Leah Albert

Leah Albert received her BFA from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 2010. After her summer residency at the Vermont Studio Center she moved to Tucson, AZ, where she currently produces painting, prints and drawings inspired by the strange beautiful local landscape. Her work can be found at: www.leahalbert.com.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Andrea Anderson

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Bob Averill

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Del-Bouree Bach

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Joann Ballinger

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Peter Barrett

Peter Barrett has been painting for more than fifteen years. As the son of a commercial artist and accomplished artist in his own right, Peter was inspired by his wife, Nancy, to study art following his Father's passing in 1993. Studying under the mentorship of local artist Elizabeth Sennett, Peter has focused primarily on seascapes and water birds.

Peter's work can be viewed at: www.peterbarrettfineart.com

Roger Beers

Roger Beers has studied painting or drawing at the San Francisco Art Institute (1980-1984); Connecticut College (Summer 2006); the Lyme Art Academy (Fall 2006); and the Lyme Art Association (2007-2010). He is currently an Elected Artist member at the Mystic Art Center, and a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists and the Lyme Art Association.

In his prior life, Roger was an environmental lawyer representing the environmental interests of towns, groups and others in litigation after graduating from Harvard Law School in 1968. He authored books and articles on environmental law and has received a number of awards for his work, including the Sierra Club's William O. Douglas Award in 2004, given annually to recognize a lawyer who has made outstanding use of the legal process to achieve environmental goals.

Exhibit:
Black & White with a Dash of Color

Renee Bemis

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Brad Betts

Brad's work can be viewed at: www.downeastgallery.com

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Sarah Blair

Sarah Blair was born in Massachusetts, lived in Israel for three years, and studied at Essex University in Colchester, England and Lyme Academy, College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT.

Sarah works in oils and sculpture en plein air at her Stonington, CT studio, where she is inspired by the surrounding tidal marshes and harbors.

Sarah's art can be viewed at: www.sarahblair.com

Charles E. Bolles

19th Century Maritime Photography
THE GALLERY has acquired for sale a collection of Bolles' platinum prints dating from the late 1890s through the early 1900s. Each piece is presented with their original frames and glass. Subjects range from famous America's Cup yachts to fishing-type schooners to full-rigged ships.

Eldred Boze

Eldred is a retired computer programmer living in West Virginia, who now concentrates on his first love, photography and painting. Since become active as an artist last year, he has shown his work across the northeast. Eldred's paintings and photos concentrate on landscapes and the environment with a current emphasis on color.

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Lou Bonamarte

Graphic design and illustration paved the way for Bonamarte's career change at the age of 35. Studying under John Pike made it clear that fine art was his passion. In fact, in 1972 he was awarded the Herb Olsen award from the American Watercolor Society. Three years later he became an artist member of Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City. Additionally, Bonamarte was one of the three founding members of the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.

A member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), his pieces have been exhibited in the United States and Canada, and can be found in private and corporate collections nationwide.

Exhibit:
Coastal Colors

Gilbert Boro

Gilbert V. Boro is a sculptor, architect, educator and international design consultant. He was born in New York City and has been involved in the arts since his youth. He has had a distinguished career, spanning more than forty years. Boro has received two traveling fellowships and had many visiting teaching positions, and has invested much of his time in nonprofit arts groups.

Gilbert's work can be viewed at: www.gilbertboro.com

Robert G. Breur

Robert has a fascination with fine details and what they describe to him as like clues to the inner workings of his subjects and their motivations both physical and emotional in his art. He portrays his people in completeness as the living masterpieces he believes them to be from birth to maturity. He further describes in sculpture the intricate relationships they have had with their life experiences, their present surroundings and people in their lives from brief encounters to family members and life partners.

Robert uses wet clay as a completely free form material shapable directly with his hands to capture all that he can of what his subjects express to him and then finalizes each piece with a texture in clay or a hand rubbed finish to wood gain. He prefers to use a minimum of coatings to focus on solid inner material rather than cover and conceal it.

His work is both intricate in detail and graceful in pose, each with a singular all inclusive message portrayed from head to foot. Not only must his work be viewed from all sides but often must be touched to be fully appreciated and he encourages his viewers to do so.

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Ashleigh Brown

Ashleigh Brown was born and raised in Waterford, Connecticut. She has always had a love for the arts and studied throughout all of her school years in the Waterford school system.

After high school Ashleigh spent her time working for a local animal hospital and has since moved on to figure and portrait modeling. Ashleigh spends her free time taking photos all over New England, and enjoying life with her fiancé and dog.

Ashleigh hopes to one day sell her art and photography professionally. This is her first professional showing of works, and hopes for there to be many more in the future.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Dale Callaway

A path full of artistic endeavors led Dale to eventually discover a love - and gift - for bird carving. Inspired by her love of being outside and seeing birds in their wild habitats, her 30-year carving career began in a family environment full of sculpture, poetry, architecture, knitting, engineering and designing.

Dale attended the Museum School in Boston before opening a silversmithing shop in Marblehead. She participated in several other businesses before discovering bird carving.

