This 2015 Exhibition season, we are eager to introduce the North Shore Arts
Association's newest artist members and warmly welcome them to our
community! The
New Members Show, Jun. 4 - June 27, showcases these
sixteen artists and their work. Opening reception will be held Sunday, June 7 from
2 - 4 p.m.
Please seek out our new members, introduce yourself and others to them. We
want all of our membership to feel at home and supported in our galleries
and at our receptions. First and foremost this is "The Year of the Artist"!
Introducing the North Shore Arts Association's new juried artist members:
J.E. Daly is a full time artist who lives and works at his studio in Hudson, MA. He was born in Glens Falls, New York, and earned B.S. and M.S. Ed. degrees from
Siena and St. Rose College, respectively. He received early training from his
mother, regional artist P.A.Daly. His formal art training came under
Michael Dowling at the UMASS Danforth
Museum School of Art, in Framingham, MA. Daly has also studied with
Bruce Bachman Turner, Don Stone and Charles Movalli. He has shown his
work in numerous national juried exhibits. Daly's work resides in
numerous northeast corporate and private collections. He works primarily
in oil. Daly believes that growing up in the Washington County region
of upstate New York creates a unique appreciation for rural and mountain
environments. "I am most inspired in the creative process
when painting
from life", he says. "I try to find the human connection in nature,
from the exotic to the mundane. I hope to portray the 'sense of
landscape' and the never-ending human relationship with the earth. This
is a timeless emotion". Daly travels extensively and has painted in
Europe, North America and Asia. His work is represented in the
Adirondack Art (Association) Gallery in Essex, NY, The Blackburn Gallery
in Queensbury, NY and John Zaccheo Fine Arts Gallery in Manchester, VT.
www.jedaly.com
Gary Davis was born in Saugus, MA. Gary draws his inspiration from personal experience, and his New England surroundings. As a young boy, Gary spent much of
his time outdoors, whether on his grandfather's fishing boat, or with
his father at the ballpark, and later on the golf course. Encouraged by
his high school art teacher, Gary followed his passion, and in 1980 he
earned a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art. His oil landscapes,
marine art and sports paintings have been exhibited at various
galleries, and placed through corporate art buyers. In 1991, Steuben
commissioned Gary to create the image for, "The Pitch" which was
translated into a limited edition, crystal sculpture. Gary is a member
of the Copley Society of Art in Boston. A few times a year, Gary joins
friends to paint en
plein air, in Booth Bay, Maine. Many days he can be found among the marshes and shorelines of Essex, Ipswich, and Gloucester where the light offers a new landscape every minute. Gary lives in Wakefield, MA, with his wife Cindy, and their recently adopted dog, Dixie.
F. Michael Dorsey Mike is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design in Illustration and Animation. His animation, "Twilight" (no vampires) won 5 National
and International Awards. He studied illustration with Chris Van Allsburg and Animation with Amy Kravis and Yvonne Andersen. His work is collected in the U.S.A. and in Canada. Years ago he heard that... “Plein Air painting is God’s prank on the
artistic soul: lured into the beauty, or the mystery, or the intrigue of
a landscape, the artist sets up their easel and goes at it for hours.
Sometimes the moment is captured. More often, the lighting changes more
and more, and finally beaten, he/she packs up thinking, “I’ll get it
tomorrow”… and so the ruse goes on and on”. Mike, with his wife, long
time NSAA member, Janet Sutherland calls
Ipswich, MA home. Most days he can be found “livin’ the ruse” and
thanking his lucky stars for an artistic soul.
www.fmdorseyart.fineartstudioonline.com
Cynthia Dunaway was born in Excelsior, Minnesota. From the beginning, she had a keen interest in putting down onto paper what she saw in nature and loved to
draw from life. After meeting Stapleton Kearns in 1986, Cynthia moved to Cape Ann to pursue her interest in painting. Since then, she has been deeply committed to the development of her artistic expression through the use of charcoal and pencil in life drawing and as a "plein air" painter. Cynthia has studied with numerous Cape Ann artists: Stapleton Kearns, Bernie Gerstner, Ruth Hagstrom, Debbie Clarke, David Curtis, Don Stone and Paul George. She also attended Montserrat College of Art and Mass. College of Art in Boston. Cynthia has been the recipient of many awards, such as the Earl Merchant Memorial Award for excellence in portraiture, the C. Bruce Brown Memorial Award in oil painting, the
Gerald Epstein Memorial Award for innovative graphic work and the Marguerite Pearson Gold Medal. She is a returning artist member of the North Shore Arts Association, the Rockport Art Association and a former member of the Local Colors/Artists Co-op in Gloucester, MA.
