"Driven to Abstraction"
Online Art Exhibit March 1, 2021
Featuring Abstract Art
Our contributing artists are:
Cindy Booth, Carla Goldberg, Will Hanlon, Bob Madden, Karen Madden, Barry L. Mason, Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Arlene Seymour, Jane Soodalter, and Linda Winters.
Cindy Booth, Carla Goldberg, Will Hanlon, Bob Madden, Karen Madden, Barry L. Mason, Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Arlene Seymour, Jane Soodalter, and Linda Winters.
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“Driven to Abstraction”
Monday, March 1st to Saturday, April 3rd
On Monday, March 1st, 2021 Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present “Driven to Abstraction”, an exploration of abstract art. This invitational exhibit, which is the fourth in a series of TCCC online visual arts events, was made possible by a grant from the Anne Anastasi Foundation.
Tompkins Corners Visual Arts committee has invited several artists to participate in this exciting new exhibit. Abstract art has been of the most intriguing and controversial developments in the art world and presents unique challenges to the artist. Many say that in the desire to most fully express themselves and their world, they are “driven to abstraction.” Participating artists include many professionals who live and work in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Viewers are invited to scroll through the artists’ works and select their favorite piece. At the close of the show, an Anne Anastasi Visual Arts Award of $100 will be awarded to the artist whose work is selected as * "Curator's Choice", and a * “People’s Choice” award of $50 will go to the artist who receives the most votes from online visitors. Our curators are Kate Hoekstra, who is a painter and chairs the Visual Arts program at TCCC and artist Maureen Winzig, owner of WinzigArt studio & showcase located in Peekskill, NY. This exhibit may be viewed at TompkinsCorners.org/arts beginning March 1st.
Tompkins Corners Visual Arts committee has invited several artists to participate in this exciting new exhibit. Abstract art has been of the most intriguing and controversial developments in the art world and presents unique challenges to the artist. Many say that in the desire to most fully express themselves and their world, they are “driven to abstraction.” Participating artists include many professionals who live and work in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Viewers are invited to scroll through the artists’ works and select their favorite piece. At the close of the show, an Anne Anastasi Visual Arts Award of $100 will be awarded to the artist whose work is selected as * "Curator's Choice", and a * “People’s Choice” award of $50 will go to the artist who receives the most votes from online visitors. Our curators are Kate Hoekstra, who is a painter and chairs the Visual Arts program at TCCC and artist Maureen Winzig, owner of WinzigArt studio & showcase located in Peekskill, NY. This exhibit may be viewed at TompkinsCorners.org/arts beginning March 1st.
More about the artists here
Cindy Booth * Winner of Curator's Choice Award
Email: creativefinish@optonline.net
Phone: 914-382-1037
"To create beyond my thinking mind" is the intention of Peekskill, NY artist Cindy Booth. “Generating and creating art is for me about letting go of control and allowing the materials to take me in a direction that is both surprising and unexpected.” Booth provides glimpses into mysterious worlds of light, color and texture. Using solder and patinas on copper sheets, she creates art with brilliant flashes of greens and blues, the results of which are reminiscent of fantastic landscapes and aerial views. Enigmatic pushes and pulls of visual space gives one a glimpse into mysterious worlds of color, texture and molten metals. Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Ms. Booth finds inspiration in nature, serendipitous finds, and intuition.
Email: creativefinish@optonline.net
Phone: 914-382-1037
"To create beyond my thinking mind" is the intention of Peekskill, NY artist Cindy Booth. “Generating and creating art is for me about letting go of control and allowing the materials to take me in a direction that is both surprising and unexpected.” Booth provides glimpses into mysterious worlds of light, color and texture. Using solder and patinas on copper sheets, she creates art with brilliant flashes of greens and blues, the results of which are reminiscent of fantastic landscapes and aerial views. Enigmatic pushes and pulls of visual space gives one a glimpse into mysterious worlds of color, texture and molten metals. Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Ms. Booth finds inspiration in nature, serendipitous finds, and intuition.
Carla Goldberg
Email: goldbergstudioart@gmail.com
Website: carlagoldberg.com
Phone: 845-222-0177
Originally from California, Carla Goldberg graduated with Honors from University of Redlands Johnston Center, and with Masters from MICA. After 30 years in the Hudson Valley she built a new studio by the ocean in Milford, CT.
Carla is an internationally exhibiting artist and independent curator, former director of Skylight Gallery NYC and BeaconArtistUnion. Public works can be seen at Southwest Minnesota State Museum, Marriott Marquis Waikiki Beach lobby, Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati and RCCL’s “Harmony of the Seas” ship. She’s currently working on a commission for Children’s Hospital, Boston. She’s a featured artist in "NEW SCHOOL: A HUDSON VALLEY ARTISTS PROFILE" 13 of the Most Prominent Hudson Valley Artists, A Ty Marshall Film, 2014 UConn and NOAA Connecticut “Sea Grant” recipient, Art in American Embassies Ankara, Turkey awardee and ADC Summit Artist of the Year 2019.
