As a crafts major at Virginia Commonwealth University, I worked primarily in metal and fiber. I later completed a BFA at Cornell University, concentrating on sculpture and printmaking. I went on to complete an MFA in visual arts at Rutgers University. After working in New York City as an editor in medical and pharmaceutical advertising, I relocated to Ithaca in 2015. My work has been seen and received juror recognition in group shows in the Finger Lakes and nationwide.

Residing in Ithaca, NY, Domenica manages the Petrune Gallery and is co-founder of the Cayuga Arts Collective, a non-profit for artists in the Finger Lakes Region.

Derek has taught many courses at the undergraduate and graduate college level and at the Notre Dame and Elmira College including Contemporary Art History, Metal Casting, First Year Seminar, Furniture Design and all levels of Sculpture.

Derek is an actively producing artist and designer whose work is in many public and private collections around the US including the city of New Rochelle, NY, Chattanooga, TN, Williamsburg, VA and Elmira, NY. He has also received many grants, awards and scholarships for his work. His work has been exhibited nationally and included in international publications. Chalfant has received many important commissions, including E.L. Doctorow Memorial, Mark Twain Monument, LaFrance Monument and liturgical furniture at the University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame and in the newly renovated Cowles Hall on the campus of Elmira College. He was also the recipient of the John A. Kaneb Award in 2003 (University of Notre Dame), the Josef Stein Award in 2008 and the Catherine McGraw Rock Award 2020.

His sculptural work is thought provoking as he creates a richness of meaning with the ambiguities, enigmas, multiple layers and combinations of both form and content.

Among the many uncertainties of life that I experience while navigating my growth and transition into adulthood, painting is an art form and a way of life that is a tangible mode of expression. Through painting, I can transfer the thoughts that occupy my mind onto a physical ground that an audience and I, myself, can view with my own eyes.

The essence of painting, and any creative process in general, is the moment you enter a trance and suddenly gain the ability to concentrate on creating. All distracting thoughts are cut off from the mind. It is only me, the artist, and the brush, paint, and canvas, isolated from the rest of the world. Sometimes, I’ll be so deep in the trance that I’d need to take a step back and see if my momentary creation makes sense in the context of the rest of the painting.

Painting is the most productive way that I can effectively use my overthinking–as a fuel to convert my mental exhaustion and frustration into my paintings. With how complex and layered life becomes, there is a need to process so much information and emotions at the same time. Creating art through painting is a means for me to distract myself from how busy my life can get, but it also helps me untangle and figure out new things about myself, pushing me to both reflect back and move forward.

Recently I have been painting a lot of Syracuse streets. It wasn’t until I picked up watercolor that I found the perfect way to translate what I saw—and felt—into something I could share. I’m drawn to moments most people pass by: a reflection in a puddle, a streetlamp flickering to life at dusk, the silhouette of a historic building against a purple sky. And this is what I try to depict through my art. I invite you to slow down and to see that beauty, too, in the way a city quietly breathes through every hour of the day.

Watercolor has this unpredictable honesty to it. It flows, it bleeds, it blooms and it can even be moody! With every brushstroke, I try to capture not just the skyline of Syracuse, but the spirit behind it—the hush of early mornings in downtown, the buzz of traffic on a rainy evening, the way seasons leave fingerprints on brick and pavement.

Linda graduated from Chenango Valley(‘73) and RIT( BFA ’77 & MST ‘78). She encourages everyone to make art.

He was born in 1953 and is a native of Central New York and he continues to live and work in Syracuse.

Within work I am always evolving, experimenting, and exploring ways to create a visual impact. My work is cemented in a fundamental foundation of technique, creative expression, exploration of shape and scale, and surface textures.

Stephen maintains an active profile as an artist exhibiting paintings nationally, as well as presenting research in the pedagogy of Foundation Design, Interior Architecture, and Higher Education Culture. He has presented or served as peer reviewer on a national and international level including: the Association of Architectural Educators, UK, the National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, the Foundations in Art: Theory and Education conference, the Journal of South African Institute of Architects, and the Global Undergraduate Art Awards in Architecture and Design.

In 2007 glass snagged my heart, and so I began a life dedicated to A Most Fickle Mistress. The learning curve was steep, but the options were endless, so many processes, so many beautiful colors, so much amazement and such incredible frustration…

I started out as a volunteer at a glass studio in Philadelphia, and then started managing it. Once I had a few skills, I began as an apprentice for glass artists, then a two year stint at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center where I lived and worked 24/7 as a glass assistant to fellows and the Center.

In 2013 I  combined all of this experience and started Le Puppet Regime in Philadelphia, specializing in articulated, illustrated stained glass. With my business I traveled to shows up and down the eastern seaboard with my famous blue puppet stage booth, selling art. In 2019 I oh-so-briefly opened a Brick and Mortar in Philadelphia, and when the pandemic of 2020 swept through the world, I switched entirely to an online approach. In 2022, myself and my husband artist Sam Geer decided to leave Philly and we purchased an amazing 100 year old train station in Marathon, NY where we now live and work.

