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Gail Winbury

MEDIUM    oil, 2-d

WEBSITE    gwinburyart.artspan.com

STATEMENT

2014 I became interested in merging a gestural style of painting with a geometric and minimal sensibility. A series of paintings were completed as I experimented with combining abstract organic and geometric forms, expressive brush and knife work with less activated canvas. I brought both a simplicity and emotionality to the work. These paintings compared with earlier series, had a restricted or limited palette, and reflected the theme of aging and the passage of time.

The work from this series was a dialectic between past and present, control and abandon, and permanence and transcendence. I developed techniques which mirrored the meaning of the work. For example, in this series, older paintings became new as I sanded,scrapped and wiped the surface with turpentine, preserving forms and subtle burst of color that became part of the new work’s history. These pieces echoed the ways in which we carry our history within us.

After the past 16 months of nearly constant exhibiting, (three solo shows, a two-person exhibit in Germany, group exhibitions and travels), a new series began. In December 2016, I switched my format from a 48×38 rectangular canvas, and I began to work again in squares. Form, space, edges and color become a priority against a square format on linen. In this newer work I emphasize the 2 dimensionality of the picture plane and in places, leave the bare linen exposed. Each painting borrows it’s composition from the previous painting. These pieces are almost like a tribe, with genetic links.  During these 16 months I also began a series of collages.These works on paper explore color, depth and negative space. The work tends to contain parts of old oil and water-color paintings, maps, buttons and found objects, once again creating something new from the repurposed old canvas, and objects and are almost sculptural.

My latest work completed summer 2017 are still in process. In these pieces, while form and color are still primary I employ and experiment with unorthodox techniques and material. As such I am sew with silk thread on the canvas and creating collages canvases and canvases with recesses containing shards of pottery .

My work in oils, no matter how abstract, at times seem to refer to the female body. But, unlike De Kooning, and others, the abstracted and deconstructed figure is not objectified, but rather, the view is an empathic one, where the female form is seen from the inside out. I believe that one of my gifts as an artist, is to understand uncertainty, conflict and human yearnings and make those manifest in the language of paint. My work reflects the the triumphs, sorrows, losses and complexity of the human condition.

CV/BIO

Education
School of Visual Arts, 2009-2011, Manhattan, New York
University of Massachusetts, 1978, Amherst, Massachusetts, BA
studied privately with artist Dorothy Yung, 1995-2010, Highland Park, NJ

Residencies and Fellowships
Summer 2016, Artist Residency and Artist Exchange, Jewish Federation, Arad, Israel
Summer 2015, Visual Arts Fellowship at Bau Institute, Otranto Italy
Sumer 2014, international Painting Residency, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, NY
2015, master-class with Joan Snyder, Castle Hill, Truro, Massachusetts

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibits
2017 Gail Winbury/D.E. Aderhold, Heinrich-Heine-House, Lunaberg,Germany(curator Cora Althuslmann, M.A.)
2016 Gail Winbury: Paintings and Paper, 73 SEE Gallery, Montclair, NJ (curator Mary Z )
2016 Gail Winbury, ETS Headquarters, Princeton, NJ (curator Lynn Tillman)
2016-2017 Large Works, Atrium Gallery,Morristown, NJ (curatorial assist Katherine Murdock)
2015 “Gestures in Art”, invitational, TD Ameritrade, Jersey City, NJ (curator Eileen Ferra)
2015 Bau Institute Studio Exhibition, Otranto, Italy
2015-2014 “Rondos”, The Tenth Muse Gallery, Maplewood, NJ
2014 -2015 Tides Hotel Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2014 “Wild Ginger”, Gallery U, Westfield, NJ (curator Robert Langdon)
2014 “Les Petite and Les Grande Morte”, Studio Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, NYC
2014 “A Touch of Color”, The Tenth Muse, Maplewood, NJ
2013 “New Works”, The Tenth Muse, Maplewood, NJ
2013 “Solo Works-Gail Winbury”, Farmstead Gallery, Basking Ridge, NJ (curator C.Lloyd)
2011-2 “Recent Works”, River Mill gallery, Westfield, NJ (curator M.Chan)
2011 “What Pushes Through the Earth”, Pearl St Gallery, Elizabeth, NJ (curator Libby Reed)
2009 Jewish Community Center Gallery, Summit, NJ

