The Art on Rotation Gallery provides gallery space in public places for emerging and established artists to display and market their work.
"Two Trees" by David Black copyright
The Art On Rotation Gallery is pleased to present Yvonne and David to the gallery at Clark's Cafe for the month of March 2008.
Yvonne's beautiful calligraphy and David's fine art photography is a beautiful addition to the AOR Gallery family of artists. Their work will be on display at Clark's for the month of March.
About Yvonne-
"Just as one would wish to speak not only clearly but with some civilized and musical quality of grace, so one may write, and the writing be worthy of the name of Calligraphy ~ by which is meant ~ handwriting considered as an art."
Growing up all over these United States, Yvonne has lived in a variety of beautiful settings and quickly learned to appreciate the colors and patterns in this ever-changing world. She graduated from a commercial art program early on, and made her living at a local newspaper building ads ("ours is not to question taste, ours is but to cut and paste!"). She has dabbled in pastel portraits, and pen-and-ink, but her true love remains calligraphy. Being left-handed (and right-brained) has been a challenge at times...but one which she clearly has overcome. The grace and symmetry of the art is what moves her. It portrays a rhythm with nuances that cannot be reproduced by computer font. Yvonne's current favorite alphabet is Celtic-inspired. She also enjoys the more immediate gratification of photography....and still has a Pentax K-1000, which she favors...and continues to practice the healing arts through nursing, massage therapy and reflexology in south central Massachusetts.
website: http://zhibit.org/yvonne/about
About David-
"Photography is simply a function of noticing things."—Elliott Erwitt
The pilgrimage never stops, but my journey of images touches both the simple and sublime en route. Immersed in the places, people and events that become my vision and guide, my photographs evoke the emotional and spiritual interactions with the natural moment at hand. Please share in my very personal sense of wonder.
David Lee Black, musician and award winning photographer, captures the New England landscape in his black and white and color images. Born and raised in Mexico, Missouri, he has created and exhibited his work in New England since 1985. His work was recently accepted for publication in the Canadian based literature ‘zine, "Stationaery". David won the 2005 featured artist award for New England Artists and the 2006 Juror's Choice Award at the Winter Exhibition at the Attleboro Art Museum. In June of 2007, David received the Honorarium Award at the International Society of Photographers Convention and Symposium in Las Vegas. In July of 2007, David was one of 8 selected juried artists to exhibit at Attleboro Arts Museum's Ottmar Gallery for the 8 Visions Exhibit. David's work "Lil Red Barn" was recently commisioned by Peak Organic Brew for the 2008 season and "Russell Pond" was requested for the CD label for Maine's premier rock band, Now is Now. "Wood Chromosomes" was commissioned for publication by the Library of Congress 2008 Endless Journeys. "White Mountain Sisters" is pending approval for the National Geographic Traveler.
2008 is a promising year for David as he has pending exhibits in California, New York, Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
In addition to photography, he has been performing, recording and breathing in the New England music scene and radio since his pilgrimage here from Middle America. Conducting an award winning jazz and symphonic band in Maine, serving as Music Director for the Department of Interior's Orchestrations Exhibit in Boston and Washington D.C., David continues to enhance the New England art scene with his work. David's music credits include performing and recording with The McCoy Brothers, Jumpin Juba (Bone'less Records), Natural Toy (Studio A Productions), Tractor (Lakewest Records),The Brian Scott Quartet, Hydrant and numerous others. David has also produced and performed his own original project, "Blackshack" (Vincent Productions).
In the world of musical theatre, David has performed in Sweeney Todd, Chorus Line, Damn Yankees, The Music Man and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
David also is a member of Orchestrations, a group of conceptual artists that present exhibits of living art. David and Orchestrations staged a Giant Pie Fight with 500 elegantly dressed people throwing 5000 pies at each other, all beautifully choreographed to music.
As a nice balance, David is a Juvenile Parole Officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
http://www.zhibit.org/davidleeblack
"Life in The Sea" by Greg Dolnikowski
"Gay Head Light"
New at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Thayer Memorial Library
Gregory Dolnikowski will be exhibiting his acrylic paintings at the gallery at the library from February 29, 2008 to April 30, 2008.
Greg’s artwork sings with energy and color. He paints wonderful, breath-taking sunsets that have an abstract quality to them. He also paints beautiful colorful abstracts in an energetic style. Don’t miss this show. It is worth seeing and viewing is free to the public. The show can be seen during usual library operating hours. For more information go to www.aorgallery.com
Artist Statement
I am an artist and a scientist. Does that make me a Renaissance man? Well, maybe not, but it does keep me busy. Several large universities taught me to be a scientist, but my mother taught me to paint. I paint in a high energy style, and I prefer abstract art in bright happy colors. I also paint Cape Cod landscapes. I am particularly fond of the colors in sky, the ocean and the sunset.
Call or e-mail AOR Gallery curator at artrotationgallery@gmail.com and I’ll paint something just for you. You choose the color and the size, and I’ll create a painting that will fit in perfectly with your décor.
