In addition to three new exhibitions in the month of November, Huntington’s b. j. spoke gallery will also present gallery talks focusing on fabric art and painting.
The first of the three exhibits will be Nicolette M. Pach’s fabric art in her premiere solo exhibit titled, “Transitions”.
“My artistic path wound through many traditional forms of fiber work: embroidery, needle point, batik dying, and traditional quilting and has emerged into new forms,” said Pach, a Huntington Bay resident. “I draw inspiration from the sea, from artifacts of indigenous cultures and natural forms. Artifacts of other cultures range from Northwest Native American Masks to Moroccan tile work and pre-colonial South American design. Birds and their environment have captured my attention over the last year.
“The undersea pieces attempt to capture the quiet ebb and flow of the currents,” she added. “The birds evoke the soaring feeling of gliding on the wind or their tranquil habitats. I try to capture the essence rather than a literal interpretation of my subjects. I use materials including fabric collected in South America, Africa and the Pacific Northwest, and paint with acrylics using sculpture armatures uniquely suited to work with fabric. Silk may be perfect for one application while African fabrics will be suited for another. I create my pieces using standard and long arm sewing machines, acrylic paints, improvised tailoring, sculpture techniques and a variety of traditional and improvised tools.”
The second of the three exhibits will be the impressionist paintings of Bert Winsberg’, titled “Falling Water Plus.”
“This body of work is predominantly water at work, turbulent in its embrace of rocks and cliffs creating waterfalls as well as water flowing in tranquil calm,” Winsberg, a Great Neck resident, said. “My watercolors and mixed media paintings are an outlet for expressing what the water before me brings to mind.”
The last of the three exhibits will be “Water, an essential for Life” a members show displaying artworks in a variety of styles and media.
Gallery member artists: Richard Anello (digital painter), Phyllis Baron (abstract painter), John A. Bell (metal sculptor), Eleanor Berger (landscape painter), Katherine Criss (surreal painter and photographer), Liz Ehrlichman (painter),
J. Lefsky (abstract painter), Barbara Grey (painter, collagist, photographer), Nikole Kniffin (photographer), Kevin Larkin (abstract expressionist painter), Lili Maglione (realistic and expressionist painter), Dianne Marxe (bronze animal sculptor), Barbara Miller (encaustic textural painter), Min Myar (watercolor painter, abstract collagist), Lorraine Nuzzo (abstract painter), Nicolette M. Pach (fabric artist) Ilene Palant (stone sculptor and photographer), Cindy Shechter, (colorful abstracts based on realism), Constance Wain (mixed media with found objects) and Bert Winsberg (scenic painter)
The three exhibits pen to the public from Oct. 27 through Nov. 22, 2015
And Artist’s reception will be held Sunday, Nov. 1 from 2 to 5 p.m. Both artists will be giving gallery talks before the reception at 1:30 p.m.