Represented by:
Chase Edwards-Bridgehampton/Palm Beach, Denise Bibro-NYC, Alida Anderson Projects-D.C., BeaconArt Shortwave-Stone Harbor/Avalon
Interview-Professional Confessionals http://professionalconfessionals.com/2019/11/09/carla-goldberg-artist/
Email: goldbergstudioart@gmail.com
Website: carlagoldberg.com
Phone: 845-222-0177
Originally from California, Carla Goldberg graduated with Honors from University of Redlands Johnston Center, and with Masters from MICA. After 30 years in the Hudson Valley she built a new studio by the ocean in Milford, CT.
Carla is an internationally exhibiting artist and independent curator, former director of Skylight Gallery NYC and BeaconArtistUnion. Public works can be seen at Southwest Minnesota State Museum, Marriott Marquis Waikiki Beach lobby, Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati and RCCL’s “Harmony of the Seas” ship. She’s currently working on a commission for Children’s Hospital, Boston. She’s a featured artist in "NEW SCHOOL: A HUDSON VALLEY ARTISTS PROFILE" 13 of the Most Prominent Hudson Valley Artists, A Ty Marshall Film, 2014 UConn and NOAA Connecticut “Sea Grant” recipient, Art in American Embassies Ankara, Turkey awardee and ADC Summit Artist of the Year 2019.
Represented by:
Chase Edwards-Bridgehampton/Palm Beach, Denise Bibro-NYC, Alida Anderson Projects-D.C., BeaconArt Shortwave-Stone Harbor/Avalon
Interview-Professional Confessionals http://professionalconfessionals.com/2019/11/09/carla-goldberg-artist/
Will Hanlon
Email: willhanlonstudios@gmail.com
Website: zhibit.org/willhanlonstudios
Will Hanlon is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska where he developed skills in Art, Music, Theater and Business throughout school. After a professional business career, he became an emerging artist embracing Push Pins as a material for wall mounted forms employing abstract pointillism. He now resides in Peekskill, NY, in a private studio gallery and has shown at various venues and private collections. Artist Statement I strive to have a balance in my life. In my Art, I use push pins and other materials to create works. I start with a visual framework – a sense of order. Then chaos is introduced, either in balance or heavier to one side or the other. Each piece results in the visual duality between. It is a balance on a spectrum, much as it is in our own lives.
Email: willhanlonstudios@gmail.com
Website: zhibit.org/willhanlonstudios
Will Hanlon is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska where he developed skills in Art, Music, Theater and Business throughout school. After a professional business career, he became an emerging artist embracing Push Pins as a material for wall mounted forms employing abstract pointillism. He now resides in Peekskill, NY, in a private studio gallery and has shown at various venues and private collections. Artist Statement I strive to have a balance in my life. In my Art, I use push pins and other materials to create works. I start with a visual framework – a sense of order. Then chaos is introduced, either in balance or heavier to one side or the other. Each piece results in the visual duality between. It is a balance on a spectrum, much as it is in our own lives.
Bob Madden
Email: Bob@RockandASoftPlace.com
Website: BobRockandSoftPlace
Phone: 845-206-3298
Carving stone has been my passion for over 30 years. Carving stone is a negotiation with the universe, what I want vs. what the stone will allow me to do. It’s humbling to realize that the natural processes can take millions of years to create the stone but if I’m impatient I will destroy the natural beauty and character of the stone in a single careless hammer strike. I create abstract stone representations of an ideas, concepts, or feelings for the viewer to interpret. Stone is my choice of medium because it is perceived as a hard, cold, and unfeeling material. But when stone is presented as a soft or complicated shape a person will react with amusement and amazement that opens their mind to new possibilities and prompts them to reexamine their views on the broader subject matter. Bob Madden – Rock and A Soft Place Studios.
Email: Bob@RockandASoftPlace.com
Website: BobRockandSoftPlace
Phone: 845-206-3298
Carving stone has been my passion for over 30 years. Carving stone is a negotiation with the universe, what I want vs. what the stone will allow me to do. It’s humbling to realize that the natural processes can take millions of years to create the stone but if I’m impatient I will destroy the natural beauty and character of the stone in a single careless hammer strike. I create abstract stone representations of an ideas, concepts, or feelings for the viewer to interpret. Stone is my choice of medium because it is perceived as a hard, cold, and unfeeling material. But when stone is presented as a soft or complicated shape a person will react with amusement and amazement that opens their mind to new possibilities and prompts them to reexamine their views on the broader subject matter. Bob Madden – Rock and A Soft Place Studios.