Selected Recent Shows:
Thayer memorial Library, 717 Main St. Lancaster, MA, Current
Baldwin Hill Art & Framing, 41 Summer Street, Natick, Solo Show
Starbuck’s on Newbury Street, Boston, Solo Show
Natick Artists Open Studios, Multi Artist Show at the Natick Center for the Arts, and the Morse Institute Library.
All City Financial Group Condo Lobby, South Boston, Kevin Huther, Five abstract art paintings
The Borrowed Butler, Carole McManus, Greenbush. Four sunsets.
Mandarin Cuisine, 238 Highland Ave, Needham, MA 02494 Sunsets and Abstracts
St. Andrew’s Performing Arts Series, 79 Denton Rd, Wellesley, Solo Show
"Shadows on Rocks" by Tally Forbes Watercolor
Tally Forbes - Land Shapes
February, 2008
At the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark’s Café
The emergence of landscape from a series of overlapping geometric shapes is a very old idea. Geology teaches us that new shapes bubble up from deep within the earth, that large land masses ram into each other creating mountain and valley shapes; and that water cuts into the masses creating shapes that become steep slopes, ponds, and flat plains.
Human beings do the best they can to grow what they need on these overlapping shapes creating interesting patterns of their own on the landscape.
This series of paintings explore how simple geometric shapes interact to create the landscapes we love and must work hard to preserve.
Contact Information
tallyforbes@comcast.net
Oil Painting by Sid Solomon
January and February 2008 at the Art On Rotation Gallery Thayer Memorial Library
Although Sid Solomon was born in Springfield, he spent his early years in Worcester, Mass. In high school, his first prize-winning entry in the Service Clubs Essay Competition led to a scholarship to the Worcester Art Museum for three years, culminating in a graduation certificate, and an Art career spanning more than forty years.
After three years of Army service and a year teaching Art, he became a portrait painter in South Florida. This experience was followed by further study with nationally-known portraitist and teacher, Edmund Archer, at the Corcoran School in Washington, DC.
As a part of his course of training, he copied Rembrandts and other old masters in the National Gallery. He also taught at the Corcoran, and for the U.S. Veterans Administration, as well as painting a number of important government, military and industrial leaders and their families.
After three years in the Nation's capital, Mr. Solomon traveled through the East and the South, painting portraits of over a thousand persons at art festivals. During this period he continued his studies and attained proficiency in many areas of arts and crafts, which enabled him to become a Director in the Army Arts and Crafts Program of the U.S. Department of Defense.
An extended leave from his government teaching position permitted him to return to graduate school where, after nine years of intense concentration, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Art Theory and Criticism by the University of Georgia. While completing the requirements for this degree, Mr. Solomon worked as Director of Arts and Craftshops for the 7th Army Training Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany. He had the advantage of travel and study in the major art centers of Europe, and, as a result, his doctoral dissertation broke new ground in defining the concept of aesthetic quality as used in criticism.
Since 1980, Sid Solomon has maintained a studio in Worcester, Mass., where he continues to improve his understanding of drawing and painting the human figure at weekly sessions of the Worcester Life Drawing Group, which he coordinates. He has, in addition, become a prolific plein aire painter of the colorful New England landscape in all its seasons, including the depth of winter. He says, "A good portrait painter can paint anything."
Sid will be exhibiting at the Art On Rotation Gallery at The Thayer Memorial Library Main St. Lancaster, MA January 4 through February 29, 2008. The public is invited.
January at Clark's Cafe will feature the artwork of Stefanie Sacks, a talented adult with autism. Her paintings are painted in acrylic and feature simple themes. She has sold her work in many places. This is her first solo show. Her reception is January 11, 2007 from 6-8pm at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark's Cafe 310 High St. Clinton, MA. A portion of the sales will go toward Autism Research.
Also at the gallery at Clark's Cafe the winners of the All Artist Juried Show will exhibit their work for the month of January. Paintings by Stephen Collins, Sheryll Collins, Rachel Collins, Neil Murphy, Helen Garcia and Peter Lance will be on display. The paintings and Giclee prints may be purchased.
Contact Sheryll Collins or Liz McDonald with any purchase or other information. See link on side bar.
The Art On Rotation Gallery presents Stephen Collins at the gallery at Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster, MA. for the month of December 2007. Stephen is an experienced and accomplished artist. He paints in watercolor and oil. The exhibit features watercolor paintings of landscapes from various locations- in and around Clinton etc. and other states, still lives and wonderfully painted portraits. Stephen has received many awards for his watercolor paintings.
Stephen with his wife Sheryll Collins make their home in beautiful Clinton with their son Joel, and two wonderful grandsons.
Stephen works as a senior software engineer for IBM. Sheryll is the owner coordinator of the Art On Rotation Gallery.
Please come and see his work all the month of December at The Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster.
For further information call Sheryll 978-549-5822
Cheryl Wareck is a fine art photographer exhibiting at the Art On rotation Gallery in November 2007. Her work can be viewed at the gallery at Clark's Cafe in Clinton.
Personal Statement
I used to hold a rather mechanical view of photography-that as the shutter snapped, it was important for me to capture the particular image inside a space. At the time, this goal felt shallow, and now I realize that being present in the space, and my response to this experience, is what is most important. It is the “being” in a particular space instead of the space itself that is more important. Because for anyone, it is our response to a particular place, our experiences, histories and memories in it, that really create the space.
