Opening Reception
Sunday Afternoon
November 19, 3-5 pm
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Elizabeth Mackie, Skirt Transformed # 6
Karen Titus Smith shows her dynamic and engaging series of shaped paintings on paper; these pieces express the artist’s process of journeying inward: first drawing with oil stick on large sheets of paper, then deepening the image with paint, defining the shape she is seeking, then cutting the shape with scissors and mounting it on a wooden support. Karen is a popular teacher of painting at the Princeton Arts Council.
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Maybe a Moon Shining, Madelaine Shellaby
Madelaine Shellaby, formerly a teacher of studio art at the Stuart Country Day School in Princeton, has had the opportunity to develop her personal artistic vision during many artist residencies: in France, at the Headlands Center in Marin County, and the Virginia Center for the Arts. A longtime affiliate of the Princeton Artists Alliance, Madelaine has exhibited her work extensively in the Princeton area, as well as in most of the museums of NJ. Her large graphite drawing “Jizo Garden” depicting a unique Buddhist memorial garden evokes the memory of lost children. Another graphite drawing “Inside of Stone” is inspired by a Charles Simic poem.
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Nest #6 in Paynes Grey, Robin Dintiman
Nature is the driving force in Robin Dintiman’s series of “Nests,” collagraphs, with etching and photogravure processes. Robin is on the faculty of the Manhattan Graphics Center; her exhibition record includes the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Oakland Art Museum, among a long list of other museum and gallery exhibitions.
Arlene Milgram, a painter and mixed media artist, says of her prints, “Mark making is the most basic, personal and individualistic action. It is the connection of hand, mind and emotion, reflecting the energy, speed and tools with which the marks are made. Marks can be sparse, layered, scarred, scratched or incised. They can be slow and deliberate or forceful and fearless. They are generated by a personal rhythm that is as natural as breathing.” Throughout her long career as an artist and art teacher, Arlene has exhibited her work extensively throughout the area including at the Silva Gallery in Pennington, at Artworks, and at Ellarslie
Jon Taner is associated with Studio Montclair; two of his artworks were recently juried into the Viewpoints 2017 an international juried show at Aljira in Newark Jon’s watercolor collages are a process of discovery, both for him as artist and for the viewer: he launches his creative journey from the familiar into the unpredictable, taking his very own shapes in space filled with light, color, and movement to unexpected and lyrical destinations. Jon is also a Certified Fine Art Appraiser Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) certification
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