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05December2013

Susan Durkee

“THE ART OF PORTRAITURE IS MY LIFE LONG COMMITMENT. I SEE EACH NEW PORTRAIT COMMISSION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD FOR POSTERITY THE UNIQUE SPIRIT OF AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT ONLY FOR THE FAMILY, BUT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. A PORTRAIT IS A TIMELESS EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND HONOR.” An award-winning artist, Susan Boone Durkee works out of her Redding, Connecticut studio, The Lobster Pot, so named by Mark Twain who owned the property at the turn of the century. Susan graduated from Greens Farms Academy, attended one year at the School of Fine Arts at Boston University, and received a…

15July2013

Marlene Wiedenbaum

Marlene Wiedenbaum, PSA-MP is a graduate of Queens College, SUNY New Paltz and attended the Art Students League in New York City. Her award-winning paintings have been exhibited internationally, including the International Pastel Artists Invitational in Taiwan and the Xi’an Museum in China. Her work is among six International Master Pastelists featured in two textbooks commissioned by the Taiwanese government. Wiedenbaum has been featured in several art publications, the most recent being the June 2021 edition of VIC Pastel, the Newsletter of the Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia. In 2015, Fine Art Connoisseur featured her Hudson Valley Landscapes in their…

15July2013

Robert Weinstein

“New York lures me to the canvas. The city is a part of me,” says Weinstein, a native of Manhattan now living in North Easton, Mass. A New York University communications graduate, Weinstein established himself as a producer, director and writer of national television musical specials and film. But he found his passion for painting after being lured into a local art store. He is largely self-taught, other than taking a handful of classes at the New York Museum of Modern Art and from the Hudson Valley School of Painting. His unique talent, technique and vision are evident in his…

15July2013

Robert Waltsak

Robert is a plein-air impressionist oil painter of landscape and still life. He has been painting all of his life and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, Newark School of Fine Arts, and the Ridgewood Art Institute in New Jersey. He has exhibited his work at the HBO Corporate Gallery in New York, Lambertville Gallery of Fine Arts, and The Hastings on Hudson Museum. He was also an award winner at the Ridgewood Institute of Juried Show in 2002. Robert says his palette was influenced by Frank Vincent Dumond of the Hudson River School and is a…

15July2013

George Stewart

George Stewart is a Connecticut born artist, currently residing in Ridgefield. George began painting as a young boy, and as a teenager studied under world-renowned watercolorist, Frederick Whitaker. His formal training continued at The Silvermine Art School in New Canaan, Connecticut from 1966 through 1968. Although working for many years as a technical illustrator, his passion continues to be painting. George has always had a strong emotional connection with his surroundings and with the changing seasons. He believes that certain feelings evoked by a particular scene at a moment in time can only be expressed visually and he says that…

15July2013

Gene Sparkman

(1941-2010) Master pastelist, Gene Sparkman’s work is in many private, corporate and permanent public museum collections world-wide, such as, the Butler Institute of American Art, Franklin Library, The Smithsonian, et al. He was a director of the Pastel Society of America and elected Master Pastelist in 1984. Exhibitions and major awards include Salmagundi Club, NYC; Allied Artists of America, NYC; Pastel Society of America, NYC; Manchester Institute of the Arts, NH; Canton Art Institute, OH; Butler Institute of American Art, OH; New Britain Museum of American Art, CT; Society of Illustrators, NYC; Society of Illustrators, CA; Rameau Palais, Paris, France,…

15July2013

Karl Soderlund

NEW! Symbolism stems from an idea of using representational symbols to create scenes within paintings and tell the story of the subject. In these paintings the subjects are well known icons. However, the real story is what is revealed within the painting. Like a puzzle, the closer you look, the more symbols you will find. ___________________________________________________ Karl Soderlund has developed a new style of painting “Splatter Art.” Karl literally splatters paint onto a canvas that allows him to create amazing landscapes, seascapes and portraits. By utilizing a brush, much like a conductor directs an orchestra, Karl splatters color onto his…

15July2013

Murray Smith

A simple still life and a sunlit winter scene. What do they have in common? They are both illuminated by the light effect, the prismatic flow of light. The action of light on the subject. Frank Vincent DuMond, a great teacher and noted painter who developed the prismatic palette, influenced many prominent American artists. DuMond was quoted as saying, “Silently glowing over this whole landscape is a rainbow. You must learn to see it. It is there always and if you can get hold of that, you have something worth going after.” Master painter, John Philip Osborne has continued his…

15July2013

Liron Sissman

Liron Sissman’s oil paintings help transport viewers by uplifting the spirit, engaging the senses and bringing the power of nature indoors. Liron’s art is collected by organizations nationwide and by individuals on three continents. Her paintings won multiple awards and are written about extensively. Liron’s art was selected by Ambassador Kenneth Juster for the US Embassy in New Delhi, India as part of Art in Embassies, a program curated, funded and run by the US State Department. Liron’s art is also featured in Something Borrowed, a Warner Bros. film starring Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, Ginnifer Goodwin and Colin Egglesfield. It…

15July2013

Eileen Serwer

Eileen Serwer is a resident of New York City and the East End of Long Island. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hunter College in New York and attended classes at The Art Students League and the Pastel Society of America, where she is a signature member and taught a landscape workshop in April 2012. Serwer is also a signature member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and a juried member of the Degas Pastel Society and the National Association of Women Artists. Serwer is also included in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the…

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