Selected Juried and Group Shows 
2017 invitational, UNEXPECTED: What is a painting, Heinz Otto Gallery, Watchung, NJ (curator Gail Winbury and Gail Winbury)
2017 invitational, “Black and White”, Emerge Gallery, Sagugerties, NY (curator Robert Landon)
2017 invitational, “Abstrakt”, Emerge Gallery, Sagugerties, NY (curator Robert Langdon)
2017 juried “Ellarslie 34”, Ellaraslie Museum, Trenton, NJ
2017 “Stolen Identities”, Gallery 1978, Maplewood, NJ (curator Gail Winbury)
2017 “Des Arad”, invitational, Gaelan Art Gallery, West Orange, NJ
2016 invitational, “Arte Internazionale” Matera, Italy (curator Professor Pino Nicolette)
2016 invitational “Curators Choice”, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (curator Katherine. Murdock)
2016, “Letters”, The New Art Group, Otto Heinz Gallery, Watchung, NJ
2016 invitational, “The EXPHRASIS Project”, Montclair Art Museum and Gallery U, Westfield, NJ (curator R. Langdon)
2015 invitational, “Curators’ Choice”, Jersey City Museum, NJ (curator Dr. Virginia Butera)
2015 invitational,”Contrasting Abstractions”, Maple Gallery, Morristown, NJ (curator Butera)
2015 “It’s All About Time”, City Life Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (curator Gail Winbury)
2015 invitational “Big small Show”, Victory Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, Catalog, (curator James Pusterino)
2015 invitational, The Art Project Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (curator James Pusterino)
2014 William James College Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (curator Alan Beck, Ph.D.)
2014 juried, Ellarslie Museum, Trenton, NJ ((Tracy Baum, Ph.D. juror)
2014 juried, Exhibitors Co-op, Farmstead Art Gallery, Basking Ridge, NJ (curator Barbara Minch)
2013 juried, “Jazz Stories”, Perrio Gallery, South Orange, NJ (curator Micha Hamilton)
2013 juried, Otto Heinz Gallery, Watchung, NJ, award (Donna Gustafson, Ph.D.
2013 Westfield invitational, representing River Mill Gallery, Westfield, NJ
2012 juried show, Mayo Regional Theater, Morristown, NJ (curator Charles Miller)
2009 juried exhibit, Monmouth Library, Monmouth, NJ (curator Dorothy Yung)
2002,2003, New Jersey Watercolor society

Selected Awards and Honors 
2016 awarded artist residency in Israel, from the Jewish Federation of Greater Metro West, NJ
2016  awarded Curators Choice Exhibit at Village Wes Gallery, Jersey City , NJ
2016 Judge,Watchung Art Center members exhibit, Heinz Otto Gallery, Watchung, NJ
2015 received Visual Arts Fellowship from the Bau Institute
2015 awarded Curators Choice Exhibit at The Jersey City Museum, by Donna Gustafson, Ph.D. Curator of Zimmerli Museum of Art
2014 received painting residency, School of Visual arts, Manhattan, NY
2015 Painting published in a book on Bach Cello Suites
2012 art exhibited on the Food Network
2011 judge, Union Cultural Commission, corporate headquarters PSEG,Elizabeth, NJ
2001 The Curtis Hilliard Memorial Award, NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

Selected Press and Publications 
2017 Painters talking painting, on line Blog, 11 paintings shown
2017 Radio, Newspaper and magazine interviews, Luneburg, Germany
2016 Urban Agenda Magazine, focus on painting of Gail Winbury
2016 Montclair Times, “Gail Winbury’s work and 73SEE Gallery”
2016 catalog, Solo Exhibit of Gail Winbury Paintings, Drawings and Travel Paintings, edited by Mary Scotti, essay by Lily Wei
2016 essay, “Play it Again”, written by Lily Wei, international curator and journalist
2015 catalog, Mostra Internazionale di Pittura, Matera, Italy, Professor Pino Nicolette
2015 catalog The BIG Small Show, Victory Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2015 “Contrasting Abstraction” reviewed in blog “NOTWHATITIS”
2014 Interview on NJ 21TV, Gail Winbury’s paintings in The Art Project Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2014 Catalog, The BIG Small Exhibit, a juried exhibit of the Victory Drawing Rooms.
2014 painting published in book and accompanying cd of Bach’s Six Cello Suites, Stephen Hancock
2014 Painting included in the past president of the American Psychological Association’s
slides for symposia, university lectures, and publications.
2014 article in Alternative Press.
2012 full page article in the Westfield Leader