Her greatest pleasure comes from friends and family enjoying her creations. All her carvings are made of Maine White Cedar. When roughed out, the bird is cut in half and the inside hollowed out, much like a pumpkin. The halves are glued together and the real carving begins. The birds are finished with hand-mixed oil paints. "Time stops when I'm busy in my shop... so naturally the more I carve, the younger I'll stay!" exclaims Dale.

Dale's work can be viewed at: www.callawaycarvings.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Collection 2010

Frank Cannas

Frank Cannas was born in the Bronx in 1936 of Italian immigrants. His father was from the island of Sardinia and his mother from the Abruzzi region of Italy. Frank remembers at six years old when his father caught him drawing on the side of his mother's dresser with a straight pin. Instead of reprimanding him, he gave Frank a piece of paper and pencil and said "This is where you draw - not on the furniture."

Frank graduated from the school of Visual Arts' illustration program in 1958 and apprenticed with the Illustrators Group where he met Tony Kokinos, Roy Anderson and Guy Deel, among others. Frank built a storied career as a freelance illustrator producing illustrations for book covers, text books, ads, magazines and childrens books. He worked for publishers such as Dell Books, Holt Reinhart & Winston, Harcort Brace & world, Western Printing, McGrawHill, Rutledge Books, RC Gibson Co., and Random House.

Retired since 1996, Frank now paints for his own pleasure piein-aire or in his home studio. He has won over 20 awards in nationally juried exhibitions and he is also a member of the board of the Hudson valley Art association.

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Jean Cronin Connolly

"In 2009 I made the move to Lake Sunapee in the beautiful town of New London, New Hampshire, where I have expanded my painting and photography studio, after a respite of several years. Before relocating, my home base was in the Boston area, where I pursued my painting and photography endeavors while at the same time being very involved with many other aspects of the arts, as chair of the Needham Cultural Council, the publisher of ArtsAround Boston magazine, the Director of Artsfirst and as the Artistic Director at Saint Joseph School in Needham, MA.

"My interests go beyond the Arts to community building. With my degrees in Education both in the general sciences, Art, and teaching the Hearing Impaired, as an entrepreneur, a photographer, and an artist, I have been involved with many grassroots efforts to create new experiences in the Arts with others while also achieving common goals for all who participate.

"My work has been exhibited in many juried exhibits and in private collections throughout the East Coast. Most recently I was juried into the Association for Visual Artists in Lebanon, NH and the Newfane Vermont Art Show both on display this summer 2011. My tranquil and beautiful surroundings in New Hampshire have inspired me to expand my creative pursuits to new galleries throughout New England."

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Phil Cusumano

Phil's work can be viewed at: www.philcusumanoart.com

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Hollis Dunlap

Hollis studied at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. During his time at the Academy he received several noteworthy awards including winning the National Arts Club Student Show first prize for two consecutive years. Upon graduation he received the Stobart Fellowship. Since then Mr. Dunlap has had several one person shows in New York and Boston, and has taught painting and drawing in several locations on the east coast, including the Lyme Art Association and Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Christian Dyer

A multimedia artist from the Northeastern seaboard, Christian Dyer primarily focuses on printmaking and sculpting, exploring themes of self and spirituality through highly replicable media. He is currently engaged in the creation of a body of prints that portray the inelegance of introspection. Concurrently, he is on a sculptural quest for the meaning of esoteric knowledge in a world of immediate information delivery.

During his education at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, he was selected for several juried academic exhibitions for his drawings, paintings, and sculptures. In this year alone, his oil painting and a composition of multiple bronze figures were selected in the LACFA annual Faculty-Selected Student Work exhibition. Christian has shown locally, specifically at the Hygienic Art Gallery in New London, Connecticut. Two of his prints were selected for the 2009 incarnation of their "Fourth Crossing" exhibit. Christian can be contacted at christiandyer@hapticart.net / www.hapticart.net

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Samantha Fanti

Samantha Fanti is influenced and amazed by everything around her. The beauty and the noises of the world inspire her art. "Movements and colors of the creatures of the ocean, along with the textures of nature and the sparkle of the sun on the water paint pictures in my mind. Along with the natural noises the world makes, I am also inspired heavily by pop culture, music and fashion." These juxtapositions of the world of pop culture and the oceanic world are what make compose her work.

