Exhibitions at Locust Grove

Call for Artwork:
2013 Solo Show Exhibition Opportunities

Application Deadline:  Monday, April 2, 2012

Click HERE for prospectus.

Locust Grove was the nineteenth-century country estate of Samuel Morse, the artist, founder of the National Academy of Design, and the inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code.  In the twentieth century, the estate was owned by Poughkeepsie’s prominent Young family who were noted collectors of Hudson River School paintings and the founders of the museum at Locust Grove.  In honor of the estate’s history and connection to the visual arts, Locust Grove annually presents solo show exhibitions. 

Juried by a panel of art professionals by CD/ROM submissions, selected artists will be offered a solo show at the estate’s elegant Museum Pavilion.  Locust Grove encourages artists to develop new works of art for this exhibition opportunity.  In an effort to give artists time to prepare, the solo shows offered in this jury process are for the year 2013.

River, Marshes, Fields and Mountains
A Solo Exhibition of Paintings by Barbara Masterson

 On view through March 4, 2012

Barbara Masterson is a contemporary plein-air artist whose passions for life and art are seen in her colorful canvases. Painting exclusively on location with a medium that she has been using for short time- Oil bars; these are clunky chunks of color applied directly to the canvas/boards that have a new textural quality different from the brush. Barbara no longer uses brushes, only the bars, her fingers and pieces of wood to scrape the pigment.  Barbara is inspired by dramatic lighting of the landscape and the peaceful mountain farm which she lives. Painting on location heightens the emotional charge and the sensual depth in Barbara’s work.

 

In Nature
A 2-person photography exhibition by Russ & Marcia Martin

 

 

 

 

 

On view March 8 – April 22, 2012

Marcia Schulman Martin and husband, Russ Martin present their first dual exhibition as their photographs are complementary on many levels.

Marcia selected images from her “Autumn Leaves” portfolio, captured on the Vassar College campus.  Her subjects, primarily leaves and water, are transformed into miniature tranquil landscapes.  In a sense, they become like Zen Gardens.  “She’s captured the elegance of leaves floating on water, shot with such technical precision, you feel you can almost touch the water…” Elizabeth Avedon           

Russ chose selections from his “Hosta Project”, photographed on the grounds of Vassar College, and the “Dahlia Series”, photographed in the gardens at Locust Grove.  Mr. Martin endeavors to represent his subjects differently than we have seen them before. “It is the artist’s job to show the observer things he has never seen, and open his eyes to the world around him”, he said.  

 

Fields of Color
A Solo Exhibition by William Noonan
Landscape Paintings from the Hudson Valley and Central Italy

 

 

 

 

 

On view April 26 – June 10
Opening Reception: Sunday April 29, 2-5 pm

This exhibition features plein air paintings from the Hudson Valley and Central Italy. It will showcase two summer’s worth of Italian landscape paintings as well as images from closer to home.  “As a native of The Hudson Valley and an Italian-American I find myself equally at home in both landscapes,” notes the artist.  These paintings convey the vitality of temporal conditions of light.  Color is the primary objective. The expressive use of the medium often tends toward the abstract while retaining the representational references necessary to the shared experience. 

 

Birds, Beasts and Blossoms
A solo exhibition of gold and silver leaf paintings
by Shannon Troxler

 

 

 

 

On view June 14 – July 29, 2012
Artist Talk:  Friday, June 15th, 12:30 pm

Shannon Troxler was raised on the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland. Shannon is a graduate of The Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore.  Troxler’s latest body of work explores her interest and appreciation for Asian Art.  She has created a series of paintings of oil on gold and silver leaf panels.  The paintings focus on bold composition and elegant line; they are rooted in nature but take flight in whimsical imagination.  Troxler now lives in Jackson Hole Wyoming.  Her paintings have been included in many prestigious exhibits including, Arts for the Parks top 100, Governor’s Capitol Exhibit, The Salamagundi Club, and Birds in Art at the Woodson Museum.

 

Evocative Landscapes
A solo exhibition of  watercolors by Ellen Hopkins Fountain

 

 

 

 

 

On view August 2 – September 16, 2012

Mainly a landscape painter, Ellen is attracted to the shapes and color relationships of the earth, especially in the early morning or during the last hour of the day.  Her subjects are chosen based on her response to it, such as the way the light rakes across the foreground, or the way the clouds linger in the sky at the end of the day.  The landscape never fails to move her.  “In painting, I use color to evoke a sense of time and place.  Although I often use the Palisades and Hudson River as subject matter, I am more interested in expressing a mood rather than describing a particular place,” states the artist.

 

In and Out of Town  
A solo exhibition of land and cityscapes by Bruce Bundock

 

 

 

 

 

 

On view September 20 – November 4, 2012

“That I happen to be situated in a region that gave birth to America’s first landscape tradition is never far from my awareness. With the passage of time the Hudson Valley has become a blend of rural and urban elements.  In and Out of Town is essentially about places that have caught my eye for reasons both aesthetic and documentary.  My painting is a form of investigative reporting on light, form and content. 
I seek to elevate the ordinary by uncovering conditions that largely remain on the periphery of one’s attention.  Even though I mostly work alone, I have always considered an exhibit to be a shared communication, hopefully touching something in the viewer’s own life experience.” 
- Bruce Bundock, Artist Statement

 

Quiet Places
A solo exhibition of landscape photography by William Bogle

 

 

 

 

 

 

On view November 8 – January 2013

“Landscape Photography is my passion.  My images share the beauty of fall colors in the Northeast, the seasons of the Hudson Valley, and the natural beauty of our National Parks.  You can find beauty just off a major highway, such as with Locust Grove on Route 9, where you become immersed in nature down a short trail.  I look for images that capture the essence of what I see as the beauty of the place.  This can be the small details or the off the trail views of a place that the tourists and travelers never get to see.  Photography is the use of light.  The various times of day, seasons, and weather all affect the feeling the image evokes.  You can return to the same place, day after day, season after season, and find new images to take.  The interplay of texture, details and color influence my expression of the sense of place.  This approach extends beyond landscapes, as it is how I see the world, and my images reflect that interplay.  There is so much beauty in quiet areas that people pass by on the way to the much more heralded attraction.” – William F. Bogle. Jr., Artist Statement