Amanda Bonanno
I create as a compulsion. I’d rather people focus on the art more than the artist.
Daniel Charles
Daniel Charles (Feldman) has been a full-time artist since graduating from the Art Institute of Boston in 1983. He works mostly in oil as well as watercolor and produces paintings in both representational and abstract styles, ranging from portraits to landscapes and cityscapes to unique “inventions” that defy categorization. He has had diverse representation having appeared in solo and group shows in New York City; Philadelphia; Kent, Connecticut; Sarasota; and elsewhere. He has had paintings featured in the Showtime drama The Affair and has donated works for auctions to benefit, among other things, victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Daniel Charles has paintings in over 200 private collections.
Heather Caufield
I want my work to give viewers a chance to escape reality and see something unknown. When creating, I think about how seeing something totally new can lead to a trance of discovery. I want these works to spark the viewer's curiosity and ultimately present them with objects in which they have never seen or had a connection to before. Giving them the chance to open their mind and shift their perspective into the unknown around us.
Jessy Dunn
Jessy has been into photography since an early age taking photos with disposable cameras. In high school she got her first 35mm camera & just kept shooting. In her 30's college finally called. She enrolled at SVA in Manhattan & 4 years later graduated with high honors & her BFA. She took all she learned there & got a gig at a high-volume portrait studio in California. All was well but Jessy was homesick. She missed New York. So, she came home.
Back home Jessy tried "corporate life" & worked for JCPenney Portraits for the holidays. It started off as a part time seasonal gig and turned into a management position. That is where she learned more about marketing and sales. After a few years, Jessy realized she missed being her own boss.
So, Jessy Dunn has returned to her own studio super excited to spread her wings!
Kevin Clifford
32 plus year graffiti writer, 31 year carpenter, 16 year father and 9 year husband.
Mark Edwards
Mark Edwards is a local artist from Rochester, NY, graduated from SUNY Buffalo, and has worked in the animation industry for 20 years. He has exhibited at Arbor Gallery (10/2023).
Michael Sirken
My principal artistic interest has been mostly abstract painting for the last 11years; however, I draw. I have been in 8 live group shows at Jones Gallery in KC, Missouri. Recently, I have exhibited locally in live group shows at Arbor Gallery and Putnam Arts Council. I will be in an upcoming show at Mahopac Public Library. I have been in numerous online shows and have been exhibiting continously at HMVCGallery.com for 2 years.
I have had numerous poems published. Most recently I have had poems published at HVMOCA and have participated in a live staged program there called,”Writing the Walls.” I still pick up the guitar a bit and did compose songs back when. I published a children’s book in 1993 called,”Mr. Fine Goes to the Eye Doctor.”
Finally, I was educated at CCNY with a BS in Math and MA in Ed. I taught math as a career.
Phyllis Chadwick
Phyllis is a mixed media artist living in the Hudson Valley. She has a master’s degree in art education from Manhattanville College and taught locally for 10 years before retiring. Now she spends time creating in her home studio. Phyllis is currently a member of many local and international art groups. She exhibits and sells her work in local galleries and virtually.
You can find samples of work in rotating exhibits in Perk Up (Stormville, NY) Land Gallery (Pawling, NY) or on her website pgchadwick.com
Rachel Williams
Newburgh based artist, Rachel Williams, has been painting for over 20 years. She enjoys capturing calm, introspective moments in her art.
Rachel’s work has been exhibited in Jersey City, New York City and throughout the Hudson Valley. Her paintings adorn the walls of many private and corporate art collections. Rachel studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Orange County Community College, The School of Art and Design at Alfred University and SUNY New Paltz. She is a full time Art teacher, wife, and mother of two beautiful little girls.
Sarah Schrift
Sarah Schrift is a professional visual artist, singer-songwriter, tarot reader, and a teacher. She has shown her work and performed in various venues and galleries along the East Coast and in the Midwest (USA). Sarah has released two albums, The Sours and Ice Cream for Astronauts. She is currently releasing singles with the group, Magickal Creatures. Sarah received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in painting and an MFA from Columbia University in studio art. Across all mediums, her work deals with divination, divinity, mediumship, religion, myth, folklore, interpersonal relationships, nature, nature spirits, and magick. You can find her work at http://www.sarahschrift.com and http://www.magickalcreatures.com.
Angela Rizza
My work is inspired greatly by the wildlife around my home and my favorite stories I read growing up. When working on children's books, I create images that appeals to my inner child, drawings with lots of details, color, and quality that captures the attention of the viewer. When im not illustrating i am also tattooing art Iron Butterfly in Mahopac.
Daniel Creary
Daniel Creary is a self taught artist.
Jamie Taylor
Jamie Taylor is an artist and permanently certified New York state art educator with over 25 years of teaching experience, primarily in city school districts. Jamie graduated Magna Cum Laude from SUNY New Paltz with a BS in art education. She also holds an MAAS degree with a specialty in printmaking, from SUNY New Paltz. Prior to becoming an art educator, Jamie was a graphic designer in an employee education department, and subsequently, an art director in the public relations department of a two different computer services companies. Jamie currently works in her art studio located in her home in Hudson, NY.
For a full CV, please visit http://www.jamietaylorartist.com.
Kara Stern
Kara Stern is best known for her contemporary, thought-provoking portraits derived from using latex, acrylic and spray paint on canvas to obtain her desired look. Her artwork is a progression and exploration of her newfound skill and ability as an artist which she discovered late in life. Kara stumbled across her talent while taking a group art class conducted by Catniss L in 2021 and has now progressed to featuring her work in juried exhibitions and at local art shows. One of her pieces, The Kiss, recently showed in the 45th Annual Juried Member Show at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists. Each painting represents Kara’s own interpretation and identification with a particular image. She has been loosely influenced by artists like Monika Nowak, Ivana Besevic & Casey Baugh whose powerful and provocative pieces continue to inspire her work.
