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Artist of the Month
Every month or so The Beanery Bistro features a new artist or two. Stop in often to view their work.
Now showing the work of Cathy Doucy.
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Catherine Doocy Drake Art On Display At The Beanery
Artist Statement
I invent landscapes from memory; subconscious visions that materialize on paper or canvas. A few brushstrokes, stains of color or smudges of charcoal can conjure up a field, a cloud, a day. Creating the Illusion of movement is an important part of my work
I use the vernacular of landscapes painting as a method for exploring composition and color; attempting to evoke the feeling of the landscape rather than documenting the landscape's actual forms. I marvel at how easily a line can transform itself into a tree, a simple stain of blue beocmes a sky, and wind is inferred with the gesture of a brush.
Biographical Information
Native of South Winsdor, Ct. Resident of Windsor, Ct.
B.A. University of New Hampshire 1976
M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University 1991
Studio: The Mill at Teriffville, Simsbury, Ct. (860) 841-5057.
Now hanging at the Beanery:
Duet - Oil
Meanderings - Oil
Day 6 - Oil diptych
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Steven Glad
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Steve Glad, 50, has a long standing interest in photography that began when he was a child. Those childhood interests led him to be a staff photographer for four years while in college at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
His interest continued to develop in his young adult years. Shortly after his marriage he began wedding photography. While refining that skill, he continued to capture historic landmarks and nature while traveling in the United States and Europe.
Though wedding photography continues to be his primary emphasis, Steve utilizes his photographic skills in other areas as well. He has been a photographer for Special Olympics Connecticut for several years. Photos have been published in several Special Olympics Connecticut publications. In 2004 he submitted several photographs to the National Park Service as part of their annual photo contest. Most were considered finalists in the contest.
Steve is employed at StPaulTravelers in Hartford. He volunteers with Special Olympics as the coach of the West Hartford Alpine skiing team and Bloomfield Unified Bowling; has been a long time member of the board of WILA and is a volunteer ski coach at the White Mountain Adaptive Ski School at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH.
Steve resides in Windsor with his wife Sara and children; Jennifer and Matthew.
Steve Glad Photography
Phone: 860-683-2783
Email: sglad00@hotmail.com
click here to view Steve's work
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Susan Tait Pocaro
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Artist Susan Tait Porcaro At The Beanery Bistro!
Stop by the Beanery Bistro and check out the art work by local artist Susan Tait Porcaro! They are so life like they look like photographs. Take a closer look...they are colored pencil illustrations!
About the artist. Susan was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She started drawing once she could hold a crayon, and developing an interest in fashion illustration and portraiture in high school using colored pencil and chalk pastels. During this time Susan lived abroad in England for three years, returning to attend Chamberlayne Junior College in Boston to earn an Associates Degree in Illustration, and a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Illustration from the University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts. With her extensive experience, Susan became an on-staff illustrator for an advertising agency in Andover, Massachusetts before moving to Connecticut. There, she worked for nearly 6 years in the advertising department in a major Connecticut department store. After that, she was employed as a full time illustrator in a Massachusetts publishing company until 2000. It was at this time, she decided to pursue her goal of illustration, portraitures, and still life's full time. One of her first projects was illustrating a series of children's books for the Huckleberry Press, while continuing to illustrate on a freelance basis for many other firms. Over the years, Susan has exhibited her work in numerous local and national art shows. Currently, she is a member of the local art community, and organizations. Susan is also a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, and continues to exhibit on a regular basis. She lives happily in Connecticut with her husband and three boys.
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John Waiveris
A dozen or more of John Waiveris' photographs are on display at the Beanery Bistro. The photo above shows a sampling of his work.
John's most recent exhibition was at The Outsiders Art Gallery in Cornwall Bridge CT.
Prints are available, please contact John Waiveris
See more of John's work
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Wendy West
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Wendy West has been working, teaching and exhibiting in the Greater Hartford area for over twenty years, including twelve years in the Art Department of the Hartford Public Schools. She works mainly in oil and collage, exploring a wide range of subject matter, including landscapes, still life, and autobiographical and political themes. Her style combines traditional representational approaches with abstraction and layering of shape and color, to lend a sense of depth and the passage of time to two-dimensional works. Through her artwork, Wendy attempts to communicate visual sensations, memory, and emotion as a way of sharing within the frame of a picture a vision of the way she experiences life.
Work on display includes the following, which are available for sale:
Coffee & Conversation $150
Mixed media collage (tissue, paper, pastel, colored pencil on watercolor paper)
The Colors of Conversation $125
Mixed media collage (tissue, paper, pastel, colored pencil on watercolor paper)
In the Garden, June $250
Oil on canvas
Tomatoes Coming In $250
Oil on canvas
August Ripe $250
Oil on canvas
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