Michael S. Foley grew up in Beverly, MA and attended public schools there. He worked at various part time jobs during his teen years, and pursued wood carving, hiking and guitar. He attended Lowell Technological Institute in Lowell, MA, where he earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. While following a career in Mechanical Engineering
Design and Management, Mr. Foley and his wife, Anne, raised their two children. He continued his interest in relief wood carving and guitar over the years and in 2003 took a three year sabbatical from engineering to start his own company, Northshore Home Repair Co., which he ran for three years before returning to his career in engineering. For many years, Mr Foley had planned to pursue a second career in Stone Sculpture and upon his retirement in 2013, he put his plan into action. The advent of readily available industrial diamond tools enabled his transition from woodcarving to
stonecarving, working as M. S. Foley Stoneworks in Gloucester. The majority of his work is in local granite, and to a lesser extent, Berkshires and Vermont marble. He had had gallery exhibits and shows on Cape Ann, MA and in Nashua, NH and has displayed his work in several Cape Ann establishments. "Geometry and the love of natural materials are the driving forces behind my work. As a lifelong carver and career machine design engineer, I find beauty in both the gifts of the earth, as well as the wisdom of mathematics, which helps us to see our humble place in the universe. My sculptures, in their small ways, attempt to transform the fusion of these beauties into expressive forms, frozen in time, but warmed by each human hand which reaches out to touch them."
www.msfoleystoneworks.com
Deborah Geurtze www.rockyneckartcolony.org/_artists/geurtze.php
Jim Gibbons "The most creative people in this world are children. For most, as
they mature that spark for creating and imagination fades. Being an artist is an extension of that childhood, but with the fine skills to express and capture the imagination". Growing up in Gloucester, Massachusetts with its rich art and fishing history, and being surrounded with the sheer beauty of Cape Ann was the key to open Jim's desire to capture all that is beautiful. "Being able to take a blank surface and push paint tactfully around to create an illusion of three dimensions is magic". One hundred percent self taught, from the basics of observing to
the complexities of brush quality, for Jim, "It's been a tremendously patient and passionate journey which only grows stronger with the passing of time".
www.jimgibbonspaintings.com
Michele J. Kenna, a transplanted Canadian, has lived in Massachusetts for over 30 years. Growing up in a family involved in art and theater, Michele pursued her
own artistic aspirations by completing her degree in Fine Arts at the
University of Toronto. After raising two children in Beverly, MA,
Michele continued to study with nationally known American artists who
taught and mentored her in the pastel medium, her primary influences
being Frank Federico, PSA 2012 Hall of Fame Honoree and internationally
renowned painter, Wolf Kahn. Michele has also studied with renowned
American painters, Betty Lou Schlemm, Charles Movalli, Ted Minchin,
Barbara Moody, Masako Kamiya and many more. Classes at Montserrat
College of Art in Beverly, MA have inspired Michele to reach out beyond
traditional boundaries and to challenge herself to more
abstract ways of
expression. With a studio at Porter Mill Studios in Beverly, Michele
continues to develop her unique style of landscape painting. She has
exhibited her work in numerous galleries and art associations in the
Greater Boston area and the North Shore. She is a juried artist member
at the Cambridge Art Association, Marblehead Arts Association, Pastel
Painters Society of Cape Cod and the Rocky Neck Art Colony.
www.michelejkenna.com
Dana Levin, during her high school years, attended both The New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL and Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, MA, a program for gifted young
artists. She received a B.F.A. from the acclaimed School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dana traveled to Florence, Italy to study at the rigorous Florence Academy of Art and trained in the painting and drawing techniques of the Old Masters, where she subsequently taught for several years. Her private study of realism oil painting has taken her to museums throughout Europe, Britain, Russia, and across the United States. Dana's paintings have received awards and honors from prestigious national and international juried shows and museums. She is a Fellow of the American Artist Professional League and her work is included in
important museum and private collections. Dana accepts commissioned
painting requests: portraits, still life, and landscape paintings in the
Boston, New Hampshire Connecticut and Rhode Island areas. Dana's oil
paintings are highly crafted, subtle questions about existence, death
and attachment.
