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Alain Khadem Vanitas still life painters of the 16th and 17th century had a remarkable ability to capture the impermanence of life on canvas. They employed a host of iconic objects ranging from pensive skulls and flickering candles to rotting fruit and fading flowers in order to compose vivid pictorial messages of remarkable complexity, eloquence and beauty that spoke of the profound futility of earthly existence. In my latest collection of still life imagery, I follow in the footsteps of great masters of the baroque period, harnessing the ambiguous meaning of objects and exploiting their semiotic value in order to compose elaborate visual riddles that not only evoke the fleeting qualities of time and the transience of life in general, but place the accent on the futility of modern life in particular.
Alissa Sorenson Alissa Sorenson is a mixed-media fiber artist living in Central Ohio with her husband and three sons. She is a founding member of Mother Artists at Work, a networking and support group for mothers working in the arts.
Allan Simpson Allan Simpson is a Queens-based artist who works in oil, water color and printmaking mediums. He studied at the Art Student's League and the Printmaking Workshop in New York City. Much of his work reflects the skyline, bridges, harbors and rooftop views of the city, but he enjoys the ocean and shore views of Long Island as well. His work is in any collections and the one political statement he made as an edition of prints "Portrait of JFK" is in the Library of Congress, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Barbara Jo Kingsley My current charcoal and pastel drawings depict starkly rendered, surreal human forms floating in pitch black, or sometimes intense, orange voids of endless, ethereal space. In some pictures these pinkish, headless beings poke and jab at each other in antagonistic or humorous posturing. Sometimes they form an amorphous pile of orgasmic shapes. At other times they seem to form a single being, full of tension and confusion as it struggles within itself. Some of these surreal creatures crawl along like heavy mountains of body parts, burdened with their existence in a barren landscape. I draw spontaneously and intuitively with a model, developing these creatures as the model changes positions, creating the unexpected and humorous tensions that reflect the struggles and confusion of humanity. I then work on these sketches, shading in the figures, which become three-dimensional on flat backgrounds. As I work, I am constantly aware that as a species of incredible intelligence, we blunder along like headless creatures, blinded by our immediate concerns, and oblivious to impending threats to our earthly existence.
Bill Vielehr My work is not conceived to be attractive and visually pleasing, but many times achieves this non-purpose through process — process that pays homage to all visual art created through process. From Christo’s installations to printmakers, my work is handmade and, in the sense of artists like Tom Sachs, non-propagandistic. The reason it is considered reconstructed visual art by me is that it exists for itself because of itself. Craftsmanship is a non-issue. The works just physically stand on their own; nothing in the process — wax work, mold work, fitting, welding, sanding, polishing, coloring, etc. is hidden. It does not require a social or political environment, yet by polishing surfaces it reflects and interacts with the physical environment. The introduction of the figure as silhouettes and out-of-context outlines is a direct attempt to humanize the visual art concepts; they are abstracted by process; they are not the image of realism, or social-political culture. The works don't say now,they don't melt like ice, and they need no documentation that dilutes from the creative process. They are permanent (unless physically attacked) 3D visual art statements — attempts at communication in the purest form, that is, that the attempt to communicate is the justification as well as the message. My work is a view of where I am now, and a window to the direction I am experimenting towards. I consider no particular piece better than another. On some, I progress a little further in trying to figure out what I am doing — I step forward and backward and get lost. At certain times I am not sure what I am doing. Those are the best.
Bobbi Mastrangelo Bobbi Mastrangelo is internationally known for her “Grate Works.” She transforms manhole covers, sewers, and grates into artistic streetscapes. Her sculpture relief works appear so real that viewers wonder how she could even lift them to hang on a wall. Exquisite works on her handmade paper vary from little jewel-like mandalas to imaginative constructions incorporating bamboo, textural fibers and special effects.
Carolyn Sheehan Born in Queens, New York. Painter and printmaker, living and working in New York and France. My work is a diary of my existence, a way to deal with the psychological matrix of my surroundings and the people who inhabit them. Commencing with existing forms, my images are transformed through the interplay of materials, such as wood, copper, canvas, paper, wax and the process of manipulation, which are painting, stitching, carving, constructing and molding, as well as with the emotional traces that arise from those efforts, into a visual imprint of my inner voice.
Christine Muratore Instead of investing in the boundaries of creating art from hindsight we should initiate the path of Art with foresight.
Corina S. Alvarezdelugo My interest in art began at an early age and it has been a main part of my life ever since. When I am inspired, I am totally abstracted from reality and my artwork takes all my concentration. My style is in constant development. I have not only tried different media, but also let myself follow the most varied influences. My techniques have ranged from the very modern to representational art, being a combination of these two boundaries what leads my current work. I like to take reality and turn it into simplified forms in a minimalist approach. I like painting portraits of people and animals, because of the challenge involved in capturing the right expression, the texture and the colors as they relate to each other. I also like painting on site (Plein-Aire). Working from life rather than photograph gives me a whole different perspective, as I can capture a moment in time the way my eyes see it. I love working on mixed media/conceptual art, as well. It allows me to express a feeling or convey a message without words. In addition, I’m also a sculptor. I mainly work on stoneware and terracotta as my medium. Being able to express myself has become the major driving force in my artistic life, that is why I can't restrain myself to just one medium. Through learning and dedication, I have given wings to creativity.