Selected Guest Lectures, Presentation and Workshops 
2017  Painters and Poets Speak: the Creative Process, Gallery 1978, Maplewood, NJ
2016 “Women in Abstract Expressionism and Winbury’s Work”, 73SEE Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2016 “Finding Your Visual Language”, workshop for artists, Arad, Israel and Westfield, NJ
2016 “Finding Your Visual Language”, Jewish Federation, West Orange, NJ
2015 “Sex and Death”, Feminist Art Project, 20×20, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers’s University
2015 “It’s All About Time”, City Life Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2015 2015 “ Abstract Painting and Transition ”, Heinz Otto Gallery ,Watchung, NJ

Curation
2017 UNEXPECTED: What is a painting? Heinz Otto Gallery
2017 “Stolen Identities”, Gallery 1978, Maplewood, NJ
2015 “ It’s All About Time”, City Life Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2014 “Members Exhibit”, CAG, Farmstead Art Center, Basking Ridge, NJ

Selected Memberships
Board of Directors, Contemporary Art Group, 2011-2015 Watchung, NJ
(Chair of judging 2013-present)
The Feminist Art Project, Rutgers University, 2013-present, NJ
Studio Montclair, 2014, Montclair, NJ
Pro Arts, Jersey City, NJ

Art is in private collections in:   United States , Germany and Italy

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Rosalia Tignini Verdun

MEDIUM    oil, pastel, acrylic & digital art

WEBSITE    rosaliart.com

BIO/CV

Rosalia Tignini Verdun is an award-winning Italian-American portrait, still life and landscape artist.

Born and raised in Italy, she was constantly surrounded by the Italian esthetic, couture and food. She began her formal artistic journey at the Lenac Technical School of Fashion Design. After graduating, she and her family immigrated to the US. While owner of Rosalia Fashion Boutique in Brooklyn, she further nourished her passion for the arts by taking private art classes, and visiting the museums and galleries of New York. Rosalia, after taking a break to raise 3 beautiful children, returned to the fashion industry as millnery manager at Kleinfeld bridals, then worked for Brioni New York, among others.

She has fervently dedicated her time and life to continued study of the arts. A few of her influences are: the Pre-Raphaelist realists, Sorolla, Sargent, Rembrandt, and Valasquez. She also has an appreciation for the new contemporary masters: Nelson Shanks, David Leffel, Daniel Green, John Howard Sanden, and Gregg Kreutz.  Self-study and continued development with her chosen media of oil, pastel, acrylic, ink and charcoal are ever-present in her life.

Her art work is in many homes of collectors , and she has been represented by fine galleries in New Jersey. She regularly participates in group shows in New York and New Jersey.

Rosalia is co-founder of the art group Visions since 2008 and is also the founder of the art group Open Studio Painters. She teaches acrylic and portraiture classes, as well as private lessons.

Education

  • Studied with: Pino Daeni, Gary Goodbee, Thomas Valente, Enrique Flores-Galbis, Stephen Early, Lea Colie Wight, Kerry Dunn, Natalie Italiano, Robin Frey, Christine De Barry, Alex Piccirillo, Valery Larko
  • Giving landscapes workshops
  • Teaching  Portraits art classes
  • Certificate of Achievement Awarded from: Studio Incamminati ( School for Contemporary Realist Art, Philadelphia Pennsylvania )  Intensive Painting 2 weeks Workshop 2012
  • Studio Incamminati ( School for Contemporary Realist Art , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania) Advanced Portrait and Figure  2 weeks workshop 2012
  • Livingston Arts Association Livingston, NJ  2000-2010
  • Montclair Art Museum School, NJ 2000-2010
  • Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Summit – Attended classes in drawing, oils for landscape and portraits.
  • Assistant to instructor;  Enrique Flores-Galbis,  NJ 1999-2008
  • Lenac Fashion Institute Palermo, Italy 1970
  • Specialized Concentrated Workshops: Italy, France, Vermont, New York and New Jersey

