping. I even occasionally set the camera up, examine the scene before me, sigh, pack up, and leave without ever tripping the shutter.

gregmart.com

 

"Painters' Palette"

Group Show

September 2009

Franz Heigemeir

Painter, Sculptor


Graduate of the Kunstschule Augsburg, Germany
Since 1976 active member of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
Active member of the Arts Society of Kingston

Group exhibits:
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum ongoing since 1972
Arts Society of Kingston ongoing since 2006
Kingston Biennial Sculpture Exhibition 2001
SUNY New Paltz regional exhibit: In This Time and Place 1996
Albany Museum of History and Art 1976
National Academy of Design 1973, 1974 and 1975

One-man shows:
Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1987, 2009
Arts Society of Kingston, 2008
Cunneen-Hackett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2006
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY 1989, 2005
Petrucci Gallery, Saugerties, NY 1989
Harvard Law Library, Cambridge, Mass.(Interpretive Calligraphy) 1988

Awards:
Two International Artist Magazine Awards in 2006 and 2008
The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum’s
Sheila M. Bloodgood Award 2008
The Robert Orsini Award 2008
The Sally Jacobs/Phoebe Towbin Award 2006
The WAAM Sculpture Prize 2001
The Sidney Laufman Award 2001
The Yasuo Kuniyoshi Award 1988
First Prize in Oil, Artists of Ulster County Open Exhibition 1989

Other: Since 1990 the design and calligraphy of the annual “Four Freedoms” Awards for the Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, NY

heigemeirart.com

 

MARIANNE R. HEIGEMEIR

Graduated from the Kunstschule Augsburg, Germany
Studied at the Woodstock School of Art with Christina Debarry, 2001 and 2003
Recipient of Scholarship from the Pastel Society of America to study at the
Art Students League with Richard Pionk, 2004

Active member of The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum since 1986
Active member of the Arts Society of Kingston, 2008
Member of the Pastel Society of America, 2008

Exhibited at:
The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY, ongoing.
Allied Artists of America, New York City, 2008
Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY, ongoing.
Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY, 2002-2005
The Gallery Frame Shop, New Paltz, NY, 1997
Lyric Gallery, Highland, NY, 1997
Marist College Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1996
Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz, NY 1996
The Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY, 1995
Benedictine Hospital Gallery, Kingston, NY, 1992
Albany Institute of History and Art, 1989
Dutchess Community College Gallery, 1988

Winner of the
Lucille Blanch Best of Show Award
at The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, 2007

Finalist in the 4th Annual Pastel 100 Competition,
sponsored by The Pastel Journal, March/April issue 2003.

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Patti Hokanson-Murphy

        Like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis and starting its new life cycle, Patti is just beginning her

        new life as an artist. Although Patti has enjoyed the arts for many years, it wasn't until recently that she

        allowed her inner artist to have freedom of expression. This renewed expression has allowed Patti to feel

        alive and has re ignited her passion towards life.

              As a teenager, Patti enjoyed drawing and sketching. Over the years, she became interested in jewelry

        design and began making and selling her one-of-a-kind and custom pieces. More recently, Patti has

        enjoyed experiencing other mediums such as pottery, in which she continues to study. In addition, Patti

        enjoys painting. She creates both abstract and mixed media art. She says that she enjoys this as it 

        has become her “therapy.” She uses it to relax, reflect, and renew.

 

Kathleen McGuiness

 

My work is the product of circumstances that surround us all universally.  I consider myself an expressionist. 

My love for drawing the figure has been a continuing passion for more than thirty years. 

The classical approach is the basis for my work, offering stability to my freedom of color and line.

Training:

Primarily Self Taught

New York City:  Art Student League, 1960's

Woodstock: Nicholas Burhalis, private group, 5 years

Woodstock School of Art: Staats Fasoldt, watercolor-

Deanne Keller, drawing and anatomy-

Zhang Hong Nian, oil painting

Kathleen McGuiness teaches art including:

  • Special Programs for Special Needs Children & Adults
  • Adult Beginners Are Very Welcome.
    I accept students of all ages into age-appropriate groups.
    Classes, individual and group, are offered in my private Woodstock studio.

www.woodstockartists.com

 

Richard Morris

I believe that art should change you. Lingering over an image and exploring what it has to offer is a pleasure.

In my painting, I focus on the mix of randomly occurring forms and colors found in the earth and sky and I find faces and human forms intermingled among them. We are united by our origins in the same speck of primoridal dust and we return to it in the end. The mind pulls us through our own universe in a sort of dance amidst the light and clouds. There is no other experience beyond our own. We dance with the stars that flow through the universe.