I am consistently drawn to the earth, water and air. The suggestive spaces these elements create as they mix and melt, as they are transformed by differences in weather and light, is what compels me.
Historically I am influenced by the 19th Century Romantic Tradition and the sense of awe I find in the ordinary, being careful to avoid sentimentality.
I find great inspiration from the painter Mark Rothko and contemporary artist James Turell. Turell’s Quaker Heritage promotes ways to live simply and in balance with nature and especially to be aware of an inner light, to look within for answers. Quaker meetings begin with what is called a “gathering” a silent, simple group of people, reflecting, and bound together for the purpose of the accumulation of light. I create photographs, poetic spaces, that represent my personal “gathering” – quiet, simple groups, a witness of an inner place revealed by the accumulation of light and time.
Cheryl Wareck lives with four dogs and two birds on a Christmas Tree Farm on Ballard Hill in Lancaster, MA. She is currently employed in the Marlborough Public Schools as an art teacher and is working on a MFA degree where she expects to graduate in June. Most of her images are taken close to the place she calls home.
As a child growing up in Vermont Louise spent countless hours outdoors exploring the world that encompassed her. She has a masters degree in landscape architecture, and continues to spend many hours engaged in the exploration of her environment, so it is natural to her that she would choose the landscape as a subject and a point of departure for her artwork.
Louise works in oil on large canvases. Her brilliant compositions and designs are evident in her work. Her paintings have a wonderful use of color and have an abstract quality to them. They are breath-taking to look at. She has captured on canvas the shapes and light of the everyday landscape and has transformed them into the extraordinary.
She told me that she hasn't won any awards yet but has been accepted into many juried shows. It is only a matter of time that she will be an award winner.
Come see Louise's exhibit of her beautiful paintings at Clark's Cafe in Clinton all of November. A reception for the artist will be on November 10 th from 11-2 pm. Paintings are available to purchase.
A Call for Artists
The Art On Rotation Gallery in Clark's Cafe is having a juried art show. There will be two themes that you may enter.
The First Theme is "Betty Boop". Paintings will be accepted in all medium.
Any paintings related to the theme will be accepted. (Ex: a scene from the time period, a landscape that reminds of that time etc., anything with Betty) Be creative!
The Second Theme is any subject will be accepted in any medium.
The paintings should be submitted for consideration on December 1 at 12 noon at Clark's Cafe. Paintings not accepted will be notified by December 2.
The show will run for the month of December and will end December 31 at noon. PRIZES will be awarded. Winners will have their paintings displayed at Clark's for 1 month. Newspapers will be covering the event. The paintings will be for sale. A great opportunity to sell paintings for the holidays. A reception for the artists is December 7 from 7-8pm. Snow date December 8th 12-2pm.
E-mail for details and application: artrotationgallery@gmail.com
Sheryll Collins
More Information:
E-mail: artrotationgallery@gmail.com
Phone: 978-549-5822
Sheryll Collins
At Clark's Cafe all of the month of October the oil paintings of Diane Lebel will be exhibited at Clark's Cafe in Clinton. December 28th from 11-2pm. This is Diane's first solo show and it won't be her last.
Diane's Artist's Statement
For years I’ve enjoyed looking at and collecting art, but, having decided at around age 10 that I couldn’t draw, I never thought I’d be able to make art of my own. Finally, at age 50, when I left my full-time job for a part-time one, I decided to take the plunge, and enrolled in a watercolor class at the Worcester Art Museum. After a few semesters, I took a class with Kat O’Connor…and one thing just led to another, even a drawing class (hey, what do you know, I CAN draw!). One semester Kat was teaching a beginning oil painting class. I decided to give it a try, and it was love at first brush-stroke.
The wonderful thing about painting, for me, is that it heightens and refines my appreciation of the beauty all around me. I’ve become more aware of clouds, interesting shadows, moss-covered rocks, and the other little details that make up a landscape. It’s also given me an entirely new way of looking at art, and my museum and gallery visits are richer for it.
I am deeply grateful for the support of my family and friends, especially Kat, who always pushes me to make my paintings just a little bit better. I’ve gotten beyond the point where I was thrilled just to paint something that was “not overtly ugly,” and now hope I can paint things that people can enjoy looking at. I hope you will enjoy looking at these.
Diane Lebel has practiced pathology in the Worcester area for 25 years. She lives in West Boylston with her husband, Alan Harris, and two miscreant Australian Cattle Dogs, both rescued from area shelters.
At the new Art On Rotation Gallery at the Thayer Memorial Library, Scott Niemi's oil paintings will be on exhibit from October 5- November 1, 2007 during library hours. Library hours: Monday 12 n to 6 pm, Tuesday 12 n to 8 pm, Wednesday and Thursday 10 am to 8 pm, and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm. Come see his beautiful paintings.
Scott Niemi was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1964. Scott completed his formal education at Florida Atlantic University where he earned a M.F.A. in Visual Art with a concentration in painting. Currently, he is a part time lecturer for Franklin Pierce University (Rindge, NH) and an adjunct art professor at Becker College (Worcester, MA). In the past, he has worked for Florida Atlantic University as an adjunct art professor, for Palm Beach County as a substitute teacher (grades K-12) and has done art handler/installation work for the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art in Lake Worth, FL.