His choice after college was to pursue a job as a commercial artist, he began working at a technical illustrator for an engineering company based out of  Washington D.C. and after three years there he was hired by IBM as a graphic designer. After a twenty four year career at IBM/Lockheed Martin he moved on to follow his passion to work as a fulltime fine artist.

Painting was a perfect fit for the next phase of life. A passion of the arts is in his DNA, he has successfully mastered many different paint mediums. Oil and watercolor and graphite are his preferred mediums.

Richard’s paintings are distinctly American, his deeply rooted respect for the American Tradition of Realism is expressed in his choice of subjects from the simple urban scenes to rural New England landscapes. His newer work has been influenced by the Impressionist style and his paintings are ever evolving.

When introduced to the plein air movement that was taking hold around the country it sent him in a new direction, painting more from nature than he had done in the past. The idea of working from life in the field was of real interest and being out in the open air was just a perfect way to go. Over the past twelve years he has spent most of his time working in the manner. Plein air events in the Adirondack Mountains of NY and other areas of New England and Arizona have been exciting and beneficial in terms of content and meeting other professional artists involved in the movement. Through workshops and working with other artists in the area he has gained a reputation as a respected painter and teaching in art instructor.
The power of music, nature, landscapes, art history, and a lust for beauty in all things, provides an endless supply of subjects to paint.

For more information on the artist, as well as pictures of what he has done, please go to his website, cultpublishing.com.

“We are, in part, what we leave behind.”

He graduated with honors from Ringling School of Art in 1976 and worked as an art director at an advertising agency in Binghamton, NY. During this time, encouraged by local artist Marion Simpson, Marshall exhibited his oils, acrylics, and watercolors throughout Broome County.

In 1980 he transitioned into freelance illustration; his many clients included GE and IBM. In the early eighties he created the syndicated comic strip Buford and illustrated two golf books, one for Golf Digest.

During the nineties Marshall’s editorial cartoons became a regular feature in the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and several were featured annually in Brook’s Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year. Additionally, his cartoons have been reprinted in a variety of venues including the book Chicken Soup for the Nascar Soul. During this time he was also the artist for Walnut Cove, a comic strip syndicated by King Features.

Marshall began assisting on the Blondie comic strip in December of 2002 and has been head artist for Blondie since May of 2005.

This is Marshall’s first foray into painting in nearly 40 years!

Since then she has been working professionally as a photographer, filmmaker, and in television production. Currently she is the Senior Creative Producer for WSKG Public Media (PBS affiliate station) located in Vestal, NY.

Morgan earned his Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Sciences & Policy from Northwestern University in 2014. After the passing of his father, he shifted his focus from a legal career to art and art education. He went on to graduate summa cum laude from Columbia University with a second Bachelor’s degree in visual arts, where he was also initiated into Phi Beta Kappa. During his time at Columbia, he was also a researcher and graphic designer at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and was a finalist for the 2020 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics for his writings on environmental theory and art.

Currently pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Visual Arts at Cornell University, Morgan works across mediums including painting, sculpture, collage, and mixed-media installations. His work often highlights underrepresented voices, including a project honoring Christine Jorgensen, a prominent trans figure from his hometown. His notable painting Red at Morning reflects on themes of division and gatekeeping.

The work I’ve done is like a locket carrying memories of the people closest to me. With collage I connect pen and marker drawings of subjects like Queens and motorcycles with patterned paper and written text. The collage is woven together like an old wall covered in layers of graffiti documenting the passage of time as new layers are added, old pieces fade, and the landscape evolves and changes. New thoughts and drawings overlapping and reacting to the layer underneath. These elements present visual metaphors for how I see relationships with those closest to me. The complexity and beauty inherent in the bonds we share with others – simultaneously powerful, delicate, and ever-changing.

When not working, Sean loves to travel, especially cruising. He also loves natural disaster movies and is hopeful to not see these two things combine.

Her work is characterized by a strong emphasis on drawing and working from life and nature. She employs a variety of techniques, from precise and detailed, to expressive and abstract, exploring the interplay between form and material. Inspired by the Japanese philosophy of Wabi-Sabi, she embraces imperfection and finds beauty in the transient nature of things. Her practice is influenced by a neurodivergent perspective, enabling her to view the world through a unique lens, often drawing inspiration from personal experiences and social observations.

Jenny has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and her work is included in the permanent collections of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture,  National public sculpture parks, and many private collections worldwide. Her passion for art and teaching has led her to share her creative knowledge and expertise with students of all ages and backgrounds; Adding to her repertoire, she also teaches outdoor education for Cornell University.

Salati’s work is atmospheric, splashed with color, layered in mystery.  His textural landscapes, figurative work, flower arrangements, and swirling contours suggest mystery and hidden meanings.  They draw in the viewer, yet remain just out of reach.

Using an encaustic process, Salati makes extensive use of complementary colors, as well as colors that don’t seem to go together.  He says applying heat to a rich mix of color, wax and tar becomes a process of discovery.  “The minute you start putting the blow torch to it, the colors just start to come alive.  They seem to pop. And sometimes, I’ll really burn the color off so there’s more contrast.  And the dripping of melting wax and tar creates texture that’s intriguing.  Edges will melt into another area.  The background becomes the foreground.  I love that.”

