The Romano Gallery

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The Pahaquarry Foundation, Inc. Celebrates ‘The Pahaquarry Artist’
August 1-22
Reception: TBA
In Remembrance of Jean Zipser’s efforts to create a community of Artists, beginner & established.
The Pahaquarry Foundation, Inc. is a 501 c (3) non profit, dedicated to the Arts and Education. Their Adult & Emerging Artists programs are funded in part by the Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission.

Michele Szoka & Beth Seetch
August 31-September 26
Reception: Thursday, September 10, 7:00 PM
This exhibit is a collection of photographs by Michele Szoka and words by Beth Seetch. The visual images describe summer happenings and the poetry brings the season inside.

Blair Academy Faculty Show
September 30-October 24
Reception: Thursday, October 8, 7-8 PM

Deirdre Swords — The Skies Within
October 28-December 5
Reception: Thursday, November 5, 7-8 PM
Following a trip to Peru to hike the historic Inca Trail, New York artist Deirdre Swords began a series of paintings of abstractions based on her reactions to the magnificent natural world she experienced in this ancient land. Influenced by the work of the Abstract Expressionists as well as the work of contemporary artists Cy Twombly and Anselm Kiefer, this work – primarily oils on canvas – employs luminosity and gesture to capture feelings of transcendence. Also included will be sculptures completed prior to this painting series.

Endel Uiga, Marcia Krause Bilyk & Elaine Smithson
December 7-January 9
Reception: Thursday, December 10, 7-8 PM
This exhibition features three local photographers. In his nineties, Uiga produces photos of computer enhanced fractal images. Bilyk, a minister, relates spirituality between humans and nature hers. Smithson enjoys working with contrast, texture and tonal qualities of traditional monochromatic mediums.
Read more about the artists.

Chris Pelletiere
January 11-February 6
Reception: Thursday, January 14, 7-8 PM
Chris Pelletiere is a painter, collage artist, illustrator and cartoonist. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library and private collections of Stephen King, Zak Norman, Robert Bloch and Roald Dahl. The exhibit presents his interpretation of individuals and crowds moving through the New York City public transit system. In addition to cut newspaper and colored tissue, his collages incorporate charcoal drawing and painting with gouache.
Read more about the artist and view more of his work.

Julia Whitney Barnes
February 8-March 13
Reception: Thursday, February 11, 7-8 PM
Julia Whitney Barnes is a Brooklyn-based, mixed media artist who has spent the last dozen years making indoor and outdoor works related to the natural world. Julia creates installations, sculptural reliefs, oil paintings and drawings and she will be showing at Romano Gallery selections from her “Orchid-Bat” series as well as a variety of new work. Rooted simultaneously in science while evoking the fantastical, these works depict the fusion of bats and orchids.

Jeffrey Epstein
March 30-April 24
Reception: Friday, April 9, 7-8 PM
Jeff Epstein’s paintings usually explore the suburban landscape, often at night. The unpeopled spaces share indications of human presence yet the pervasive feeling is one of solitude, perhaps finding beauty or a hint of menace where none was perceived before.

The Annual Student Art Exhibition
April 29-May 15
Reception: Friday, April 30, 6:30 PM

Dick Boak
May 17-June 6
Reception: Saturday, June 5, TBA
Dick Boak is a 1968 graduate of Blair Academy and a former teacher in the school’s art department. As a student at Blair, Dick was inspired toward drafting, illustration and creative writing. In the years that followed Blair, he traveled extensively, creating several hundred highly detailed conceptual illustrations. After joining the C. F. Martin Guitar Company in 1976, he immersed himself in micro-carpentry and guitar design. In the past 15 years, he has created limited edition guitar projects with more than 150 of the greatest musicians of our time including Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Sting and John Mayer. He has authored three books to date about Martin guitars and his varied projects. This retrospective exhibit represents a selection of his creative output, focusing primarily on his intricate ink drawings with a selection of his unique guitar and woodworking designs.

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