Over my life thus far, I have found creative expression in many forms. I have found joy in a long, happy marriage, raising three sons, and my practice of the dance that is Family Therapy and Counseling with young children. I returned to painting with a passion and I am thankful for the rush of expression that I now enjoy.

RichMorrisart.com

 

Erin Parsch

Erin Parsch's art draws on the traditions of cubism, color field, and abstract expressionism.

Erin grew up attending Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky. She studied dance, piano and music theory at the University of Louisville. At the age of seventeen, Erin moved to New York to study art history, dance, choreography, and improvisation at the State University of New York at Purchase. She joined the Erick Hawkins Dance Company in 2001 as a principal dancer and was featured in such works as New Moon (originally created in 1989). The Hawkins Company successfully integrated dance with live music - such as Lucia Dlugoszewski’s stark, experimental compositions - and art, exemplified in the sets designed by Louise Bourgeois, Robert Motherwell, and Ralph Dorazio. While dancing with Hawkins, Erin also designed and created sets for the company's performances.

Erin has had several shows in NYC. She was commissioned to paint a 12’ x 18’ painting for a dance piece that premiered at Lincoln Center on April 1, 2005. She has had solo shows at the Wooster Arts Space in SoHo, and her work was exhibited in a group show along with paintings by Basquiat and Hinmann.

Since moving to the Hudson Valley,Since moving to the Hudson Valley, Erin has continued to be active as a dancer, appearing in Susan Osberg's 'The Monk Project', and video art such as the "Two Simultaneous Videos" by the noted photographer Angelika Rinnhofer.

Erin's studio is in New Paltz, New York.

erinparsch.com

 

Fran Sutherland

A native New Yorker, Fran Sutherland is a painter, teacher, and restorer of
historic homes. She moved to the Hudson Valley in 1958 and earned a B.S.
and M.S. at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Sutherland's
creative work has been strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics, as well
as her enjoyment of the Hudson Valley landscape and her thirty-year career
as an art teacher at New Paltz High School. The artist continues to teach
privately and is an active member of the Woodstock Artists Association.

Sutherland (nee Murano) synthesizes both Eastern and Western aesthetics
and techniques in her work. She continues a long exploration of using mixed
media to emphasize the reflection of life, one of her major fascinations. A trip
to the Isle of Murano - near Venice, Italy - also served as an inspiration for
her encaustic pieces. This is especially evident in the transparent layers of
these wax paintings, which is reflected within the layers of collage and
photographic elements, representing sites and insights to Venetian and
Hudson Valley bridges and houses. Many of her works, particularly her
sailing paintings, are illuminated by a love of Asian brushstroke. This aspect
of her work is rooted in her graduate studies and was enhanced by a sojourn
in China. Whether working with encaustics, oils, or watercolors, much of her
art integrates geological coloration and the play of light, water, and/or
architectural elements. Sutherland continues to be inspired by Cape Cod
seashores, Shawangunk streams, and Hudson River estuaries, as well as
international trips including her watercolor voyages in Italy.

Fran Sutherland's paintings enhance numerous public and private collections
and have appeared in one-woman, group, and juried shows, including the
Women's Studio Workshop Invitational and the International Miniatures
Exhibition in Canada. Decorators have used her larger works - such as
freestanding screens - as part of designer showcases, and Weekender
Magazine featured a painting from the artist's house series on its cover.
For further information about up and coming shows please send or email
your name and address to fsutherlandart@cs.com or to:

FranSutherland.com

Lynn Walcott

Education:

BA Philosophy and Photography - New School for Social Research (1968-1969)

MA Ed. Antioch Graduate Philosophy - University of New Hampshire (1970-1972)

MSW Clinical Social Work- Fordham Graduate School of Education ( 1991-1993)

Student of Kathleen McGuiness Woodstock Artist (1999- present)

Lynn Walcott is a practicing Psychotherapist in private practice since 1993

 

Paul Osgood August 2009

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER:
Paul Osgood has been involved with landscape photography for more than 30 years. His photographic roots started in College where he shot images for school events. When he began to focus shooting landscapes, he became disappointed with the clarity of 35mm images. In order to get more detail he started working with a large format 4x5 folding wooden view camera, learning to slow down and develop a more studied approach. In the 1980's he settled on a medium format 6x7cm camera system to capture all the texture and detail that he saw in the landscape.