Dan Hittleman In my images, I try to create a feeling of place and time so the observer sensually enters the scene. Images of animals, birds or flowers, I feel, should be portraits within their environment rather than just recorded images. My aim is to generate interest through “rhythms and echoes,” that is, through repeated and reoccurring patterns, and a sense of centripetal and centrifugal motion. When composing many images, I look for patterns that can become playful eye puzzles. Although the majority of my images are realistic and pictorial, some images are manipulated with photo editing software, thereby taking photography into a mixed media art form.
Dave Gearino Oscar Wilde said “The secret of life is in art” I think that Life itself is art.  I try to take images we see and take for granted everyday, and show the beauty, the Art in them.
Doreen Dunham Palette knives, brushes, fingers, rags, and anything else within reach are the tools with which I try to bend reality to stir the emotions.I use oils and acrylics to create abstracts, portraits and figures that are rooted in Expressionism and enlivened by the bold use of color and form. I am currently collaborating with a writer/poet on a series of text paintings. I am a founding member of the BrennabuArts, Community of Artists - a group with studios on the south coast of Rhode Island, Smith Island on Chesapeake Bay and Baltimore, Maryland. My portfolio can be viewed on my website.
Ellen Hallie Schiff My paintings explore sexuality and emotional ambiguity. Gestural marks in bold colors interact with generous swaths of paint, knife scrapings and energetic oil-stick lines. The erotic and ambiguous is obvious in my paintings of the female figure, but I also see the male-female dialogue in groupings of lipsticks, high-heeled shoes, fruit or even just the pigment. I grapple with themes of power, control and exposure every time I paint.
Ennid Berger I think of art as a form of energy made visible – the energy of a moment in time, the energy of a model or a landscape, the energy of light or thought, or even the energy of the artistic process. Whether I create a painting, a photograph or an assemblage of both, I am looking to create a highly aesthetic work of art that, by metaphor or representation, reflects my fascination with energy. For several years, I worked in a traditional darkroom, employing human models and inanimate objects to create highly reductive Energy Prints©. These unique black and white photographic prints have great clarity and impact. Working with an artist’s model, my intent was to bring the concept of energy made visible to a contemporary take on figurative painting. I did this by analyzing and abstracting the model’s head and face, using line, color and brushstroke as variables in an ongoing discourse.
Evelyn Ramos As a Puerto Rican-American, the act of painting is both cathartic and a spiritual offering. In the past my work exemplified my personal, internalized wish-fulfillment for motherhood. The painstakingly pained hearts, with their "private voices" express anguish, wounds and psychological pain. Other dualities can be found in my work. On one hand, there is primal art-making, prompted by the subconscious. The unconscious speaks through archetypal symbols, and their use is a way of improvisation and the integral to the process of risk-taking. On the other hand, my works are anchored in technological processes through the use of photos that specify the material and life's realities. The use of text is an integral part of "visual language" that is means of staying committed to certain issues, such as the dangers and bondage of addiction, that are common to many people. Another important issue is the voicelessness of the Puerto Rican people. I use text in my imagery to articulate the unheard. Furthermore, be among the voices of the devastation of Aids has had on our communities- and it's not over yet. Puerto Rico is the back door to the Americans and how drugs have endangered our people.
Francine Corso Francine, a graduate of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (NYU), worked for the Grumman corporation testing software on the Lunar Module(LM), and worked with embedded software in avionics for various military aircrafts, has overcome so much to become the accomplished artist she is today. One afternoon she was found unconcious on her kitchen floor due to a massive brain hemorrage. Not expected to live, she not only fought for her life, but went on to gaining the ability to even drive. Her daughter bought her a box of pastels and paper one Christmas. even though Francine had no background in art, Francine enrolled in an art class and thus changed her life. Francine now studies with various artists, enters her work in exhibitions and has won many awards. "I try to make my art uplifting and inspiring, adding a little more beauty to my surroundings. I am a nature lover, animal rights activist, and tree hugger. I attempt to take simple images in nature and life, depicting them as a thing of beauty. I use color for not only decorative purposes, but an emotional effect.
Franco Jona I am a physicist now retired from the Department of Materials Science at SUNY Stony Brook. I have done some painting more or less all my life, but more intensely in the past several years. So far, I am doing exclusively watercolor and oil pastels.
Gunter Stern Gunter Stern has been involved in art and music throughout his life both as a painter, lyricist and vocalist. He studied art at Pratt Institute, Mexico City College and enjoyed an art scholarship to the Brooklyn Museum Art School. His paintings have appeared extensively on Long Island in many galleries including Mills Pond, Omni, Gallery North, and Elaine Benson. His works have been shown in museums such as The Heckscher, Parrish Art Museum, Islip Museum and the Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts. He has also been shown at the Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York. He is listed in the Catalog of American Portraits at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
Hattie Gershowitz As an artist, I am always looking for exciting and beautiful subject matter that will stir within the viewer some inspiration and excitement. Each painting is a set of problems to be solved;a study of values and shapes. Each land and seascape releases a new challenge. Color is used to heighten the quality of emotion, which is an integral part of my work. My purpose is to reveal the excitement and wonder of the beauty around us.