Samantha has been creating and doodling since she was very young. She has always been drawn to nature and what it has to offer. "I would draw and paint whenever I could, even if it meant I had to draw on the walls. I drew every chance I had in elementary school, always winning small awards for my efforts. In high school, unfortunately we did not even have an art program, but during that time, I found Acorn Gallery in Marblehead, Massachusetts." There, she made friends fast and also a family for life. Her teachers at Acorn told her about Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Samantha focused on building her portfolio, gaining acceptance to LACFA. She spent four "amazing" years at LACFA and graduated in May of 2010 with a B.F.A in painting.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Christina Finch

Always interested in the arts growing up and now preferring three-dimensional media, Christina has recently discovered a love for exploring what can be done with clay. Her first 3D artworks as a kid were creatures made of rocks, shells, and chestnuts decorated with nail polish and googly eyes. Today, she still enjoys using the natural world for inspiration and strives to make intriguing yet often practically useful objects. Never forgetting what her elementary school art teacher said, "turn a mess up into a non-mess up," some of Christina's best ceramic works morph from an asymmetric bowl or simply a lump of clay with no finished piece in mind. Originally from Lexington, MA, she is currently a junior at Connecticut College where she is completing a major in behavioral neuroscience and minors in art and philosophy. Christina just returned from the fall semester abroad in Denmark and is excited to get back into the ceramics studio this semester. Christina can be contacted at christina.finch@conncoll.edu.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Katie Fogg

A 2010 Fine Arts graduate of the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts with a focus on painting, and recipient of the 2010 John Stobart Fellowship Award, Katie was born and raised in New London.

With a well-rounded portfolio of paintings, landscapes, drawings and prints, Katie is currently working on multiple projects, including her next series of women and landscapes.

A veteran of numerous exhibitions, her work has most recently been featured at the New London Harbor Towers. Currently Gallery Manager at THE GALLERY AT FIREHOUSE SQUARE, Katie has her own "Kate Gallery" on premises.

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Keith Fox

Raised in the historic Connecticut town of Essex, Fox has always been surrounded by striking examples of historic American culture and industry. You can often find him painting by some of the local remnants of the Industrial Revolution. Fox is a lifelong artist, and a recent graduate of the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme Connecticut.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Dave Gearino

Dave's work can be viewed at: www.gearinoart.com

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

George Gati

I am an engineer by education and work experience. While I have always been interested in photography, it was digital photography and retirement that gave me the opportunity to pursue my chosen art. I have no formal education in photography. Self-education in the art is a constantly ongoing process in my life; going to see all photo exhibits within reach, read about photography, and study pictures. I have been writing photo exhibit reviews for a few years now and frequently judge contests at the club level.

I believe in being able to come up with good photographs no matter what the topic is. Social commentary, nature, incongruities, etc. Especially valued are pictures of a few elements; those scenes that most of us would walk by without even noticing. The world around us is a fascinating place. Depending on the particular scene and on the observer's interpretation it may be beautiful of ugly, peaceful or disturbing, unusual or commonplace, etc. It all depends on what we see and how we react to it. Quite often it is after I finish a picture that it reveals to me a deeper meaning and I realize what must have been in my subconscious when I took it.

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Steven Gerhartz

Steven's work can be viewed at: stephangiannini.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Stephan Giannini

Stephan's work can be viewed at: www.stevegerhartz.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Donna Gilberto

Donna Gilberto is a Connecticut artist who paints en plein air. She vacationed in Niantic, Connecticut as a young girl and has been a resident of East Lyme since 1974. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Science degree in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University.

Inspired by the tranquil ponds and marshes that characterize the New England landscape, Donna works masterfully in oil on linen and on mahogany panels. She seeks out meandering stone walls and gardens, rocky shorelines, and coastal dunes while capturing the textures, patterns, and changing light of her surrounding landscape.

Donna has been very active in the Southeastern Connecticut art community for forty years. She has been an elected artist member of the Lyme Art Association since 1990, where she has served as vice president and president, and currently serves on the Board of Directors. She was honored to be among the first group of Palette Artists at the Florence Griswold Museum, and continues to exhibit her work in galleries and invitational shows throughout New England. Donna's work is included in many private collections across the United States and Europe.

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Micky Girardi

Micky Girardi graduated from Mercyhurst College with a BA in art. He is a graphic designer and photographer based in South Carolina. Girardi travels to domestic and international locations to shoot, finding landscapes that fit into his artistic vision.

With his designer's eye, Girardi infuses beauty and serenity in his carefully framed landscape compositions. He is particularly drawn to trees and water while lighting and atmosphere are central elements in his work. He prefers shooting with his trustee Pentax 645n and traditional medium format film– trekking to remote locations with his equipment in tow.

Girardi's photographs are in private and corporate collections throughout the East Coast, as well as several retailers and galleries.

Micky's work can be viewed at: www.mrgfoto.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Lynn Grayson

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Caleb Goggans

Caleb's work can be viewed at: www.thomascalebgoggans.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Jim Griffiths

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Jim Griffiths

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

George Grabel

A long time resident of New London, CT, George has worked at Electric Boat in Electrical Design for 37 years. He took up digital photography to document the reconstruction of his home after a major house fire ten years ago. George's photographic subjects range from the urban scene to ships , seascapes and nature. He uses the computer to transform the ordinary photograph to fine art. He enjoys printing and framing his artwork to enter into local shows. His artwork has been exhibited at the Hygienic Art Gallery, The Spirit Gallery, The Harbour Towers in New London, Town Hall New London, Pinc! boutique New London, and now The Gallery at Firehouse Square.