Residencies/Workshops

  • Two-week  Advanced Portrait and Figure Painting workshop: Studio Incamminati School for Contemporary Realistic Art, “Nelson Shanks Founder & Artistic Director’ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2012
  • Two- Week  Insensitive painting workshop at:  Studio Incamminati School for Contemporary Realistic Art” Nelson Shank Founder & Artistic Director” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2012
  • Studio10 Workshop with instructors: Cristina De Barry & Thomas Valenti NJ  2009
  • France: 4 week plein air workshop: assistant to instructor Enriques Flores-Galbis 2009
  • Visual Art Center plein air 50/50, Summit, NJ 2007
  • Residency Johnson Vermont four-week  2007
  • The Masters: technique lectures at New York City Museums 1999 – 2006
  • 45 day plein air painting workshop,  Italy 1984

My Art Workshops

  • The Artist Framer Studio: Giving  Landscapes workshop
  • The Artist Framer Studio : Teaching portrait classes
  • Express Yourself Studios: Teaching Acrylic techniques
  • Painting: Water Reflections in Acrylic
  • Alfa Gallery: Painting demonstration

Group Exhibitions

  • New Perspectives, Watchung Art Center, Watchung, NJ 2015
  • Artspace@MONDO, Summit, NJ 2015
  • Painting in the Garden, Metuchen, NJ 2015
  • Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ 2015
  • CAG at Swain Galleries, Plainfield, NJ 2015
  • Faso on line Exhibition (reoccurring)
  • CAG  Gallery U & Boutique , Westfield, NJ 2014
  • ACADEMIA DELLA NIKE Premio Lupiare, Lecce Italy 2013
  • The Artist Framer Gallery Floral Juried Show, Crandford, NJ
  • Pastel Society of New Jersey Annual Member Show Livingston, Livingston, NJ 2013
  • Pastel Society of New Jersey 8th Annual Juried Exhibition Crane`s Mill Towne Square Gallery, West Caldwell, NJ 2013
  • Watchung Art Center, Annual WAC Members Juried Art Show, NJ 2013
  • 5 Perspectives, Scotch Plains Library, NJ 2013
  • CAG, Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ 2013-2014
  • CAG Farmstead Art Center Gallery, NJ 2013
  • CAG Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Gallery, NJ 2013
  • Watchung Art Center Member Juried Show, Watchung, NJ 2013
  • CAG Group-Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ 2012-2013
  • Westfield Art Galleries Show and sale ,Westfield, NJ 2013
  • Bang VI Art Center, Maplewood, NJ 2013
  • Livingston Members Juried show, NJ 2012
  • Bang VI Art Center, Maplewood, NJ 2011
  • CAG  Group – Reeves- Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ 2011
  • Vision Group-Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ 2011
  • The Artist Framer, Cranford, NJ 2010
  • Visions Group-Les Malamut Gallery, Union NJ 2011
  • Watchung Art Gallery, 2010-2011
  • Visions Group – Chatham Library, Chatham, NJ 2010
  • Watchung Art Center Member Juried Show, Watchung, NJ 2010
  • N.A.W.A. Associates Member Exhibition, NY, 2010
  • Studio Montclair Juried Show, Montclair, NJ 2010
  • Incubator Gallery West Orange Juried Show, NJ 2010
  • Visions Group-Madison Gallery Madison NJ 2010
  • Visions Group – Livingston Gallery Livingston, NJ 2010
  • The Artist Framer, Cranford, NJ 2010
  • Union County Juried Show, NJ 2010
  • Princeton Alliance Church Plainsboro, NJ 2010
  • The Artist Framer, Cranford, NJ 2010
  • ACL Gallery Livingston, NJ, 2009-2010
  • CAG Exhibit-Les Malamute Art Gallery, Union, NJ 2009
  • Les Malamute Art Gallery-Union, NJ – Union Landmarks 2009
  • Morris County Library, Morristown, NJ 2009
  • Wilson School 30th Annual Show & Sale, Mountain Lake, NJ 2009
  • Art Upstairs Gallery Morristown Theater, Morristown, NJ 2009
  • Crane’s Mill Towne Square Gallery, West Caldwell, NJ 2008-2009
  • Circle Gallery, Livingston, NJ 2008
  • Arts Council of Livingston,  NJ 2008
  • New Brunswick Free Public Library, NJ 2008
  • Alfa Art Gallery, NJ 2008
  • Art in the Park Juried Show Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ 2008
  • Pierro Gallery Juried Show, South Orange, NJ 2008
  • Paper Mill Play House, Millburn, NJ “MSHAC” Juried Show 2007-2010
  • Livingston Art Association Livingston, NJ 2007-2008
  • Pastel Society of New Jersey, Inc. NJ 2007-2008
  • Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ 2000-2006
  • Art Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ  2004

