Gallery in Ridgewood features watercolors and oils
Friday, January 25, 2013
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Nanette Michelmore and Julie Fornaci are the featured artists at the Valley Hospital Gallery this month. Both artists found a home at the Ridgewood Art Institute where Fornaci takes classes in oil painting with John Osborne and Michelmore studies watercolor with Joel Popadics.
“I love to travel and capture the feeling of a place – the lighting, people, architecture and surrounding nature,” Fornaci said. Whenever possible she brings her oils to paint in plein air and then she takes a lot of photos to use as reference when she comes back to her studio.
“A few of my paintings like “Women Bathers,” “Ladies of Seville,” and “Genoan Fisherman” have been composed from various sources – I use a combination of antique photos and my own reference material,” she said. “Laundry Day” was painted on a trip to Provence where she found amazing lighting. Last September, she traveled to Santa Fe for a workshop.