Collages and Watercolors. Sept exhibit

In September the Gourgaud Gallery, located at Cranbury Town Hall, 23-A N. Main Street in Cranbury, N.J. will be hosting a free exhibit by Workshop Artists:

“Collages & Watercolor”

Art from the Winter Workshop Series

Reception Sunday, September 7  1-3 PM

Exhibit from September 7-28, 2014

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

First, Third and Last Sunday 1-3 PM

The Winter Workshops at the Gourgaud Gallery sponsored by the Cranbury Arts Council has given local artists the opportunity to remain painting 12 months of the year. CAC has hosted Art in the Park sessions all around the area for the spring/summer months for plein air painting. The focus this year has been, “Giving up Control for Art’s Sake” in watercolor and “Collage Experiment with Texture and Mono Print Techniques”.

The Cranbury Arts Council employs working artists to facilitate these workshops. We celebrate the work done at the workshops with a gallery showing. Work can be submitted from workshop participants that are reviewed and possibly juried, based on the response. We also try to hang a piece from each of our artists and instructors.

The Winter Workshop gallery show will have a reception on Sunday, September 7 from 1-3 PM and we hope many can come to see these artistic efforts at the Gourgaud Gallery where ART happens.

The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment.

You can meet the exhibiting Artists at the reception on September 7 from 1-3 PM. Refreshments are served at the Artist Reception.tercolor”

Art from the Winter Workshop Series

Reception Sunday, September 7  1-3 PM

Exhibit from September 7-28, 2014

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

First, Third and Last Sunday 1-3 PM

The Winter Workshops at the Gourgaud Gallery sponsored by the Cranbury Arts Council has given local artists the opportunity to remain painting 12 months of the year. CAC has hosted Art in the Park sessions all around the area for the spring/summer months for plein air painting. The focus this year has been, “Giving up Control for Art’s Sake” in watercolor and “Collage Experiment with Texture and Mono Print Techniques”.

The Cranbury Arts Council employs working artists to facilitate these workshops. We celebrate the work done at the workshops with a gallery showing. Work can be submitted from workshop participants that are reviewed and possibly juried, based on the response. We also try to hang a piece from each of our artists and instructors.

The Winter Workshop gallery show will have a reception on Sunday, September 7 from 1-3 PM and we hope many can come to see these artistic efforts at the Gourgaud Gallery where ART happens.

The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment.

You can meet the exhibiting Artists at the reception on September 7 from 1-3 PM. Refreshments are served at the Artist Reception.

“Line, Lights, Color, Space” – Art by Tatiana Rodionova Reception Sunday, August 3 1-3 PM

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“Line, Lights, Color, Space” – Art by Tatiana Rodionova

Reception Sunday, August 3  1-3 PM

Exhibit from August 3-31, 2014

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

First, Third and Last Sunday 1-3 PM

“My name is Tatiana Rodionova. I was born in Russia. My native city is St. Petersburg. It is a place where moods are complemented by shapes of the city. The city is chilly like a sudden blow of the northern wind, it is elegant like a true gentleman, and is overflowing with an inner calmness like a rock. This unique, elegant, and original city will forever have my heart. Architecture became my profession and art - my calling.

In the summer of 1998 I moved to Syracuse, NY and later to East Brunswick, NJ. While living in the United States I devoted my time to further my artistic development. I became a member of the Suburban Artists Guild and started participating in various art exhibits around the NY/NJ metro area. Currently I am able to devote my attention to transferring my artistic vision to various mediums and sharing them with the world. It is the hobby of my life for the last 25 years.”

“I mostly like to paint flowers in acrylic, watercolor or ink. I consider the black graphics my trademark style. The pen and ink technique is what gives the lines an unusually unique and fine form. On one side the black and white combination enables you to see the very essence of the object, on the other side it enables you to imagine any color possible while being the simplest of color combinations.”

The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. See www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

Abstract Art by Tatiana Sougakova

Town Hall, 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury, NJ:

Fabric of Life – Abstract Art by Tatiana L. Sougakova

Reception Sunday, July 6  1-3 PM

Exhibit from July 6 - July 27, 2014

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

First, Third and Last Sunday 1-3 PM

According to Tatiana Sougakova :” I do not paint images I paint energy. Colors and patterns are my ways of preserving the energy I sense while painting and of transmitting it through art to the viewers. I often paint while listening to classical music, so the brushstrokes assume the rhythm and flow of the music, they happen fast and very naturally. I almost never know what I am going to paint when I am in front of a blank canvas. The process is a bit magical like a discovery or an exploration.”

Tatiana L. Sougakova – classically trained abstract expressionist explores "fabric of life" - how the smallest and the largest things around us intertwine in the visible and invisible worlds in the endless mechanism of creation and change. The art is greatly inspired by scientific discoveries and imagery. In essence, the artist is giving impression of invisible forces, energies and laws of nature and universe all combined and intertwined on the same canvas.

