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Union County VocationalTechnical School on Saturday, November 6, from 9: 30 a. m. to 4 p. m.
The 16th Annual Westfield Craft Market will be held from November 5 to 7 at the Westfield Armory. For more information, please call (800) 8349437.
The Fall Festival of Crafts
will be held on November 6 at Fanwood Presbyterian Church. For more information, please call (908) 3222337.
From Here to Eternity will be presented by the Union County Arts Center in Rahway, as part of the 19992000 Classic Film Series, on Wednesday, November 10, at 1 and 8 p. m. Ticket information is available by calling (732) 4998226 or by visiting www. ucac. org.
Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn will present Rags from Wednesday, November 3, to Monday, December 13. For more information, please call (973) 3793717 or visit www. papermill. org.
Union County Arts Center
will present Winne the Pooh with Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet and Owl, on November 7. For more information, please call (732) 4998226.
Cranford Dramatic Club
will offer the children’s play,
Aladdin, on Saturday, December 4, at 10: 30 a. m., 1 and 4 p. m. and Sunday, December 5, at 1
Peterstown Reunion of the Bands, featuring The Saints, The Fanatics, The Twilighters, and Special Guest M. C. Brother Jerry, will perform on Sunday, November 14, from 4 to 8 p.. in the cafeteria at St. Anthony’s School on Third Avenue and Centre Street in Elizabeth. For more information, pleaase call Nick Netta at (908) 2897039.
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WESTFIELD – “New Work: A Jubilee Exhibition,” will mark the artistry and 50 th birthday of Westfield’s own Patricia Brentano Bramnick from
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ARTIST’S JUBILEE…“ New Work: A Jubilee Exhibition,” will mark the artistry and 50 th birthday of Westfield’s own Patricia Brentano Bramnick from Saturday, November 13, to Saturday, November 20, at Swain Galleries in Plainfield. Her collection of oil paintings, watercolors, acrylic drawings and ink drawings will be highlighted. Pictured above, is “Nature’s Harvest,” a watercolor creation by Ms. Brentano.
Saturday, November 13, to Saturday, November 20, at Swain Galleries in Plainfield.
Her collection of oil paintings, watercolors, acrylic drawings and ink drawings will be highlighted.
Ms. Brentano’s “looser, more vibrant and more energetic work” resulted from an international oil painting marathon held two years ago at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture in New York City. She described this event as “so intensive, an artist was certain to release any block or ingrained ideas about his or her painting up to that point.”
Ms. Brentano, who paints at home in Westfield, noted, “When you reach this age, you look back to your childhood and the familiar objects that remind you of warmth and comfort. It’s also the time to investigate seriously what you want to do
gradual grays are “even more humorous and lyrical” than the watercolors for which she became known over the years. Her latest watercolors are “more active,” she added. Ms. Brentano’s oil paintings are her largest works.
Born in Evansville, Ind. in 1949, Ms. Brentano earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Washington University and her Master of Fine Arts Degree at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Her solo exhibits have been mounted in New York, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and her home state. She has held up to 15 exhibitions in Chicago, New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Indiana. She was twice represented at Sotheby’s modern and contemporary painting, drawing and sculpture auctions.
An opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 13, from 5 to 7 p. m. The exhibit will be open from Tuesdays to Fridays, 9: 30 a. m. to 5: 30 p. m. and Saturdays, from 9: 30 a. m. to 4 p. m.
For more information, please call (908) 7561707.
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“Modern Painting of Sun Rays, 1” by Roy Lichtenstein
Using stencils to create various rows of dots, similar to those seen in the commercial printing process for comic books, Roy Lichtenstein used the spectacular hues found in primary colors to express his artistry.
Born in New York in 1923, the American Pop Artist, was a painter, lithographer and sculptor all rolled into one. When he lived in Cleveland, Ohio from 1951 to 1957, Lichtenstein painted and earned money performing small, odd jobs about town.
He was an instructor from 1957 to 1960 at New York State University, Oswego Campus, and later at Rutgers University from 1960 to 1963.
Lichtenstein began to develop his artistry using a nonfigurative and abstract expressionist style. But, he later chose to incorporate a fluidity found in cartooning images such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
In 1961, he started to work in the style with which he is most commonly associated – comic strip images blended with imagery used in advertising and topped with adaptations of other works of art.
Living in New York, Lichtenstein works in sculpture and polished brass with ArtDeco themes. BALANCED DETAIL... Scotch
Plains photo realism artist Donald David effectively balances detail and realism in this remarkable painting of a vintage “Peerless Perfect Balance” scale. Mr. David is currently exhibiting at Gallery Henoch in SoHo.
ENJOY THE VIEW... This brownstone on Washington Street in Hoboken comes to life in Donald David’s 22x28 oil painting.
REMEMBER WHEN?... Who could forget the old Excellent Diner in Westfield -especially as it is depicted in this oil painting by Donald David. His first painting, this masterpiece hangs in the artist’s home.
Ian Hobson, pianist/ conductor and recording artist, described as a musician of tremendous versatility, will appear at The Community Theatre, Morristown on Sunday, November 7, at 3 p. m. on behalf of the Andrew George De Grado Memorial Foundation, Inc.