Exhibit:
Black & White with a Dash of Color

William G. Hanson

A B.F.A. in studio painting, combined with years of work as an illustrator for major publishing houses (including Simon & Schuster and Signet) and as a portraitist (with subjects including a Connecticut Chief Justice, corporate executives and past winners of golf's Masters Tournament), have provided Hanson a varied toolbox from which to draw inspiration.

Most recently, his muse has been the sea. A signature artist member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), as well as other associations (including the New England Plein Air Painters), Hanson can be found in the nooks and crannies of the northeast painting and sketching the coastline, countryside and residents of the Atlantic coast.

William's work can be viewed at: www.wghansonart.com

Exhibits:
Coastal Colors
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Xuriah Harbaugh

Xuriah Harbaugh was born in Groton, Connecticut and studied art throughout the course of school. He has always had a love for the arts and graduated from Ledyard High School where he had taken Art and Vocational Agriculture courses.

After high school Xuriah spent his time building a portfolio for the arts, and photography, playing in a band, and working a multitude of jobs.

Xuriah currently resides in Waterford, Connecticut and spends his free time taking photos of his fiancé and dog. As well as drawing and tattooing to consistently expand his portfolio.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Elaine Hickey Herman

I have always have loved the arts and had a creative and artistic streak though didn't take my first formal art class until I attended Three Rivers Community College. Transferring to Eastern Connecticut State University I majored in painting and drawing. Just before I completed my course work for my major I took an Intaglio printmaking class and fell in love with printmaking. I added a second concentration of printmaking and completed the required courses, graduating Summa Cum Laude in Spring of 2010.

I am currently working on a series of mixed-media pieces using steel plate and acquired/found objects as well as a book project using Intaglio and polyester plate lithography.

Exhibit:
Black & White with a Dash of Color

Jon Holiday

For the last 26 years, Jon has owned and operated Image One Media in Fort Worth, which specializes in photography, video production, and audio-visual presentations. He has been taking pictures since he fell in love with photography after receiving a Kodak Instamatic model 134 at age 9.

In 2002, he began the Hope Camera Club in Ft. Worth, Texas, which he led for 8 years. Jon has done numerous instructional presentations and training sessions related to photography, and conducted many competitions. He has experience with many types and styles of photography, and has received numerous awards for his images. Included in this list among many others are 4 Bronze Awards in the Epson International Pano Competition over the last two years, second place in the Texas Photo Forum, and a finalist entry in the Photographer's Forum "Best of Photography".

"My work has been used in office and restaurant environments, and also in a nursing home and hospital. Photography allows me to depict things as the best that they can be. An old abandoned building becomes a refreshing mecca, the desert turns into a visual oasis, and happen chance elements are magically given purpose and focus. I love to produce images that make the viewer say, 'Oooh, I want to see that in real life. Now.'"

Jon's work can be viewed at: www.photosbyjon.com

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime
Holiday Photography

Jeremy Horseman

After graduating from a four year atelier program at the Schuler School of Fine Art, Jeremy Horseman has remained a devoted and ambitious artist. In addition to his professional and academic success, Jeremy is a recent recipient of The Frank C. Wright 2010 grant awarded by the Professional Artist League. His work ranges in a variety media, focusing on the narrative. His work frequents invented story, folk lure, and biblical subjects. Jeremy Horseman's work is represented in both Baltimore and New York City. Currently, he is continuing his education at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Joan Colt Hooper

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Eric Jacobsen

Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England. He received a BA in History from Gordon College in Wenham, MA in 1989 and studied fine art at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT from 1991-1995. At the Academy he received training in the Beaux Arts tradition of drawing and painting from life. Eric's true inspiration is the amazing beauty that he sees in nature. Jacobsen is a "Plein Air" painter. He takes his oils wherever he goes, setting up on site, working until his painting is finished.

Eric's work can be viewed at: www.jacobsenstudio.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Susan Jaworski-Stranc

I am a printmaker, specializing in the creation of linoleum block prints. After each successive printing of a color, the surface of the block is reduced while at the same time the printing surface is built up with multi-layered colors. Born from one block of linoleum, my relief prints have the nuance and rich textural surfaces of an oil painting.

Although Picasso coined this method of working, a "suicide print", I rather think of this printmaking process as emulating the journey of life. While creating my prints, I am never able to re-visit past stages. I can only proceed forward with the acceptance of all good and not so good choices which were mediated and acted upon with the hope and joy of completion.

Exhibit:
Black & White with a Dash of Color

Thomas P. Jennerwein

Tom has always been fascinated by the visual impact that comes from the works of the Masters; their paintings are magic. The Masters being, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Vermeer as well as David Leffel, a current living master, have all been an inspiration to the development of Tom's oil paintings.