Some of the paintings in this exhibit are Flippables, they could be viewed any side up. The artist is exploring whether it is possible to create art object that would be very serious and ambitious during the creative process, but playful and joyful at the same time during the viewing (if the viewer does not want to read too deeply into it). This type of art would provide versatility in placement, and would look great in the personal space, remaining a serious work of art at the same time.

Tatiana L. Sougakova, artist currently residing in Plainsboro NJ, was born in Russia, where she lived through young adulthood. After graduating from Restoration Arts College in St. Petersburg, Russia, with a degree in fresco-secco painting Tatiana studied at the University of St. Petersburg, where she received an MA in Slavic languages with a minor in Czech language. After moving to US in the early 90s Tatiana worked as a Language services director for a small Finnish company. She started painting again, when she moved to Plainsboro in 2000. Tatiana has been exhibiting since 2007. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and alternative spaces. The latest selected group exhibits include: InLiquid benefit show (Philadelphia, 2014), Gallery U (Westfield, NJ, 2014), Hamilton Street Gallery (Boone, NJ, 2014), Dragon Project for Tohoku Japan (Paris school of design, Paris, France, 2013). She has been a highlighted artist of Artwalk in Washington township, NJ in the summer of 2013, and had a solo show at Plainsboro library. The owners of her art come from different walks of life, among them are: construction company owner, scientist, clergyman, musicians and professional dancers.

Right now Tatiana is painting a life size ox sculpture for Hopewell stampede, the design has been sponsored by Betty World Johnson.

For more information please see  www.sougakova.com

The colorful artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. See www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

See Facebook: Gourgaud Gallery page for photos and more information 

Art In The Park Schedule

Art in the Park 2014

Sundays from noon to 4 pm

CHECK PARK & PRESERVE WEBSITES FOR DIRECTIONS

May 18

55 S. Main St., Cranbury

Lovely wooded property with winding trails full of visual interest & spring color

June 22

Village Park, Maplewood Ave., Cranbury

Beautiful  park on Brainerd Lake with gazebo, bridge and water views

July 13

The Parsonage Barn, 3 Cranbury Neck Rd., Cranbury

1741 Historic Barn with antique farm implements housed within

August 10

Lenape Trail, George Davison Rd., Plainsboro

Lovely 2 mile park with trail running along Plainsboro Pond

September 21

Plainsboro Preserve, Scotts Corner Rd., Plainsboro

1000 acre nature preserve with wooded paths and water views

October 19

177 Plainsboro Rd., Cranbury

Fantastic farm property with rugged outbuildings and sweeping field vistas

Everything Great in the Garden State. June exhibit 2014

“Everything Great in the Garden State”

Work by Watercolorists Unlimited

Reception Sunday, June 1 from 1-3 PM

Exhibit from June 1-29

Hours: Mon - Fri 9 AM - 4 PM

First, Third and Last Sunday 1-3 PM 

 

Each month the group of artists has been meeting, for more than 25 years, to critique their paintings on a new subject. The eighteen artists show their work throughout New Jersey and annually at the Gourgaud Gallery.

For this exhibit the visitors will enjoy each artists painting of “Everything Great in the Garden State”. Artists will be available to share and discuss their work with the visitors at the receptionon Sunday, June 1 from 1-3 PM at the Gourgaud Gallery, located in Town Hall, 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury, New Jersey. There will be light refreshments. 

The beautiful artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. See www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

See Facebook: Gourgaud Gallery for details

The Four Seasons Cranbury Art Group. May 2014

Four Seasons at Cranbury Art Group

Varied Work

Reception Sunday, May 4^th  from 1-3 PM

Exhibit from May 4-25

Hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

First, Third and Last Sunday 1-3 PM

The Four Seasons at Cranbury Art Group has been meeting twice monthly for 8 years in the Four Seasons Center in Cranbury NJ. The watercolor classes are taught by a local artist, Russ Johnson, who demonstrates a new subject for each class and allows time for the group to paint and participate in a group critique at the conclusion of class.

The work on exhibit will share a variety of subject and technique using watercolors by the artists who are currently participating in the class.

The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. For additional information see www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

See Facebook:Gourgaud Gallery for more information am

Nod pictures from the exhibit.

Paul Norris-April Exhibit

Paul Norris – Passions and Appetites

Reception Sunday, April 6 1-3 PM

Exhibit from April 6-27

Hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

First, Second and Last Sunday 1-3 PM

Paul was born and raised in the Midwest and moved to New Jersey 14 years ago. His show is titled Passions and Appetites because he believes we are all given different appetites. Things we like, subjects we are moved by. By tapping into these and experiencing them and the different flavors, we are shaped into who we are. When we are flavored by these, we then open ourselves to using these to pursue our passions. He paints his appetites, what he finds beautiful and tasteful to his palette, many colors, many flavors, and many tastes.

He uses this talent to encourage others to find what their appetites are. He is also a poet with a way of painting the verbal picture journey. He resides in Trenton, N.J. where he is heavily involved with the non-profit agency Men for H.O.P.E. A ¼ of all profits of sales will go to this organization. The artistnotes: “Our appetites are what God gives us. Our Passions are what we give back to God.”