Paul has worked with Northlight Photography for more than 10 years. Each year he dedicates time to concentrate exclusively on creating unique landscape images, traveling to many of the more remote and scenic places in North America. Usually only a few distinct images result from one of these trips. He will often visit the same scene many times before conditions are right. Once an image is composed, he will usually have to wait, studying the changing light waiting to capture the perfect moment.

His images may be viewed on the web at PaulOsgoodPhotography.com.

 

Keri Gould July 2009

      "This is my first gallery exhibit although I have been experimenting with photography as an art form since high school.

What interests me most is capturing the patterns of life; whether visual patterns like the ceiling

    of the mosque in Oman, flora in Hawaii, sunflowers in Provance; patterns of behavior like young girls

    learning to balance dishes on their heads in a mountain village, a man carrying water buckets in cambodia horses

grazing in a field of lavender.  Likewise, I am fascinated with trying to capture the emotional

    responses to life's patterns.

   These interests inform other parts of my life, like being a lawyer and a law school professor.  After all, what

   is the law, other than a codification of society's patterns?  Law has offered me opportunities to explore

   patterns around the world and I am delighted to bring my photographs back to you."

 

 

Resident Artist & Landscape Photographer

Kevin Van Buren

Featured June 2009

KevinVanBurenPhotography.com

          Kevin Van Buren has worked with Northlight Photography for almost 20 years exploring and developing a  

   photographic vision capturing the natural landscape. Kevin works in both color and black and white in image capture.  

   Images are captured using a Medium Format 6X7 camera system onto film. Images selected for printing are digitally 

   scanned and processed capturing maximum detail and providing greatest longevity. 

   Kevin has worked with numerous local groups assisting fund raising for their organizations as well has numerous collectors    in the Hudson Valley as well abroad. Many of the images are limited editions with only 75 available per image size. 

   Kevin continues to promote and help artist succeed with the opening of a new type of gallery the Van Buren gallery,Inc        which utilizes the incubator theme as a model to help promote and hone the skills of aspiring Artist.

 

FIVE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN IN ART

May 2009

* PATTI HOKANSON-MURPHY *

              Like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis and starting its new life cycle, Patti is just beginning her

        new life as an artist. Although Patti has enjoyed the arts for many years, it wasn't until recently that she         allowed her inner artist to have freedom of expression. This renewed expression has allowed Patti to feel

        alive and has re ignited her passion towards life.

              As a teenager, Patti enjoyed drawing and sketching. Over the years, she became interested in jewelry

        design and began making and selling her one-of-a-kind and custom pieces. More recently, Patti has

        enjoyed experiencing other mediums such as pottery, in which she continues to study. In addition, Patti

        enjoys painting. She creates both abstract and mixed media art. She says that she enjoys this as it              has become her “therapy.” She uses it to relax, reflect, and renew.

 

* SIDELLE JOFFEE *

 

            Sidelle's artistic endeavors began later in life.  In her 40's she set up shop on the kitchen table.            Spreading out newspapers, she began to teach her shelf how to paint.  Her children recall that as dinner

       time crept nearer their mother would scramble to convert her make shift art studio back into place for

       plates, food and family.  Her closest encounter with the classroom was when she bartered with a local

       art student, she would clean his paintbrushes if he would frame her finished paintings.

   Later in her art career, around the age of 60, she began experimenting with clay.  She audited

       a couple of art courses, but then took the medium into her own hands.  Sidelle says that many of her

       works are "inspired by the unique relationship between mother and child."  The majority of her works,

       both her paintings and clay, are created from memories of her travels and family.  Her pieces are an

       evolution, flowing with the tides of her mind.

* DOLORES LYNCH *

" Life and Art are Inseparable"

             This has always been my belief since art exists in many forms and contributes to the development

and growth of our life experiences.  Throughout my life, the necessity of art has been a fine thread that

weaves in and out of my everyday life.  I would perform in theater, dance, and do choreography.  I study

  art, visit museums and have always been aware of the fine sensibilities that abound in our world. 

Without art in our lives, our souls and spirits would surely die.

 

Training:

Art Classes: 1950's

Oil Portraits: 1962

Figure Study: 1980

Ikebana - Japanese Flower Arrangement: 1996-1998

Water color Study: 2000-2005

Woodstock School of Art - Sculpture & Portraits: 2005

Portrait Art Study Kathleen Mc Guiness 2000-2009

* KATHLEEN MCGUINESS *

 

My work is the product of circumstances that surround us all universally.  I consider myself an expressionist.  My love for drawing the figure has been a continuing passion for more than thirty years.  The classical approach is the basis for my work, offering stability to my freedom of color and line.