Salati also loves nurturing other artists and showing their work.  Orazio Salati Studio and Gallery exhibits painters, assemblage artists, fabric artists, ceramicists, and fine art photographers, as well as Salati’s own work.  His gallery in Binghamton, New York is one of the most respected art venues in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region of the state.

“Another Land was painted after returning from Southern Spain and Morocco. We stayed in the blue city of Chefchaouen, where the painted city was speckled with blue and white. The feel of the Mediterranean Sea also seeped into this piece. This painting was among others where I was exploring change and renewal of life. I have been exploring natural changes and interactions between people in my work, lately. The bare feet that have walked this Earth for centuries, remind us of how humans have experienced the cycles of destruction and rebirth throughout time.”

James Richard Schutt is a Binghamton, NY based self-taught artist who enjoys incorporating personal elements of emotion in his works.  Discovering painting recently and drawing on influences from a wide range of experiences, James aims to introduce elements of historical significance related to personal meaning.  Original works are offered through a partnership with Jerbears Emporium, www.jerbearsemporium.com and his current projects can be found on Instagram – jrspaintings607.  James can be reached directly by email, jrspaintings607@gmail.com.

In addition to his academic training, Mr. Shute studied painting technique with nationally recognized artists:  Hong Nian Zhang, (oil painting), advanced watercolor with Richard Segalman, advanced abstract painting with Jenny Nelson and water-based Monotype with Lisa Mackie all at the Woodstock School of Art.

Mr Shute is a contemporary painter whose work spans a wide range of themes and visual languages, yet is united by a deep engagement with process, materiality, and the expressive potential of abstraction. Whether exploring prehistory and geological time or navigating emotional and intuitive terrain, Mr Shute builds paintings through layered techniques that reveal, obscure, and rework the surface.
Across series and shifts in style, Mr Shute is drawn to the act of searching—both visually and conceptually. His paintings often emerge through a process of discovery, where the image unfolds gradually through repeated gesture, erasure, and revision. Texture, color, and scale become tools for evoking memory, transformation, and the unseen.

Based in Marcellus, New York, Mr. Shute has exhibited works in both oil and watercolor and continues to develop a practice that resists fixed narratives, instead offering space for multiplicity and reflection.

Galleries and Affiliations:
Central New York Watercolor Society: Signature Member
Cazenovia Watercolor Society
Broad street Gallery, Hamilton, New York
Smithy Gallery, Cooperstown, New York
ArtHaus Gallery, Syracuse, New York

I am influenced by the organization of lines, shapes and colors. All of my life’s experiences come from the world of science to the world of art, making a full circle in my pieces, from schematic design to Gregorian chant, from architecture to atonality, from street maps to sculpture. But above all, I am especially influenced by the great works of the abstract artists, such as Wassily Kandinsky, Robert Motherwell and El Lissitzky to name a few.

My works have been shown at the Everson Museum of Art and my artwork has been requested by numerous art collectors and businesses throughout Central New York; I have also been featured in the Sun Bulletin in Binghamton, the Cortland Standard, and I have made a television appearance on WSYR Bridge Street for a live demonstration of my art.

She considers each and every one of her pieces a work of art, drawing inspiration from her impressive collection of patterned garments, freshly cut citrus fruit, Memphis Design, 1950’s modernist jewelry, summer memories, rainbow makers, CocoRosie, trolls, nail polish, homemade haircuts, mobiles, contemporary fashion design, Alice Neel paintings, Kraft mac and cheese and most importantly, color.

In our current digital landscape, Sophia Sophia finds comfort in creating everything by hand, using basic metalsmithing techniques which have been rooted in traditional practices for decades. This work is constantly evolving; while its unique voice may not be for everyone, Sophia Sophia’s pieces embody everything about her spirit and vision, something she trusts is important as an artist.
She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. The brand StudioSophiaSophia was launched in 2014 and is currently based out of Binghamton, NY.

Ivy is a member of the GNSI Finger Lakes Chapter of Scientific Illustrators and the Greater Ithaca Art Trail and shares her expertise as part of the faculty at 171 Cedar Arts Center in Corning, NY.  When not immersed in painting, Ivy dedicates her time to teaching others the joy of color and creativity through workshops.

It is my hope that viewers will experience a sense of familiarity within the style of my work. My intention is to reimagine the traditional forms of functional ceramics, inviting a shift in the viewer’s perception. Through my art, I aspire to reveal and celebrate a renewed understanding of this material, offering a fresh lens through which its possibilities can be appreciated.

Yanashot is currently carving marble and is incorporating non-traditional materials within his sculptures. He uses a combination of traditional techniques (hammer & chisel) and modern techniques (diamond abrasives and electric grinders). He also utilizes modern epoxy resins along with organic matter which can include plants and insects. He’s combining these materials to innovate and further develop the ancient art of stone carving.

Yanashot has exhibited in solo exhibitions and won awards for his work in many regional, national and international exhibitions and has work in permanent museum and private collections.