Paintings, Prints, Etc.

Liese Bronfenbrenner has created unique pieces of fabric art for forty years, enhancing her fiber art skills with workshops at Quilting by the Lake, Arrowmount, Penland, as well as consultation with fiber artists all over the world. Her work, consisting of wall hangings, small quilts, soft sculptures, and artists' books have been exhibited at national exhibits such as Stitchery International '81-Pittburgh, Needle Expressions 88'- Bloomington, Aullwood Audobon Center-Dayton, as well at galleries and juried craft and quilt shows in New York State.

"Sand Dollar Bankers" is one of Liese Bronfrenbrenners three demensional creations, part of the Dreamboat Series. The "boats" are, with some exceptions, made from Cayuga Lake driftwood. The sails are usually jet printed silk. Human figures and animals are made with fabric, wire and decorative notions. The series, besides Dreamboats includes the "Grim-Grimms" pieces depicting grim and somber fairytale pieces as well as current issues related structures such as "The Unwanted" or "Nimby." These are not manipulative toys for children.

Plants are fascinating. During winter forays Susan has had many opportunities to look for dried flowers and seed pods. Life appears to be on hold. Spring and summer flowers offer a new challenge, never static as they progress from bud to flower to fruit to seed pod.

Susan uses Helicon Focus, a program which extends the depth of field. Each photograph is a combination of several pictures with different focal points, which the software combines. Her camera is a Canon Rebel XT with a 60mm macro lens. Note: Corrections and suggestions for plants to photograph are most welcome: SCL8@Cornell.edu

"In my paintings I try to capture everything about a moment in time: the light, the feeling, the sense of space, the action, the stillness. My paintings are colorful and I presently work in oil, although I have also used acrylic as well. My work is representational, yet I don't strive for photo-realism. In all of my paintings, whether they are still life, portraits, landscapes or cityscapes, I try to connect with the subject, so that by the time I am finished I feel like I have inhabited the scene. And I hope the viewer does as well." www.ileenkaplan.com

Corinne is a textile and photographic artist in Ithaca, NY who creates whimsical multi-media art for home and body. She loves reused, recycled and repurposed materials. Much of her work uses unique textiles and high-heel shoe bling and has a sculptural feel. Her focus is often on elements of design found serendipitously in nature, engineering, and architecture.

Corinne's work has been shown at various cafes, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, galleries, fairs, festivals, markets, shops, and fundraisers in the Central New York area since 2001. Most recently she has been associated with Spirit and Kitsch and The Kitschen Sink.

Time outdoors, travel and archaeology influence and inspire me. I often exhibit in and curate thematic, multimedia or feminist shows. My goal as an artist/teacher is to enhance the skills, creativity and invention that expand every area of our lives. www.rebeccagodin.com

"I'm a printmaker at heart. I'm in love with the rhythm of repetition and the surprise in the process of making. Mixed media offers me the freedom to choose whatever mark-making, media, papers and techniques will bring the image to life. I find layers of meaning in layers of media."

Rachel Philipson is an award-winning freelance photographer and graphic designer. Her studio is in her home, in Ithaca, NY, where she lives with her husband, 2 beagles and 2 cats. Born and raised in Ithaca, she earned her BFA in Photography at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA in 1994.

Rachel offers photography for weddings and special events, portraits (people and pet), real estate and commercial products, and corporate exhibitions. She is currently the staff photographer for the Ithaca Times.

Helen Bigsby has been an artist and art teacher in Ithaca for twenty years. She has taught at Ithaca High School for the past 14 years. Recently, she has been working on a series, "Girls with Attitude" portraying female students as the subject matter for her work. This donated painting is one of the beginning studies from this sequence.

Eric Serritella is a full time, nationally exhibiting artist specializing in ceramic trompe l'oeil sculptures of birch trees and weathered logs. He also enjoys photography as a creative hobby.

The artist has described the intense excitement one can experience while watching powerful waves of the brilliant blue Adriatic Sea rising and breaking along the coast.

Dora Donovan is an award winning artist who has exhibited widely since 1967 in Ithaca and Upsate New York Museums including the Everson, Syracuse, Memorial Art gallery, Rochester, Roberson, Binghamton, Arnot, and Elmira. Her work is also in public and private collections throughout the United States.

Dede balances a commercial photography business with the creation of personal photography projects. She is a member of the Greater Ithaca Art Trail and can be found on the art trail website.

www.arttrail.com/artists/HATCH.html

Michael Gillan Maxwell is a professional educator and artist, whose primary disciplines at the moment are digital photography and writing.

"I have been working with clay for over 30 years and I have come to the point where I realize I am creating the characters for a story. I love my part in all of this and delight in the stories my customers offer as they encounter the ones that make them smile the most." -Mary Ann Bowman

"On one hand I am an artist who concentrates in three areas. 1) I create digitally scanned collages of flowers with emphasis on abstract composition and bright colors. 2) I create abstract compositions entirely on the computer using Adobe Photoshop with emphasis on composition and exciting textures. 3) Recently I have started to make landscapes photographs, mostly local, following in the tradition of grand landscape painting and photography."

"At the same time I have a fine art printing business making fine art prints of paintings, drawings and photographs for artists both locally and throughout the US, and also for other clients who are not professionals but just love fine arts prints of their art and photography." -Stan Bowman

Treacy Ziegler is a painter and printmaker who createsimages of landscape, still lifes, and birds. She isrepresented by the Odon Wagner Gallery in Toronto,Chase Gallery in Boston, F.A.N. Gallery in Philadelphia, Principle Gallery in Alexandria, VA, andthe West End Gallery In Corning. Currently she has asolo exhibition of her paintings of birds at ChaseGallery.

"I was raised outside of New York City and spent over 20 years in and around the publishing industry. I moved to Ithaca almost nine years ago and found inspiration in the steam rising from Lucifer Falls and the blazing sunsets seen from Town Line Road. I consider myself extremely fortunate, with three children, one grandchild, an equal partner who is my most insightful fan, and a room to call my own."

Enjoy some of Roberta's art at her website www.rdixonart.com

Emily is an Ithaca resident who studied plant biology and now works in a chemistry lab. She dabbles in art in her free time as well as running through the woods with her dog. Emily had a recent art show in the alley at Felicias Atomic Lounge.

Linda Andrei is a self-taught, emerging local multimedia artist with a focus on oil painting.

"I have always been fascinated by patterns and symmetries, particularly the mandala. There is something about the mandala form that draws the eye to its inherit beauty while centering and focusing the mind. As an avid gardener, I love the natural forms of flowers and foliage. In them I see the beauty of patterns and symmetries as well." -Daniel McPheeters

Gwen Curtis is a photographer/artist.

High Fired Clay in Oxidation

Lola Schissel has been a local potter for the past five years. You can find her items for sale around town at the Ludgates, Oasis, Eddydate, and several more locations. You can reach her and see her artwork at the Trumansburg Farmers Market and website: www.lolalovepottery.com

Jill Hoffman is an Ithaca-based illustrator and mixed media artist.

Jill Hoffman is an Ithaca based illustrator and mixed media artist.

Raku effect and incised designs

Artist signature seal on hem of robe

Sculpted By Hock Wee, Ontario, Canada