Scott has participated in many shows both on the national as well as the local level. His work can be seen, among others, in the corporate collections of the Oak Brook Bank (Oak Brook, IL), the Essex Inn (downtown Chicago), and in the Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts (Plantation, FL). He has work in over 100 private collections, ranging from Beverly Hills to Australia. He resides in New Hampshire with his wife and two children.
First Place - Watercolor - "Sherry" - Stephen Collins
Second Place - Watercolor - "Orange and Blue Tetrad" - Elizabeth Neuman
Third Place - Watercolor - "Box Canyon" - Stephen Collins
First Place - Oils/Acrylics/Pastels/Mixed Media - "The Rolling Stones" -
Paul Lowe
Second Place - Oils/Acrylics/Pastels/Mixed Media - "Blush" - Nan Rumpf
First Place - Photography - "Total Reflection" - Betsy DeAngelis
Second Place - Photography - "The Lady of the Lake" - Joe Renzoni
First Place - Other - "The Tower of Babel" - Chester Burzenski
Best in Show - "Amalgamation" - Nan Rumpf
Polly Wogs By Eleanor Gentilmen
Greece By Rosemary Morrison
Eleanor Gentilmen and Rosemary Morrison had their show called "Two Friends One Vision" at the gallery at Clark's Cafe in September. Their reception was held at Clark's on September 15th.
Their work was greatly received by art lovers and patrons of the cafe. Rosemary and Eleanor have been friends a long time. They have many things in common. They reside in the same town with their husband's and are very talented artists. They both have careers in the computer industry.
Their work is of similar places in watercolor and photography all over
New England, Maine, Florida and Greece.
It was a beautiful show. You will be able to see more of their work in upcoming Art On Rotation Gallery Shows in the future. Don't miss it!
Sheryll Collins will be featured as the first solo artist to exhibit at the gallery at The Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster, MA from August 20th- October 1, 2007. The Thayer Memorial Library is the newest location of the Art On Rotation Gallery. Sheryll is the owner/ coordinator of the Art On Rotation Gallery.
Sheryll also known fondly as Sherry, is having her first solo show. Her watercolor paintings feature many different subjects from landscapes of painting trips to portraits of her grandchildren. She paints in impressionist style with small colorful brush strokes.
Recently, she was honored for her painting, "On My Way Home On Route 62" on the Artist Magazine website page painting critique.
Come see this beautiful show.
The paintings can be seen during the operating hours of the library.
For further information call Sheryll 978-549-5822
THE RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 FROM 6:30-8PM at The gallery at The Thayer Memorial Library
The Art On Rotation Gallery presents Stephen Collins at the gallery at Clark's Cafe for the month of August. Stephen is an experienced and accomplished artist. He paints in watercolor and oil. The exhibit features watercolor paintings of landscapes from various locations- in and around Clinton etc. and other states, still lives and wonderfully painted portraits. Stephen has received many awards for his watercolor paintings.
Stephen with his wife Sheryll Collins make their home in beautiful Clinton with their son Joel, daughter Rachel and her 6 week old daughter Layla and two wonderful grandsons.
Stephen works as a senior software engineer for IBM. Sheryll is the owner coordinator of the Art On Rotation Gallery.
Please come and see his work all the month of August at Clark's Cafe in Clinton.
For further information call Sheryll 978-549-5822
Summer's Ebb By Sharon Carloni
On My Way Home on Route 62 By Sheryll Collins
"Twins," The Watercolor Paintings By Sheryll Collins and Sharon Carloni July 1- 31, 2007 at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark's Cafe 310 High St. Clinton.
Sheryll (Sherry) and Sharon are identical twins. They grew up in Brockton, MA and attended numerous art programs both public and private. In college both went in different directions, one to an art degree program in education and the other into a RN program for professional nursing. Sherry is a registered nurse and works with children with developmental disabilities. Sharon is an art teacher in an elementary school in Hudson. She also has her masters in special education. Sharon has continued to pursue her art and Sherry has come back to painting after many years of raising a large family. They each are married with children. Sherry is also the proud grandmother of 6 grandchildren. Sharon resides in Norfolk, MA. Sherry makes her home in Clinton.
Sherry and Sharon have been in many juried art shows in Massachusetts. Recently, Sharon was honored as the Massachusetts Elementary Art Teacher of the year for 2007. Sherry started the Art On Rotation Gallery this past December to further artistic awareness in the community and to provide a place for artists to showcase their work. She also runs 2 art instruction classes in the basement of her home with renowned local artist- teacher, Kat O'Connor. She is also busy helping with the planning of the Clinton Olde Home Day Juried Art Show in September.
Both Sherry and Sharon paint in other media than watercolor although watercolor is their favorite. Both love painting the outdoors but Sherry also loves to capture a treasured moment with her grandchildren. Together they present their different styles of painting for your enjoyment.
A reception for the artists was held on Saturday July 14, 2007 from 12 noon-2 pm.
