<span data-ux="Element" class="x-el x-el-span c1-6p c1-6q c1-i c1-6k c1-6l c1-6m c1-6n c1-6o">MITCHELL BROZINSKY

HUDZEN RIVER FOG

Mitchell Brozinsky

photograph, archival pigment on paper

$500

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

“I’ve been following a Spiritual Practice for most of my life. My website is called allowinglight.com. My aesthetic intention is to let go and allow myself to perceive the beauty in the light that leads us within to experience the Divine Essence that is all around. It is found in dramatic vistas, or light falling on a few leaves. My art is a journey of exploration and discovery and to reveal and share my vision with others.”

-- Mitchell Brozinsky

A Brooklyn native, Mitchell has been photographing for over 40 years. Beginning at the Catskill Center of Photography, he had his first show in Rosendale, NY in 1978. He then went on to earn an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute. For over 25 years Mitchell has Scouted and Managed Locations for films, TV, music videos & photo production, working with many top directors and photographers. Based in New York, Mitchell has photographed, across the USA, and in the last 12 years, he has returned to creating and showing his own work. Photographing consistently as a scout, as well as on projects of his own, he has a large collection of portfolios with a wide range of subject matter including nature, urban settings, graphic and color work. He is currently editing his first photobook for publication later this year with plans to produce a series of books.

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JARED CLACKNER

DIAMOND SPRING HORSE BARN

Jared Clackner

Graphite on paper

45"h x 57"w unframed

$4,800

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

JONATHAN'S WOODS, DENVILLE NJ

Jared Clackner

oil on board

15"h x 19"w including frame

(painting 12"h x 16"h)

$1,600

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

THE WARMTH OF SPRING

Jared Clackner

oil on board

20"h x 24"w including frame

(painting 16"h x 20"w)

$2,600

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973-910-2400

BEYOND THE DIAMOND SPRING

Jared Clackner

oil on board

12"h x 14"w including frame

(painting 6'h x 8"w)

$550

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973-910-2400

ARTIST INFORMATION

Jared Clackner is a plein-air landscape artist. Plein-air describes artists who paint outdoors. He is inspired by working on location as a way to convey the peace and tranquility of nature. Jared travels to many parts of the country in pursuit of the perfect landscape. Painting the subtle colors of light and shadow, he simplifies the subject to its most poetic form. The serene environments produced by Jared’s thoughtful paint application and strong design invites the viewer to explore the world through his eyes.

Jared was born in Ohio in 1961. He studied advertising arts at Spectrum Institute in New Jersey. After graduating, Jared worked in freelance illustration and graphic design for several years.

In 1990, Jared decided to pursue a career as a plein-air landscape artist. Over the next five years, he studied privately with contemporary American landscape painters, Clyde Aspevig and Skip Whitcomb.

In 1994, Jared began teaching at the Ridgewood Art Institute, as well as private instruction from his own studio, and has also served as an assistant instructor to Skip Whitcomb at plein- air workshops.

Jared’s paintings have been included in exhibitions all over the United States and he has had several one man shows. He maintains his studio in northern New Jersey where he lives with his wife and two adult children.

NAT CLYMER

BIRD'S DOGWOOD

Nat Clymer

photograph, digital archival pigment on paper

17"h x 13"w including frame with museum glass

(9 1/2"h x 4 1/2"w)

$650

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

SPRING LIGHT

Nat Clymer

no. 4/25

photograph, digital archival pigment on paper

24"h x 18"w including frame with museum glass

(image 16"h x 7 1/2"w)

$820

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973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Photography has been a beautiful rope of multicolored threads that has run throughout my life since I was nine years old and processed my first roll of film. Although the technology has gone through unimaginable changes since that time so long ago, there’s still magic for me in every day of shooting!” -- Nat Clymer

DONNA COMPTON

TO SKATE ON THE VERNAL POOL

Donna Compton

photograph, vintage silver gelatin on fiber paper, 1983

5"h x 5"w image, 8"h x 8"w in frame

Not for sale, but archival pigment prints are available. Please inquire.

For information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

"This photograph was taken on our road in 1983 after moving back to the lake. The brilliant reflections and graphic effect of the fisheye lens evoke a gem-like quality, much like the Highlands region itself: precious." -- Donna Compton

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Photographer residing in the NJ Highlands.