www.danalevin.com
Eileen Patten Oliver has been painting in Massachusetts and in Maine, specializing in landscape and seascape, for more than 50 years. Born and raised in
Waltham, MA, she received her early art education under noted Boston
painter, Paul Shea. Eileen was chosen to take classes at Mass College of
Art while still in high school. Although life circumstances prevented
her from continuing formal training, she continued to learn from other
painters and learned much as a result of her own endeavors. Eileen had found
inspiration in the beauty of the DownEast Maine coast and upon moving
to Cape Ann in 2010, she soon discovered the quality of light, natural
beauty and
architecture unique to the area also offered the painter boundless
subject matter.
Eileen paints
"not merely to document images of
people and places, but to capture the spirit and intensity of that one
magic moment with her brush". An artist member of the Newburyport Art
Association and a contributing member at the Rockport Art Association,
Eileen currently lives and paints in Gloucester, MA with her husband,
James Oliver, a Cape Ann native and also an accomplished artist.
www.eileenpattenoliver.com
Rae O'Shea Originally from central New Jersey and now residing in Rockport, MA., Rae began a lifelong love of traveling and painting at an early age. She became
a professional painter in 2006. She believes plein air painting to be an essential element in her development as a painter. Using a traditional approach most of her studio paintings are based on studies completed on location. Rae received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in European History and English Literature. As an artist she is primarily self-taught but has attended workshops with Stapleton Kearns, Scott Christensen, Timothy Thies and Calvin Liang. She is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, The Plein Air Painters of Colorado and the Plein Air Painters of the
Jersey Coast, the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters and the Plein Art
Painters of the United Kingdom, and associate member of Oil Painters of
America, Landscape Painters of America, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Club, the Rockport Art Association and the California Art Club. She
has participated in numerous plein air events including Paint Annapolis,
Wayne Plein Air Festival, and Plein Air Easton. Recent awards include
the Tamsin L. Holtzer award for Traditional Landscape at the Catherine
Lorillard Wolfe exhibit at the National Arts Club, First Place at the
Plein Air Colorado National Show and Honorable Mention for Artistic
Excellence and Jurors Top Fifty at Salon International 2011 and 2012.
Her work has appeared in numerous art publications and the book "100
Painters of the Mid-Atlantic". Represented by galleries in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania she recently had a two month solo show at the Noyes
Museum's Seaview Gallery.
www.raeosheaart.com.
Terry Del Percio-Piemonte "Sometimes my art expresses an internal secret, an obvious emotion or no meaning at all. I am not
always sure which one is which. I
guess the viewer decides. I don't set
out to create art
about a particular subject or express a particular emotion - I let
whatever is coming, arrive and unfold. I
suppose that in many ways, my work demonstrates either
complexity or simplicity; after all -
aren't our collective lives made up of both? When I enter my
studio, I don't know what is going to happen. A flurry of emotion
usually shows up and for a few minutes
leaves me confused, scattered, disorganized and sometimes almost
frantic. Once I put a shape, a line, or a color down, I begin to feel
calmer and more at ease. I try very hard not to think, but to let my
instincts move forward. This isn't always possible, of course. Typically
working on at least three pieces at the same time,
I move back and
forth among them in each session. Usually these pieces are in different media - mixed
media collage, watercolor, and acrylic painting. Other materials such as ink, oil sticks, graphite, charcoal,
pencil, and threads find
their way into my work. Working with various media keeps me on my toes and
pushes me to experiment and change. I change, you change, the world
changes, my art changes. Mostly self-taught, I have also studied with
Susan Guest-McPhail, Nick
Simmons, and Tom Sutherland. I am grateful to the many
incredibly talented artists everywhere who inspire me with their fabulous
work.
www.terrydelpercio.com
Brent Rotsko was born 1954 on the north shore of Boston. His interest in painting maritime subjects began while spending time as a Merchant Marine after graduating from Maine Maritime Academy. His days spent on the ocean and
local
waterways as a Merchant Marine gave him a great love and
appreciation for the beauty and balance of nature. His first artistic
endeavor was carving intricate ship models while spending time at sea.
