On display March 14 - April 27, 2025 Open to the public Friday - Sundays, 12-5 pm Reception: Saturday, March 22nd, 3 - 5 pm WRCA CELEBRATES SURREALISM in a Collaboration with the Seligmann Center Swiss Surrealist painter Kurt Seligmann was a world traveler, who spent his final years in Sugar Loaf NY, where … Continue reading Between Realms: The Visionary Etchings of Kurt Seligmann
Mark Hopkins is a regional artist whose style has strong similarities to surrealism, most notably Salvador Dalí. His work deals with some of the same issues the original surrealists grappled with - the alienation of modernism, the irrationality of war, and the study of human psychology. Like the surrealists, Hopkins engages spontaneous, creative processes to … Continue reading Hopkinesque by Mark Hopkins: Art That Thinks
Saturday, April 26, 2025 6 - 9 pm UAP + Polich Tallix 453 NY-17K, Rock Tavern, NY 12575 Join us for an evening of Art, Food & Music to support Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA). Enjoy an immersive experience at a famous, creative cornerstone of our community, UAP + Polich Tallix. The … Continue reading The PARTY: Celestial Celebration
Juror Marlene Lipinski's thoughts: "I was impressed by the works and could have selected many more for this show. A wide variety of media was in the art work and I tried to reflect that in my choices. The forest experience can be wide and varied. I enjoyed that many aspects of the forest were … Continue reading Forest | Group Exhibit, Juried by Marlene Lipinski
I am a nature painter, but contrary to the tradition I am not interested in portraying nature from a distance in grand panoramas and glorious vistas. My interest is in the intimate connections we have with nature, the ones we feel when we get up close. The painting, The Burr Oak: Spring, as many of … Continue reading Marlene Lipinski: Look to the Woods
I am an artist who is most commonly known for my paintings of trees. I have developed this style over the years through observation and a conscious effort to find the abstract in nature. The landscape has been a source of inspiration, but I often attempt to reveal a deeper dynamic. Trees have emerged as … Continue reading Chris Gonyea: Trees, Abstract in Nature