Curator, NJ Highlands Coalition Art Exhibits

JANET CUNIFFE-CHIEFFO

SUNSET ON WINDHAM PATH

Janet Cunniffe-Chieffo

Oil on Canvas Mounted to Board

9” x 12” (14” x 17” including frame)

$500

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

UNION HILL SCHOOLHOUSE

Janet Cunniffe Chieffo

oil on canvas mounted on board

9” x 12” (14” x 17” including frame)

$500

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973-910-2400

OCTOBER DAY

Janet Cunniffe-Chieffo

14” x 17” including frame

(painting 12” x 9”)

$500

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST INFORMATION

Janet Cunniffe-Chieffo graduated from the New York Academy of Art. Known for her still life paintings on copper, her award winning paintings have been published in Copper in the Arts, on the cover of Connection Magazine, and exhibited at many prestigious galleries across the country including the Morris Museum, Salmagundi Club, Greenhouse Gallery, National Arts Club, Dahesh Museum, and Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery. Also an accomplished portrait painter, Cunniffe-Chieffo has received awards from the national Artist’s Magazine and the National Association of Women Artists. Her public portrait commission of former County Executive Vanderhoef is part of the permanent collection of Rockland County, NY. Prior to becoming a full time artist, Cunniffe-Chieffo studied graphic design at Indiana University and began her career as a graphic designer. Passionate about sharing her knowledge of fine art, Cunniffe- Chieffo has taught painting and drawing at many institutions and currently is a Professor at Sussex County Community College.

MARK DE MOS

LONG SHADOWS AT WICK HOUSE

Mark de Mos

watercolor

22"h x 30"w including frame

$600

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973-910-2400

EARLY SUMMER AT WICK HOUSE (plein air)

Mark de Mos

watercolor

22"h x 30 "w including frame

$750

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

"My goal is to produce art that is alive, not static and creates a drama, a feeling of a slice of life. My purpose is to capture creating sense of life and movement through color, light and multiple centers of interest. Taking advantage of the medium and the effect of water, the white of the paper, and the different kinds washes, transparent against opaque passages with a fluid bold strokes that appear organic and true. That is the joy of watercolor, and what makes it different and more exciting than other media.

"Basically I am a colorist and realist, who works in several media and sees each subject as a puzzle, using different approaches, colors, and surfaces to create the best version of a subject. Painting is a puzzle of design, color and value to create a work that captures light and mood. When I work on location in watercolor as in Early Summer, I choose a palette even brushes so I can work quickly, and capture the fleeting light and the nuances of color. "

- - Mark de Mos

Mark de Mos, one of New Jersey's most respected watercolorists will demonstrate his approach to landscape painting at the Hunterdon Watercolor Society meeting, on Monday, April 14 at the Hunterdon County Library Complex, Bldg. #1, Rte 12 Flemington at 7 p.m. De Mos' demo will feature landscapes created using transparent watercolors and a limited palette. De Mos' name and his work are known throughout the artistic community of New Jersey and the Northeast. His art is a familiar sight at many regional shows like the NJ Watercolor Society, Garden State Watercolor Society, Salmagundi Club and Baltimore Watercolor Society where he's picked up awards from Best in Show, People's Choice and Award of Excellence many times over. He also holds signature membership in many art societies including the Northeast Watercolor Society and Hudson Valley Art Association to name just a few. In this demo Mark will show how to create a rich watercolor landscape using a limited palette and sedimentary colors.

ARTIST INFORMATION

EDUCATION

1982-present Studied with numerous artists including (abbreviated) Watercolor: Robert Sakson, AWS, Ted Minchin, AWS, Mel Stabin, AWS, Don Andrews, AWS ,Judi Betts, AWS, .. Oil: Gary Godbee 2011-13 Pastel: Frank Zuccarelli, PSA,

GALLERIES

Studio 7, 5 Morristown Road, Bernardsville, NJ

Swain Gallery, Watchung Ave, Plainfield, NJ

PUBLICATIONS

SPLASH 8 2003 (Best of Watercolor book, North Light Press, one image) SPLASH 9 2006 (North Light Press, 2 images and captions) Watercolor Secrets (chapter with demo, North Light Press, Aug 2009) Magazine feature “A Light Hand”, Watercolor Magic, August 2007 pp24-29

