Current Exhibitions
“Ebb & Flow” by Melissa Imossi
Our Current Exhibitions
The 2024 75th Annual Summer Juried Exhibition is on view from June 25 through July 24 at the Andrews Memorial Town Hall in Clinton, CT
Best in Show
Garden Party by Jeannette Delmore
Juror’s comments: How wonderful to see a work so small in scale
yet so outsized in skill and expressiveness. Ms. Delmore shares with
us not only a mastery of her medium and lovely controlled layering
of transparent colors and shapes, but a sophisticated understanding
of dynamic composition and, most importantly, a distinctive voice
all her own. Well done!
-Russ Kramer, Juror
Prize Winners with Juror Comments
Emerging by Liz Egan, Playful and worthy of very close inspection.
Unexpected Night Owl by Hannah Lee Smith: Clever and appealing.
Canadian Wildfire Sky by Liane Philpotts: Evocative wintry mood and well executed.
Windy Day in the Wetlands by Diana Rogers: Simple landscape reduced to abstractionism
Ebb and Flow by Melissa Imossi: Soft and soothing. Simple but well executed.
On Distant Shores by Denise Casey: So simple yet so pleasing. Wonderful transparency
White Birds by Joanna Chapin: What stands out is a nice juxtaposition of cools and warms. Shows a real facility with the medicum
Jacquie’s Peonies by Joanna Chapin: Good example of using a limited palette to evoke a sense of calm elegance.
Lavender Haze by Janine Robertson: Evokes a sense of peacefulness. Very adept use of atmosphere
Cathedral Woods by Sandra Kensler: Inventive and expressive. Shows a real understanding of composition and harmony. Very Sophisticated
Bob by Eileen O’Donnell: Ambitious and skillfully expressive
Abandoned by Richard Raicik: Expressive, furtive yet thoughtful
2024 Spring Members Exhibition
Barbara SegenGould, Low Tide, Pastel, 8×10, $175
Barbara SegenGould, Mustard Fields, Pastel, 8×10, $175
Pam Peters, Golden Barn, Oil, 11×14, $350
Pam Peters, Trio, Oil, 11×14, $350
James Anderson, Autumn At The Reservoir Gouache, 12×17, $350
James Anderson, Sunset Over Great Island, Gouache, 22×30, $525
Mar Toni, Plover At Seaside, Oil, 13×11, NFS
Mary Toni, Double Date, Oil, 17×12, NFS
Annette Pompano,September Afternoon, Acrylic, 14×18, $300
4. Honorable Mention: Karen Wiesner, Summer Light, Pastel, 17×20, $450Honorable Mention “Summer Light” Karen Wiesner Pastel Karen Wiesner offers a lovely summer scene with her pastel, “Summer Light” where the viewer can feel the warmth of a summer day by the brook. Particularly striking is the violet water broken by a pale, wispy cloud reflecting the sky. The house nestled in the distance completes this composition while adding subtle interest.
Karen Wiesner, Meigs Point Walk, Pastel, 10×13, $275
AC Proctor, Passing Storm, Acrylic, 24×18, $550
AC Proctor, Meigs Point Path, Acylic, 20×16, $450
Cheri Weymann, “The Susans” Watercolor 16×20, $450
Cathy Ciardiello, Gray Gull Gray Day, Oil, 16×20, $375
Cathy Ciardiello, Blue Pitcher With Fruit, Oil, 16×20, $350
Sister Joan Bernard, Happiness, Acryylic, 14×14, $150
Sister Joan Bernard,Turbulence, Acrylic, 8X10, $150
Pamela Morgan, Butterfly Frenzy, Watercolor, 13×19, $750
Pamela Morgan, Sunflower Fields, Watercolor, 11×14, $625
2nd Place Robin Hammeal Urban, Down River From The Gazebo, Oil, 6X12, $1852nd Place : “Down River From Gazebo” Robin Hammeal-Urban Oil Robin Hammeal-Urban successfully portrays a quiet marsh in “Down River From Gazebo” with her warm foreground in contrast to the cooler sky and water hues. Keeping her color values close to one another in her landscape results in a beautifully unified painting. Up close, the viewer can see the hand of the artist in the brushwork however the scene comes together coherently when viewed at a distance.
Phyllis Bevington, Lovely Lupens, Oil, 11×14, $500
Phylis Bevington, Riverview, Chester, Oil, 11×14, $500
5. Honorable Mention: Lorraine Yurkewicz, Wildflower Medley, Oil, 12×18, $675Honorable Mention : “Wildflower Medley” Lorraine Yurkewicz Oil Lorraine Yurkewicz produced a powerful painting in Wildflower Medley by having a foreground filled to the brim with flowers of various colors. Impressive is the control used in depicting these flowers by resisting the urge of repetition and only articulating those flowers closest to us. The artist uses great variety to describe the haphazard poses that wildflowers can assume.
