LARAC’s Lapham Gallery presents “Fundamentals of Form”, generously underwritten by North Country Computers of South Glens Falls. This mid-summer exhibit opens on July 29 with a reception from 5-7 pm.

Five painters (David Francis, PSA, Louis Mastro, Robert Moylan, Ken Wheeler, and Ann Woodward), one sculptor (Walter Lape), and one group photography project curated by Dona Ann McAdams will be represented in this collective show.

Also represented in the show will be David Francis’, PSA pastel renderings of Hudson Falls’ main street storefronts.  Done as a series, each painting stands alone as a colorful and detailed vignette and tribute to the beauty that can be found in the everyday scene.

Featured will be Ken Wheeler and his “Blue Plate Special” series of watercolor paintings depicting area diners, their interiors and their culture. Ken received an individual artist’s grant through LARAC for this project in 2004, and the resulting ten paintings will be introduced at this show.

Local sculptor Walter Lape, will display his glazed stoneware sculptures. He uses the human form as a subject to make a statement about movement, balance, architecture, mood or spirit.

Robert Moylan brings peaceful gouache landscapes to the exhibition.  Mainly local agricultural and rural settings are featured, in harmonious color schemes.

Ann Woodward, a painter working in watercolor and mixed media, creates a Far East feeling with her small paintings incorporated with collage effects. A member of the Salmagundi Club, she has exhibited extensively throughout the Northeast.

Accomplished and renowned painter Louis Mastro has interpreted the natural world and human environment through his oils, watercolors and pastels for over 60 years.  His luminous work is detailed, yet remains lyrical in mood and form.

Rounding out this exhibition is a group of photography students from the Association of Mental Health photography workshop on Maple Street.  Curated by award-winning photographer Dona Ann McAdams, who served as the group’s educator, this group showing is entitled “Picturing Ourselves” and consists of work shot and developed by the workshop members.  As their instructor, Dona Ann McAdams helped the members of the photography project develop their portfolios and personal visions into a strong and cohesive body of work.