Ira Higgins I grew up in Vermont.  My room over looked a river.  This began my inspiration as an artist.  My mother has a masters degree in Art and was the director of the Wood Art Gallery in Montpelier Vermont. This influence gave me the worldly knowledge to match my God given talent.  I left Vermont to attend college in southern California.  I then moved to Maui Hawaii where I ran my own business, surfed, and created paintings.  I eventually met my wife there who I now live with on Long Island with our 5 children.  My unique style embodies a unique feel.  I started my career as an artist to spend more time with my family and give more to the LORD.
James Fischetti James Fischetti, a self-taught artist, has been showing his work in the Long Island area for the past 25 years. Working in several media, he primarily focuses on painting and photography. " I believe in working entirely from what my nervous system dictates to me at the moment of inspiration. Nature has its way of revealing what path to take at any given moment." With this philosophy in mind, Fischetti's work has taken many different paths, resulting in a broad body of work that attempts to defy easy categorization.
Jane Mi Art is a tool to explore life. As a Chinese-American and a Tibetan Buddhist, I practice art to express and navigate a multi-ethnic perspective, exploring cultural identity through understanding my religious heritage. Art also provides a path for exploring perception itself. As much of my Buddhist practice has been about a continual sense of exploration, I see parallels naturally developing between my meditation and my art. Meditation and art both challenge me to break through the constructs of habitual patterns, both perceptual and social, and constantly revisit the relationship between subject and object without solidification. Trained as an engineer, I have cultivated the analytic precision of the left-brain, while the panoramic awareness cultivated in meditation and art has introduced me to more holistic and intuitive qualities. In exploring the dynamic interplay of mind’s qualities, I seek a transcendent artistry that relies on both precision and intuition.  It has been fascinating as an artist to explore the mechanics of mind: the dynamic interplay between subject and object that raises questions about selfhood, materiality, and perception. The theme of bridging the gap is explored through my interest in developing a contemporary Buddhist art that speaks to Buddhism's adaptation over cultures. Currently, the practice of Buddhist art has not been developed in full to reflect a contemporary mutli-ethnic perspective such as my own. Most Buddhist art (even contemporary) still reflects a distinctly Eastern perspective. I employ Buddhist concepts in contemporary presentations with various media to articulate a multi-ethnic approach to this religious culture. Ultimately, I seek a marriage of ancient and modern techniques, Eastern and Western perspectives, that reflects the conditions of my own identity as a Chinese-American and a Tibetan Buddhist, while exploring the intricacies of human perception.
Jeanette Martone Awareness of the common linkage found in our humanity, the fragility of our cultures, and the vulnerability of those living the barest existence, teetering on the edge of life, inspires the foundation of my work. Since 1994 I have traveled to the Dominican Republic to participate in volunteer projects assisting the poor. Experiences there have contributed to the evolution of my art. As I depict my subjects, they are captured in a moment of time, revealing their inner grace and the beauty that can be found in the infinite details of their environment; the sun cracked earth, the drape of tired fabric, and the detritus of struggle. By limiting color, and emphasizing texture in my graphite drawings, attention is focused on the essential elements of the subject. Complex images are formed that are reminiscent of the protoplasmic origins of life we share. The simplicity and purity of pencil and paper lend an immediacy and intimacy to the work, creating an interconnectedness between the subject and viewer
Jeff Warmouth I invent fantastic worlds based on comic scenarios and wordplay, populated by food, household objects, or myself. These typically manifest as photographs, videos, or installations; each project’s concept determines the media I will use. My work enacts narratives or histories that satirize mass media and popular culture. I use puns, gags, and comic twists to subvert logic, language, identity, and culture. My work is fueled by irony and paradox. I emphasize language and jokes over pure visual experience, creating meaning in the gap between images and text. I compress philosophical quandaries and cultural research into easily digestible visual jokes, genre parodies, or ridiculous puns. My work is often collaborative, and may involve interactive elements, audience participation, or games. In addition to my solo projects, I have directed art world game shows, staged monster wrestling matches, run sideshow voting machines, and built giant lactating mountains. I am a trickster who revels in the carnival and slapstick, the ludicrous and absurd, the audacious and idiotic. Humor is a defense against fear; the ironic and the ridiculous allow us to challenge and subvert oppressive systems, and to assert our own humanity. I employ dada methods to stimulate and challenge the viewer’s expectations, to reveal the gap between our structuring of the world and our experiences of living in it, and above all, to poke fun. Art should be funny!