Karen Madden
Email: karen@rockandasoftplace.com
Website: KarenRockandSoftPlace
Phone: 845-206-3297
I pursued my education in art by working with my hands and pulling from my career background in science and math. Working with metal is a very hands on experience for me. It also requires a certain amount of science and math to get the right look. Feeling the metal twist, bend, and welding it together provides for me the tools and roadmap for creativity. With the beauty of abstract art coming from the use of shapes, forms, colors and textures, I gather energy by coaxing the metal into forms that then goes back into the piece the result being movement. My pieces have no set boundaries which reflects complexity but yet are graceful and thoughtful in the moment. I look to abstract art not to represent a specific object but rather to provoke a thought. The observer will see what they want to see – I’m only trying to get them to think about it.
Email: karen@rockandasoftplace.com
Website: KarenRockandSoftPlace
Phone: 845-206-3297
I pursued my education in art by working with my hands and pulling from my career background in science and math. Working with metal is a very hands on experience for me. It also requires a certain amount of science and math to get the right look. Feeling the metal twist, bend, and welding it together provides for me the tools and roadmap for creativity. With the beauty of abstract art coming from the use of shapes, forms, colors and textures, I gather energy by coaxing the metal into forms that then goes back into the piece the result being movement. My pieces have no set boundaries which reflects complexity but yet are graceful and thoughtful in the moment. I look to abstract art not to represent a specific object but rather to provoke a thought. The observer will see what they want to see – I’m only trying to get them to think about it.
Barry L. Mason
Email: blmason@mac.com
Website: BarryMasonArt
Phone: 914-649-2399
BARRY L. MASON — Artist I see myself as a “composer” when I construct my medium to large shaped and sculpted abstract paintings. As I’m creating, I feel an ancestry spirit pulling me far back to an ancient African trail. I hear their chant and it motivates me to extend my creative reach and change the boundaries thru my love of shapes - Altering the traditional 45 degree angle of a rectangle or square canvas to multiple forms, degrees, and dimensions. A barrage of conscious and un-conscious elements begin to emerge thru linear/non-linear lines, forms, colors & backward writing, all weaving in and out the layered painted surface to create a story that may sometimes extend beyond even my conscious. As I’m guided by the spirit, I embrace the journey. I trust the artistic process.
Email: blmason@mac.com
Website: BarryMasonArt
Phone: 914-649-2399
BARRY L. MASON — Artist I see myself as a “composer” when I construct my medium to large shaped and sculpted abstract paintings. As I’m creating, I feel an ancestry spirit pulling me far back to an ancient African trail. I hear their chant and it motivates me to extend my creative reach and change the boundaries thru my love of shapes - Altering the traditional 45 degree angle of a rectangle or square canvas to multiple forms, degrees, and dimensions. A barrage of conscious and un-conscious elements begin to emerge thru linear/non-linear lines, forms, colors & backward writing, all weaving in and out the layered painted surface to create a story that may sometimes extend beyond even my conscious. As I’m guided by the spirit, I embrace the journey. I trust the artistic process.
Ilse Schreiber-Noll
Email: ilsenoll@me.com
Website: www.ilseschreibernoll.com
Ilse Schreiber-Noll born in Germany. She received her MFA from Purchase College SUNY where she studied and taught with Antonio Frasconi. His teachings became a profound influence upon her together with the works of German writers and artists, among them Bertolt Brecht. Both Brecht’s and her work leans on nature as a rescue devise in a sea of political disillusion - looking upon the environment as a steadfast and reliable presence amidst the damaging tendencies of society. Her works often express the terrors of war and the threat of ecological disaster but also focus on the beauty of nature and life. The artist presently lives and works in the Hudson Valley.
Email: ilsenoll@me.com
Website: www.ilseschreibernoll.com
Ilse Schreiber-Noll born in Germany. She received her MFA from Purchase College SUNY where she studied and taught with Antonio Frasconi. His teachings became a profound influence upon her together with the works of German writers and artists, among them Bertolt Brecht. Both Brecht’s and her work leans on nature as a rescue devise in a sea of political disillusion - looking upon the environment as a steadfast and reliable presence amidst the damaging tendencies of society. Her works often express the terrors of war and the threat of ecological disaster but also focus on the beauty of nature and life. The artist presently lives and works in the Hudson Valley.
