A Directory of Adirondack Regional Artists

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council

7 Lapham Place, Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518) 798-1144 • Fax: (518) 798-9122

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Visual Arts
Lito Allegra Abrams
Lake George, NY  12845 (518)668-5376
Sarasota, FL  34235  (941)377-6424
litoabrams@earthlink.net
 
Fascinated by the "topography" of living creatures, Lito paints people and animals in acrylic and watercolor.  With an eclectic and impassioned eye for the visual, she focuses on the subject, pushes what can be done with color, moves into questions of what is real in terms of figure/ground, and references an art history background for its rich tapestry of ideas.  Works usually have a subtle play of humor, contrast between the formal and information, and an attempt to influence the viewer, whether it's a feeling of tension or a very direct pull into the work.
Scarlet Jane Arroyo
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Scarletwitch36@hotmail.com
www.Scarletdreams.org
The Nymphs by Scarlet Arroyo
Contemporary Artist with a focus in fantasy, uses color and figures to express thoughts, ideas and feelings.  Medium of choice is acrylic but also uses, oils and water colors.
Kate Austin-Avon
Glens Falls, NY 12801
518-353-2121
www.aephemera.net
kate@aephemera.net
Work by Kate E. Austin
Kate E. Austin is an artist who likes to push buttons.  Her subject matter is personal and emotional, and her paintings often have stories behind them, embodying the statement that “real art won't match your sofa”.  She feels as if she has a story to tell, and her work is reflective, like a journal.  She doesn't fit into one category of media; she collages with found objects and personal mementos, paints with watercolor and acrylic on gesso or yupo, and even has been known to paint using brushes made from her own hair.  She has been featured in the Post Star's “go” section and is a member of LARAC, NCAC, the Upper Hudson Valley Watercolor Society, and the Killington Arts Guild.  Visit her website for more information.
Lynn Benevento
Four Bridge Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
518-696-5702
www.lynnbenevento.com
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Lake George by Lynn Benevento

Lynn creates realistic paintings of Adirondack scenes--mountains and lakes, wildflowers and hot air balloons.  You can also visit her gallery in scenic Lake Luzerne for limited and open editions of her work.
Paul Chapman
12 Morgan Drive, Hudson Falls, NY 12839
518-474-7302
www.paulmchapmanart.com
paulchapman1@mac.com
My painting style is realistic, in a general sense. There will be areas of indistinct representation in each painting that could suggest that I am not a slave to detail. Truth be told, however, I am a slave to detail. I feel that the images I represent will have meaning to someone who has much more experience with the subject than I and I want them to be satisfied that the image is accurate - then move on to the image is interesting. The thumbnail represented here is an image that was entered in a contest and was selected (with 9 others) from over 2,000 entries, to be published in the March 2010 issue of The Artist’s Magazine.
Anne Gregson
659 Charley Hill Rd., Schroon Lake, NY 12870
518-532-9479
anne@stonefireplace.net
Etching by Anne Gregson, "Little Big Dog by the Ditch"
Anne's etchings are done in a realistic style, responding to her home in the rural Adirondacks.  Some of her subjects have been feathers, ravens, leaves and trees.  A trip to Italy resulted in a focus on masks while the contrasting forms of Santa Fe are currently being explored.  Printmaking affords her the luxury of printing from one plate in a variety of ways, changing colors, combining plates in one print and sometimes collaging in colored papers. (chine colle)
Kate Hartley
PO Box 49, North River, NY 12856
518-251-2235
katehartleyvt@yahoo.com
www.katehartleyart.com
"Loved, Lumps and All", watercolor by K. Hartley
"As an artist, I have always found inspiration in close observation of the natural world, and in the ever-changing play of light and shadow over organic forms.  My recent paintings combine rounded rocks (collected in my travels), pears, wild mushrooms, seeds, and eggs.  Through my art, I seek to convey a sense of visual poetry."  For twenty years, Kate has painted, exhibited, and taught art, with watercolors as her specialty.  She ran a small arts school in Burlington, VT before moving to North Creek and is looking forward to teaching at Tannery Pond Community Center.
Renee Leigh Hiscock
28 1/2 Thomson Avenue, Glens Falls, NY 12801
518-260-8381
www.reneeleigh.com
renee@reneeleigh.com