Jill A. Amorosano A Continuous exhibitor at Long Island venues, Jill Amorosano has had the opportunity to reconnect with painting; a longtime hobby of hers.As a native Long Islander she is not only an artist, but an educator.Some art classes that she teaches include 20tCentury Masters, Cartooning, Art Rocks, Plein Air, and Ukrainian Egg Workshops.Mrs.Amorosano holds a Bachelors Degree in History and Education and a Masters Degree in Liberal Arts.Her favorite medium to paint in is oil, but does not confine herself to this alone.She enjoys all kinds of art and experiments with a lot of bold colors in her pieces.These unique pieces encompass impressionism, surrealism, and folk art.Being an avid outdoors person a favorite subject matter of hers is nature and animals.She is currently accepting commissioned work.For more information please be sure to check out her webpage.
Joan Sicignano My art is a way to learn about life and nature. I am constantly aware of the beauty that surround us. My passion for art is a gift from God, painting is my way of saying Thank You. I have received numerous awards and my art is in the home of collectors throughout the country.
Jones, Al Al Jones was half of the international Acro/Balancing Act “THE TWO EARLS”. For many years, they performed in clubs and theatres all over the world, often sharing the bill with legendary Jazz singers and musicians. In 1980, he and his wife Sherrill left Paris and settled in Stony Brook to raise their four sons. Locally, he developed a second career in acting and has appeared in plays all over the Island from Far Rockaway to the Hamptons. He's continued to paint and has spent the past few years developing his collector’s series, “The Heart of Jazz”.
Joseph Fawcett Joseph Fawcett was born overseas and has been raised here in the United States. He is now 48 years old. While he was good at art throughout his schooling he was not exceptional to any ones estimations. For this reason he never pursued an art career and could not afford college to get better. He did excel in the special event industry where he owned his own company in Chicago, IL., for many years. He moved to Indiana where he also owned his own special event company and worked mostly in South Bend. After a number of difficult years dealing with the care and death of a dear friend, and with harsh cancer treatments, he decided to do something very different. He went to work on a Dude Ranch in Idaho, in the office. There he found the inspiration to sketch too much to contain. After returning to Indiana for the winter he decided to just sketch even badly, or just the fun of it. To everyone's amazement he was a lot better than he had ever been, even to himself. He continued to sketch and after returning to the Ranch the following spring he was encouraged to get prints and sell them. It has snowballed since then. After leaving the job at the Ranch he move to Smithtown, NY., with family to pursue an art career.
Joy Goldkind Saint James artist Joy Goldkind's interest in art is focused in the traditional and classical painters and photographers. As she studied photography it soon became clear to her that the early processes of technique and hands on crafts is what she loves to do. Her attention was turned to early pictorial images that led her to learn alternate processes. Goldkind prefers to work with Bromoil prints, as this method allows her the control over the image she desires.
Joyce Bressler Joyce Bressler graduated from the high school of Music and Art, received her BA in Art from Queens College and her MA in Art from UCLA. Joyce has been a resident of Commack for the past 40 years , having taught art full time on the secondary level, continuing (currently) education and privately in her studio. her work has appeared in several group shows throughout Long Island and Manhattan, as well as some one-woman shows. Joyce works with watercolor in the Alla Prima technique, painting directly on paper with out the use of pencil. This technique insures a spontaneous and fluid approach to her subject. Her main concern within her art is color and light, and their resulting interaction to form a kind of Lyrical Impression. Newsday has described her work as "A free search of line and spontaneous interpretation that holds the viewer".
Joycelyn Bila I am mostly a self-taught artist but studied under a master artist for several years. I paint mostly portraits and figures in oil and acrylic. I also paint in watercolor; flowers, plants and landscapes as well as do elaborate glass painting. I enjoy painting pets. I am truly inspired by the human face, and am especially drawn to the Native American People, many of whom I have had the honor to meet and paint over the years. The first painting shown is Caladiums in a Wicker Stand, a watercolor on paper. I loved the color and design of these exotic plants. The second painting is The Woman at the Well, an oil on canvas created especially for the Women's Enrichment Ministry of my church, for which I am the resident artist. I did not give the woman a face to show that this can be any woman. I am a Long Island native living with my husband, Nick who, along with our two grown daughters, give me great inspiration. My work has been shown locally and at Mills Pond House Gallery.
Julia Adams Julia Adams is an artist, working in her studio on Long Island. She is a surrealist, combining reality and fantasy, as her vibrant imagination dictates. Color is a very important part of her work. Recently, she has created a cycle of paintings in blue, a color which she regards as universal and beautiful, and a color which provides a special, subtle intensity. Julia is inspired by nature, with her greatest inspiration being trees, a subject which frequently appears in her paintings.
Katherine Hiscox Katherine Hiscox taught art for many years in a special school for adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems. She brought a background of art education, special education and art therapy together to formulate a program that benefited many students. Eight years ago, she left teaching to focus on her work as an artist. She can be seen locally painting the harbors, marshlands and gardens of Long Island. Katherine also enjoys drawing and painting the figure and looks to capture gestures and body language. Her work can often be seen in local exhibitions. Katherine has received awards for her watercolors and is pleased to have her artwork in several collections and beautiful homes on Long Island.
