Featured Artist:: Linda Abbey

Evening Shadows in Arceti
"I paint to remember – how the light is on a certain day at a certain time, how purple the shadows are on the snow, how soft the colors are at dusk – to try to capture what I am seeing and feeling. I like to paint watercolor with a big brush using the accidents, transparency, and freshness of the watercolor medium itself in my paintings. I like to see where it takes me.

Recently, I lived in Florence, Italy, for two and a half years. Wonderful! The light is different there and it was fun to try to capture it." Linda Abbey


Clockwise left to right, top to bottom: La Foce Rd; San Quirico di Orcia; Olive Grove in Fiesole; Roman Wall Near Piazza Michelangelo; Duomo from Our Terrace; Duomo from the Library.

























Clockwise left to right, top to bottom: Cortland Standard; Henneberry Rd; Around the Bend; Old Stone Mill.





















Left to right: Iris (detail); White Peonies; Blue Teapot with Lilacs.

Featured Artist: Adriana Meiss

Sunset by the Pond

"I have been painting in pastels for ten years now and the more I paint the more I love the medium. It's immediacy is perfect for capturing nature's flitting conditions when painting outdoors.


I consider myself primarily a landscape painter who occasionally paints florals and still lifes. Whether I paint outdoors or in my studio my main goal is to translate in paper how my senses respond to a particular scene or object." Adriana Meiss

www.adrianameiss.com

Left to Right: Green Lakes in Spring, A Fast Moving Front, Seagulls at Dusk











Left to Right: Lavender I, Fall Reflections, Winter Foragers












Left to Right: When Lilacs Fade, Almost Gone, Edge of the Cornfield, Mountain Trail, Willow in Fall













Clockwise from Left to Right: Sunset with Moon, Sunset on Seneca Lake, Sunset on the Moose, Montezuma in Fall

Featured Artist: Judith Hand

Now You See It, watercolor
Watercolor is my first love, although I devote a large portion of my creative time to drawing and have made occasional forays into oils, acrylics, printmaking
and collage.

I believe with Delacroix that “The first merit of a painting is to be a feast for the eye.” That is my goal in painting – nothing more or less.

Trillium Triumvirate, watercolor
My subject matter and style are eclectic. I am partial to images incorporating flowers and plants. My style ranges from representational to abstract and geometric often playing geometric shapes against natural forms. I am veering more and more into abstraction and non-objective painting, because I enjoy the challenge of working without subject matter.

Amaryllis, watercolor
Recently, I have been having fun with "Yupo" which is a synthetic "paper" providing a very slick painting surface which paradoxically produces exciting visual textures. "Sunny Flowers" and "Mayan Memories" are painted on Yupo.

Judith Hand





L-R: Mayan Memories watercolor; Crossings, acrylic collage








L-R: Something Fishy, watercolor; Moose Marsh, watercolor; North Woods, watercolor









L-R: Raina in Repose, drawing; Briana, drawing

Featured Artist: Joan Back

Zinnias, oil
"Art is part of my everyday life. Design, color,
and interesting subject matter are all around
my environment and inspire me to paint. The
brilliant colors of nature and the changing light
of the atmosphere inspire me to paint outdoors
and still life, and flowers challenge me to paint
indoors.
I enjoy watercolors, pastels and oils depending
on what I paint and where I paint. " Joan Back


Fanfair, watercolor
Sunflowers, watercolor













Vase of Flowers, mixed media


Sanibel Shells, watercolor

Featured Artist: Carolyn Coit

Portrait of a Man
"I have always been fascinated by the human figure and what a painting or drawing can tell you about the subject and the artist. I have worked in all media since I taught art to Art majors in high school and needed to stay at least one step ahead of them. Recently I have gone back to my first love, OILS. "




L-R: Andrea Smith, Back, Portrait of Another Man