SIGNATURE MEMEBERSHIPS

New Jersey Pastel Society (founding president 2005-08) Allied Artists of America (elected 2010 board, newsletter, submissions) Hudson Valley Art Association (elected 2007)

New Jersey Watercolor Society-(elected 1998, President 2016-18, Newsletter)

North East Watercolor Society (Kent,Ct)

Baltimore Watercolor Society (MD)

New Jersey Miniature Art Society (now defunct)-elected 1988 Jury of Selection

2012, 09&06 New Jersey Watercolor Society (voted by membership) 2019, 06, 02 North East Watercolor Society (Ct, chosen by board) 2006 Bernardsville Library Open Juried Show, NJ (Judge as well) Judge 2013 Central NY Watercolor Society Member Show

2012 North East Watercolor Society Member Show

2014, 01 Art Association of New Jersey (Livingston) Member Exhibition Awards (selected)

2017 Award of Excellence, North East Watercolor Society International Open Show, Kent, Ct 2014 Silver Medal of Honor, New Jersey Watercolor Society Open Juried Show, Middletown, NJ 2014 Winsor Newton Material Award, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York City 2011 Award of Excellence & People’s Choice Award (from viewers) Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ (for English Farm/Oil)

2010 Best in Show, Essex Watercolor Club Member Show at Community Theatre, Morristown NJ 2009 H.K. Holbein Watercolor, Award, Ridgewood Arts Institute Juried Show

2008 The Oliver Kovacs Award, New Jersey Watercolor Society, Ridgewood Arts Institute

2008 The Anne H. Hanifan Memorial Award(5th), Skylands Art Show, Newton, NJ

2007 The Dick & Cherry Brown Memorial Award NJ Watercolor Soc. Open Juried Show (Monmouth Museum)

2007 Second Prize & Best New Artist Awards, Skylands Juried Art Show Newton, NJ

2007 William Nagengast Memorial Award (abstract art) Somerset Art Assn Juried Member Show 2005 Jane Peterson Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America, NYC (National Arts Club)

2005 Merit Award for Watercolor- Salmagundi Club Non-Member Show, NYC

2003 Dick Blick Award, Baltimore Watercolor Society

2002 Pastel Society of America Plaque – (for pastel) Salmagundi Club Non-Member Show, NYC 2002 Central NY Watercolor Soc. Award, North East Watercolor Soc. International Juried Show 1997 Robert & Marion Price Memorial Award , New Jersey Watercolor Society Open Juried Show

ELLEN DENUTO

ICE AND SKY

Ellen Denuto

photograph, archival pigment on paper

$350

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

"Ever present, the photographer is witness to the world’s beauty, pain, injustice and triumph creating a visual journal of our time." - Ellen Denuto

ARTIST INFORMATION

Ellen Denuto’s unique imagery begins with the beauty of available light. Shooting on location is her specialty, using the element of the unknown to guide the creative process. Traditional black and white photography, alternative applications and the latest digital technology are used to capture that magic moment in time and create the final image. Known for her intimate portraits and still life, she has also created visual signatures for clients around the globe —The world is her studio.

Ms. Denuto, is a founding member and president of the N.J. Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers. She began her career as technical representative for the Ilford Corporation and Photo Archivist at the Paterson Museum, working with their historic glass plate, acetate and film collections.

She was invited to be guest speaker for the Minolta Camera corporation and contributing photographer for Agfa and Iford film brands.

Her personal images were selected by Image Bank’s Larry Freed for inclusion in his International Collection, and in the original collections of the Photonica Stock Agency.

Most recently her work was given honorable mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Black and White Magazine and the Carter Burden Gallery.

She is a regular juror, guest speaker and workshop leader for ASMP, Professional Photographers of America PPA, Professional Woman Photographers PWP, SOHO Photo, and Universities. Ms. Denuto created and curated the ongoing exhibitions “The Other America” and “the Artist as Art. She is and Adjunct professor of traditional photography at several Universities.

Her work is featured in: 100 New York Photographers . The Tao of Seeing, The World’s Greatest Black and White Photography, Graphis: The Nude, Sensual Images and Legendary Brides to name a few. Her photograph of transgendered couple Nick and Gigi became the poster for AMERICAN VISION and NYU’s Washington Square Gallery exhibition.