Solo Shows

  • Ashenfelter, Slous, McDonough & Trevenen, LLP Montclair, NJ 2015
  • Casano Community Center Gallery, Roselle Park, NJ  2015
  • The Donald B. Palmer Museum of the Springfield Library, Springfield, NJ 2013
  • Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ 2013
  • Gallery on the Boulevard, Kenilworth, N. J. 2010
  • Pearl Street Gallery, Elizabeth, NJ 2010
  • Casano Community Center Gallery, Roselle Park, NJ  2009
  • Les Malamut Art Gallery, Union, NJ  2009
  • Roselle Park Historical Museum, Roselle Park, NJ  2009
  • Salem Roadhouse Cafe, Union, NJ   2009
  • Express Yourself  Studios, Maplewood, NJ 2009
  • Van Gogh’s Ear Cafe, Union, NJ  2008
  • Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ 2008
  • The Donald B. Palmer Museum, Springfield, NJ  2007
  • Freeholder’s Gallery UC Administration Building, Elizabeth, NJ 2007
  • Block Gallery Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ  2005
  • Professional Affiliations
  • Westfield Art Association,  NJ
  • The Portrait Institute, CT
  • Portrait Society Of America, FL
  • Cecilia Beaux Forum, FL
  • Montclair Museum, NJ
  • Studio Montclair, NJ
  • Visual Arts Of Summit, NJ
  • Millburn-Short Hills Arts Center, NJ
  • Livingston Art Association, NJ
  • Pastel Society of New Jersey Inc., NJ
  • Art Council Of The Morris Ave., NJ
  • Watchung Art Center, NJ
  • Westfield Art Center Association Inc., NJ
  • Contemporary Art Group,  NJ
  • Associate Member-National Association of Woman Artists, NY

Awards/Scholarships/Grants

  • Merit Award , Juried Art Show for the : Flowers Associations, New Jersey 2013
  • Part Scholarship for : Tow-week  Advanced Portrait and Figure workshop at:’ Studio Incamminati’ ( School for Contemporary Realistic Art) Nelson Shank, Founder & Artistic Director  2012
  • Part Scholarship for : Two-week Intensive painting workshop at ‘Studio Incamminati’ ( School for Contemporary Realist Art) Nelson Shank , Founder & Artistic Director    2012
  • Diploma,  Academia Della Nike Premio Lupiare Lecce Italy,  2013
  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement Professional oil, Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders  2012
  • First Place Professional oil painting, Union County New Jersey  S. A. E. First Place  2012
  • Certificate of Excellence Honorable Mention, Professional in oil  2011
  • First Place Professional oil paintings,  Union  County New Jersey  S. A. E.  2011
  • Honorable Professional oil paintings, Union  County New Jersey  S. A. E. 2011
  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement , First Place Professional oil paintings, Union County New Jersey  S. A. E. 2010
  • Award of Excellence, Millburn-Short Hill Art Center 2010
  • Windsor & Newton Award:  Recognition of Achievement 2007
  • Scholarship for Residency at Vermont Studio Center Johnson Vermont 2007Pastel Society of NJ -Merit Award 2007
  • Millburn-Short Hills Art Center Award of Excellence  2007
  • Honorable Award at 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition Pastel Society of New Jersey  2007
  • Manhattan Art Gallery – Her Story Show: Best Painting 2007
  • Merit Award  Livingston Art Association 2007
  • First Place Still Life Union County Freeholder Show 2007
  • Millburn Short Hills Art Center, First Prize in Oil Painting for Portraiture 2006
  • A. A. Member Show Merit Award For Portraiture Winsor & Newton Painting Award for work exhibited at Fall Annual Members Show 2006
  • Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Award 2006
  • Award of Excellence Westfield Art Association 2005
  • Award Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders 2005
  • Acknowledgment as a Featured Artist in Freeholders Art Gallery, Merit Award in Oil Painting 2005
  • Millburn Short Hills Art Center, Award of Merit Millburn Short Hills Art Center 2004
  • Award of Excellence -Portraiture – “MSHAC” –  Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn NJ
  • New Jersey State Senior Art Show – Honorable Mention
  • Italian Community Club  Primo Premio Di Pittura 1980