Kyle Blumenthal I am a native of Long Island, NY. I hold an MFA and an MA in Painting from C.W. Post College.I received my BFA in Painting and Art Education from Pratt Institute, and I attended the High School of Art and Design in NYC. As a professional painter, with my own company, I wear many hats.I work as an Illustrator, a Fine Artist, a Stage Designer, an Art Educator, and Display Artist. My work has been represented in the New York Times as well as other publications. My paintings convey a message of hope and enlightenment, and my subjects echo their spiritual identity through the use of forms, patterns, media, light and color. I have taught on all levels, from elementary school children to the advanced college student. I have taught young teachers how to be great teachers, nurtured young creatives from their childhood years through graduate school.I have counseled and advised students of all ages, and made myself available to art students for advice in the arts and life, as I continued to pursue my career as an artist. My works have been collected and commissioned, reviewed in major publications, and exhibited in New York, Long Island and Canada. I have served as a part-time Lecturer and counterpart for the Director of the Arts at Empire State College, Long Island Center. As an instructor for many years at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, I continue to share my knowledge with Pre-College age students, as I pursue my work in light, design, color and form. My life is steeped in the arts as I experiment through various media, and I encourage the viewer to contemplate and interact with my paintings. My desire is to show the spiritual side of life through visual form.
Laura Goetz Laura Goetz is a painter and an illustrator. She received a Bachelors Degree in Illustration from, The School of Visual Arts in NY. Laura has a keen eye for details, and her watercolor paintings capture the heart and emotions of people and animals. Her work has been published in magazines, books, and film, as well as been exhibited in galleries nationwide. Laura Goetz presently has a painting with the Society of Illustrators traveling group exhibition, “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby” curated by Murray Tinkelman. Goetz recently had three paintings in STAC’s 2007 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, at the Mills Pond House Gallery juried by Amy Smith-Stewart. Laura works at her studio, in Islip.
Laureen Watjen I am a glass artist and painter. Stained glass mosaic and Impressionist painting are my passions. The process for creating my original glass art is very similar to my painting. Typically in the field of stained glass, the artist is involved in creating the design and choosing the glass – beyond that an apprentice could take over and finish the piece. But in my creative process it would be difficult if not impossible for another to take over and finish a piece of my original glass art. Decisions on color, contrast, form, texture and the affects of light are made continuously as I progress with the work - just as when I create a painting. This process allows me to interpret my feelings and capture my unique impressions of the world. Mosaics and paintings that are rooted in Impressionism remind me of tapestries –little pieces of color fitted together to create an expressive whole. The many pieces of glass or daubs of color and line working in unison create the movement and emotion. My art is my connection between the real and intangible worlds. I relish the interplay of being able to capture my impressions of both worlds utilizing different media.   The medium is never the art, whether it be glass or paint, rather these are just the tools and the art is the truth of the soul, of my world expressed and witnessed, over and over. My objective is to create timeless works that inspire and connect people to one another.
Lauren Koch When I was 11 years-old, living on Long Island, I had a Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Video Camera. My sister and I made 10-minute movies with dramatic plots acted out through Barbie dolls. My passion for capturing images actually began much younger, in elementary school. I was infatuated with the Polaroid camera, taking still shots of my toys in staged scenarios and labeling each one with a different title. Looking back, I think that as a child I used the camera lens to frame my understanding of the world; to better understand human relationships and my sense of belonging. I became interested in SLR photography during my last semester as an undergraduate psychology student. In an introductory black and white (B&W) course, I produced my first serious work. It involved passionately applying face paint on my subjects and myself, designing costumes, and posing in a staged primeval forest setting. From this experience, I realized that through photography I could shape my vision of the world and engage in the creative process of visual cultural production. My photography has greatly developed since I was a child, what remains is my preference for creating work that is more theatrical than documentary in style. My photography explores concepts of gender, identity and authenticity of human emotion using traditional techniques (analog B&W and color photography) as well as digital imaging.
Leonora Retsas Leonora holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from Syracuse University's program in Florence, Italy. She presently lives and works in New York City and has exhibited her work throughout the United States. Trained and working as an architect, she begins each work with a base of brown pigment, in reference to the earth upon which an edifice is constructed. Over the foundation of earth tones, she builds layers of medium in hues of blue, cool whites and pale natural colors, creating images of spatial depth, reflections, and the appearance and disappearance of forms. Through her art, she explores the intersection of structure and nebulous space, the contrast between repetition and spontaneity, and the confluence of the constructed and the organic. At once ephemeral and earthy, Leonora Retsas' monoprints embody the confrontation and union of nature and fabrication, with imagery reflecting the precisely defined forms of modern industrial reproduction, and the imprecision and unpredictability of the natural and the wild.