Some clients who carry her signature include: Flashes of Hope • The Fannie Rippel Foundation • BP Castrol • Starbucks • Target Stores • Horizon BC and BS • Penguin Books • Apple Computers

CHARLES DEXTER

WINTER ICE FALL

Kugler Creek, Kugler Woods Preserve, Stockton, NJ

Charles Dexter

photograph - dInkjet print, matte paper

24 1/2"h x 18 1/2"w including frame

(16 1/4"h x 12"w image)

$600

“I return to favorite places, over and over, and discover new things about them. I also love water in all of its forms. It transforms the light!” -- Charles Dexter

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

SUNSET ON THE PASSAIC

Passaic River,100 feet from the Farmstead Arts Gallery, Basking Ridge, NJ.

Charles Dexter

photograph - Digital Inkjet print, Matte paper

frame and mat: 19h" x 25"w

$60

"I love capturing the last light of the day! I made this photo here at Farmstead Arts, just after the opening reception for the NJ Highlands Coalition Special Entr’ Exhibit Art Show, Feb. 12, 2022. You can go outside the door, walk 100 feet down to the riverbank and see this scene too! I return to favorite places, over and over, and discover new things about them. I also love water in all of its forms. It transforms the light!" -- Charles Dexter

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Remember, look ahead, look up, look down, look left, look right, don’t forget to look behind, there is always something to photograph.”

"Photography allows me to recreate the natural world in the way that I see it and to share it with other people. While I try to isolate and simplify scenes from nature into shapes, color and design, I still want the viewer to feel the wonder and power of the world outside of the frame.

"The world is a magnificent place, full of unexpected sources of beauty. We are very fortunate to be living in it. Despite all of the turmoil in the world, we look for our own unique experiences to fill our existence. Being truly alive requires our full focus and attention.

"Our experiences can be beautiful or ugly depending on what our circumstances are and what we make of them. People respond to different aspects of the world in different ways. Some people are stimulated by human made environments while others respond to nature. Some people are stimulated by the clash!

"I respond to nature. While I also respond to human environments, it is nature that really enthralls me! I am always grateful to be in the presence of natural beauty. Wilderness creates a sense of awe and wonder. Viewing nature, either from a high cliff with a vista, or with macro lens, provides me an endless source of visual inspiration. Through my photographs, I want to show you how wonderful the natural world is.

"The camera lens allows me to focus, highlight, isolate, and perhaps exaggerate aspects of the world as I see it. I try to put these elements into a visual form that communicates what I see to you. Even though I try hard to simplify scenes of nature into shapes, color, contrast and design, I also want you to feel the wonder and power of the natural world beyond the frame. I want you to catch your breath, be inspired and, with luck, share my experience of it.

"Sometimes scenes in nature remind me of famous paintings I've seen in art history classes that have made a vivid impression on me. Each artist sees the world in a different way. By using techniques of craft, color and composition, artists try to find a visual language to express that way of seeing. Some artists are successful pioneers of visual language, while others work beautifully with accepted ways of communication.

"What succeeds, or not, is the basis for lively debate. There is no escaping the fact that my photographic styles are eclectic. I love the 19th century Hudson River School painters who depict grand landscapes, atmospheric weather and light. This famous Catskill Mountain view has been painted and sketched by Thomas Cole, Jasper Francis Cropsey and Sanford Robison Gifford. I am also inspired by the photographic traditions of Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club.

"However, I also find impressionist painters, who create a ‘soft focus’ effect, exciting. In this photograph of a cherry tree blossoming in New York City, the technique of multi-exposure in the camera reduces the realistic details of the scene to color, texture and form.

"Abstract painters make canvases that are purely about color, shapes and texture. They aren't trying to represent anything in the natural world. Yet abstract forms and patterns do exist in nature. An example can be seen on this lichen covered rock face along a trail in Colorado.

""I am grateful to the pioneers of visual language. I learn from the different painting and photographic styles they create. Not only do they demonstrate unique ways of perception that sharpen my vision, they show me how to be even more alert to the wonders of the world around me.

Our world is full of exciting places and things that exist in changing weather and light. We are fortunate there are so many ways to see it all."