After his mother passed away, inspired by the art she left behind, he
picked up her oil paints and began to paint. He fell in love with oil
painting! As a self taught artist in search of a more solid training, he
sought out workshops, lessons, and demonstrations from local artists
whose work he admired, such as Todd Bonita, Donald Jurney, Robin
Thornhill, Rosalie Sidoti, and others. Captivated by the smells, sounds,
taste, and feel of the sea, Brent
strives to capture depth, dimension,
and atmosphere in his paintings, the result being a representation of
reality. Brent resides in Merrimac, Massachusetts with his wife Jana. He
enjoys the support of his wife and three daughters and two sons-in-law.
www.brentrotsko.com
Judy A. Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree in Painting from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a Master
of Fine Arts degree from Boston University. Judy also received training
from Robert
Cormier in portrait drawing, life drawing and cast drawing
at The Guild of Boston Artists. David P. Curtis has been her mentor for
landscape painting. Judy has taught art at many schools and museums
including the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA, the Worcester Art Museum,
Brookline Arts Center, Newton Center for the Arts, Cambridge Center for
Adult Education, Emerson Umbrella for the Arts and Concord Continuing
Education. She has taught abroad for "Art in Provence", as well as
having conducted her own painting workshops in Provence. Judy, currently
teaches at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts where she has worked since
1994. Judy received
the Frances A. Kinnicutt Foreign Travel Award
administered through the Worcester Art Museum while teaching at the
museum and received an artist support grant administered through the
Somerville Arts Council where she worked as a Somerville artist for 10
years. In 1996, Judy joined the historic artist cooperative of Fenway
Studios in Boston. She recently served on the Board of the Fenway
Alliance in Boston and is currently an officer on the Fenway Studios
Board of Directors. After the loss of her husband, artist Arthur
Collette, Judy moved to Gloucester in 2013 to further pursue her love of
"plein air" landscape painting.
www.fenwaystudios.org/artists/judy_ryan.php
Katalin Spang grew up in New York City, a wonderful place to nurture her love of art and graduated from the High School of Music and Art in 1964. She received a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1968 from The Cooper Union and a Master of Arts in Painting from Villa Schifanoia, a graduate school of Art and Music affiliated with an American degree granting college in Florence, Italy. She has taught Fine Arts in the public school systems of Yonkers, NY, Tewksbury, MA and Burlington, MA for a total of thirty one years. She also taught classes in Calligraphy at Middlesex Community College for twelve years. In the summer of 2003 Katalin was the recipient of a grant "Art Renewal for Teachers" (ART) from the Philanthropic Institute of Boston. The grant enabled her to travel to Tuscany where she photographed and painted the landscape, en plein air. "My joy is to paint the
landscape, en plein air, wherever I travel. Often the paintings done on location received finishing touches in the studio, and sometimes sketches and photos on location lead to larger studio paintings." Katalin works in oil, watercolor and pastel. "Painting for me is a spiritual experience. It is a careful distillation of my interpretation, in a visual language, of the beauty I find around me." Katalin is an associate member of the Rockport Art Association, the New England Watercolor Society and a member of the Concord Art Association, the Reading Art Association and the Newton Watercolor Society.
www.katalinspang.com
Gary Tucker "I feel fortunate to be at this place and time-my life has been an artistic one, drawing then painting from an early age. Fortunate to have the support
of family and friends, teachers and students, and the fellowship of other artists. I did graduate from the Museum School though I don't rate it as a positive experience for a teenager and from there helped to establish an atelier styled art community in Boston, Kaji Aso Studio Institute for the Arts, where I continue to teach and serve as Gallery Director. Success in the form of awards and sales has come as of late, but they only validate partially this artistic life - I feel the "art spirit" surge in me when I am painting, struggling
and creating. In my approach and aesthetics I feel commonality with Turner, the Impressionists, and the Chinese and Japanese Zen brush painters in
that I am captivated by nature and through my artwork attempt to capture
a sense of the moment. Through the media of watercolor and my process
of painting I find power through brushwork, and subtlety through
transparency. Watercolor differs from other media in that there is a
performance aspect to it. The fine pieces come out in one sitting and
very often like a classic performance, something happens, a fusion of
mind and subject, an improvisation that cannot be duplicated".
www.garytuckerartist.com/gallery/
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