NORTHVILLE LIBRARYSVAN MEET THE ARTIST SERIES

Free to and open to the public
Artist Reception the first Tuesday of each month, 6-8pm
Northville Public Library
341 South 3rd Street, Northville, NY 12134-4231

You are invited to each Meet the Artist Reception where you will have the opportunity to view beautiful artwork, meet the artist and learn what motivates them to create their work. Refreshments served.

Contact Connie Dodge, Co-Chair, at 518-863-2201 or cdodgeart@roadrunner.com

In my art, I paint and draw directly from nature. I enjoy working from life and interpreting what I observe. I am intrigued by the effects of light and color in nature. Light dappling the side of a house, light creating the form of an apple, and light caressing the objects in a room, are the subjects which fill my canvases. In my work, light, mood, atmosphere and paint combine to form a work of art.

Art is the main focus of my life. Since the age of nine, I have worked hard to become the best artist I could be. My work is done in the spirit of the following quote by Maurice Grosser. ‘The painter draws with his eyes, not with his hands. Whatever he sees, if he sees clear, he can put it down. The putting it down requires perhaps, much care and labor, but no more muscular agility than it takes to write his name. Seeing clear is the important thing.’”

SVAN Quilts Archives
2011 The Adirondack Outhouses

The 2011 heirloom quilt is a queen sized quilt, designed and hand-appliquéd by eighteen quilters donating their time and talent for SVAN’s major fundraiser. This year the quilt blocks depict outhouses found in the Adirondack Mountains of Southern New York.

The majority of the quilters used photographs provided by two photographers that live in the Adirondack Mountains. Some Quilters chose to use outhouses they had found on family property or near by to create the remaining blocks.

dwight pierre, a photographer, educator, and performer, is the son of Anthony Michael Pierre from Arima, Trinidad and Mary Alice Pierre from Alexander City, Alabama. He was born in Queens, New York City and his parents moved upstate NY before he was a year old. Growing up in Rotterdam, NY, dwight pierre was always fascinated with the super 8 movies and photographs his father took while living in London England and back home in Trinidad. Even today, dwight pierre enjoys the sound of the movie projector while watching a silent movie from his childhood. He remembers watching his father cut and paste film together with so much attention to detail and perfection. At an early age, he was allowed to take photographs with his father’s Polaroid camera and on occasion, was asked to hold the bright light to aid his father when filming a home movie.

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Since receiving a BFA Degree from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College and moving to Argyle, NY, Strode has been painting the landscape of Washington County. Mary Lou observes, "Its agricultural features - plowed fields, un-forested hills, 19th century farmhouses and outbuildings - are a continuing inspiration to me. Certain elements of these special spaces have become subjects of intense scrutiny: waterfalls, a certain field on my farm, the flat farmlands between Durkeetown and Ft. Edward and Carter's Pond, a wildlife preserve and wetland near Cossayuna Lake. I have returned again and again to these places for inspiration and visual material. "

Artist, Constance Dodge, has taught Fine Arts for thirty-one years. While the majority of her experience has been dedicated to developing the artistic talents of high school students, she spent two years teaching full time at Adirondack Community College. In addition, she has been an adjunct instructor at Sage Junior College, the College of Saint Rose, Empire State College, and Goddard College.

For twenty-three years, Dodge’s permanent exhibit space was the Amos Eno Gallery in New York City. Her work appears in many private collections, both nationally and internationally including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. and Artpool in Budapest Hungary. Her work has also appeared in New York Magazine. Regionally, she is a professional member of the the Guild of Adirondack Artists and the former Director of the Oakroom Artists, a group in existence for 52 years

So, I got a real job and was gainfully employed for 30+ years, but yet always painted and kept taking classes. At the right time, I always had recognition or won an award of some sort. I'm sure I might have given up otherwise. I kept going on, more classes, books and being inspired by other painters. I always strive to make my next painting better than the last. We will see.

Linda displays her art regularly at the Fulton County Art Show and has exhibited and won awards in many other art shows. In 2008, Linda was awarded first prize for “Painting” in the Adirondack Artists Guild’s 10th annual juried exhibit at Saranac Lake.

Linda earned a BFA from the University of Michigan with a concentration in design and interior architecture. Most of Linda’s career has been as a freelance designer, developing material for print, products for manufacture and websites. Her most recent creative endeavors have been in the study of watercolor and mixed water media.

In commenting on her varied studies and projects, Linda stated, “Working with a variety of people on a wide range of projects keeps my work fresh and guarantees that no two days are ever alike!”

Bart’s work has been published in Adirondack Life Magazine. He exhibits and sells his works at the Willman Gallery, Little Falls, NY, and is a multiple winner of the US National Heritage Corridor, Erie Canal calendar contest. Bart is also an Attorney and City Court Judge in Little Falls, New York.

Bart states, “My goal in photography is simply to observe and capture nature in its best and natural light, and to pass on those captured exposures to the eyes and senses of all who desire to look…In all cases, when I view these wonderful locations, I am both
humbled and embraced by the beauty and complexity of the universe. Every scene tells a story, and whether it’s of biology or geology, history, culture or time, that story embraces your soul and conveys a certain mood or feeling. The challenge is to capture that scene in a
way that passes on that sensation to others.”

I have enjoyed Judy Olson's work for years after seeing it displayed at the LakeHouse Grillein Wells, NY. Her work can be viewed and purchased at www.judyolsonphotography.com

 

Featured Artist - Andrew Roth

Andrew Roth's work can be viewed and purchased at www.yourvisionweb.com/artgallery.html

Featured Artist - John Gates

John Gates work can be viewed and purchased at
www.adirondackprints.com

Featured Artist - Spruce Mountain Photography

Spruce Mountain Photography work can be viewed and purchased at
www.sprucemountainphotography.com

Anne Miller
1937-2008

For the past 30 years, Anne called the Adirondacks, which she loved, home. In the early 1980s, she founded the Commonground Gallery in Northville, N.Y., where she lived, taught, and painted. Anne, a true “gem of the Adirondacks,” was deeply devoted to Northville, the land, and its people. She shared her love with everyone she met through her gifts of art, music and gardening. She was an integral part of the village she loved, and will be forever missed.

Anne Miller has been living and working in the Adirondacks for the past 26 years. She owns the Commonground Gallery in Northville, NY, where she lives, teaches music and paints. The building was originally a blacksmith shop, circa 1860, and retains the charm of its history.

Anne did her undergraduate studies at Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA, where she completed a BA degree in Fine Art with a double minor in Music Education. She completed her graduate work at SUNY Albany. She has received numerous New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization grants for teaching music and art. In 1998 she was awarded an NYSCA Individual Artist Grant. She has exhibited extensively in the Northeast and her work is in private collections worldwide.

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2006 Copyright Anne M. Miller

2006 Copyright Anne M. Miller

2006 Copyright Anne M. Miller