 

I am a formally trained illustrator whose work is primarily water media based, but also includes photography, digital and collage.  I am inspired by complex social and cultural relationships but also by the simplicity of nature.  As an avid hiker and backpacker, the Adirondack Mountains are a regular subject in my personal works.
M. C. Huskie Studio & Gallery
21 Cooper St., Glens Falls, NY 12801
www.mchuskie.com
mike@mchuskie.com

 

The Blanket by M. C. Huskie
M. C. Huskie paints the human form in oils. He states, "It's a challenge that allows me to explore my abilities and develop what I hope to be a unique style.  We'll see where it goes when we get there."
Jenny Hutchinson
Studio:  20 Ridge St., Suite 210, Glen Falls 12801
518-321-5278
hutchinsonjenny@yahoo.com
www.jennyhutch.com
Contorted Continuance  by Jenny Hutchinson
Jenny Hutchinson considers herself somewhat of an anomaly.  Her body of work features single, multiple, or conjoined forms that explore figuration in both abstract and representational modes.  Each figure is a continuous stream of consciousness that transforms and develops as a result of artistic medium, observation, and memory.  She likes to think of her use of drawing and painting materials as relative to alchemy.  The materials serve as tools to help direct and translate the simultaneous narrative to provide a more sincere sense of reality and physical representation of a human body.
Sandra Keyser
Hartford, NY  12838
518-632-5624
skeyser41569@roadrunner.com
www.sandiekeyser@fineartamerica.com
Sandie is a folk artist specializing in brightly colored acrylic paintings of local scenes in Upstate New York.  She is inspired by the beauty of the local hamlets and farms, and expresses that inspiration in her paintings.
Danielle Monahan
Hudson Falls, NY   12839
518-791-5638
dani.monahan@gmail.com
www.daniellesart.org
Oil, galkyd and glitter on canvas by Danielle Monahan
Danielle Monahan is a mixed media artist who specializes in painting.  Her subjects vary from images found in nature to portraits.  She often combines images, distorts images or works with abstraction.  Her main focus, while creating a work of art is subject matter, color relation, and layering technique.  Have a look at her website for more information.
Nancy Ness
PO Box 388, North Creek, NY 12853
518-251-9869
nessnancy@hotmail.com
www.nancyness.com
Since leaving the design world, Nancy has worked in oils and pastels. She has shown her work in two national shows and one international competition. She has also participated in four solo shows and seven group shows. She is a member of the Adirondack Pastel Society, and in 2011 she became an Associate Member of the prestigious Pastel Society of America. At this point Nancy has the freedom to say, “It’s important for me to do what’s right for the painting by being flexible and sensitive. For so many years, in the design world I had to please and alter work for different clients. Now, it’s time for the work to lead the way."
Elizabeth (Betty) O'Brien
Queensbury, NY 12804
518-798-2822
Contact Betty
www.larac.org/Betty_Obrien.htm
Watercolor by Betty O'Brien 
Betty O'Brien considers herself a "painterly realist", part of the romantic tradition of landscape painters who create a sense of place as a metaphor for the human spirit.  Attempting to make opposites connect, she seeks out contrasting elements, those inherent in the subject as well as those existing in the creative process.  Although her compositions are carefully planned, media manipulation and brushwork push the reality of her water media works well beyond the merely descriptive.  Betty also teaches watercolor classes at her WaterMedia Academy.  Connect here for more information.
Mary Paladin
Brant Lake, NY 12815
mary@marypaladin.com
www.marypaladin.com
Art has always been an essential part of Mary’s life. At the age of two and a half she began drawing with crayons on anything she could-including her bedroom wall. At four she received her first set of “real” watercolors from a relative in Europe which inspired the animals she painted on the back of her closet door. Mary was not a mischievous child by any means; she just wanted to “make pretty things”. She has studied various forms of art throughout her life; pottery, sculpture, textile design, fiber arts and jewelry making. Painting and drawing however are her favorite forms of expression with painting being her “passion”. Mary works in pen and ink, colored pencil, acrylic, watercolor and gouache; she is the happiest when she can "make pretty things".    Mary is also the author of "The Adirondacks that are the Other Half of Me"...
Leslie Parke
Cambridge, NY 12816
info@leslieparke.com
www.leslieparke.com
Oil on Linen by Leslie Parke
"Since my time as an artist-in-residence at the Claude Monet Foundation in Giverny, France, I feel as though I have been on the other end of Monet’s see-saw.  While he pressed his work from strict observation into abstraction with his late lily paintings, I am pushing mine from abstraction back into representation.  In my most recent work, I like to sit on the edge between the two possibilities.  I am happiest when I can make a very abstract composition and yet imbue it with all sorts of qualities that are only possible in a representational context, such as light reflections, transparencies, translucencies, glitter, sparkle and shimmer.  How light affects natural surfaces, such as flowers, insects and water; and artificial surfaces, such as patent leather, foil, Mylar, transparent ribbons, and glass, become part of my visual arsenal. For a while the more elusive and impossible the image was to paint, the more it interested me.  A painting succeeds for me when it seems as though the light is emanating from inside the canvas."
Jim Parker
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
518-899-7311
carol@owlsperch.com
www.jcparkerfineart.com
Work by Jim Parker
Jim Parker states, "I've always been creative and dabbled in visual arts.  A life threatening medical diagnosis has taught me that there is only this moment.  Painting whether it be in oil or watercolor keeps me in the moment.  I believe you can see my passion for life in the images. I paint what I know--the Adirondacks, Saratoga, and the ocean."
Ruth Sauer
Salem, NY 12865
518-854-3406
ruth@artinsalem.com
www.artinsalem.com
Greenfields (pastel/acrylic on rag paper)  by Ruth Sauer
Ruth’s colorful acrylic and pastel stylistic abstracts on canvas and paper decorate the walls of her gallery North Main in Salem, NY.  The vibrant colors in her abstract landscapes bring a special life to the pieces.  Ruth says her work comes from “day dreams and night dreams” as well as places she has visited. Ruth also teaches at the studio; for more information on classes, click here.
Beverly Saunders
bjsartworks Framing/Gallery/Studio

