Lapham Gallery presents the work of
 Adirondack regional artists.

September 14-November 8, 2002

Opening Reception:  Saturday, September 14 (3-6 p.m.)

The work of four artists will be displayed in the Lapham Gallery from September through November:  Ruth Sauer, Caroline Hooke, Viggo Holm Madsen, and Helga Grobel.

Night Sky Dreams and Echoes: Paintings by Ruth Barngrove Sauer and Mixed Media by Caroline Hooke features artwork by these two Washington County residents.  Sauer, of Salem, has been a visual artist and instructor since 1963.  She holds a BA in art from Connecticut College, was a teacher-apprentice at the Shady Hill School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and studied at the Art Students League, the School of Fine Arts of the Boston Museum, the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere and the Pratt Graphics Center.  Sauer has participated in several group shows including the Artists Space in New York City, the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, and the Southern Vermont Arts Center, and had solo exhibitions at Crandall Public Library, Ginofor Gallery, and the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover, NH. “My paintings on canvas and mixed media works on paper are abstract landscapes of earth, water and sky. Through my work I attempt to communicate how I see the world, and to reveal it to other people,” said Sauer.

Caroline Hooke, of Cambridge studied at Pasadena City College, the Philadelphia Museum of Art  and did graduate work at the Parson’s School of Fine and Applied Art.  She has participated in many group exhibitions, including Valley Artisans Market in Cambridge, Milagro Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, and the Second Story Gallery, Seattle.  She received a third place award at the National Exhibition at the Left Bank Gallery, Bennington, an Honor Award at the Hyde Art museum and a first place award from the Area Artists’ Exhibit at the Equinox Hotel in Manchester. “For years I have collected rocks, feathers, shells, odd pieces of wood, sea glass, butterflies, bones and other parts of nature.  Friends have donated many special items to my cause.  My media is a combination of all these surfaces, shapes and textures, as well as paint and glue.  Most important throughout my idea is a poetic idea of an ancient people and a sense of narrative, “ said Hooke.

Both Hooke and Sauer own and operate ARTS 220, 200A Main Street in Salem, which offers art instruction and houses a fine arts and craft gallery.

Printmaker:  Viggo Holm Madsen was born in Denmark and arrived in America when he was six. He studied at Columbia, New York University, Adelphia University and received an MFA from Syracuse University. An arts educator for forty years, he taught art for 22 years at Roslyn High School and was a faculty member at Nassau Community College for 28 years. Woodcuts, monoprints, and collage will be presented. He exhibited internationally in many group shows, exhibited in nearly thirty solo exhibitions and received more than sixty awards. Known for his technical skills, Madsen’s work is best described as semi-abstract in style with a rhythmic quality dependent on his use of his materials natural qualities, such as the texture and grain of his woodcuts. Madsen died in 1998.

To view past exhibits at Lapham Gallery, click here.

Lapham Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.