Serena Kovalosky
Organic Sculptor
Director, Open Studios


Photo Credit: Rob Barendse
 

Leslie Parke
Painter
Publicity, Open Studios

Leslie Anne Peck
Painter

Organic Evolutions
by Doug Gruse, Post Star
Article Photos: Erin Reid Coker, Post Star

Strips of crackled bark, seed pods, dried pomegranates, and abandoned bird nests inspire Serena Kovalosky. The artist uses bits from nature to guide her as she turns dried gourds into intricate, modern works of sculpture. Cubbyhole shelves in her studio...hold natural treasures - from pine cones to a fragment of bone - she has collected during hikes through the woods. Kovalosky describes the studio as more of a warehouse - a place to hold her stash of gourds, tools and organic curios.....
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Living in France
by Meg Hagerty, Post Star

Leslie Parke can fly to France, sans jet lag, every time she steps into her pied-a-terre in Shushan.....The artist has replicated works by French artists to live out her childhood fantasy of living inside a painting. Parke describes her cohesive wall murals as an artist interpreting another artist and by covering her walls in the style of another painter's composition, she can live in his world......
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Painter Inspired by Country Farms
by Doug Gruse, Post Star

Artist Leslie Peck is driven by animal instincts. It started more than 20 years ago when Peck started painting lusty, bodice-ripping illustrations for romance book covers. These days, her subjects are more domesticated. After moving from New York City to Greenwich, Peck segued from Fabio to farm animals.....
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