Liza Lambertini Liza Lambertini is a self taught artist who’s diverse experience lends itself to her many different styles of art from expressive silhouettes with lovely backgrounds to fantasy portraits of beautiful fairies.Liza's exploration and discovery of nature began in early childhood while searching for fairies.Her observation of the rich details in nature and wildlife finds an expression of the story and spirit within each painting she creates today.Liza's love of wildlife and living things shares the human experience on a spiritual level that connects that which is around her and to her through love. Liza's work has been featured on postcard invitations for upcoming exhibitions at galleries and for business events within the US.Her work has been displayed in Manhattan, online gallery exhibitions and throughout Long Island. Liza's art and stories have been published in magazines and in newspapers. Artist Statement: I believe fairies and the art I create come through the doorway of my heart. To me they are the reality of the manifestation of the positive things that happen as a result of love and respect for the environment and the beings on this planet. They represent the beauty of the secret places that dwell within the human soul and are an expression of love and the experience of beauty that I have found within nature and those around me. The embodiment of beauty that is within, reaching out toward nature in gentleness. The fairies are the essence of the beauty of life in nature and the magic within the life force of living things.
Louis Chicorelli For the past forty years, I have divided my creativity between music and art; I am now retired from music and am devoting all my energy to art.Each subject I choose to paint will end up in a different style based on my emotional, physiological and visual surroundings at the time of inception. Oil, Acrylic, and Pastel are my favorite mediums to use.I have studied at the Art Student League and with my brother, a graduate from Pratt.My art has been exhibited at the Salmagundi Art Club NYC, Javitts Art Center NYC, AALI, Mills Pond House Gallery and I have been honored to win several prizes.I feel blessed to see, feel and think as an artist.
Lynda Lehmann Lynda Lehmann has worked as a commercial artist/graphic designer. Her art-related interests are photography, painting, digital art, and fiction writing. She has written several YA sci fi novels and short stories with earth stewardship and feminist themes. Lynda's photography leans towards abstraction, while her paintings tend to be highly stylized or abstract.
Marla Rice-Evans I am an artist who has chosen watercolor as my medium over a 25 year timespan.  Watercolor has always resonated with me since all of life consists primarily of water.  Living by the ocean in North Carolina, my subject matter has consisted largely of fish during the last few years.  I am now merging into the portrait since I believe that the face is also a key into the soul of a human.
Marlene Weinstein My goal is to create a visual world in which the ordinary becomes captivating and unexpected. I strive to create images that exceed the boundaries of our vision by blending realism and imagination.Through the camera, I pursue with both joy and frustration that which is usually temporary.
Maryellen Cox Maryellen Cox has been involved in both the doing of art and the teaching of art for most of her life. She is a graduate of Herron School of Art and has studied with architectural artist, Harry Davis and portrait painter, Edmund Brucker. Her paintings are part of many private collections and have been included in exhibitions throughout Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Washington, New York, Connecticut, California, Montana, Alaska, Belize, Nova Scotia, and Puerto Rico. She is fascinated by the human face and her paintings often include the faces of family members.
Michael Parisi Michael Parisi of Port Jefferson specializes in commission work for people and pets. A member of the Portrait Society of America, he has had extensive education in art, and graduated from the Manhattan Institute of Drafting and Design, and the American Art School. Michael is on the Gallery Committee of the Brookhaven Arts & Humanities Council. He has had various exhibits across Long Island and is regularly invited to do demo shows at private parties, hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants and art groups. He teaches adult and children’s portrait classes in charcoal, oil or pastels. Michael has loved art all his life; in fact, he calls art his passion. In his career, he has completed over 5,000 portraits and has a special love for Long Island landscape.
Monica Agosta The best way to describe Monica Agosta's photography is love at first sight - whether it was the first time she saw an Ansel Adams image or the excitement she felt when she received her first camera for free after mailing in several Bazooka gum wrappers at age eight - love is infused in her artistry. Agosta worked as a photo assistant for the Associated Press in Manhattan during the news service's 150th anniversary in 1998. She also served as a photo assistant at Gannett's Journal News, during it's "birth" that same year, and had some of her work published weekly in the gardening section of the paper. In 1991, she interned at Eyewitness News, WABC-TV on the assignment desk an learned the video production process, skills that added to the depth of her photography. Agosta received her degree in Radio/Television production at the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1991. Although mainly self-taught, she received instruction in 2006 at The Maine Photographic Workshops with Ira Block, a National Geographic photographer, in 1997 at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan with Maggie Steber, a documentary photographer, and a photojournalism class with Yva Momatiuk of National Geographic at SUNY - New Paltz in 1990. Agosta has participated in several juried group and solo shows of her work at various Art Councils, libraries and galleries here on Long Island. Agosta has won numerous awards for her work. She was a finalist in the 1997 spring photography contest sponsored by Photographer's Forum Magazine. Her photo entitled "Catch the Wave" depicted a surfer from Huntington Beach, California on a wild ride was ranked in the top five percent of 32,000 entries and appeared in a book called The Best of Photography Annual: 1997. While she was a member of the Westchester Professional Photographer's Association in 1997, she won a number of merit awards recognizing her work with outdoor photography. She was a semi-finalist for International Library of Photography Photo Contest in 2001. Her photo entitled "Uh-O" shows here son Vinnie, then a curious one-year-old child caught in the act of making a mess with birthday cake all over his face.