Mark Fraser-Betts
Mark Fraser-Betts creates art that blends abstract expressionism with vintage pop art-esque magazine covers and adverts. Lately, his work has explored reconstruction, spirituality, and American history. Larger paintings contain the marks found on the vintage covers on unprimed canvas. Influenced by a variety of painters and unconsciously referencing different types of historical mark- making, most of his works take months to create, although occasionally he completes them in one sitting. The artist is interested in examining both America from an outsider's perspective and the history of painting that has developed around it. His previous works have explored themes such as loss, distance, and
time.
Naomi Berkery
Mixed Media Artist.Born:1980, Newburgh NY
Attended Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, NY receiving a MFA in Art and Design Education with a concentration in Art Therapy.
Spent nearly 25 years in NYC living, creating, showing and selling artwork throughout the 5 boroughs and The Tri- State Area. Naomi’s Artwork has been exhibited throughout NYC, The Hudson Valley, The Tri-state area, and Internationally. She is currently a resident artist at ilon Gallery in Harlem and her work adorns many private, commercial, and professional collections. Naomi works out of her studio in The Ann Street Studio’s at Safe Harbors on the Hudson and is an annual participant in Newburgh Open Studio’s. Naomi has also been a Visual Arts teacher for Special Needs children 4th-12th grades in NYC since 2003.
Rebecca Dunn
Rebecca has been experimenting creatively for as long she I can remember and with more mediums than she can recall with everything from, cement sculptures, watercolors, duct tape, oil paints, charcoal, melted crayons, spray paint, refinishing furniture, and then when she finally landed on encaustics, it felt like a new high she had never experienced before. Wax has this draw to it because of its seemingly infinite possibilities, its uniqueness and unmanageability. Encaustics have a mind of their own that she cannot control which leads to its own challenges, while that can be frustrating, the results are beautifully their own and always a surprise.
Sharon Nakazato
Years of living in Japan and years of intensive training with a master in Asian Brush Calligraphy infuse the very varied works of bicultural artist-writer-teacher Sharon Nakazato, evident in her quality of line, spatial choices, and inherent spirituality. BA and MA from U of Michigan with strong minors in art history plus graduate work in Japan (Tokyo & Sophia Universities). Co-founder and for 10 years Director of Yasuragi Japan Arts Center. Former head of arts program at Longview School. Member of Art East and Peekskill Arts Alliance. Heads up FroGS Plein Air events and the Annual FroGS Juried Art Competition.
Charles Gulbrandsen
Charles Gulbrandsen graduated from the Cooper Union with distinction in 1985 and soon began a career in art restoration. Having specialized in the reconstruction and in-painting of the missing and damaged areas of these paintings, he was required to master many technical challenges. Over the years, Gulbrandsen would synthesize this experience into the development of his own style.
Don Klotz
I've been an illustrator and printmaker for over 60 years. I've had a long career as a commercial artist and an even longer career in the printmaking world. My motto is to entertain, educate and enlighten.
Jeffrey Pine
BFA in sculpture from Philadelphia Collège of Art. Currently have a studio in South Salem, NY. I do mostly assemblage art from found objects.
Kelly Edwards
Kelly Edwards is a watercolor and mixed media artist and owner of Arbor Gallery in Carmel, NY who finds inspiration in the beauty of nature, expressionism, art nouveau and the watercolor medium itself. Becoming an artist in order to develop an ability to counter a need for control, she allows herself to embrace the unexpected in her work. Her artwork has been exhibited in LAND Gallery in Pawling, NY, Emerge Gallery in Saugerties, NY, and featured at Putnam Arts Council.
KP Devlin
Born in Atlanta, GA in 1971, KP Devlin relocated to New York City in 1989, where he spent 32 years, writing, painting, and performing his music until moving to New York’s Hudson Valley in 2021. He has had a successful dual career as both a singer/songwriter and performing musician, as well as a fine art painter. His music has received airplay on FM, satellite, and internet radio, has been used in TV shows, ads, promos, and video games, and he has toured the globe, performing across the US and as far away as Sydney, Australia. His artwork has been shown in galleries from his home in New York City across the state of NY and as far west as Portland, OR, and his paintings are in dozens of private collections across the country.
Marina Heau
I studied printmaking at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY in the 1980's. I have a love for chiaroscuro, the lights and darks and the graphic elements that can be made on a page.
Melissa Feinberg
Patrick Burns
Patrick Burns, a current Mahopac resident, is a photographer, digital artist and graphic designer. His multimedia process involves superimposing and editing the RAW landscape and architectural images that he takes. While his interest in creating visual art through different mediums has been lifelong, his efforts in photography and digital art in particular extends through the past eleven years and running.
Quinn Torres
Based in scenic Hudson Valley, NY, Quinn Torres is a self-taught artist whose work is a captivating blend of horror, baroque and grunge influences. Her work is inspired by horror films and the intricate styles of past eras, delving into the eerie and macabre.
Sandra Henke
Sandy grew up in Shrub Oak, NY, and graduated from Bard College in 2004, majoring in Studio Art with a focus in sculpture and painting.
She loves colors, patterns, cartoons & illustration in general.
Sarah Miller Totten
Sarah Miller Totten, a visual artist from Westchester County and a BSVA from SUNY New Paltz, brings more than 15 years of expertise as an educator in Northern Westchester, Putnam County and the greater Hudson Valley, NY. With a rich history of collaboration, Sarah was commissioned as a working artist to the creation of large-scale paintings for public, private, and corporate fine art collections worldwide.