Training:

Primarily Self Taught

New York City:  Art Student League, 1960's

Woodstock: Nicholas Burhalis, private group, 5 years

Woodstock School of Art: Staats Fasoldt, watercolor-

Deanne Keller, drawing and anatomy-

Zhang Hong Nian, oil painting

Kathleen McGuiness teaches art including:

  • Special Programs for Special Needs Children & Adults
  • Adult Beginners Are Very Welcome.
    I accept students of all ages into age-appropriate groups.
    Classes, individual and group, are offered in my private Woodstock studio.

www.woodstockartists.com

*  BRIANNA C. STACHOWSKI  *

I like to think of photography as a window into the mind of the artist.  My photographs are a way for me to show the more profound side of subjects that may have become mundane or ordinary for the viewer through routine, and so that I may illuminate the beauty in my subjects and enlighten my audience's perspectives.

Education:

BA in Business and Photography- Eckerd College (2003-2008)

Brianna is the Manager of Van Buren Gallery, Inc. and is working on her professional portfolio

* LYNN WALCOTT *

Education:

BA Philosophy and Photography - New School for Social Research (1968-1969)

MA Ed. Antioch Graduate Philosophy - University of New Hampshire (1970-1972)

MSW Clinical Social Work- Fordham Graduate School of Education ( 1991-1993)

Student of Kathleen McGuiness Woodstock Artist (1999- present)

Lynn Walcott is a practicing Psychotherapist in private practice since 1993

Lynn will be giving Psychic Consultations May 16 1-4 at Van Buren Gallery

$10 for 15 minutes.  She has over 30 years experience.

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Resident Photographer

Kevin Van Buren
www.kevinvanburenphotography.com

   

January 2009 Featured Artist


Brent McCullough Photography

www.ordovergallery.com/artist/BrentMcCullough

 

 

    Brent McCullough is a nationally acclaimed photographer whose work has been extensively exhibited and published. The intention of his quiet, meditative images is to focus on both intimate and enigmatic reflections of ephemeral beauty. Using camera and light as tools, he exploits the extremely transient links between moment as subject and color as form. The resulting photographs are poignant equivalents which form an enriching earth journal, depicting the extremely perishable beauty of our natural world.

    His fine prints have been exhibited in many galleries and museums - including the Smithsonian, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York University, Penn State University, Exposures Gallery-NY, Mystic Art Association-CT, and the Museum of the Hudson Highlands-NY.

    A large number of these exhibits were the result of numerous grants - including a Joseph Ehrenreich Scholarship from the International Center of Photography, NY, NY ; A NJ Council for the Arts Fellowship in Photography; and a New York Foundation for the Arts Artist-in-Residence grant.

His photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, calendars, and books, including Outdoor Photographer; Orion; Abbeville Press; Abrams; MacMillan; Scribners and Time-Life publications; the Audubon and Sierra Club calendars; and Graphis Press Annual Design Awards.

    He is also founder (1983) and director of NorthLight Photographic Expeditions and Workshops which produces educational field experiences for emerging photographers.

                                                                                               

February 2009 Featured Artist

Roya Karbakhsh

www.dreamingrumi.com

PAINTING UNSPOKEN WORDS:
THE WORKS OF ROYA KARBAKHSH

 
   In spite of her busy life as a psychiatrist, Roya continues to paint. She has created more than two hundred paintings, some of which appear on her web site, <www.dreamingrumi.com >. Roya's name in Persian means vision or dream, and her paintings are manifestos of a single, recurrent dream involving her favorite poet, Rumi, the master teacher of the heart. Like Rumi's writing, Roya's paintings are love poems mysteriously intertwined with spirituality. The canvases dance and swirl with colors and shapes intimately manifesting the ineffable. Nevertheless, Roya remains humble and down to earth, and her temperament is joyful wherever she travels. Whatever she touches gets seared with the flame of love and is transformed by her selfless, exuberant, unconditional devotion. She believes that life ultimately becomes art, and that the pure essence of our spirituality, revealed through our consciousness, paints across the vast universal canvas with love, compassion, peace, and light. Each of us, she believes, yearns to achieve this ecstatic state of union only hinted at by her paintings-the experience of becoming the one in many and the many in one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 








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