Nancy Wernersbach Happy is the word admirers and collectors often use to describe Nancy Wernersbach's artwork. Her nature-inspired oil and watercolor paintings are windows to the outdoors and create quiet spaces and beautiful places for viewers to enjoy wherever they are displayed.
Nicholas J.Valentino Attending Parsons School of Design gave me the skills and confidence to pursue my craft. Self-taught, I have been using my own techniques to create more contemporary pieces. I like to work with mixed media and “throw-away” items. My passion is creating a new spin on automotive parts. They now have a new life and purpose.
Piper R. Lyman Piper R. Lyman is currently the Creative Director of StudioPiper, a graphic design firm specializing in creating corporate marketing and promotional materials. StudioPiper has recently been awarded four "American Graphic Design Awards" for excellence in communication and graphic design from Graphic Design USA and two awards for "American Graphic Design Awards" for excellence in packaging design. Piper is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA in Graphic Design.
Rain Skye Haunted by the Holocaust, the work reflects my sadness.
Rasma Kupers Dos Born in Latvia, Rasma Kupers Dos came to United States in 1949. She was educated at University of Minnesota, B.F.A. Studied printmaking with Malcolm Meyers, painting with Cameron Booth, Walter Quirt, Louis Schanker; and photography with Allen Downs. After a year abroad (1960) and post-grad studies in Paris (1963 & 1964) at Atelier 17 with S.W.Hayter in printmaking, painting with Henri Goetz and life drawing at Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. Rasma participated with Methode Bedard, a collective experimental group, culminating in an exhibition, “Towards a New Golden Rule” at the Musee d’Art Moderne, September 1964. She is presently active with two watercolor groups, Night Heron Artists, New Village Watercolor Group, and life drawing group at SUNY-Stony Brook. In 50’s & 60’s exhibited prints, oil paintings, and theatre design with University of Minnesota, Midwest Students in Iowa and experimental group of artists in Paris, France. Recently participated in group exhibits with watercolor paintings, juried photography shows at STAC – Mills Pond House, w/c paintings at Cultural & Educational Center, Stony Brook, PJAC- art show at Jefferson Ferry, PJ Country Club and local libraries.
Rick Mundy An artist of tremendous diversity, Rick Mundy is very accomplished in transparent watercolors. He has had 21 of his works published as front covers and has won an Award of Merit for front cover design from Manhattan Arts International. For two consecutive years he has received the award for the best front cover for a neighborhood publication in the state (NYS Press Association). Rick has had his art favorably critiqued in The New York Times, NYC Galleries, and Artspeak International; and utilized by Distinction Magazine, The Encyclopedia of Living Artists, Boating World, and other publications. His publisher, GOG, distributes Rick's work worldwide. His website www.rickmundy.com has been chosen as "One of the Top Businesses of the Year" (LICVBSC). Demonstrating this diversification, he has a series of nine tropical paintings that resemble 1200 to 1500 mosaic tiles in each, one of which is shown below. His highly textured African series of 8 works is another of the unusual styles that he has created, one of which is also shown below. Back home of Long Island however, he is best know for his local landscapes and seascapes.
Robert Pogatetz Painting is an exhilarating experience. Creating art is a joyous and complete means of sharing my artistic and metaphysical perception of life. The result is experiencing maturity, growth, and great personal pleasure in sharing visual expression and creative interpretation. When painting I learn new aspects about my style, the world, and myself. I take delight in painting celebrity portraits and colorful landscapes. My portraits capture inspiration for the human face and its features as a window to the soul, celebrating visual appeal as well as higher spiritual energies. My landscapes are imbued with vibrancy, energy, and movement; and are joyously inspired by colors, scenery, urban life and nature, creating a visual and emotional dance that captures the heart of their expressive creation. My brush strokes are rich, happy, dancing, and filled with movement, giving the viewer an original thought-provoking snapshot of life. The rich, buttery texture of oil paint achieves my goal of celebrating and documenting life. When people see my work, I'd like them to be inspired with positive energy and come away feeling good with an expanded awareness.
Roberto Perinuzzi Roberto Perinuzzi is an accomplished artist who has won numerous awards. He was born in Italy where he enjoyed an early education in art school. He studied for several years under an impressionist teacher who would inspire him for the rest of his life. Roberto creates his work with patience intricacy fascination, and with a meticulous technique he manages to bring forth to life what he feels. He captivates the viewer with his geometric shapes his use of color and composition. With all this he tries to show objects that are not of this world but the world in his mind.
Ross Barbera My paintings explore the visual interaction occurring between streams, ponds and bodies of water with their surrounding landscape environments. Inspired by the interplay and rich visual diversity of elements within these natural settings, I have been involved in an ongoing photographic exploration of Northeast forest preserves in search of subject matter. I am particularly interested in close up views that reveal tiny worlds of subtle harmonies and rhythms, and where the recognizable becomes abstract. I hope my work communicates something of the peace and contemplativeness that I experience when visiting these natural places.