Working entirely freehand, Ara Hagopian draws and paints traditional and abstract visual art. Continuing his process in the digital workplace, he produces his work as fine art prints in five sizes. Each archival piece is signed, numbered, and displayed under glass. Visit Ara at ThePatriotArtist.com.
With an ongoing display at the Bedford Starbucks, Ara’s work can also be seen at the Revolving Museum of Lowell, and the OFF THE WALL gallery in Newburyport.
Ara's work will be on display all of the month of June at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark's Cafe 310 High St. Clinton, MA. The exhibit can be viewed during Clark's hours of operation.
A Senior High School Student Art Show will be held at the Art On Rotation Gallery in Clark's Café in Clinton, MA all of May 2007.
Meg Bertel, Mairead Coleman, Annie Steel, Alyssa Dillaire, Arriane Aktarian and Candice Milionis will be exhibiting their paintings at the Art On Rotation Gallery. All the girls are residents of Worcester and plan on continuing their education in a college in the fall. Five of the six will continue to study art as their major.
The students are currently seniors at St. Peter-Marian High School in Worcester Massachusetts. They have worked exceptionally hard to create portfolios which give a testament to their commitment to their art and their inspiring skills.
A reception for the artists was held May 11th at the gallery at Clark's. It was very successful. Many prints were sold. Clark's was jammed with people to see their show.
Come see their inspiring work all the month of May at the gallery at Clark's during operating hours.
Original paintings in acrylic, watercolor and colored pencil are available for sale. Digital prints available for just $5!!!
Contact: Sheryll Collins for information 978-549-5822
Website: www.aorgallery.com
Although Sid Solomon was born in Springfield, he spent his early years in Worcester, Mass. In high school, his first prize-winning entry in the Service Clubs Essay Competition led to a scholarship to the Worcester Art Museum for three years, culminating in a graduation certificate, and an Art career spanning more than forty years.
After three years of Army service and a year teaching Art, he became a portrait painter in South Florida. This experience was followed by further study with nationally-known portraitist and teacher, Edmund Archer, at the Corcoran School in Washington, DC.
As a part of his course of training, he copied Rembrandts and other old masters in the National Gallery. He also taught at the Corcoran, and for the U.S. Veterans Administration, as well as painting a number of important government, military and industrial leaders and their families.
After three years in the Nation's capital, Mr. Solomon traveled through the East and the South, painting portraits of over a thousand persons at art festivals. During this period he continued his studies and attained proficiency in many areas of arts and crafts, which enabled him to become a Director in the Army Arts and Crafts Program of the U.S. Department of Defense.
An extended leave from his government teaching position permitted him to return to graduate school where, after nine years of intense concentration, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Art Theory and Criticism by the University of Georgia. While completing the requirements for this degree, Mr. Solomon worked as Director of Arts and Craftshops for the 7th Army Training Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany. He had the advantage of travel and study in the major art centers of Europe, and, as a result, his doctoral dissertation broke new ground in defining the concept of aesthetic quality as used in criticism.
Since 1980, Sid Solomon has maintained a studio in Worcester, Mass., where he continues to improve his understanding of drawing and painting the human figure at weekly sessions of the Worcester Life Drawing Group, which he coordinates. He has, in addition, become a prolific plein aire painter of the colorful New England landscape in all its seasons, including the depth of winter. He says, "A good portrait painter can paint anything."
Sid will be exhibiting at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark's Cafe, Clinton, MA. for the month of April 2007. His reception will be April 13, 2007 from 7-9 PM. The public is invited.
Gloria Dube grew up in Europe. Growing up in Europe gave her a chance to appreciate different forms of art in a way many children do not get to enjoy. She would visit castles and museums, and see beautiful, rich furnishings and paintings. Gloria would see ancient churches and, even as a child, be in awe of the expansive, decorated interiors, and the tremendous skill needed to build them.
It was these wonderful childhood experiences that first stirred in her a need to create something beautiful and lasting. But, sadly, she only dabbled in drawing and never really committed to art until about three years ago. By chance, she had purchased art supplies for her son and decided to purchase some for herself. She began with drawing pencils and a sketchpad. Gloria decided to take art instruction with Dan Gaudette of Lowell, MA, a retired art teacher and prolific, skilled oil painter. It was through him, and through any and all books and magazines that she could find, that she really began to expand herself.
Gloria began painting with pastels and found that the vibrancy and immediacy of the medium appealed to her. She also began to learn oil techniques. She felt that drawing skills could help her compose an accurate likeness, while the pastel and oil techniques could help her build beautiful layers of color.
Her pastel paintings are full of color and light. Gloria is very gifted at capturing the atmosphere and color of a landscape and the likeness and emotion of a human being.
She has displayed only twice before, both times for the Chelmsford Art Society's 4th of July show. She won an honorable mention both times, the first for a portrait, and the second for a landscape. I'm sure that she will win many prizes in the future.
She is exhibiting her pastel paintings at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark's Cafe for the month of March, 2007. A reception for the artist will be held March 23 from 7 to 9 PM at Clark's Cafe in Clinton, MA. The exhibit is free and open to the public during Clark's normal operating hours.
To see more of her work, click here.