The Shirt Factory, 71 Lawrence St., Suite 208, Glens Falls, NY 12801
518-793-9350
bjsartworks@aol.com
www.bjsartworks.com
Spring Has Sprung:  Pastel by Beverly Saunders
Beverly now has her Framing, Gallery and Studio in The Shirt Factory.  Her current work in pastel captures the serenity in landscapes, still life, and florals.  In an age where serenity is not found easily, her work allows the viewer to find it there.  Beverly also has experience in graphic design, art consultation, framing design, animal portraits, etc.  For shop hours or an appointment, feel free to contact her by phone or email.
Trudi Smith/Portrait Commissions
Beekman Street Artists Co-op
79 Beekman St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-0095
tsmith@nycap.rr.com
Portrait artist, Trudi Smith has won numerous awards in juried shows in New York City and locally.  She is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and a full member of the Oakroom Artists.  Also a member of the Portrait Society of America, she was awarded second place in the society’s 2006 Self-Portrait Competition.  Trudi Smith is available for commissions.
Ken Wheeler
16 Richardson Street, Queensbury, NY 12804
518-793-2620
www.kenwheelerstudio.com
kenwheeler@roadrunner.com

Watercolor by Ken Wheeler

Watercolorist Ken Wheeler specializes in creating one of a kind commissions for discerning buyers.  His representational style lends itself well to almost any subject.  Working closely with each client creates a piece that reflects each person's individual tastes.  Commissions accepted.
Martha Winsten
Gansevoort, NY 12831
518-792-1635
coyote77waiting@yahoo.com
Martha is a children's book author and portrait artist.  An animal lover, she has been doing portraits of all types of animals for over 30 years.  For a number of years she has done paintings of race horses, and those paintings are located in private collections of George Steinbrenner and Hall of Fame horse trainers H. Allen Jerkens and Jonathan Sheppard, among others.  Martha also does portraits of people, and was recently commissioned to paint Saratoga philanthropist Michele Riggi with one of her little dogs.

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All images, copyright the artist, 2003-2010.
All rights reserved.
Use or reproduction of the artwork displayed on this site is strictly prohibited without expressed written permission.

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
7 Lapham Place
Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518) 798-1144 • Fax: (518) 798-9122
information@larac.org