Autumn Light

DEBORAH BLACK,PRISCILLA BOWDEN,GAIL KERN,MARGERY GOSNELL-QUA

Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 12 - 4PM or by appointment
Saturdays 10 - 6 PM

Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 18, 4 - 6 PM

The focus of the exhibition is "light" and it's seasonal effect on the East End Landscape, specifically Autumn, and how this is given visual expression by four artists of the region. While the artists may begin with on-sight sketches, none is a definitive plein aire painter. Each artist refers to color, light, and essential form, with the combined dynamic of observed nature and imagination, giving rise to an individual, personal artistic statement.

For Priscilla Bowden, a graduate of the Art Students League of New York, inspiration began while living in the south of France, whose light is often compared with that of the East End of Long Island, and for over 40 years her paintings have paid homage to the American landscape.

Gail Kern holds an MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania, PA. She chooses to paint the large gestures of a landscape, the East End big skies above agricultural vistas or far-reaching wetlands, with an eye toward abstract composition.

Deborah Black earned a BFA from Pratt Institute, NY. She shows an affinity for nuance in trees and foliage, and her treatment of skies could alone serve as complete abstractions.

Margery Gosnell-Qua earned a BFA in Painting at Syracuse University and MFA in Painting and MS in Art History from Pratt Institute. Her painting is the most abstract of the four artists, breaking down elements of nature to explore simplified, colorful, gestural shapes, while holding the landscape concept together through skillful composition