|
|
|
August 2013
Greetings!
Upstream is proud to announce the addition of four new members during 2013: Louise Cadoux, Ed Lessing, Dora Tomulic and Tim Ward. As part of our annual summer group show, we will be featuring our newest members to introduce you to their work.
Please join us to welcome our newcomers to Upstream Gallery at a reception for all the artists on Thursday, August 1st, 6-8 pm. Our regular hours for August will be Saturday and Sunday, 12:30 to 5:30 pm.
|
 | | Cadoux, Universe |
Louise Cadoux
Born in Stockholm in 1958, Louise Cadoux is both a successful custom designer for the home and a working artist. She says she is "inspired by dreams, current events and the absurdities of life".
Her work weaves together the prosaic and the profound in surprising ways. Since living in the U.S., she has studied at Parsons, The Art Students League and F.I.T., receiving a degree in textile and surface design from F.I.T. in 1995.
|
 | |
Lessing, Mom, Pap, Me and Storks, Watercolor on paper
|
Ed Lessing
ABOUT STORKS: "It all took place in the in the Netherlands, in the city of The Hague, which has a stork as its coat of arms. A young couple got married there, in the year 1926. He was a music hall musician and she a Royal Mail telegraph operator. Their little boy was born there a year later. The stork, no doubt, was to blame."
Ed Lessing was born in the Netherlands. As a youngster, he and his family were forced into hiding in the dutch countryside, surviving the war with great effort. After living in Israel for a number of years, he and his wife and daughter came to the United States, where he graduated from Pratt Institute in design. After a long career as a successful graphic designer, Ed has now retired. He and his wife live in Westchester, where his wife remains a practicing psychiatric social worker.
|
 | |
Tomulic, Svarog 1, Mixed Media on Canvas
|
Dora Tomulic
Croatian born and educated, Tomulic has had solo shows at the Museum Mimara in Zagreb as well as in two galleries in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her most recent show was at the School of Visual Art in NY.
Of her work, she says:
"I love storytelling. I tell stories through abstract paintings. Each of my paintings is a mystical world of itself, full of iconography developed from personal symbolism..... Ideas for my paintings are developed from real situations in nature. I take photographs of dry leaves, branches and gravel.... I analyze them beyond the surface and first interpret through drawings the geometric structures and underlying relationships ...."
|
 | |
Ward, Flyaway K, Acrylic, Housepaint and Hardware on wood
|
Tim WardTim was born in Barnesly, England and studied fine art at Staffordshire University, later moving to London to start a career in commercial art and design.
In 1999. Tim moved to New York, soon working with Sol Lewitt on a major installation in lower Manhattan. HIs work has been shown around New York, most recently in Saratoga Springs and SALT Art Gallery in Philadelphia.
Of his work, he says: "I feel the line tells the story.... whether it is made in pencil, a scratch on a surface, or with a piece of manipulated wire"....
|
 | | Opening Reception Thursday, August 1st 6-8 pm |
|
 | |
Lynn Schmeidler reading her poem
Enter Through the Doorless Gap
at Upstream, December 2012
|
Curiouser & Curiouser
One of Upstream's Collaboration III poets, Lynn Schmeidler, is the winner of the 2013 Grayson Books Chapbook Competition. Her chapbook of poems "Curiouser & Curiouser" has just been released by Grayson. Ms. Schmeidler's collection was chosen from a formidable field by judge Brian Clements, author of Jargon, and editor of An Introduction to the Prose Poem.
Lynn Schmeidler's poetry and prose have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. Formerly a faculty member at the Writer's Studio in Manhattan, she now teaches writing workshops to adults and at-risk youth in schools.
Please join us to celebrate Lynn's achievement at the book signing on Saturday, September the 7th, at 8 pm here at Upstream.
|
|
Upcoming Exhibits:
August 1st through September 8th, Introducing Upstream's Newest Members
and annual Summer Group Show. Opening Reception, Thursday, August 1st, 6-8 pm. Gallery hours for August are Saturday and Sunday, 12:30 to 5:30 pm.
Saturday, August 7th at 8 pm: Book Signing party for our Collaboration III poet, Lynn Schmeidler
September 12th Through October 6th, June Otani, A Memorial Retrospective. Opening Reception, Sunday, September 15th, 2-5 pm.
October 10th through November 3, Ned Harris, Recent Works and Luis Perelman, New Work.
|
|
|
Upstream Gallery was started in 1991 by a group of Westchester artists who were looking for a venue to show their work outside of traditional commercial galleries.
The gallery has two street level exhibition spaces. The current artist members work in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, collage / assemblage, print-making and photography. Styles range from the representational to the abstract. Members have shown in a wide variety of venues throughout the United States and Europe. Upstream encourages artists to submit their work for review. Submissions are reviewed on a monthly basis.
Please call 914 591 7135 for further information, or click the image to go to our website.
|
|
Have a friend or colleague who might be interested in our Gallery?
Please feel free to forward this newsletter.
Your friends can get their own copy of future newsletters by clicking here: |
|
|
|
|
Please visit Upstream's new Facebook page by clicking below:
Just a reminder: We will be talking about our upcoming events and commenting on the art world as we see it. If you are a member, please be sure to "Like" us when you visit, and we'd love to hear your comments.
|
Quick Links...
|
|
|
|
|
|
