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Susan Barse Miller

Member Artist

My name is Susan Barse Miller. I have shown art at the disabled level, all over the Island, including Hofstra University. They have one of my paintings. I have shown at libraries and churches at the professional level. More recently I have shown with the Art Guild of Port Washington. My background in Fine Arts comes from my family. My grandmother, Susan Barse Miller,was a painter. So was my Dad, Barse Miller. We all three studied at The Pennsylvania Acadmey of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pa. More recently I have explored watercolors. It is a challenging and rewarding medium. I hope to continue in watercolors even though I have gone back to some acrylic painting.

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Henry Butz

Member Artist

Art is the conveyance of intangible ideas and emotions through a tangible medium. The focus of my photography explores the theme of, “What does it mean to be human?”

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Hillary Serota Needle

Member Artist

As a self-taught emerging artist, my work in oils is reflective of architecture, flora, landscape and street scenes that I’ve photographed in my travels, especially during a trip to Ireland. Drawing inspiration and direction from my photographs, I trained myself to “see what I’m looking at.” By breaking down an image into shadows, light, movement, and color, I discovered the ability to breathe life into something of one dimension. I especially enjoy isolating an up-close perspective on flowers, whose patterns and complexities continue to amaze and delight – nature’s formula for the creation of something unique, imperfect and random.

With no formal training, other than an extensive undergraduate art history education at Hofstra University, I began painting in late 2017 upon receiving a gift of an easel and art supplies from my father, who paints as well. He knew I had it in me and now it was my turn to create.

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Leo Tujak

Member Artist

My interest in photography began in high school, taking a photography course and contributing to the year book. In college I was photo co-editor of the year book. After moving to North Shore Towers, many years later, joined the camera club, reviving my interest in photography.

Have had showings at: Manhasset (solo show); Douglaston/Little Neck; Port Washington & Glen Oaks (solo show) Libraries.

Shown at the following US Galleries: Art Impact, 11/20-1/21; Electric City Gallery, NY 11/2020; Fridge Gallery, DC 10/2020; Auburn Gallery, CA, 9/2020; Studio Chanel Gallery, CA 2020; Art Ability, PA 2019&2020; fotofoto Gallery, NY 2019&2020; Vintage Artists Gallery, NY 2019 and the Art Guild, NY 2017, 18, 19 & 20; Save Our Oceans, Save Our Seas (SOOSOS) international online exhibition will include 3 of my photos; also been chosen to appear in Inoventa Awards Obscure contest.

Also internationally at: Glasgow Gallery, Nov. 2020; Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Nov, 2020; Studio Gallery B&B, Paris Sept. 2020; Hinterland Galerie, Vienna, Sept.2020; The Space Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, August 2020; Laurent Gallery, Melbourne, July 2020; BBA Gallery, Berlin; Montanha Pico Festival (Azores), Mountains &Snow 2020 and Espaço Espelho D’agua, in Lisbon, Portugal 2019 & 2020.
Have also exhibited at: FUJIFILM photo exhibition 2018&2019 at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal; PhotoCompetition.online, Sunsets, 2019; Historic Photographer of the year 2019&2020 has published my entries; as have; Lose the Film; Irreplaceable Resources; the National Parks Foundation and Travel and Leisure.

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Caryn Coville

Member Artist

Art has always been a part of my life. Shortly after graduating with a B.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology, I discovered using colored pencils as a fine art medium. I work realistically, and I like the smooth texture and fine details that can be achieved with colored pencils.
My work is inspired by my love of nature, travel, and the beauty I find in everyday objects. My paintings start with a line drawing; and using a heated drawing board, I begin the process of applying pigment. Working with a light touch, I slowly build up and blend the color, sometimes adding up to twenty layers. I like the process of watching my painting slowly emerge.

Primarily a colored pencil artist, I have enjoyed extending my artistry into other mediums. For the past several years I have enjoyed East Asian brush painting. I like the contrast between the very slow process of creating a colored pencil painting layer upon layer, and the spontaneity of brush painting, where I try to convey the essence of a subject by using minimal strokes of ink and watercolor. My latest journey has been into the world of alcohol ink painting.

I am a ‘CPX’ Signature Member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and was awarded the ‘CPX’ Five-Year Merit Award in 2020.

My work has been featured in numerous art publications and I am a contributing artist in the book Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer by Arlene Steinberg.

My award-winning work has been shown in solo gallery exhibits, juried shows and group exhibitions and is in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and Canada.