>Artist finds beauty in her own backyard
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Artist Maureen Casey’s exhibit at the Stable Gallery this month, “Right in my own backyard,” features her oil paintings of the Celery Farm in Allendale. The natural wildlife preserve is within walking distance from her home. “And when I go home, I appreciate all those little things right in my own backyard even more, especially my garden and my dogs and cats,” said Casey. “Nature, animals and the light that illuminates them is what inspires me to paint the most.”
She says that when you are hiking in the mountains or walking through the woods, you can’t help but know when you are approaching a swamp because “the air is suddenly filled with the sound of a symphony of frogs, insects, ducks and birds of all kinds.”
