Roost Restaurant & Union Arts Center

Stillness In Motion: Ink Drawings By Norman Galinsky
2014-06-28 | Roost Union Arts Center, 2 Union Street, Sparkill, NY, 10976, United States
About The Exhibit

Through June 28, 2014

Norman Galinsky’s artwork has been inspired and informed by his background in science and engineering and his ongoing interest in metaphysical issues and explorations of consciousness.
The recent works involve the free-hand application of small marks to construct larger, intuitively derived geometric patterns. The compositions are produced through a meditative approach, a practice of focused attention and intention, often using ancient sacred geometric forms and proportions. I call the work “process oriented” because I maintain an intimate connection with the act of generating the works by hand. Thus, I remain an engaged and active participant in the creation, rather than an observer.
The images suggest emissions of energy waves and particles, vibrating fields and networks that denote a synthesis between the material world and a hidden quantum universe. Many of the works utilize symmetry and circular imagery of converging forms, a central focus of “stillness” to express the unity of consciousness—the one shared life.
I want my images to encourage thinking as well as feeling, to challenge as well as to promote healing and balance, to connect the personal with the universal order, and to draw one into a dialog with the present moment in ways that intimate the future.

About The Artist

Norman Galinsky’s artwork has been inspired by his background in science and engineering and his ongoing studies of metaphysics and spiritual issues.
His art studies began with a focus on traditional renaissance oil and egg tempera painting techniques, followed by classes with Henry Pearson at the New School and with Will Barnet and George Tooker at the Art Students League in NYC. In the late 1960’s, he participated in the Experiments in Art and Technology program developed by Billy Kluver and Robert Rauschenburg. After a seven-year career in chemical engineering, he left industry and turned fully to art, earning an MFA degree from Columbia University in 1973. At Columbia he studied painting with Philip Guston, Jack Tworkov, and Stamos, and printmaking with Bob Blackburn and Tony Harrison.
In addition, his artwork has been shaped by his 20 year experience in the practice and teaching of Chinese healing exercises and martial arts, including qigong, Taiji Quan, and other meditative and energetic healing disciplines. He has taught these forms in his studio as well as in area hospitals, including: New York Presbyterian (under the direction of Dr. Mehmet Oz), Englewood Hospital, Nyack Cancer Center, and St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, NY.
By synthesizing and translating the seemingly disparate worlds of the quantum sciences and spirituality into compelling images, Galinsky’s art depicts the evolving dynamic order underlying our world today and forecasts possibilities for the future.

Dance Of The Spirits: Mandalas By Jon H. Davis
2014-03-15
About The Exhibit

Through March 15, 2014

The life of a travel photographer is an adventure filled with the unexpected. Things can happen quickly, so having the camera ready to capture the moment is essential. A hippo that emerges off the bow of a Tanzanian riverboat will not wait and it’s challenging, and rare, to get the perfect shot.
Sometimes, when I feel everything is running smoothly, the weather suddenly changes and delays a shoot. I keep moving forward. Then slowly, the storm passes, the clouds part and the landscape is painted with an incredible light, accented by a gorgeous rainbow. This happened in Alaska’s Denali National Park. The beauty of it is, you never know, as nature reveals itself in so many mysterious ways. I am never at a loss to find even some small treasure through the lens. Many of those often overlooked gems become the source material for my original process of “digital alchemy” and the creation of new mandalas.

About The Artist

Jon H. Davis embraces digital media, expressing his vision of people and places while reflecting his love of the natural world, ancient arts, and global adventures. He has been an avid photographer since his youth and after studies at the Brooks Institute of Fine Art and Photography, went on a two-year sojourn taking volumes of photos. While driving across Europe and Asia in his Volkswagen van, his adventures included kayaking in the fjords of Norway, skiing throughout the Alps, and elephant-riding in Sri Lanka. His photographs–including ships from the Indian Ocean, robots from Japan, food from Thailand, and totem poles from Canada– have been published in many magazines including The Robb Report, Body & Soul, The Hook, Spa Life, Global Rhythm and North American Inns.

In addition to his video documentaries and vast inventory of photographs from around the world, Davis creates colorful contemporary artworks inspired by Tibetan mandalas (cosmic maps of the universe). Working with a process he calls “digital alchemy,” he transforms his photographs and paintings into contemporary mandalas, incorporating elements, textures, and patterns from the natural world. These works are available in limited edition archival prints as well as on canvas, metal, and in digital installations. Davis is currently working on a new book of his mandala images.

