Ridgewood Art Institute hosts neighboring artists
OCTOBER 31, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood Art Institute (RAI) is playing host to artists from the tri-state area who are exhibiting their work as part of the Pascack Art Association’s (PAA) Second Annual Juried Art Show. There are 42 artworks in oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel as well as mixed media. Styles are both traditional and contemporary art. Cash and merchandise prizes were presented at a reception held last Sunday.
Best in Show award went to Derek Cameron for an acrylic featuring two cars from times past in vibrant colors, called “Old Friends.” Other award winners were: Rita Agron’s pastel, “Country Road,” a pastoral scene showing a great play of light and shadow; Rebecca Leer’s oil still life, “Mr. Kelly’s Bandana;” Victoria Majestic’s oil still life, “Freshly Cut;” and “Rooster” by Mira Oliker, a watercolor showing loose painting with a lot of movement.
Show chair Joyce Levine said, “It’s a very stimulating exhibit giving an opportunity to meet with artists from the tri-state area.” Levine previously studied with Paul Burns at RAI and also at the Art Student League. She had a 25-year career in architectural illustration as an art director in New York City. “Pony Tail,” her watercolor, shows a little ballerina at a local outdoor ballet show.
Lou Spina is showing a large oil painting, “Jean-Michel et Ami,” a scene from an outdoor café in Paris – a man with his dog. “Artists bring a variety of styles and subject matter which makes for a very interesting exhibit,” he said. Spina is PAA president.
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