Volunteer Activities

  • Donation of a painting to: The Art lawyers
  • Donation of painting to: Breast Cancer
  • Union County Teen Arts Festival-Kean College NJ -Assist  Workshop Artist
  • Donation of painting to: American Heart Association of NJ -Share Your Heart Art Project
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Sharon Reed

MEDUIUM    oil

WEBSITE    sharonreeddesigns.com

BIO/CV

Sharon Reed is an award-winning oil painter who specializes in custom pet portraits and paintings of animals, food and whimsical subjects.

The daughter of an art teacher, Sharon has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember, but did not initially pursue a career in art. After she earned her MBA from Rutgers and launched her career in business, Sharon realized she longed for more creative pursuits. She left her job and studied design at the New York School of Interior Design. It was there that she resumed creating art and began painting professionally.

After a friend asked her to paint a portrait of their dog as a gift for her husband, Sharon merged her love for painting with her love for animals and started her art business creating commissioned pet portraits. She was a pet sitter for ten years, and currently has a cat, “Not” and a dog, “Eve” who inspire her daily. She also paints other animals, and another one of her favorite things – food!

Committed to bringing art experiences to the community, Sharon serves on the Board of Trustees for the Westfield Art Association and is active in the Contemporary Art Group (CAG). She also teaches painting to Westfield seniors. Sharon is currently launching South Avenue Arts — a new shared art space in Garwood, NJ where people can take classes, rent studio space, and purchase art.

Sharon’s work has been exhibited at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, The Paper Mill Playhouse, Morris County Arts Council, Starbucks, Westfield Memorial Library, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Gallery U, Swain’s Gallery, Overlook Hospital, Mulberry House, Morris Essex Kennel Club Online Show, Boonton Dog Days of Summer and Watchung Arts Center.

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Linda Schwartz

MEDIUM     pastels

FEATURED WORK
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WEBSITE    lindaschwartzpastels.com

STATEMENT

Capturing people, places and objects that evoke emotion and connect us – to the past, to memories, to imagination, to joy, to childhood – is my motivation. Color, shape, light and reflections are the themes that I use to explore those connections.

I employ color – from the sepia tones of vintage portraits to the bright, vibrant colors of childhood remembered and imagined. I am drawn to the way that glass reflects and distorts light, changing our perception of reality, just as the lens of memory distorts our past and reflects our present. I love iconic objects that spark recognition and draw us in, hinting at forgotten feelings and memories below the surface. Patterns created by recurring geometric and other shapes are also a major theme in my work.

The rich color, immediacy and texture created with pastels offer the ideal medium to bring these themes to life. I use these themes to explore and express our connection to people, places & objects.

BIO/CV

A New Jersey native, Linda has been interested in drawing since childhood and took photography, pottery and sculpture classes in college. She has studied portraiture and painting with Enrique Flores-Galbis, Andrea Gianchiglia and Anne Kullaf at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit and the Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster. Linda lives in Warren, N.J. with her husband and their cat Daisy, and has two adult children.

