Suzanne takes long walks, most often in places near the sea. She makes drawings, takes notes, and searches for visual ideas that communicate arrangements of elements in space and luminous light that she feels deeply connected to. With a visual and sensual interest in rugged working harbors and ever changing tidal environments at the edge […]
“If you truly love Nature you’ll find beauty everywhere.” – Vincent Van Gogh Stephen is an eternal student and lover of Nature. From a delicate orchid to a cascading waterfall, Nature gives him peace in his heart and joy in his soul. He has been a “Big-wig” Art Director, a simple Carpenter, even a […]
In 2012, Sarah Schneiderman retired from corporate life. Early in 2013, she took up the sport of SCUBA diving. This influenced her work greatly. She is working on the Aquatic Life Series. She is an avid SCUBA diver and the Aquatic Life Series represents the fish and creatures she’s seen personally while diving. She uses […]
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Rita W. Bond is a longtime resident of Simsbury and holds a Master’s Degree in English from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. After studying at the New York Botanical Garden, she became a landscape designer and lecturer. An interest in color and design led her to study art at the West […]
Peter Chow studied Architecture and Photography at MIT. He received a Master of Architecture degree and studied for four year at the MIT Photo Lab. Peter was fortunate to be able to study with Minor White before his passing in 1975. The two disciplines, while very different in medium, shared many common aesthetic- shapes, light […]
Maria Mohiuddin was born in Bangladesh in 1973, and has lived in New York for the past 30 years. Maria works predominantly in wax, oil pastels, and fire. Her previous mediums included acrylic and oil paints. Maria’s work represents a portrait of her life, environment, influences, and those who inspires her the most. Maria has […]
Leslie A Landau earned her BFA in printmaking and drawing, from the Ohio State University, and Graduate Certification, MS in Art Education and 6th year in Educational Leadership, from Central CT State University. She is in her 24th year of her career as an art educator, as she continues to pursue her work in painting, […]
A native of Connecticut, currently residing in Essex, Douglas Deveny is an emerging artist returning to his love of painting after a 7-year hiatus. Doug attended The Art Institute of Atlanta and Savannah College of Art and Design before completing college as an adult, receiving his B.S. in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University […]
Sandra Dee Baker is a self-taught emerging artist who discovered her interest for abstract artistic expression in art therapy venues 3 years ago. Sandra’s art journey began when she completed her first collage piece, “The Maze,” in January 2014. “The Maze” explores her painful journey of growing up without a compass and her search for […]
Nature is the purest and simplest expression of our world’s artistic abilities. It is in her art, where Kerri Beisner evokes this simple expression of beauty through her paintings of nature. Kerri Beisner, a native to the Connecticut shore, has always used art as a means of expression, a form of therapy, and way to […]
Working with small brushes and numerous thin layers, Lillian Forziat’s oil paintings embrace a gentle juxtaposition of realism and impressionism. She concentrates on capturing the beauty of everyday subjects in her still-life canvasses, and tranquil vistas in her landscapes and seascapes. With a style reminiscent of more traditional artists, her paintings strive to capture the […]
Pamela’s paintings are all about design – subject matter is not as important to her as the elements of design. She considers myself to be a contemporary watercolorist. She uses vibrant, bright colors and paint unique diversified subject matter. Pamela attended SCSU (art education) and has studied under local artists the late DeWitt Brouard, […]
Vincere Noel is a sprouting artist who began his photographic journey in Fall of 2015. He resides in Manchester, Connecticut, and is currently pursuing a degree in Visual Fine Arts at Manchester Community College with past experience from Savannah College of Art and Design. He has been featured several times in the Hans Weiss Newspace […]
Lauren Clark Verner is a painter whose work has evolved through the years. Initially starting out with a love of illustration, her work migrated towards Lowbrow/Pop art before settling on an expressionistic abstract style. Materials used during painting emphasise water-based work such as acrylic and watercolors and include gouache and colored pencil. A graduate […]
SCULPTOR Sammy Zeldner is a sculptor living in Glastonbury, CT. Born in 1947 in Hartford, he has resided in Glastonbury since 1978 with his wife and three children and now is a grandfather of four. Sam graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in English and Speech and Communication. While at UCONN ,he […]
See Diane’s work available for purchase online The natural world inspires Diane’s work by offering constantly-refreshed images of arresting loveliness. Tolstoy said, “Love all creation…love every leaf.” In that spirit, she uses fiber to create images that combine fragility with strength and the evanescent with the eternal. Her work includes hand-painted fabric, felted fibers, machine […]
See Elin’s work available for purchase online After a career in education and consulting, Ms. Dolle returned to a long standing love of photography. She joined a camera club, met other passionate photographers and started exhibiting her work. She is an elected artist at the Mystic Art Center and The Essex Art Association. Elin has […]
Jacquelyn Etling is an award winning photographer and art historian. She has traveled extensively in both Europe and the United States, photographing the natural and man -made worlds. She works primarily in the infrared photographic medium. This process picks up the infrared end of the light spectrum that plants give off, which is unseen by […]
See George’s work available for purchase online George Fellner, a photographer and an architect, is committed to a dual life-path involving visual discovery and design, relating to both the natural and built environments. Inspired by his travels as well as his in-depth involvement with photo essays, George’s photographic subjects include landscape, architecture, travel, portrait, and […]
See Florin’s work available for purchase online FLORIN ION FIRIMIŢÃ is an American visual artist, educator, filmmaker, and novelist who traces his interest in art back to his father’s modest amateur photo lab, in Bucharest, Romania, where he was entrusted with mixing chemicals, developing film, and printing black-and-white photos at a very early age. His […]
See John’s work available for purchase online John Folchi was born in the Bronx and studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan. He received his BA in 1977 and his MA in 1980, both from Lehman College where he studied with noted Greek artist Theo Stavropoulos. During the 1970s he participated in group shows […]
Paula Gabriel grew up in southern California. After receiving a BFA in painting from University of California-Berkeley, Paula moved to Paris, France and immersed herself in painting. Her first exhibition was at the Basel Art Fair in 1983 where her work and other young emerging artists were recognized with individual installation spaces. Throughout the 1980’s, […]
In my photos I try to capture the world around us in the same way as we remember it. Whether during my childhood in Istanbul, my travels around the world or here in America, I discovered that in very different settings the interactions humans have with their surroundings have one thing in common: we remember […]
Suzanne Kirschner is a visual artist from Northwestern Connecticut. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with concentrations in graphic design and photography. She has worked commercially as a graphic artist for 15 years before completing graduate course work at Central Connecticut State University in Art Education and […]
Howard had dabbled in photography for a bunch of years, but his interest peaked when he had an opportunity to live in China for five years. Every day offered some unique visual experience which he sought to capture. He shoots a wide range of subjects, but favors portrait photography. He prefers to shoot candid, unposed […]
Sandra Mayo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied Education in Israel (B.A.) and Boston (Ed.M.) where she married and raised a family. Sandra has been working in education for 20 years, but has constantly been dabbling on different forms of visual arts all her life. In 2013, she decided to fully transition into […]