Peter Lance exhibited at the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark's Cafe for the month of February, 2007. The reception for Mr. Lance was held at the gallery at Clark's on February 16. He sold a print of his painting entitled "Red Roses" after one day exhibiting.
Peter is an emerging artist who paints in acrylics but also sculpts. His paintings are fanciful and beautiful. His subjects are the unexpected: monkey playing music with his friends; ants going about their day in their underground tunnels beneath the earth. His other subjects are beautiful roses painted in unexpected compositions. His paintings are full of emotion and seem to tell a story. This was his first solo art exhibit and certainly won't be his last.
Peter is currently a student at Worcester State College.
To see more of his work, click here.
Art over easy at Clark's Cafe
By Patty Angevine / Correspondent
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - Updated: 10:19 AM EST
Most of us think of art galleries as pristine places with white walls and minimal furnishings, the kind of space that instinctively compels one to whisper so as not to disturb the artistic ambiance — or accidentally bump into something.
But that’s not how it should be, according to Clinton resident and artist Sheryll Collins, who has come up with a novel idea for creating people-friendly art galleries. Called “Art on Rotation Gallery,” Collins first venue is Clark’s Café, a Clinton restaurant known for its good food and friendly atmosphere.
“I’ve been coming [to Clark’s] for years because it’s a great, homey place. They make you feel welcome and the food’s good too,” said Collins. “I’m an artist and so I had noticed that he had a few small paintings on the walls, but they weren’t local artists. So about a month ago I approached Al [Clarke] and said, ‘here’s my idea and I’m calling it the Art on Rotation Gallery. We’ll feature a different local artist each month, and I’ll advertise it and encourage people to come. And that’s how it got started.”
Clark loved the idea, which he believes will bring even more customers to his popular High Street establishment — a comfortable, diner-like setting that features an old-fashioned counter and vinyl booths. It’s the kind of place where you can come for a good meat-and-potatoes meal or just a cup of coffee and a muffin — either way, chances are Al Clark will be there to greet you as you come through the door.
“We wanted to create a place where people could come and socialize and catch up with each other because they don’t get too because their lives are too busy,” said Clark. “I think [Sheryll’s] idea is a good one and I think it’ll bring in new people who want to see the art. I can’t even draw between the lines myself, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like art.”
Collins, a nurse by profession but an accomplished artist as well, is launching her Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark’s, with plans to eventually find other locations in nearby communities, including Bolton, Hudson and Sterling. She believes restaurants, banks and other community spaces that people visit during the course of their day-to-day life offer great opportunities for art appreciation.
“The arts are good for us — it does something for the soul that nothing else does,” said Collins. “Art is part of you whether you’re an artist or not. It’s a part of your soul that needs to be touched and I want to bring that to the community.”
Putting their art out there
Collins’ brainstorm to install an art gallery at Clark’s Café is not the first time she has come up with an innovative idea for sharing her passion for the arts. About a year ago, she invited Worcester artist Kat O’Connor to teach an art class in her home. A well-known watercolor artist who has taught at the Worcester Art Museum and Worcester State College and exhibited in galleries across the region, O’Connor has brought a number of local artists to Collins’ home in the past year. Over time, the classes have nurtured the birth of a small but vital artist community in Clinton, according to Collins.
“Kat’s an awesome teacher and it’s become a wonderfully, close-knit group,” said Collins. “We started with watercolors and have since added an oils class. Most of us think we stink as artists — that’s a very common thing among artists — but our teacher won’t let us think like that anymore.”
O’Connor offers a different perspective on Collins’ achievements as an artist and organizer as well as the talents of others in the group, many of whom will exhibit their work in the Art on Rotation Gallery.
“It’s an interesting, dynamic group of people that started out as a class but has really become more of a support system than strictly a learning environment,’ said O’Connor. “Sheryll’s idea of a gallery for local artists is great too because the experience of putting your work up on a wall means you have to acknowledge that you’re very good at what you do and that’s the hardest thing for them.”
The first local artist to hang his work in the Art on Rotation Gallery is Eugene McCarthy, a Worcester resident and retired Holy Cross professor. McCarthy’s collection includes images ranging from mundane to magnificent. A beautiful rendering of an old Croatian doorway is as skillfully executed as a landscape portrait depicting the New Mexican desert or a mountain range in Maine. On the evening of the opening of his exhibit at Clark’s Café in December, McCarthy said working with O’Connor and the Clinton-based artist community has helped him develop as an artist.
“I’ve been painting since the 1970s but it wasn’t until I retired from Holy Cross that I decided to get serious,” said McCarthy. “And it’s only been the last few years that I’ve felt I could really do this — that’s where the support group has been very helpful. You do something and you say, ‘ah, I don’t like it,’ but then other people will find beauty in things you thought were weak spots. Kat is the teacher, but Sherry and Steve [Collins] and the gang are fellow teachers too the way we all work together.”
At the end of the month, McCarthy’s paintings were replaced with that of Westborough resident Liz McDonald and Worcester physician Dr. Sapna Savant, whose work will be on exhibit throughout January. Both are accomplished watercolor artists, and like the others in the Clinton group, hold down full-time jobs when they’re not painting. On the morning they were preparing to hang their work on the walls at Clark’s Café, both women said they hope the exhibit not only brings an opportunity for others to enjoy art, but to be inspired to find a place for it in their own lives.
