by Grace Lucarelli | Apr 4, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
Travels & Destinations
Landscapes, Still Lifes & Figurative Images of Other Worlds, Other Lands, Other Lives
March 5 – April 3, 2016
Reception Sunday March 6, 3-5 pm
Show us where you’ve been – near, far and far-out! Landscapes, still lifes and figurative images tell the story of our travels both real and imagined. Where have YOU been? Montauk, Maine or Mexico? The Moon or the Milky Way? We can’t wait to see your travelogue.
JUROR Paul David Elsen went to the High School of Art & Design where he studied drawing and painting under the late Irwin “Greeny” Greenberg and the noted portrait painter and book cover illustrator Max Ginsburg. After a number of career moves unrelated to art, encouraged by his wife Karmen in 2009, he once again turned his attentions to painting and drawing. Paul David has since studied with artists as diverse as Paul Bachem, Howard Rose, Marc Josloff, and Rob Silverman.
Paul has been awarded Best-In-Show Awards in exhibits at The National Art League and The Art League of Nassau County. He has been part of juried shows at The Heckscher Museum, Huntington Arts Council’s Main Street Gallery, My Gallery in Port Washington, the Art League of Long Island. Other exhibits include the Barnes Gallery in Garden City, a solo exhibit at the Colors Salon in Cold Spring Harbor, The Graphic Eye in Port Washington, the Tripani Gallery in Manhasset, and at the former Sovereign Bank in Forest Hills, Queens. Mr. Elsen has also contributed to group exhibits at the Locust Valley Library & a two-artist show with his wife Karmen Elsen at Cold Spring Harbor Library.
More on Mr. Elsen can be found at his website.
First Place: Diana De Santis for Monet at The Met, pastel
Second Place: Bennett Horowitz for Slot Canyon, New Mexico, oil
Third Place: Aleta Crawford for Siren Song, oil
Honorable Mentions: Meike McLaughlin for The Lighthouse, watercolor; Robert Stuhmer for Surprise at Daybreak, marker; and Rona Winter for The Road Not Taken, mosaic.
by Grace Lucarelli | Feb 28, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
“I’m Ready for My Close Up”
a Juried Photography Competition and Exhibition
February 6 – February 28, 2016
Criteria: Portraits, macros, and close-ups that “speak to the viewer. “ All works must be original. The selection committee’s decision is final. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from February 1 – 28, 2016.
JUROR: Harold Naideau is a photographer, artist, author and educator based on Long Island. He teaches photography at Suffolk County Community College, Briarcliffe College and Stony Brook University. His photography blends traditional fine-art photography with digital imaging and printing and utilizes a changing array of modern material and processes. You may see his work at: www.naideauphotography.com
First Place: Scott Elberger for Snug
Second Place: Patricia Paladines for Girl with Flower – Mafalala
Third Place: Brian Grandfield for Chrysanthemum Petals
Honorable Mentions: Michael Lax for Portrait of Gerald Eskin, Joanna Gazzola for “Sadness,” and William MacMillan for Protecting Kitty.
Student Award
Robert Morris of Oyster Bay High School for Through the Woods.
by Grace Lucarelli | Jan 6, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
Art from the Heart – 10 x 10 Fundraiser Event
On View & For Sale – December 4, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Reception December 4, 6-9 PM
December 4 from 6-9 pm – Opening Reception!
There will be food, music, and all artwork will be for sale!
(We do hope you can let us “borrow” it until the end of the show, but we understand if you absolutely MUST take it home that night.)
Each donated finished work of art will sell for $100 with 100% of the proceeds going to The Art Guild’s Revitalization Fund. We provide the 10 x 10 cradled wood panel, you provide the artwork. Any and all media may be used: acrylic, oil, watercolor, collage, photography, etc. Anything that can be done or mounted on the provided board is acceptable.
All proceeds fund our Education Fund for scholarships and subsidize our children’s classes.
by Grace Lucarelli | Nov 4, 2015 | Past Classes and Workshops
Saturday, February 13 & Sunday, February 14, 2016
9:30 PM – 4:30PM
Learn How to Paint Fast, Loose and Bold
Through a series of targeted exercises you will learn to paint confidently, using brilliant color, gestural brushwork and starting from strong compositions. Whether you’re a beginner or an accomplished artist, you’ll learn:
• how to see limited values clearly
• how to mix colors so they stay clean and bright
• how to create a value sketch as a “roadmap” to a successful painting
• how to translate your design into exciting and endless color possibilities
• how to economize and let go of the unnecessary repetitive brushstrokes
• how to simplify – know what’s important detail- and what’s not
• how to start out with large shapes rather than smaller details
• how to work with bigger brushes for a more gestural quality
• how to hold your brush for a bolder application of paint
• how to paint small but necessary details with big brushes
• how to paint with fewer strokes for a bolder look
• how to work with thicker paint
• the importance of grays
• how to mix colorful grays
• and more
The most eye-catching, dramatic paintings are based on strong composition with simple, large shapes. Learn how to get your fundamentals in place, right from the start – to create dramatic, brilliant and confident paintings!
All levels and all media are welcome. A materials list will be provided. Painting demonstrations will be in acrylics or oils, but the fundamentals taught apply to all media.
Patti Mollica believes that truly great painting is not about the “subject matter,” but rather the way an artist communicates beauty, sensitivity and integrity in whatever is painted. Flowers, gardens and sunsets are no more worthy as painting subjects than a subway station full of weary commuters, or a closeup of an old rundown building with cascading fire escapes. She believes that a painter’s job is to show the viewer the inherant beauty of all subjects and scenes, most especially the ones that are not commonly thought of in an artistic light.
Although she is equally comfortable working in both oils and acrylics, she feels that the new developments in recent years to acrylics make them a perfect vehicle for infinite versatility and personal expression. This is explored and illustrated in depth in her book, “Modern Acrylics“. She has also recently authored “Color Theory” and “Getting Started in Acrylics“, available in art stores worldwide and online at Amazon.com.
For more about Patti, please visit her website: mollicastudio.com
$350 members/$380 non-members
Update: We had a wonderful time with Patti! Click here to see pictures on our Facebook page. (You don’t need a Facebook account to see them.)
by Grace Lucarelli | Sep 28, 2015 | Past Exhibitions
Ordinary Made Extraordinary—The Art of Still Life
a Juried Competition and Exhibition Sept. 4- 27, 2015
Explore your environment. Manipulate objects, composition and light.
Transform the ordinary to become extraordinary.
Opening Reception Friday September 11, 2015: 6:30 -8:30pm
JUROR Leah Lopez, a New York City artist originally from Northern New Mexico. She is known for her breathtaking paintings that capture elegance and romance. With gallery representation across the states and students flocking to her Atelier to study, she maintains the same hard working schedule to develop her latest body of work. More than ever, Leah’s paintings are passionately inspired by her life and experiences on this riveting, creative journey.