Lorraine Yurkewicz, The Long Journey, Oil, 9×12, $475
Christine Drago, Halibut Point 2, Watercolor, 18×14, $560
Robert Vercillo, Village, Oil, 11×14, $195
Robert Vercillo, Turquoise Door, Oil, 12×12, $175
Sandra Kensler, Can You Hear Me? Reassembled Acrylic, 16×20, $300
Sandra Kensler, Native American Collection, Acrylic, 21×17, $400
Alison Ritrovato, Strong Willed, Mixed Media, 24×24, $450
Deborah Hajek, Lenten Roses, Watercolor, 9X12, $250.00
Deborah Hajek, Morning Mist, Pastel, 9X12, $250.
3rd Place: Randie Kahrl, Power To The Beach, Oil, 11×14, $6953rd Place : “Power to the Beach” Randi Kahrl Oil Randi Kahrl’s painting, “Power to the Beach” demonstrates control over her values in allowing the warm sunlight to accentuate the beach houses and the sand while keeping the other elements of the scene secondary. This artist uses a somewhat painterly technique which is a nice touch in Realism paintings.
Randie Kahrl, Bend In The Black Hall, Oil, 12×16, $700
Kristine Schiavi, By The Sea, Acrylic, 12X15, $200
Karin Smithken Lindsay, Aidone Italy, Oil, 18×24, NFS
Bonnie Desaulnier, Ginger, Pastel, 16×18, NFS
Bonnie Desaulnier, Jim, Graphite, 13×16, NFS
Jeanette Wimmer, Peony, .watercolor. 10×10, $100
Jeanette Wimmer, Pollinator Ll, Watercolor. $150
Linda Beagle, Spring, Oil And Paper Mache, 10×12, $100
Linda Beagle, Red And Blue, Oil And Papermache, 10×10, $100
Hannah Lee Smith, The Bat Signal, Watercolor Monotype Colored Pencil, 9.5×12, NFS
Hannah Lee Smith, Haunting Field, Watercolor Ink, 9.5×12, $180
Cynthia Stannard, Still Waters, Oil, 16×20, NFS
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6. Honorable Mention: Deborah Greco, Stalking Dinner, Oil, 10×20, $300Honorable Mention : “Stalking Dinner” Deborah Greco Oil Deborah Greco uses a strong composition in “Stalking Dinner” with her sliver of sky opposing the main focus of land and water. Deborah uses restraint in depicting the three water fowl by not allowing them to distract from the focus of this serene scene
Deborah Greco, Breaking Light 2, 15×24, Oil On Aluminum
1st Place: Beverly Schirmeier, Summer Revery, Pastel, 8×16, $5751st Place : “Summer Revery” Beverly Schirmeier Pastel Beverly Schirmeier checks all the boxes with “Summer Revery” in her composition and mastery over the medium of pastel. Her work pulls the viewer’s eye into the distance through her use of atmospheric perspective. Beverly Schirmeier takes relatively mundane subject matter and uses her poetry to make it compelling.
Beverly Schirmeier, Following The Sun, Pastel, 12×18, $775
Janet Veenema, Pemaquid Morning, Acrylic, $1400
Janet Veenema, At Florence's, Acrylic, 23×28, $2400
L Boisvert DeStefanis, Lotus Rising II, Oil, 24×24, $2400
L Boisvert DeStefanis, Beachcombers II, Oil, 6×10, $550
Diana Rogers, Peonies And Zinnias, Pastel, 7×18, $495
Barbaa Rositto, Clamming, Pastel, 14×11, $495
Joanna Chapin, To Market, Watercolor, 27×22, $500
Joanna Chapin, The Birch Stand, Watercolor, 24×28, $500
Rosemary Serfilippi The Red Plate Oil 12×12 200
Bruce Lighty, View From The Indian River, 12×16, Watercolor, $175
Jeannette Delmore Morning At The Marsh Watercolor 14×22 300.00
7. Honorable Mention: Jeannette Delmore Morning At Clinton Beach Watercolor 11 X 15 250.00Honorable Mention : “Morning at Clinton Beach” Jeannette Delmore Watercolor Jeannette Delmore’s watercolor is soft and minimal yet conveys an atmosphere of calm and tranquillity. It is clear that the artist’s command of this medium allows the watercolor to do what it will while she adds her directive style.
Elizabeth Shea, Two Pears, Watercolor, $125
Ceal Swift, Weed Beach Acrylic 16X20 750.00
Alison Ritrovato Scruffy Oil Acrylic 250
Quintin Cann, Winston Churchill, Oil $650
Quintin Cann, A Spray Of Green, Oil, $550
Waters Edge Resort
Liane Philpotts
May 1 -July 31, 2024
Liane Philpotts, Spring Bouquet, oil
“As both a radiologist and an artist, I am foremost a visual person. I enjoy painting still life and plein air landscape, always preferring to paint from life. Spending most of my working time indoors in the dark, I truly cherish any time spent outdoors. It’s challenging painting under changing light and weather conditions but creating art and being outside in nature is a win-win. I am so lucky to live in the northeast; such a beautiful part of the country. There are marshes, water, beaches, trees, parks, rolling hills and farms as well as quaint urban areas within a short drive from my house. In addition to beautiful scenery, I also love to paint simple everyday objects. I enjoy finding beauty in the ordinary. And there is so much beauty around me – I will never run out of things to paint. In this ever-increasing digital world, creating art and connecting with nature is vitally important to me.” – Liane Philpotts