“It’s really exciting to see my work here,” said McDonald. “You put your heart and soul into creating something. … Maybe people will come in for a cup of coffee, see our art and develop their own interest in art. Everybody needs to create something whether they know it or not.”
For more information on visiting or exhibiting at the Arts on Rotation Gallery, contact Sheryll Collins at 978-549-5822. Patty Angevine can be reached at patty5133@yahoo.com.
Used by permission of Patty Angevine, Mothertown
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A selction of watercolor and colored pencil paintings by Dr. Sapna Savant and Liz McDonald are on display at Clark's Cafe, Clinton MA, for the month of January, 2007. Both Sapna and Liz are accomplished artists. Their work is full of color and some of the paintings are of unusual
subjects, beautifully painted. The artists' reception was held on January 12, 2007 and was well attended.
"Sunset", by Liz McDonald (sold during exhibit)
"Mask", by Dr. Sapna Savant
If you haven't seen the exhibit yet, we hope you'll stop by.
An artists reception for Dr. Sapna Savant and Liz McDonald will be held on Friday, January 12, 2007, from 7 to 9 PM at Clark's Cafe, 310 High Street, Clinton, MA. Clark's is located in Clinton center at the corner of High Street and Water Street behind the new post office. Admission to the reception (not the cafe) is free to the public.
The Art on Rotation Gallery features a new local artist every month at Clark's Cafe at 310 High Street, Clinton, MA.
You may purchase artwork at Clark’s Cafe, contact the artist for commissioned work or contact Sheryll Collins, Gallery Coordinator, at artrotationgallery@gmail.com. Either cash or credit is accepted.
Artists interested in exhibiting may contact Sheryll Collins, Gallery Coordinator, at artrotationgallery@gmail.com
Artists scheduled at Clark's Cafe for 2007:
| January |
Dr. Sapna Savant and Elizabeth McDonald |
| February |
Peter Lance |
| March |
Gloria Dube |
| April |
Sid Solomon |
| May |
Sharon Carloni |
| June |
Ara Hagopian |
| July |
Stephen Collins |
| August |
Sheryll Collins |
| September |
Rosemary Morrison |
| October |
Diane Lebel |
| November |
Louise Arnold |
| December |
All Artists Show |
We are currently booking artists for 2008 and beyond.
There are a few factual errors, but overall, it's a great story.
Clinton artist teams up with café to launch gallery
By Karen Nugent TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
CLINTON- A regular customer at Clark's Café, Sheryll A. Collins eventually became friendly with owners Al and Ann Clark. She also became a little weary of looking at the mediocre artwork on the restaurant's walls, which Mr. Clark had bought from an out-of-town company. Knowing that Mrs. Collins, a nurse, was an artist, Mr. Clark suggested she bring in some of her own work to perk up those walls. She agreed, and has now enlarged upon his idea, creating the "Art on Rotation Gallery," which has its debut this month. The gallery, in the restaurant at 310 High St., will showcase a different local artist each month, starting with W. Eugene McCarthy, a retired College of the Holy Cross professor whom she met at the Worcester Art Museum.
His paintings, for sale at the restaurant, include scenes of Sterling, plus some from his travels to Maine, New Mexico and Croatia. His framed paintings are priced from $50 to about $300, and some prints are available."It's an opportunity for us to get recognition for local artists. I try to keep the costs low, and it hopefully will bring more customers into the restaurant," said Mrs. Collins, a mother of five and grandmother of five - with another on the way.
She already has artists booked for all of next year, including an all-artist show next December, in time for the holidays.
When paintings are sold, Mrs. Collins and the Clarks get 10 percent of the price, with Mrs. Collins getting 9 percent.
"I'm not making any money on this, believe me," she said with a chuckle. "It's a labor of love, and I'm doing it to promote the fellowship of artists.""I said to myself, 'If you don't go for it, and push it, nothing happens.' It's this entrepreneurial thing in me," Mrs. Collins said. "Al (Clark) thought it was an awesome idea, and I just wanted to go for it."
Next month will feature the works of Elizabeth McDonald of Shrewsbury, and Dr. Sapna Savant, a physician for the Fallon Clinic in Worcester. The restaurant, in the lower terrace near the post office, has room for dozens of paintings.
Kat O'Connor, a Worcester-based art teacher with whom she became friends, teaches at Mrs. Collins's home. Mrs. Collins comes from a family of artists. She and her twin sister, Sharon Carloni, have been painting seriously since they were in the third grade."Our teacher told my mother to get us private lessons right away," she said. Now, she is joined in her passion by her husband, Stephen D. Collins, who works for IBM, plus three of her daughters."So it's an art family," she said.
A reception for Mr. McCarthy took place at the restaurant last Friday, -and a reception is scheduled each month for featured artists. On Jan. 5, a reception for Ms. McDonald and Dr. Savant is scheduled at Clark's.
"Lots of artists lack self-esteem. I want to get them out and show their work," Mrs. Collins said. "Their work is a gift, and it needs to be shown. And besides, we need something like this out here."Mr. Clark said he also was getting tired of hanging art from a company that more-or-less mass produces paintings, although he said they were hand-painted. He said some of them sold, but they were a lot smaller than the local artists' paintings, and definitely not as well done.