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GREEN BROOK – New Jersey artists will participate in an outdoor art show to benefit area flood victims on Sundays, November 7, and November 14, from 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. at The Frame Shop, 230 Route 22, West in Green Brook.
The store’s proprietor, Sharon Schiller will sponsor the event for the Raritan Valley Community Action Ground (RVCAG), a nonprofit organization which aids flood victims.
Mountainside painter, Harry A. Devlin will participate in the fundraiser, as well as Hunterdon County painter Timothy Martin, Leslie Delgyer of North Plainfield, Mike McAlick of South Bound Brook, and other artists.
“We hope we’ve designed this to be a very ‘inviting’ art show. It’s being held outdoors with refreshments and an opportunity to meet and talk to professional fine artists up close and personal,” stated Ms. “Queen Anne at Oldwick” by
Harry A. Devlin
Schiller. “We hope the beauty of the artwork will inspire people to extend the beauty of a helping hand.”
S C O T C H PLAINS – While all of the other children were playing outside, Donald David of Scotch Plains spent a portion of his childhood recuperating from surgery for a lifelong bone infection in his leg. However, he took being confined to his bed and turned what could have been boredom and depression into a budding career as an artist.
“I started drawing when I was old enough to pick up a pencil,” recalled Mr. David during an interview with The Westfield Leader
and The Times. The photorealist artist laughed while admitting that his interest in art stemmed from watching a “learn to draw” television program and working with the kit provided by the show while coping with his condition.
When Mr. David attended Sayreville War Memorial High School in Sayreville, his ardent
devotion to art increased when he had to double up on art classes because he couldn’t participate in physical education courses. He even set up an easel in the high school hallway to work on his earlier masterpieces.
“I have a talent for observing things… motions and movements. I was always good at modeling people,” he said, adding that he had no formal painting experience but was heavily influenced by two high school art instructors.
Mr. David continued his education at the New England School of Art in Boston and the du CRET School Of The Arts in Plainfield and later pursued a career as an occupational therapist when obtaining his Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy at Kean University in Union.
Mr. David’s photorealist artistry is derived from snapshots he adapts into detailed paintings that completely fool the eye. One could swear that the paintings are really photographs because the traits are eyepopping and undeniably real.
Inspired by photorealist painters John Bader and Ralph Gowings, Mr. David tags himself “an emerging artist,” who is motivated by the levels of realism in nostalgic items such as old CocaCola soda fountains, vintage cars, the golden age of radio, pinball machines and art deco movie marquis. He believes that these items hold a distinctive look that captures the heart and sentiment of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s because they are “not homogenized.”
“I’m tapping into the culture that we had in America that we don’t have now,” confided Mr. David. When asked if he could find himself painting nostalgic items of the 90s in about 20 years, Mr. David mused, “Absolutely not,” adding that the commercialism and nonnostalgic feel of this time period does not inspire him.
“There are few things left with character,” he noted.
Instead, the artist is intrigued when art lovers pause and reflect, “I remember when…” upon viewing the sentimental scenes which are almost a trademark of Mr. David’s technique.
“There’s a time when you have to stop, walk away, sign it and just learn from it,” Mr. David said of his paintings. He shared that often an artist can fuss over a painting to the point where they can ruin it by trying to amend it or shape the end result.
Mr. David added that he does look back on his earlier works and sees things he could have improved on, final touches that could have been made. He remarked, however, that, “Every painting I do, I try to make it better. You just have to learn from your mistakes.”
He calls the ingredients of being a true artist 10 percent talent and 90 percent tenacity. “Most of the things I have done in my life, most of it is the tenacious ambition to succeed and get better,” Mr. David said.
Differentiating between the genres “realist” and “photorealist,” he said that he would like people to look at his work and “decide for themselves” exactly how they might classify him.
“Realists,” he explained, “have work that might not be as tightly rendered. Photorealists are in a class by themselves, trying to fool the eye.”
Mr. David noted that he has found nostalgic items and scenery in Jersey City, Westfield, Lebanon, Massachusetts and Arizona, but added the South and Midwest are still the areas most rich in the material he loves to paint. He added that he could obtain up to two years worth of inspiration by taking a road trip down Route 66 out to California.
He shared that oftentimes he will randomly send disposable cameras to people living in the Midwest and other areas rich in period architecture, hoping they will contribute to his project. He said he is always excited to see what types of pictures the amateur photographers will send back.
Mr. David is currently exhibiting at Gallery Henoch, 80 Wooster Street in the SoHo section of New York City. He has most recently held exhibits at the Paper Mill Playhouse Gallery, Westfield Hadassah, the Overlook Gallery,
the Philadelphia Sketch Club and the New Milford Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale.
His artwork is also cherished in several corporate and private collections throughout the Metropolitan area and in Boston, Texas and Rhode Island.
The SoHo exhibit will be held until Saturday, November 13.
“You’re only as good as the last painting you sold,” quipped Mr. David, who told The Leader and
The Times that he will have that true prognosis once the current show is over.
All photos courtesy of Donald David
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