ARTIST INFORMATION

Charles Dexter’s work is inspired by the photographic traditions of the Sierra Club and his art history courses in college. He is self trained. He joined the New York City Sierra Club Photography Committee in 1992. His photography is enriched by his continuing association with many of its members and the influence of their work. He is a past chairman of that group. Charles developed a love for high places, wilderness, and the magic of photography as he explored the high cliffs of the Palisades, north of Alpine, New Jersey. Throughout the four seasons, he kept returning to the same mile and a half length of cliffs. He sharpened his photographic eye by observing the slow, continuing transformation of light, foliage and weather on the unchanging rock formations over time. From these cliffs, he discovered a wealth of evolving nature to observe with his camera. To this day Charles continues his photographic exploration of both vast and intimate landscapes found in the Hudson and Delaware River valley wilderness regions. Since taking an Outward Bound course in Colorado, he also photographs with great passion in the American West.

His solo photography exhibits at Berkeley College in New York City, and at the Greenbrook Sanctuary in Tenafly, NJ, were well received. He also exhibited in many of the NYC Sierra Club Photography Committee group shows. Charles Dexter’s photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and by the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club. -His work is also featured on CD album covers for Sonoton Music Productions. He photographed dance performances for Serena Mid East Dance Theater and Multigravitational Aero Dance Group. He works as a freelance music and sound effects editor for video and film. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in filmmaking and cinematography.

TODD DONEY

SWAMP, FEB 27, 5:03PM

Todd Doney

oil on linen

48"h X 48"w

$8,000

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

www.broadfootandbroadfoot.com

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Todd talks about his painting style and techniques, inspirations and career.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Nature has been a vehicle of artists throughout the ages to express themselves and it is the impetus of my work as well. To be more precise, the nature that has inspired the majority of my work is the Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge which is situated adjacent to my home. Many of the images that form my work are inspired by hikes, dog walks, bike rides, and drives through the swamp.

“The titles of my work depict the exact moment that I viewed the scene. For example: “Swamp, Feb 27, 5:03PM”. My paintings are an attempt to freeze in time nature’s ephemeral flux and their titles suggest that. Nature is fleeting and constantly changing. Not only seasonally and daily, but even hourly. Greek philosopher Heraclitus wrote, 'All things are flowing' and 'You cannot step into the same river twice....'. The inspiration for “Swamp, Feb 27, 5:03PM” was viewed just inside the Great Swamp on my way to work.” -- Todd Doney

ARTIST INFORMATION

Todd was born in Chicago, IL and grew up in the near-north suburbs. He attended the prestigious American Academy of Art in Chicago where he was awarded the Union League Scholarship Award. After graduating, Todd immediately started his career as an illustrator. He worked as an illustrator until 2006; the year he started his gallery work.

Todd’s gallery work includes one person shows at the Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ; Broadfoot & Broadfoot Gallery, NY, NY, & Boonton, NJ; Morris Arts, Morristown, NJ, and The College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, among others. His paintings have also been exhibited at Drumthwacket, the Governor’s official residence, in Princeton, NJ, The Paterson Museum in Paterson, NJ, The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, The Arts for the Parks National Competition in Wyoming, and the Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibitions in New York, to name a few. Todd's work is being represented by Broadfoot & Broadfoot located in Boonton, NJ.

Currently, he is an associate professor of art at the County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ, where he teaches drawing, painting, and foundation classes. Todd lives with his family in Gillette, New Jersey. His home is situated jacent to the Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge, which is an inspiration for much of his work.

Represented by Broadfoot and Broadfoot, A Collection of Fine Art

819 Main Street, Boonton NJ 07005

646-808-7470

DICK EGER

LICHEN MOON

Dick Eger

photograph - archival pigment on paper

15"h x 18"w framed

(image 8 1/2"h x 11 1/4"w)

$250

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

SEVEN DUCKS

Dick Eger

15"h x 18"w framed

(image 8 1/2"h x 11 1/4"w)

$250

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Nature is ubiquitous and the Highlands offer the perfect example of being surrounded by a thriving plant and animal environment. Be it a lichen or a group of ducks, life amazes.

"For 56 years photography has been a quiet, personal passion unencumbered by the pressure to exhibit or sell my work, hence most of it has never been seen by anyone. Today, I share.