Russ Pizzuto Mr. Pizzuto was born in New York and attended school on Long Island. He studied under fine artists and earned his masters degree. Currently, Russ is a docent at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington and a member of the Wet Paints Art Club of Sayville.Russ generally paints non-objective abstract expressionist works. Russ’s greatest critic is his wife Majorie, who has a great eye for the nuisances when looking over work. Russ often uses acrylic because it works wet on wet and is a fast drying medium that facilitates color overlaying. Russ constantly explores color contrasts in his work. Russ has exhibited extensively at many multi media art forums and shows on Long Island, most recently at Captain Hawkins House Restoration in Jamesport, Long Island. Russ has been the recipient of numerous awards.
Shain Bard People often point to my paintings and say they know that place.That is the nicest thing they could say to me, because then I know I have struck a chord in them, and yet, while they are somehow familiar with the territory, they are also "seeing" it for the first time.It is, of course, as much of an internal place as well as external. Nature and art are within and without us, something close to what I would call "home". It is those moments when we most fully connect to our surroundings, those held-breath moments, that I am interested in. I also see the idiosyncratic forms of nature as instruments in an orchestra, and light as the conductor. I am a conduit of that light as I create my compositions.
Shawn Sullivan Shawn Sullivan is a Painter-Fine Artist living in Franklin Square,Long Island. He was born in 1957 in Sacramento, California. He holds a Bachelor's in Fine Art from C.W. Post, a Masters in Fine Art from Brooklyn College and he recently completed three years of study at the Long Island Academy of Fine Art, a private studio. Shawn has a long history of exhibiting his work and currently shows with local and national galleries. Shawn's style of painting is "Painterly Realism" based on classical principles. His favorite artists are Vermeer, Chardin and Jacob Collins. Shawn paints still-lifes, landscapes and portraits, strictly from life, never from photographs.
Susan Carney Susan Carney holds a BA in English. She is a self-taught artist who began shooting photographs about two years ago when she received her first camera as a gift.
Susan Demmet The subject matter of my watercolor paintings and pencil drawings is of prebirth, birth and the events that follow in abstract and fantastical visuals. Hands, coiling cords, embryos, flowers, light and explosions reveal a psychobiography of my early life. Implied in my work is the presence of bodies with their references to generations past and present. My paintings trace the emotional and physical connections between my siblings, parents and important relatives from both my adoptive and biological families. Inherent in my work are the universal feelings of abandonment, confusion, growth and renewal. We are born into existence as innocent babies from a mother's womb. Most babies stay with their biological parents, whereas others are sent to consanguine relations. As well a baby may be adopted or sent to foster care. The placement may be glorious or it may be wrong. The baby is blameless. How do these early events relate to our lives and how will our responses affect future generations? I have been painting most of my life; it is a freeing and therapeutic process, which restores and heals me. I have been exploring these issues since graduating from NYU with a BFA in painting. It is my wish that my work presents to the viewer a pathway to remember and to feel the quality of early life and that the viewer has the opportunity to reflect more deeply on his/her own beginning with all its implications and realities.
Susan Tiffen In brief, I grew up on Long Island, have a classical art education, originally a potter. I've always taken lots of photographs but not as I do now. Please stop by my website to see my work.
Susanne Johnson Susanne Johnson is a Long Island based fine art photographer. Her photographs are passionate reflections of the inner-self and emotions.Her vision captures the beauty of her subjects while maintaining an artistic expression. Susanne holds a B.F.A. in Photography and is currently working on her Masters Degree in Fine Art at C.W. Post Long Island University. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and China. She is a member of several professional groups including Professional Women Photographers, College Art Association and the Society for Photographic Education.
Tom Romeo Winner of grants from the America the Beautiful Fund and New York State Council of the Arts, as well as recipient of both the Suffolk County Film Commission and Telly Awards, Tom Romeo has been recognized for his work as a 'storyteller' who's choice of medium has always fit his choice of subject. As a writer, photographer, digital artist, producer, poet and performer, he immerses himself in both topic and technique to create beautiful images in real life and in the mind and soul of the viewer. A devotee of film photography/chemical darkroom and analog video shooting and editing, the move to the digital realm in both these media excited his imagination and set him off on an exploration which led him to the 'Modigraph' - a word of his own creation which describes his body of work consisting of digitally MODIfied photo.
Trine Giæver I received a BA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. I worked as an editorial artist for the New York Daily News for 10 years. I am predominantly a freelance illustrator now. I received my Masters in Painting from the New York Academy of Art. I have lived in NYC for over twenty years now, and love painting it's interiors and exteriors and diverse inhabitants.
William Pardue William Pardue discovered he could draw at the age of nine. Growing up during the last gasp of the great illustrators, the period of Norman Rockwell and the last years of activity for Maxfield Parrish, he vowed that illustration would be his profession.After leaving the Air Force, he intended to go to New York to attend the Art Students League, but instead joined a local amateur theatre group in his home town and became smitten with theatre. He did go to New York, but to become a professional actor and director. He occasionally designed sets to keep his hand in the visual arts.After a long career in the theatre he returned to his original love – painting. He has exhibited widely on Long Island and in NYC, winning a number of awards. His work is in collections around the world.Currently, he is doing murals. One was recently installed in the Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Westchester, and he is designing another for the Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan.