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The Maiden, the Mother, the Crone

The Triple Goddess in Marble and Clay

Join Eileen Bernstein to enjoy and discuss her work on October 8th from 1-3 pm at Domesticities in Youngsville. 

Who is the Triple Goddess? She represents all aspects of the female life.  She is the virgin maiden at the beginning of life.  She is the mother, full of strength and power. She is the crone who has learned life’s secrets and lights the way for others.

Eileen Bernstein interprets the Triple Goddess in clay and stone.  She has found an innate connection with these materials which is inspired by the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf to 20th Century modern sculpture.  She hopes that her work imbues both childlike spontaneity and homage to ancient work.

Eileen has been dabbling in clay for over a decade. Her functional pieces led her to create more sculptural forms, primarily hand built female forms.  Many of her clay pieces are fired using alternative firing methods such as wood, soda, and salt.  This past year she had the opportunity to sculpt marble for the first time in Italy.  She is thrilled to present her three marble sculptures as well as her ceramic sculptures.

The show will be on display from September 29th through October 27th.

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Zane Grey Plein Air at the garden

JOIN US for an early summer morning to sketch or paint at The Cutting Garden in Youngsville, NY. Enjoy a few hours spent in a cultivated cutting garden during midsummer’s bounty of blooms. Before heading home, you’ll have the option to pick a “Bouquet-to-Go” from the garden.

DATES: Monday, August 14, and Monday, August 21, 10 AM to 12:30 PM EDT

GENERAL ADMISSION: $10, 2.5 hours (uninstructed), or

WORKSHOP: $20 (2 hours) 10:30 – 12:30
“Outdoor Still Life” in the “Russian Impressionist Tradition
Will assemble various items –, flowers, fruits, the platter on a table
If you have any items for sale to contribute we’ll announce otherwise I’ll come with props

LEARN THE BASICS of plein air sketching/painting, from composition selection to materials set up and handling working in pastels, watercolor, or oil. Bring your supplies and we’ll help you get on your way . . .

ABOUT BOUQUET-TO-GO:  Pick a bouquet for your home or perhaps a still life.  Purchase price based on a number of blooms, payable to The Cutting Garden.

For more information, contact: Karen Meneghin or visit our website: ZaneGreyPleinAir.com

Karen Meneghin, the founder of Zane Grey Plein Air, teaches live/online workshops and is a member of AIS (American Society of Impressionists), Lyme Art Association, and Art Students League with recent work shown at Bryan Memorial Gallery in VT and Lyme Art Association and Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.

LINK TO REGISTER:
https://bit.ly/3OMw2PB

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En Plein Air – Lessons with Helena Pittman

En Plein Air with Helena Pittman July 30th

Enjoy the outdoors and capture its beauty in this class

The Cutting Garden is pleased to host a plein air class with artist and instructor Helena Clare Pittman on July 30th, at 2 pm.  (Rain Date: July 31st) She will guide you through the steps of painting directly from nature, teaching you ways to better understand the landscape and to successfully transfer what you see to your work.  Bring the medium of your choice (watercolor, oil, pastel), brushes, a hat, a stool, and an easel.  Paper will be supplied.  The class fee is $20.00

Helena majored in Painting at Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, New York, and was awarded her Bachelors of Fine Art degree there. She took her Master of Arts at Antioch, in Painting, Writing and Education.

Helena has taught Color, Illustration and Drawing at The Parsons School of Design; Design, Drawing and Life Drawing at The State University of New York at Farmingdale; Writing and Classroom Methods at The City University of New York, Queens College School of Graduate Education; and Painting, Drawing and Illustration at The Nassau County Museum of Art. She has also taught both children and adults at the Art League of Long Island, as well as worked as an Author/Illustrator in Residence in many public and private schools.

Helena has published 17 books for children, most notably “A Grain of Rice” and “The Gift of the Willows.”

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Internal Landscapes opens June 3rd

Painter, Printmaker and Mixed-Media artist Madelon Jones will be featured in June at Domesticities in Youngsville. Inspired by nature, Madelon’s work expresses that inspiration through abstraction of form and color.  “Growing up in Brooklyn was a gift. Houses with gardens and fruit trees blooming in spring gave me my love of nature. I never wanted to reproduce what I saw, it was perfect as it was. Painting allows me to combine what I see with what I imagine using paint and cut paper to create the abstract forms of birds, fish, flowers and most of all skies and seas that reflect my personal vision. I learned my craft at UCLA receiving a BFA in art, then on to New York City, the School of Visual Arts, and printmaking at The Printmaking Workshop with Bob Blackburn as my mentor. My work has been exhibited throughout the USA, Europe, South America and the Middle East,” she said.

Join her for an opening reception on Saturday, June 3rd from 3 – 5 pm

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Mad Ads and Funny Phrases opens May 6th

We’re pleased to welcome back Barbara Winfield’s fun work!  We’re absolutely sure that Barbara has way too much fun creating these pieces, and we’re glad that she does!  
Imagery taken from 1930s and 1940s advertising is combined in witty ways and presented on an abstract background.
Join us at the opening reception on Saturday, May 6th from 3 – 5 pm.

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Helena Pittman Returns April 1st

No Foolin’

“My mother had opened an aluminum folding table in my room and closed the door. There my temperas were lined up.  I had begun drawing as a child, just never stopped. ” 

Helena Pittman returns to Domesticities for the first time in ten years with a selection of recent paintings.
The opening reception will be Saturday, April 1st at 3 pm at Domesticities, 4055 State Route 52, Youngsville. The show will stay up through the month of April.
When speaking of her work, Helena said “I knew at fourteen I’d have to give my life to painting.  I don’t remember how I got to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I most likely traveled by subway with my friend Audrey.  We both majored in Art in High School, drawing and painting every day, five days in school and all weekend.  Audrey’s father was the movie poster illustrator, Moore Kosnet.  I stood in the room of Impressionist Painters at the Met, blinded by the color and light those painting threw, and declared, “These are my people.”  It felt like coming home.  

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