"The power of the light in their paintings attracted me to paint in that style." Paintings show us objects in our environment that we may overlook or ignore, and I try to make some of that world around us come alive, as a rich, beautiful place. Paint strokes, along with a well thought palette would bring magic to the viewers, making them want to touch the illusion of a three dimensional object on canvas. Employed with a degree in nursing, he spends his off hours attending art classes, studying every book, video and painting he could find on the subject and began refining his own talents. At first, he painted and displayed watercolors for 18 years at local art centers and outdoor shows, winning awards and selling to both national and international collectors, as well as to a local wine merchant which later became a label on Stonington Vineyards' Cab Franc red wine. In 2005 after attending a portrait class in oil with Chris Zhang, he changed his media from watercolors for the classical approach of oil painting. Although Tom's style continues to change and grow, he paints primarily in a classical style reminiscent of the old masters.

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Diana Atwood Johnson

Diana is a nature photographer, conservationist and amateur naturalist with a particular love for birds and wildlife. Since her retirement from 25 years as an innkeeper and restaurateur, Diana has spent more and more time practicing to improve her eye and learn the ever-changing world of digital photography. After a 24/7 career in the hospitality industry, she has been able to return to her love of the outdoors that she learned on fishing expeditions and long walks down the dirt roads of western New York State with her father.

Exhibit:
Touched By Africa
Holiday Photography

Stanley Kolber

Stanley was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Brooklyn College and the Columbia University School of Law. After a few years of practice in the United States Justice Department in Washington D.C., he returned and took up a career in private law firm practice in New York City. Three events, close in time, propelled him some ten years ago to put down his lawyer briefcase, pick up his camera, and commit himself to photography as a full time artistic undertaking.

First, an artist with whom Stanley had been working to develop exhibits for an upcoming trial and who had seen some of his early work with birds and nature, encouraged him to devote more time to his art, and urged him to take it for evaluation to Ivan Karp at the OK Harris Gallery in New York. Second, arriving for work a bit later than usual, he watched as the Twin Towers, in which his office was located, came crashing to earth on 9/11. And then he took his work to Mr. Karp, who encouraged him to pursue what by then had become a serious goal, a life in art.

Shooting lots of film, experimenting, studying light and its changing qualities, making the transition to and mastering digital equipment, traveling with his wife who shared his passion for nature and wildlife to Africa (to which he returns this November ), Alaska, Patagonia and other distant places, and many of our national parks and wildlife refuges, his work matured and evolved, ranging from his birds to abstract images of natural forms in ice and water, to night scenes on the streets of New York in which he found new inspiration.

Stanley's work can be viewed at: www.stanleykolber.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Russ Kramer

Russ's work can be viewed at: www.russkramer.com

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Frederick Kubitz

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Judith Kuhn

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Rick Lacey

Rick Lacey recently received his BFA from the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. His senior thesis work consisted of large scale iconic portraits. His work is derived from his interest in line, form, light and value. He was awarded the John Stobart Fellowship in the Spring of 2011.

Rick currently resides in Lyme, CT.

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Bob Lagasse

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

J. Lawrence Landaw

J. Lawrence Landaw is a frustrated abstract painter living in New York City who turned to photography as his new artistic outlet six years ago. His work encompasses a broad range of subjects − including waterscapes, reflections, city scenes and still art − and he often brings an abstract, spiritual or moody quality to his photographs.

Mr. Landaw was selected as one of the winners of Foto Foto Gallery's 2009 National Competition and as a featured artist in climate/gallery's January 2010 exhibition "Focal_Resolution-1." His work has also been on display at RoHo Photo Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio and at Empire State Studio in Long Island, New York, and has been published in two books compiled by RoHo Photo Gallery and one book compiled by PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. His work is currently on display at two frame stores in Manhattan and on the wall in his bathroom.

Landaw's photography can be viewed at: www.jllphoto.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

James Lawless

James's work can be viewed at: www.lawlessgallery.com

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Daniel Mosher Long

Dan was born with eleven fingers sometime during the Cold War. He took up photography in high school because he liked the feel of small, dark places. He studied photography at Bennington College, Rhode Island School of Design and Purdue University. Curiously, all his former professors are now dead or missing.

In the 80's he was mostly a student, but also worked wherever background checks were lax. He had paying gigs at Brown University and all of his aforementioned alma maters. In the 90's he gave up photography. He got married and made babies, lived in and renovated an 1860 one-room schoolhouse, and studied to become a college Big Wig (MA/higher ed. UCONN). He spent most of the 90's as a college administrator. His camera grew moldy.

Despite the obvious risks associated with the occupation, Dan is now an associate professor of photography at Manchester Community College in Connecticut. He is the recipient of a number of awards, some for photography, including a 2006 Connecticut Artist Fellowship. He lives with his photographer/professor wife and children in Connecticut's rural Quiet Corner.

Daniel's work can be viewed at: www.danielmosherlong.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Steve Lush

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

James Magner

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Ian Marshall

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Christopher Martin

"Before I started at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, I had no idea what being a dedicated artist meant. Being a young college freshman I believed that the doodles in my sketch books were 'art'. As I grew and watched three senior classes graduate and create work for a show to display their talents, I realized art isn't just my sketch book, it isn't my final product, but it's my drive to want to expand and create. Through the four years spent struggling to find my artistic voice, I realized it will not happen if forced. Discovering one's self through making a "mess", so to speak, sets this person up for overall success." At the end of this journey, Christopher Martin received a BFA in painting at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and created a self that is more aware of how not just to learn from his elders, but to learn from his own mistakes.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Adam Matano

A 2010 graduate of the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Adam spent the summer traveling cross-country from Rhode Island to California, studying animals in their habitats.

