Joan Duff-Bohrer  [12]
  Oil Painting, Mixed Media

Joan Duff-Bohrer’s work features strong color and a loose painterly style. Though considered a colorist, Duff-Bohrer favors random drawing which introduces surprises and chance associations in order to discover her subject. Duff-Bohrer’s philosophy is mirrored in Georgia O’Keefe’s quote: “I paint to know what I think".

  124 Gillis Hill Lane, Salem, NY 12865    Tel. (518) 854-7046
  (winter studio: 1510 San Roy Drive, Dunedin, Florida 34698)
  www.duffbohrerpainting.com
 

    
 George Forss  [4]
 Black & White and Digital Photography

George Forss was discovered in 1980 by David Douglas Duncan, who produced a book of his black & white photography called: "New York, New York / Masterworks of a Street Peddler". A New York Times art critic wrote of Forss’ cityscapes: “He seizes upon them with unselfconscious intensity…with an acute eye for design and pattern”. Forss has added digital photography to his portfolio and, during the July Open Studios Tour, he will also introduce his new book: “Enos”.

  During the July 2007 Open Studios Tour, Forss will exhibit his work at:
  The Gallery Upstairs @ 111, 111 Main St, Greenwich, NY

  Throughout the year, visit George Forss in his Cambridge studio/gallery:
  Ginofor Gallery, 38 West Main Street, Cambridge, NY 12818    Tel. (518) 677-3288
  georgeforss@netscape.com
 

    
 Ed Hepp  [6]
 Cambridge Rocking Horse Company
 Hand-carved Carousel-style Rocking Horses

Inspired by the great Carousel Masters, Ed Hepp creates magnificent hand-carved carousel-style rocking horses that are art sculptures as well as elegant, functional toys for children. Hepp’s work is influenced by the legendary carvers who came to this country in the late 1800’s and created the beautiful carousels that we all remember and love.
  Cambridge Rocking Horse Company
  97 Route 74, So. Cambridge, NY    Tel. (518) 677-3212
  (Mailing address: 97 Route 74, Buskirk, NY 12028)
  www.CambridgeRockingHorse.com
 

 
 Serena Kovalosky  [5]
 Contemporary Gourd Artwork
 
Serena Kovalosky creates exquisite vessels and sculptures from dried gourds. Gold leaf gilding, rich earthtones and unusual pyrography all contribute to Kovalosky’s unique contemporary primitive style, bringing a traditional craft into the realm of fine art.

 


  During the July 2007 Open Studios Tour, Kovalosky will exhibit her work at: 
  The Gallery Upstairs @ 111, 111 Main St, Greenwich, NY

  Throughout the year, Kovalosky exhibits in the U.S. and Canada
  Kovalosky Studios / Whitehall, NY   Tel. (518) 282-9202   serena@kovalosky.com
  www.kovalosky.com     
 

    
  Adriano Manocchia  [8]
  Oil Painting, Watercolor

Adriano Manocchia paints in a traditional, realistic method using oil on board. "Manocchia’s unique style of contemporary realism takes the viewer vicariously into his ‘waterscapes’… He has created a niche all his own in American Sporting Art,… His gift of conveying the water's magic through his art is making a meaningful contribution to today's art scene.” - John F. Apgar, J.N. Bartfield Galleries, NYC
 
  87 Whitecreek Shunpike Rd, Cambridge, NY 12816    Tel. (518) 677-5744
  www.adriano-art.com
 

    
  Bliss White McIntosh  [7]
   Natural Fiber Basketry: Black Ash Baskets & Birch Bark Containers

Bliss White McIntosh’s baskets and containers are made entirely of natural materials she gathers and processes from native trees. The black ash baskets are traditional and functional, yet they possess a certain grace and harmony, responding to the strengths and quirks of the materials. In her birch bark containers, McIntosh often treats the individual pieces of bark as "paintings" to be held within the rims of the structure.

  1318 County Route 59, Cambridge, NY 12816    Tel. (518) 677-3151
  mcinbass@aol.com
 

    
   Brenda McMahon  [2]
   Blue Moon Clay Studio
   Sculptural Ceramic Vessels

Brenda McMahon’s vessels are hand-made on the potter's wheel and hand carved. Each vessel is polished to look like stone and fired in natural materials. This organic firing offers soft hues and sensuous colors that provide a depth and sense of mystery. McMahon’s forms are inspired by the simplicity of line and curve and her firings are rooted in ancient traditions with a timeless Japanese aesthetic.


  Blue Moon Clay Studio & Gallery
  2242 County Route 113, Greenwich, NY 12834    Tel. (518) 692-7742
  www.BlueMoonClay.com
 

   
  Anastasia Lee Nute  [11]
  surface-designed Hand-Wovens, Textiles and bas-relief Sculpture

Anastasia Lee Nute has been exploring color on fabric for more than 30 years. Coming from a painter's background, Nute is infinitely intrigued with the myriad complexities of color and pattern with texture. Her recent foray into the world of bas-relief sculpture affords her an opportunity for similar observations and explorations.


  896 County Route 60, Greenwich, NY 12834    Tel. (518) 692-7147
  czarina@wildblue.net
 

   
   Leslie Parke  [9]
   Oil Painting

 Leslie Parke is in a relentless pursuit of painting light effects: light reflections, transparencies, translucencies, glitter, sparkle, shimmer. How light affects natural surfaces, such as flowers, shells and water; and artificial surfaces, such as patent leather, foil, Mylar, transparent ribbons, glass, crystal, and silver. “The more elusive and impossible the image is to paint the more it interests me”.




  15 West Main St, Cambridge, NY 12816    Tel. (518) 677-8872
  www.leslieparke.com
 

    
  Leslie Anne Peck  [3]
  Oil Painting

Leslie Anne Peck began her artistic career as a freelance illustrator for romance book covers. While still enjoying a tremendous success in the publishing field, Peck's love for portraiture of people and animals has found its expression in the oil paintings she now masterfully creates. Her favorite subject for paintings has become the farm animals from the countryside surrounding her studio.



52 Salem St (Route 29), Greenwich, NY 12834    Tel. (518) 692-9952
www.lpeck.com
 

    
  Gyula Varosy  [1]
   Wood, Bronze and Steel Sculpture, Drawings

 "Rough-hewn wooden equestrians stand as silent sentinels within the windows. Beginning with unadorned tree trunks, Varosy chisels primeval figures that bear the unmistakable marks of the metal tools employed in his prolonged carving battle. Primary pigments are then added as aniline dyes to the wood-grained forms. A blue angel sits astride a red horse, a vermilion figure joins itself to a red-colored horse, and a bronzed Sisyphus valiantly struggles to roll a burnt umber ball up an unseen incline." - Ruth Newman, NYU Windows Gallery, NYC

  1522 North Rd, Greenwich, NY 12834    Tel. (518) 692-7443
  gyvarosy@earthlink.net