Exhibitions

Solo
2017 Warren Township Library, Warren, NJ (April)
2017 Clarence Dillon Library, Bedminster NJ (May/June)
2017 Morris County Library, Whippany (July)
2017 Bernardsville Public Library, Bernardsville, NJ (September)

Group – Juried
2017 PSNC Online Show “Pure Color 2017” (Summit Diner II)
2016 Pastel Society of NJ 11th Annual Juried Members Show (Jars with Ducks and Crayons)
2016 Contemporary Art Group Show at Overlook Auxiliary Gallery – 1st Place (Double Bubble)
2015 Center for Contemporary Art Juried Members Show – Promotional image (Driving)

Publications
2016 The Connection magazine, Cover, Bernards-Ridge Edition, June/July/August, (Double Bubble)

Collections
Private collection, Summit, NJ
Private collection, Monroe, NJ
Private collection, Portland, ME
Private collection, Lansdowne, VA
Private collection, San Jose, CA

Education
Studied Under:
⋅ Enrique Flores-Galbis
⋅ Anne Kullaf
⋅ Andrea Gianchiglia

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Cecilly B. Sullivan

MEDIUM     Oil

FEATURED WORK
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WEBSITE    cecillysullivan.com

STATEMENT

Cecilly Sullivan’s paintings are her view and vision of wild birds seen in both New Jersey and North Carolina.  She endeavors to share her view of these wild birds by photographing, drawing and then painting the birds seen on her walks on both the Delaware Raritan Canal and on the North Carolina’s Outer Banks Beaches. Her work attempts to recreate aspects of the behavior and serenity seen in her subject’s natural settings.  In addition, the beach, water and sunlight provide continually changing subtleties that add to the enjoyment and challenges in her works. She enjoys the fluidity of oil and feels this is the best media to capture the vibrant colors of these animals.

Her studies included earning a B.A. in Fine Arts at New York University.  She served as an intern at the Brooklyn Museum of Art the summer of 1973 and took a drawings connoisseurship course with Curtis Baer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  She studied and painted at the New School in Manhattan from 1974-1978.  In addition, she studied painting with the abstract expressionist, Sam Adler, in his New York studio from 1973-1975.

She is currently a member of The Contemporary Art Group and the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA).  Her paintings have been on exhibit at The Somerset County & Heritage Gallery, The Clarence Dillon Library.  In addition her works are also on exhibit at the Somerset County Senior Wellness Center in Basking Ridge, The Senior Center at Quail Brook, both exhibits are sponsored by the Somerset Count Office on Aging and Disability Services.

BIO/CV

Cecilly Sullivan is an artist who focuses on portraits, still lifes and landscapes. Cecilly earned a BA in Fine Art at New York University.  She volunteered at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and took a drawings connoisseurship course with Curtis Baer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  She studied and painted at the New School in Manhattan.  In addition, she studied painting with the abstract expressionist, Sam Adler, in his New York studio.

Cecilly has been teaching children and young adults for the past 15 years. Her love of art and children comes through in her teaching. Her goal is to give her students the tools they need to express creative visions in sketching, drawing and painting. It’s one of the biggest gifts of a lifetime to learn to see, draw and create.

As a member of the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), she works on portraits at their open portrait sessions.  One of her portraits was on exhibit at CCA in 2012, and another of her paintings was exhibited in 2013.  Her paintings have also been accepted at two shows (held in 2012 and 2013) at the Somerset County Senior Wellness Center in Basking Ridge, that were sponsored by the Somerset Count Office on Aging and Disability Services. In addition two of her paintings were selected for an exhibit sponsored by the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission (SCCHC).  Her painting of the Snowy Egret was displayed on the SCCHC’s postcard to help promote the Somerville exhibit, which was held at the Somerset County Administration building in Somerville.  Currently, she has two paintings on exhibit by the Somerset Office on Aging and Disability shows at the Wellness Center in Basking Ridge and at Quail Brook in Somerset, NJ.  As well as painting at CCA and in her home studio, she loves to walk on the beach in the Outer Banks and on the Delaware Raritan Canal.  Both provide her with inspiration for her paintings of untouched landscapes and lively beach scenes.