His sculptures represent his fascination with the interchanging relationship between humans and animals within nature. Each of his works possesses an essence of beauty that is unable to be confined by materials alone.

Adam's work can be viewed at: www.adammatano.com

Exhibit:
Touched By Africa

Matt May

"I've been an avid amateur photographer for over twenty-five years. My first camera was a 35mm SLR that I acquired in the early 1980s for taking travel pictures and landscapes. Today, I use a digital camera system, a film scanner and Photoshop to produce my images. Some of my prints derived from scans of color film, but my current work is shot digitally in Camera RAW."

Matt prints images on Inkpress Luster paper with Epson pigment-based inks, and cold-mounts and mats his prints using acid-free boards framed in Nielsen Bainbridge frames.

Matt's work can be viewed at: www.mattmaypics.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Lizbeth McGee

It was as a teenager that McGee first saw a Carolyn Blish painting and realized that the light and shadows of Blish's work spoke to her soul. "It was then that I knew watercolor was my language," beams McGee. "My passion was born and the journey began."

Graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Textile Design, and years of freelancing in New York City, gave McGee the experience needed in wall covering and fabric design to publish her own book. It was only after she moved to Mystic that she was truly able to concentrate on her gift of watercolor artistry.

Life, in the form of a husband, two boys and a career as a retail store gift buyer, has taken some time away from her artistic passion, but it hasn't diminished it in any way. McGee is thrilled to "take up the brush again."

Liz's work can be viewed at: www.lizbethmcgee.com

Exhibits:
Coastal Colors
Holiday Collection 2010
Our Silent Service

Mark McKee

Mark McKee, a Stonington resident, was a self-taught artist until 1998 when he graduated from the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. He received their coveted John Stobart Fellowship. Best known for his paintings on canvas augmented with found objects, here McKee uses the classical medium of drawing to express his ongoing search for the balance between the real and the surreal. McKee recently spent time in Sofia, Bulgaria as an artist-in-residence at the Orpheus Foundation. He has received numerous awards and grants and currently serves on a variety of arts-related boards. McKee has had many solo and group exhibitions nationally and in Europe.

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Bernard McTigue

Bernie's interest in art has been a lifelong pursuit. Growing up on the Connecticut shore, he paints what he loves, the coastline and marshes where he spent many hours of his youth.

Bernard's work can be viewed at: www.bernardmctigue.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Dora Atwater Millikin

Dora's work can be viewed at: www.wyndfieldstudio.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Ann Mohnkern

Ann's work can be viewed at: annmohnkern.blogspot.com

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Fran Morey

Throughout his professional career Fran's drawing talents served him well and over twenty years ago, he was introduced to intaglio printing. It became a passion resulting in a series of prints depicting the golden age of classic yacht racing in the early 1900's.

Exhibit:
Black & White with a Dash of Color

John Morrison

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Linda M. Norton

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Linda Orlomoski

"As a 911 Emergency Medical Dispatcher, it's important to have a hobby that helps to relieve stress and is about as far away from emergencies and the 'bad' side of life as possible. For me, photography is that hobby.

"My initial joy of photography began when I was much younger back in the mid-to-late 1970s but it took a backseat to raising children and "real life" and it wasn't until I started writing a blog on a regular basis that I rediscovered my love of taking pictures. Photos are a great way to help "tell the story" though lately I've found that my photos make up more of the story than words do.

"My true photographic passion lies in landscapes - especially seascapes that include lighthouses and other places of a historic nature including covered bridges, monuments, old cemeteries, and interesting architecture. I am not overly keen on major photo manipulation via Photoshop and the like so I would say that probably makes me more of a traditionalist."

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Dan Patrick

Master carver, architect and North Stonington resident Dan Patrick originally began to explore his artistic gift in pen, ink and pencil drawings. Since 1990, though, he has primarily focused on bird and fish sculpture in wood. Additionally, many of his lifelike creations are painted with oil and acrylics to further enhance their intricate beauty. "Quality wood and paints, along with pose and attitude of subject, combine with the artist's creative vision to transmit a feel for nature's beauty," states Dan's biography.

Dan's works have garnered many first-place and best-in-show accolades. Much of his work is commissioned and can be found in collections across the United States and internationally. One recognizable piece is his life-size Red-Tailed Hawk in Eastern Connecticut State University's library in Willimantic, Connecticut.

Bob Perkowski

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Dick Ramsay

Dick's work and biography can be viewed at: www.shutterboat.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Maryann Read

A native of Mystic, Connecticut, Maryann enjoys documenting the ocean and shoreline - including places and people - and their ever-changing world. She utilizes a limited palette to capture the subtle yet sparkling lighting that pervades the shoreline. Children, boats and coastal New England scenes normally find their way to her canvases and sculptures.