"I just put them up to decorate the walls, but then I thought of Sheryll's art, and thought it was a great idea. The quality is much better."
"This is unique," he said, gesturing to the paintings on the restaurant walls. "It's local artists, and some of the scenes are around here. People might recognize a spot they know and relate to it. I think it will work, and if anything, it gives artists more visibility."
He joins a growing number of artist-business owner partnerships that have sprung up in Worcester County and elsewhere. From a law office in Gardner to Emerson Hospital in Concord to coffee shops in Worcester and a townwide event in Uxbridge, artists are circumventing expensive and hard-to-penetrate galleries. The Uxbridge project has evolved to nearly 300 artists having their work shown in businesses all over town.Mrs. Collins said she is always looking to showcase additional artists.
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The article by Karen Nugent of the Worcester Telegram has some errors in it.
Here are the corrections;
1. B. Eugene McCarthy not W. Eugene McCarthy
2. The gallery at Clark's was my idea not Mr. Clark's.
3. Mr.Clark's percentage of sales is 1%, the gallery percentage is 14%, for a total of 15% per painting sold. Other venues percentage of sales assessed at the sale of a painting will be slightly higher for the Art on Rotation Gallery.
Coffee and canvases on view at Clark's
By John Weeks
ITEM STAFF
CLINTON— Sheryll Collins is taking art back for the people.
No longer will art be monopolized by elitist art galleries, she said. Collins has arranged for local artists to display their work in Clark's Café at 310 High St. in Terrance Plaza, Clinton.
"I want people to be able to look at art while they are having a cup of coffee," she said. "Art used to be part of our society. It was part of everyday life. I want to bring that back."
The Art on Rotation Gallery was launched last week. Each month the paintings of a local artist will be displayed on the walls of the café. Patrons of the café will be able to enjoy them and even purchase them. The work of Eugene McCarthy from Worcester is currently showing.
"We had a great reception for him," Collins said. "We had over 25 people show up. It was very successful."
Collins said she has already booked artists to show throughout 2007 and into January 2008.
"I'm trying to book two years ahead," she said. "I'm really trying to create a buzz here. I want artists to get out there and learn what it's like to display."
Collins said a traditional gallery may charge an artist up to 60 percent of his or her art sales and a base fee, even if nothing gets sold.
"I am only taking 14 percent," she said. "And none of that is profit. I am just covering my costs. Al and Ann Clark will only take 1 percent. And that is only if they sell something."
Collins has quickly turned Clark's into a hub of artist activity. For local artists it is becoming the place to get breakfast or just swing by for a coffee.
"It is healthy for a society to have the arts," said Liz McDonald of Shrewsbury, who will be showing her work in February. "I never had art growing up. I always appreciated nice art. I visited art galleries. One day I just went to the Worcester Art Museum and signed up for classes."
"Painting is something for me to do in addition to being a stay at home mom," said Janet Ware-Leo, of Shrewsbury, who brings her daughters Zoie, 4, and Bella, 2, to Clark's for breakfast at least once a week.
"I have always been very creative," Ware-Leo said. "My last job was as a Web designer. I left to raise my family and it's nice to still have a creative outlet."
"This is an excellent chance to show my work," said Tally Forbes of Concord.
Forbes said she shows her work in the Back Alley Café in Concord, but was really excited to get into Clark's.
"This is what art is all about," she said. "It makes if fully immersed in people's lives."
Collins' idea began one day as she was having coffee in the café.
"There were some paintings hanging up and they just weren't the best quality," she said. "I figured one of my paintings would be worthy."
Collins asked Al Clark to hang one of her paintings and he agreed. The next thing Collins knew, she was being asked to hang more of her paintings.
"People really took to my work," she said. "That's when I realized this was a great opportunity to get other artists out there. I started asking all the artists I knew if they would show."
Collins mentor and painting instructor Kat O'Connor was working out of the Worcester Art Museum. It was here that Collins met McDonald and many other artists.
"Kat is great," Collins said. "She was teaching at Worcester State College, the Worcester Art Museum and the DeCordava Museum in Lincoln. "When I found out she was leaving the Worcester Art Museum I told her she could teach out of my house in Clinton."
Thus was formed the Clinton Artist Group.
"Clinton is a very beautiful place," said Collins, who moved to town to escape the hustle of the city. "It's a haven for artists. The Clinton Artist Group is really fun. We go to art galleries together. We take classes together. We spent a week or art up at Arcadia National Park."
Collins hopes she can get the town's youth more involved in art and is already planning an art show to display the work of seniors at Clinton High School.
"Art is great for children and young people," she said. "They do better in school when they have art. It saddens me that many schools have had to cut art programs. I want to get kids back doing art."
McDonald said art was a good way to keep youths "off the corners" and "out of trouble."
Collins said art builds self-esteem for children because they are making something with their own hands.
"It also builds self-esteem for adults," she said. "A lot of artists who are very talented have a very negative view of their work. The Art on Rotation Gallery is there to help them get over that. They have to get out there and show their work."
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