Richard Stalter October 25, 2015

Richard Stalter

http://richardstalter.com/ Richard was born in Dayton, Ohio on April 27th 1934. He developed an interest in art at a very early age, gaining recognition for his work in both grade school and high school. He kept his interest in art alive in his college years at Ohio State University and after he graduated. He mistakenly thought that advertising was the only practical way to utilize his artistic interests to make a living. In 1958, during a six month stay in New York City, he met and befriended a master impressionist artist, Bernard Lennon. In l964, Richard quit his job in advertising and moved to Gaylordsville, Ct to study with Mr. Lennon and began his career as a professional artist. That year also marked the beginning of his participation in the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit (New York City) and the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival (Mystic, Ct). Throughout the years, he won many prizes in both shows including First Prize in Oils four times in the Mystic exhibition and Special Landscape Award at the Washington Square show. During those years he also participated in other group shows in the Northeast winning prizes several times in Newport, RI and once in Atlantic City, NJ. Mr. Stalter paints his subjects on location finding inspiration from scenes throughout the Litchfield Hills and nearby New York State, within easy reach of his Gaylordsville home. He paints all four seasons at these locations and adds figures and still life painting done from life to his body of work. From the 1960's through the 1980's, he traveled yearly to Provincetown and Wellfleet on Cape Cod to capture the seaside light and subjects and visited there in 2007 to paint. Beginning in the 80's, he sought out the boat and water subjects on Mystic and Stonington, Ct. He still paints there two or three times a year. One of his lifelong ambitions was to preserve the best of contemporary impressionist works of art in a museum which he spent five years (1994-1999) helping in the unsuccessful attempt to raise sufficent funds to establish it in New Milford, Ct.

Christina Achorn March 29 through May 10, 2015

Christina’s work primarily consists of charcoal drawings which employ figures and settings derived from her own invention. She learned traditional applications of fine arts and human anatomy while attaining her Bachelors of Fine Arts at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Upon her arrival at the Lyme Academy in 2010, as a Drawing major, she was awarded the Chandler Scholarship and the CICS Independent College Scholarship for the merit of her portfolio. The exhibit will be on view during regular library hours .http://www.christinaachorn.com/white/

Lacee Yurtoglu

February 15 to March 29, 2015

I am a self taught multi media artist specializing in water color and ink works. I also enjoy illustration and look forward to exploring it more in the future. I have been hiding "Lacee Art" illustrations in the downtown New Milford businesses for several years. These completely free, positive illustrations invite the participant to my social media pages to come along my journey exploring self expression. Some of these "Lacee Art"s also are redeemable for free commission work. I genuinely enjoy doing commissions because they challenge me. As much as I love to create art for me I love receiving direction as well. I'm open to commissions at the moment and would love to work on new projects. I have been on a mission these past few years to celebrate life. My recent works have been a reflection of that. I have been in the mist of a expressive color study. I've been focusing in on line work as well. I find line work to be the most fulfilling part of any piece. You can fallow my creative path on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/LaceeArt or on Instagram @LaceeSmiles or also by using the hashtag #LaceeArt .