Maryann earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Boston University and has studied sculpture under Elizabeth Gordon Chandler, founder of The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts and oil painting under Sarah Stifler Lucas. She founded Legacy III Studios to capitalize upon her continuing success in oils. Additionally, her experience includes founding her own full-service advertising agency and serving as Director of Exhibits for the Thames Science Center.

Maryann also creates beautiful commission work from clients' photographs.

Maryann's work can be viewed at: www.maryannread.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Collection 2010

Judith Reeve

Judith's work and biography can be viewed at: lacunagallery.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Charlie Raskob Robinson

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Jeff Sabol

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Sandra R. Samaha

"I create art based on the world I live in, the thing I see, feel, know and to which I react. Having always lived in New Hampshire, I am rooted in this environment and culture, however, I am an avid traveler and those experiences have also impacted my work."

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Claes Schamberg

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Elisha Schauer

Elisha Schauer graduated from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts with a BFA in painting. Groton CT, is where her cats live and she sleeps. Elisha plays with fabric and colored mud for fun and facture. With stars in her eyes and dreads on her head, she continues on her quest to experience and interpret life through paint.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Joyce Utting Schutter

Joyce Utting Schutter is a native New Englander, born in Boston and raised in Guilford, Connecticut. During two decades in the Midwest, she worked as a graphic artist, raised a family, earned her MFA in Sculpture at the University of Iowa ('97), and taught drawing, sculpture, painting and graphic design at Iowa Central Community College. Her sculpture experience ranges from cast iron and bronze to welded steel, fiber, and paper. Her unique method of sculpting with sprayed paper pulp is described in Volume 13, No.2 of HAND PAPERMAKING and in THE PAPERMAKER'S COMPANION (©2000 by Helen Heibert). Her work has been exhibited nationally.

Joyce's current exhibitions are listed at her website: www.artbyjus.com

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Barbara Shriver

Barbara, a current resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut, is pleased to display her collection of shore bird profiles decorated for the holiday season.

She began woodworking at her family farm in Pennsylvania when she wasn't managing a 35-cow/calf operation. Starting as a hobby making shore birds as gifts, Barbara's passion evolved into decorating stick-up goose decoys for visitors and local art shows. Over the years, after much international travel, she continually returns to her craft. She currently creates these bird profiles out of her Old Lyme studio using her original templates, local driftwood and treasures from the surrounding woods and shoreline.

Exhibit:
Holiday Collection 2010

Suzanne Siegel

Suzanne's work can be viewed at: www.suzannesiegel.net

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Douglas Smith

Douglas's work can be viewed at: www.fineartsmith.com

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Gerard Smith

A native of the Connecticut Shoreline, Smith has over 70 years of life experience to inspire his art. "The birds and the people around me are all part of me and my work," states Smith. Three decades of nature walks throughout the Northeast have soaked into his psyche and can be seen in his sketches and paintings.

Especially drawn to birds of prey, Smith's representations of birds have been compared to those of Roger Tory Peterson. Additionally, his larger, sweeping pieces at first glance seem to be concerned with only a primary subject (such as a huge granite ledge, imposing piece of driftwood or old majestic oak); but a closer look reveals an attention to detail that might easily be overlooked. One review said it best, "Smith's creations often appear only as subtle elements in a grand symphonic composition."

His works appear in private collections throughout the US and Europe, including those of many celebrities, dignitaries and corporations.

Exhibit:
Coastal Colors

David Smith

David's work can be viewed at: www.scrimsmith.com

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Caleb Stone

Caleb studied art at The Lyme Academy in Connecticut and since then has been regularly teaching, traveling and painting. He works both in oil and watercolor. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the John Stobart Fellowship Award, The New England Heritage Award and The Wood Award For Excellence In Watercolor. He was fortunate to have grown up in the Artist Colony of Rockport, Massachusetts and exposed at an early age to Plein Air painting by his father. His attraction to the French and American Impressionists and choice of art as a career grew from and was nurtured by this environment. He currently resides on Cape Ann in Massachusetts.

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Suzanne Siegel

Exhibit:
John Stobart Fellowship Award Winners: 1989-2011 Reunion Exhibition

Catherine Sunderland-Vis

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

James Swanson

James is an impressionistic representational oil painter living and working in Chicago.

For the last few years, James has been creating paintings for his ongoing series "Painting from Afar- the Artist and the Travelers Journeys," a world travelogue in paint. With the help and the experiences of friends, and travelers he has met, James has been creating a virtual world of stories, people, and places to see in his paintings from one spot.

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Karla Marice Tate

Artist, Photographer, Writer. Born in Stockholm, Sweden. BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, with major in Fine Art and Graphic Design, and minor in Printmaking. Worked in NYC as Graphic Designer in promotion art dept. of Scientific American magazine, and as freelance graphic designer and illustrator for many clients. Taught art at International School in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Exhibited many times in the annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition at the Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut, and in other art exhibits in New England, including three Finnish American organizations. Resides in Preston, Connecticut.