The Sounding Light: Art And Poetry With Rose Marie Raccioppi
2014-02-18
About The Exhibit

Through February 18, 2014

Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS, FABI, is an exhibiting artist, a published and performing poet, and an award winning and honored master educator, child advocate and activist, holding graduate degrees with honors in education and psychology. She is an Educational Consultant and Sound Therapist in Private Practice. She is the founder of APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™ and APOGEE Acu-Tone™. Her work has defined art as the timeless aspiring creation of beauty in form, in word, in deed, in thought. Rose Marie has exhibited throughout Rockland County, New York, has been a featured artist in galleries of New York and for several years has been an exhibitor at the New York City, Gracie Square Art Show. Her work has received noted praise in juried shows. Her watercolors are in private collections in Europe as well as in the United States.

About The Artist

Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS, FABI, is an exhibiting artist, a published and performing poet, and an award winning and honored master educator, child advocate and activist, holding graduate degrees with honors in education and psychology. She is an Educational Consultant and Sound Therapist in Private Practice. She is the founder of APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™ and APOGEE Acu-Tone™. She has been elected to Who’s Who Historical Society, 2001-2002 , Empire Who’s Who, 2002-2003, in recognition of her entrepreneurship, outstanding community service and leadership benefiting children and families with special needs.
Rose Marie has been awarded and named International Poet of Merit, 2002 and is published in several anthologies of poems: Chorus of the Soul, 2000, International Library of Poetry, Poetry’s Elite, The Best Poems of 2000, Finding Your Wings, 2003, International Library of Poetry, The International Who’s Who in Poetry, 2004 and 2005, Timeless Voices, 2006, Editor’s Choice Award, International Library of Poetry, Forever Spoken, 2007, Editor’s Choice Award, International Library of Poetry. Over seventy of her most recent poems have been accepted by the International Society of Poets for publication in upcoming anthologies. For her overall accomplishments in the academics and the arts she has been selected to hold the title WOMAN OF THE YEAR – 2002 – 2004 and declared an Eminent Fellow by the American Biographical Institute.
Rose Marie sees art as a way to perceive, as a state of being that translates concept, thought and experience to form and color. She states that her watercolor paintings are visual metaphors. When asked about her skyscapes, Rose Marie responds, “The sky is an ever changing panorama of calm, storm and beauty – and so with our shared lives. The sky is a reflection of all forces operative and expressive.” Her work has defined art as the timeless aspiring creation of beauty in form, in word, in deed, in thought.
Rose Marie has exhibited throughout Rockland County, New York, has been a featured artist in galleries of New York and for several years has been an exhibitor at the New York City, Gracie Square Art Show. Her work has received noted praise in juried shows. Her watercolors are in private collections in Europe as well as in the United States.

Seen And Sound, One Voice: Paintings By Yasmin P. Khan And Ray Lagstein
2013-10-18
About The Exhibit

Through October 18, 2013

Seen and Sound, One Voice is an exhibition of figurative and abstract painting exploring the gestures of music, movement, and poetry with guest painter Ray Lagstein.

About The Artist

More info coming soon.

Salute To Women In The Arts: Creativity Explored
2012-11-14
About The Exhibit

Through Wednesday, November 14

SALUTE is a non-profit organization, established in 1974, to recognize, support and celebrate the efforts of women in the arts. We do this by exhibiting members’ work throughout the year in as many venues as possible. SALUTE artists represent an array of the visual arts: oil, acrylic, and watercolor painters; photographers, portraiture artists; artists whose medium is craypas and charcoal as well as collagists. Some artists work big, while others work small. SALUTE artists have studied and mastered their craft at college art departments, local art centers, the Art Students League and with established artists such as Ben Benn, Will Barnet, Vaclav Vytlacil and Hans Hofmann. Many SALUTE artists have exhibited their work in galleries in New York and New Jersey as well as in travelling exhibitions that have visited Europe, Israel, Asia, Canada and South America. Most of SALUTE’s artists have participated in juried shows; their resumes and biographies listing the prizes that they have won. Exhibition Runs Through November 14th.

“Ribbon Clouds” by Rose Hertzberg; watercolor framed 18.5″ x 16″ glicee artist print, 2013. Photo courtesy of the Rose Hertzberg