Arlene Seymour * Winner of People's Choice Award
Email: arlenerobinart@gmail.com
Website: www.arlenerobinart.com
I love to create, whether it takes the form of sewing a dress, planting a garden, or painting a work of art. I am happiest when creating, and I have always wanted to paint. You could say painting is the substance that fills my bucket on that list we all have. Ever since I was a small child, I’ve drawn in pencil and pen. I designed clothing as an adult, selling my creations to stores and catalogs. Throughout school I took all the art classes that were offered, but was directed to a more “practical” profession. Later in life I experimented in colored pencil, soft pastel, and ink, but painting still eluded me. I became an art therapist and had a solo show of assorted media for part of my thesis. Finally having the time as well as the inspiration from other artists and teachers, I find the compulsion to create is a yearning I now can’t ignore. This past year has given me an unexpected opportunity to slow down. Alone with myself and my muse, I began experimenting with layers and different media. In my current work I use paper and canvas to apply acrylic, ink, watercolor, and other media, creating my kind of abstract expressionism inspired by the forms, colors, and light of the nature surrounding me. —Arlene Robin, 2021
Email: arlenerobinart@gmail.com
Website: www.arlenerobinart.com
I love to create, whether it takes the form of sewing a dress, planting a garden, or painting a work of art. I am happiest when creating, and I have always wanted to paint. You could say painting is the substance that fills my bucket on that list we all have. Ever since I was a small child, I’ve drawn in pencil and pen. I designed clothing as an adult, selling my creations to stores and catalogs. Throughout school I took all the art classes that were offered, but was directed to a more “practical” profession. Later in life I experimented in colored pencil, soft pastel, and ink, but painting still eluded me. I became an art therapist and had a solo show of assorted media for part of my thesis. Finally having the time as well as the inspiration from other artists and teachers, I find the compulsion to create is a yearning I now can’t ignore. This past year has given me an unexpected opportunity to slow down. Alone with myself and my muse, I began experimenting with layers and different media. In my current work I use paper and canvas to apply acrylic, ink, watercolor, and other media, creating my kind of abstract expressionism inspired by the forms, colors, and light of the nature surrounding me. —Arlene Robin, 2021
Jane Soodalter
Email: scapa@mindspring.com
Website: www.janesoodalter.com
The visual beauty hidden in the everyday world has always called me, enticing me to look around me closely and discover its secrets and capture it like a treasure with my camera. Using a macro lens, I move in close until I eliminate everything real from the viewfinder, leaving an abstract vision of shapes, colors, motion. I encounter a hidden world that reveals its unique grace and beauty in a special way that only my lens can discover and reveal to me. I am always astonished by what I see. I am a self-taught artist, inspired by working alongside my father, a professional photographer, all his life. My work has been shown in a number of galleries and publications, Garrison Art Center, Limner Gallery, bau Gallery, PhotoPlace gallery, and the Berlin Foto Biennale. I have exhibited at invitational shows at Cazenovia College and Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
Email: scapa@mindspring.com
Website: www.janesoodalter.com
The visual beauty hidden in the everyday world has always called me, enticing me to look around me closely and discover its secrets and capture it like a treasure with my camera. Using a macro lens, I move in close until I eliminate everything real from the viewfinder, leaving an abstract vision of shapes, colors, motion. I encounter a hidden world that reveals its unique grace and beauty in a special way that only my lens can discover and reveal to me. I am always astonished by what I see. I am a self-taught artist, inspired by working alongside my father, a professional photographer, all his life. My work has been shown in a number of galleries and publications, Garrison Art Center, Limner Gallery, bau Gallery, PhotoPlace gallery, and the Berlin Foto Biennale. I have exhibited at invitational shows at Cazenovia College and Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
Linda Winters
Email: lindawinters@me.com
Website: www.lindawinters.com
I grew up in California, and received my BA from the University of California, San Diego. I later worked as an artist’s colorist, and that has had a powerful impact on my approach over the years. I began working abstractly in the late 1980s when I moved to New York City. Since then I have taken on various challenges including organic and geometric abstraction. This has freed me from objective reality and allowed me to experiment with form and imagination. I now live and work in Peekskill, NY, where I am active in a growing artistic community. Lately, my paintings spring from color palates made while practicing the magical color exercises found in Joseph Albers's book "Interaction of Color”. Although this geometric work seems planned and calculated, it evolves organically within a rule-based system. This has been exceptionally fertile territory on an endless path to explore and express color in two dimensions.
Email: lindawinters@me.com
Website: www.lindawinters.com
I grew up in California, and received my BA from the University of California, San Diego. I later worked as an artist’s colorist, and that has had a powerful impact on my approach over the years. I began working abstractly in the late 1980s when I moved to New York City. Since then I have taken on various challenges including organic and geometric abstraction. This has freed me from objective reality and allowed me to experiment with form and imagination. I now live and work in Peekskill, NY, where I am active in a growing artistic community. Lately, my paintings spring from color palates made while practicing the magical color exercises found in Joseph Albers's book "Interaction of Color”. Although this geometric work seems planned and calculated, it evolves organically within a rule-based system. This has been exceptionally fertile territory on an endless path to explore and express color in two dimensions.