Exhibit:
Black & White with a Dash of Color

Tad Thomas

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Ronald Tinney

Ronald's work can be viewed at: www.ronaldtinney.com

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Stacie Turner

"Childhood fascinates me, which is good since I get to watch it unfold daily around me. Children devour their world with intensity; that rock, that flower, getting into that ball game, playing with that girl – these are utterly all consuming and important. It's a terrifying world, from an adult perspective, because without perspective everything is both fascinating and overwhelming. Most adults recognize this when they'll say, laughing, you couldn't pay them enough to relive middle school. My interest in the Maine coastal area springs from my own childhood, as that is where I grew up and the rocks and trees and waters there were the backdrop for my own youth.

Stacie's work can be viewed at: www.stacieturnerphotography.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Nora Vrublevska

Nora's work can be viewed at: www.noravrublevska.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Russell Vujs

A 1991 honors graduate of the Connecticut Institute of Art with a concentration in commercial art, Vujs began to rely on his passion for oil painting when he wasn't able to find work in his field of study. He is a member of the ASME and has a firm conviction that plein air painting has a huge impact on the refinements he is able to make to scenes back in the studio. "The greatest education on painting I get are the hours I spend in the field with my easel observing and recording the natural world."

In addition to his years of painting the scenes around him, Vujs has created a series of videos on watercolor painting, pen and ink drawing and airbrush painting that are found in middle school, high school and college libraries throughout the United States. Likewise, he has taught a wide variety of classes and workshops for many art societies.

Russell's work can be viewed at: www.russellvujs.com

Exhibits:
Coastal Colors
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Susan Van Winkle

"I try to capture the essence of each animal that I create, their dignity, humor and grace," states Susan. This effort is evident in all her work, but most obvious in her sculpture.

Her award-winning art and sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and they reside in private collections worldwide. For this exhibit, she is sharing quite a few pieces with us, including "Sentry Duty," an African meerkat and "Mother's Pride," a lioness and cub. Both were originally created in clay, then cast in more permanent materials.

Exhibit:
Touched By Africa

Rose Wall

Rose Wall is a junior at Connecticut College majoring in Fine Art with concentrations in sculpture and photography. She attended the Governor's Institute on the Arts in July 2007 and graduated from Northfield High School in Vermont in 2008. This spring she will be studying at the Universita Per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy and has been awarded the Mellon Grant from Connecticut College to continue her stay through the summer. She will be researching food culture and species native to the region with photographic documentation in order to further her senior thesis beginning in the fall of 2011. Her sculptural and photographic works are inspired by the textures of the human body and nature.

Exhibit:
Emerging Artists 2011

Jerry Weiss

Self-taught as a landscape painter, Jerry Weiss studied figure drawing in Miami, Florida, and drawing and painting at The Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He has had one-man exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, and galleries in New York, Boston, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

His work has been exhibited at the United States Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York; Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas; Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming; Bernhard Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Tomasulo Gallery, Union College, Cranford, New Jersey; Slater Museum, Norwich, Connecticut; Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey; Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida. Weiss' paintings have been included in annual exhibitions at the National Academy of Design in New York, where they were recognized with the Isaac Maynard Prize for a portrait, and the Julius Hallgarten Prize for a cityscape. He was awarded a Fellowship for Painting from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition
Fall into Maritime

Jacqueline White

"My oils are done primarily on location wherever my travels take me and are an expression of mood and emotion manifested through the beauty of the landscape. A deep desire to partake in a dialogue with nature and a quest to infuse a moment of truth within the canvas is why I paint. This spontaneous process invigorates the work and is imbued with the spirit of nature as it is created in communion with the wind and sunlight itself.

"Each painting has its own life. I strive not to duplicate nature but to engage in a poetic exchange with it through humility of spirit. By heeding to it, I ultimately strive to share with the viewer the joy that I feel by capturing the presence of nature's truth."

Exhibit:
Fall into Maritime

Justin Wirtalla

On his coastal photography, Justin states: "Shot during the first and last hour of the day, this work explores the constant fluid motion of the coastal environment. Exposures are measured by minutes, allowing the sea and sky to separate man made objects from natural elements. The continuously changing colors and tones blend together creating a surreal, unrecognizable world. The image is reduced to its most minimal form during each accumulating minute. As a result, an entire extended period of time is experienced in one instant."

Justin's work can be viewed at: justinwirtalla.com

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography

Shirley Youngs

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Christopher Zhang

Born in Shanghai, China, Christopher acquired a BFA degree in China and a MFA in the United States. In addition to creating subject matter paintings, he specializes in portraiture and landscapes.

"My versatile styles and skills at still life and in Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy have also won popularity," Christopher says. "My primary painting medium is oil. Others are watercolor, acrylic, gouache and Chinese ink."

Exhibit:
American Society of Marine Artists 2011 Invitational Exhibition

Xingxin Zhang

Exhibit:
Holiday Photography