Hudson Valley landscape art showcased in Saugerties exhibition
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. » “Locally Sourced: Hudson Valley Landscape Art” is on display at Emerge Gallery, 228A Main St., through Sunday, May 22.
The exhibition includes art of various styles and mediums — acrylic, collage, drawings, mixed media, monoprints, oil, pastel, photography, sculpture, and watercolor — inspired by landscape and waterscapes of the Hudson Valley and Catskills regio. A virtual curator’s tour and artists discussion is scheduled for Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. live on the Emerge Gallery YouTube channel. Artwork will be available to view and purchase online through the gallery shop on artsy.net with additional work exclusive to Artsy.
The Hudson Valley has been inspiring artists for centuries, from the Hudson Valley River School to the current influx of transplants setting up home in the region. Over 60 artists from the Hudson Valley area have been moved by the hikes, road trips, and the vistas people pass every day to pick up a camera, put brush to canvas, or work in clay, paper and other media. “Locally Sourced” includes art inspired by the Esopus and Hudson Rivers, Ashokan Reservoir, Cooper Lake, Kaaterskill Falls, Olanna, Shawangunk Mountains, Vanderbilt Estate, locations in Kingston and Saugerties, and other familiar places throughout the Hudson Valley.
Artists Linda Champanier and Hanna Gordon were both moved by the Vanderbilt estates for their oil and pastel paintings, while Susan Angeles — splitting her time between Kerhonkson and New York City — found inspiration in her hikes during the isolation. Her mixed media work on canvas incorporates natural elements, including tree roots and a hornet’s nest, in depicting an autumn scene overlooking Lake Minnewaska.
Some artists stayed close to home and the familiar. Elin Menzies is drawn to the beauty everywhere in the Hudson Valley, but sometimes likes to paint what is right outside her home in Saugerties. The watercolor included in “Locally Sourced” captured a fox in her rhubarb patch. “Foxes are such beautiful animals,” she said in a press release. “They fit silently into the landscape, and it takes my breath away when I suddenly catch sight of one.”
Artist Linda Schultz was also drawn to the familiar — a friend’s backyard on Fishcreek Road. What she created is a freestanding sculptural work that breathes new life into the traditional landscape painting.
The exhibition also includes a collection of lanterns from the travels of Saugerties’ creative visionary Kelli Bickman. The paper lanterns are mixed with memorabilia and magical relics by the artist’s daughter. She created a happy, light-filled, playful environment that hung over the artist’s kitchen at the Odd Fellow’s Temple building in the village for eight years. Bickman is sharing the joyous installation with the community before moving on to her next adventure.
Participating artists include Robin Adler, Mark Allen, Susan Angeles, Agnes Barber, Joan Barker, Harriet Forman Barrett, Lauren Basciani, Ed Berkise, Kelli Bickman, Natalie Boburka, Nancy Campbell, Linda Champanier, Marie Cole, Nancy deFlon, M.S. Eberhart, June Farnham, Katie Fisher, Stacie Flint, Raanan Gabriel, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Patti Gibbons, Dan Goldman, Hanna Gordon, Marjorie Grinnell, Josepha Gutelius, Jeffrey Helmuth, Christine Henninger, Linda Ippolito, Stevan Jennis, Janette Kahil, Patricia Kelly, David Kleiner, Pam Krimsky, Carole Kunstadt, Jen Lall, Hilary Lander, Maureen Lohan-Bremer, and Linda Lynton, Marjorie Magid, Kate Masters, Elin Menzies, Wilma Miller, Ann Morris, Grey Ivor Morris, Ingrid Nichter, Sandra Nystrom, Jacqueline Oster, Kevin Palfreyman. Joining them are Andrea Walcutt Perez, Susan B. Phillips, Geraldine Popko, Terry Preisner, Elaine Ralston, Marilynn Rowley, Jesse Sanchez, Dominick Santise, Andrea Scheffel, Beth Schneck, Linda Schultz, Pat Sinatra, Barbara Spizzirri, Margaret G. Still, JoAnne Helfert Sullam, Cindy Sumerano, Ivy Tran, jd weiss, Dale Wolfield, Jay Youngdahl and Joseph Zeppetello. “Locally Sourced” was curated by gallery director Robert Langdon.
Emerge Gallery is open Fridays and Saturdays from 1 to 6 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
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