"Observing life is an art. With camera in hand and a Zen mindset, I occasionally compose and capture an enduring picture. Weeks, months, even years after taking a shot, I will revisit that print with a more objective eye. Memories of place, surroundings, atmosphere, circumstances and people flood back as there is now so much more to see. Each photo must meet my own subjective and fluid criteria. Is it aesthetic? Does it ooze a special aura? Does the face reveal emotion? Is there humor or whimsy? Is it absurd? Is it unique? Is it good? To each onlooker, the answers are different.

"For more than 40 years I shot in black and white using a twin-lens Rolleiflex – a fine, relatively heavy, medium-format, manual camera that produces exceptional 2-1/4 inch square negatives or slides. Each roll of film offers only 12 exposures before I have to reload. Traveling with dozens of rolls and the Rollei posed so many problems when passing through security at airports, both foreign and domestic. X-rays could ruin weeks of work, while overly curious security people sometimes insisted that I open every box of film and demonstrate that the camera was real by snapping the shutter or opening the back! About six years ago, these challenges ultimately forced me to leave my Rollei behind in favor of a very small digital camera and my iPhone. To be a good photographer, one must master techniques, understand light, composition, focal depth and a myriad of other things that become so deeply ingrained that the process of taking the picture becomes completely spontaneous. All that matters is the image.

"I am inherently curious and aware of my surroundings and told that I notice things that others do not. To me, nature is sublime. I may be one of the missing Transcendentalists from the 19th century! Some ever-morphing categories of my work include street scenes and street people, indoor shots, abstracts, nature, landscapes, objects, animals, portraits and even a rare self-portrait. But these genres are hardly pure and usually overlap, blending and creating other hybrid groups.

"One measure of a photograph's appeal is whether it provokes a reaction. The visceral chemistry that sparks between the image and the observer is deeply personal, the moment when image and life communicate."

BIOGRAPHY

Dick Eger has degrees in biology and chemistry, bacteriology and public health. He attended St. Peter's College, Wagner College and was a researcher at The Rockefeller University in a cell biology laboratory. He was a biochemist at Sloan-Kettering Institute in a leukemia research group and later became the administrator of Sloan-Kettering Institute, the research arm of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

More than 30 years ago, he changed careers and became a financial advisor, currently co-heading a group at the investment firm Merrill Lynch. For 20 years, he was a trustee on the board of The Arts Council of the Morris Area (now Morris Arts) and president for almost half that time.

His interests include music, piano, conducting, drawing, sculpting, garden-jewelry-and-furniture design, blogging, cooking, sailing, writing poetry, photography, frequenting concerts and museums, traveling, mentoring, gardening, collecting art and contemplating life.

EDWARD FAUSTY

#0111 FROM REFUGE SERIES

Edward Fausty

photograph in book form over fragment of protein sequence of SARS Covid2

digital pigment on treated Arches Cover paper

19h x 28w

$500 framed w/o glass

$600 framed with museum glass

For purchase information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

“I have been a regular visitor to the woodlands around Boonton, New Jersey since moving here eight years ago. Actually, the woodlands played a central part in that decision. For longer than I can remember, these tranquil yet dynamic areas have helped me reconnect with myself, especially when I lived in more urban areas. Making photographs has been a way of recording the wholeness I feel in the woods, surrounded by natural cycles of life and death. Photographs are also an excuse for working with one of my favorite materials: paper. These prints are made on one of my favorites, Arches Text, an uncoated fine art paper with a beautiful texture not covered up by an inkjet coating. These papers do require special attention in the digital printing process.”

Edward Fausty is a photographer and printmaker specializing in collotype and digital pigment printing on fine papers. His relationship to the medium began long ago when he was given a roll film camera at the age of four and began darkroom work at the age of eleven.

Deeply influenced by his undergraduate work with Joel Meyerowitz at The Cooper Union and graduate work with Richard Benson at Yale University, his direction and evolution over the decades has been largely independent of these early academic influences, resulting in numerous distinct but concentrated bodies of work all visible on www.edwardfausty.com : scanned polaroid negatives of sprouting plants; progressively blurred self portraits (collotypes) printed on a letterpress; pictures made with a view camera from within an incubator; mountains of north central Norway; artists’ studios at a factory in Jersey City; views of the land and sky at night; and intimate/global circular views of the forest. In all these projects, the print and paper have anchored the work in the classic tradition of the fine print.

Fausty’s work is represented in such collections as The Canadian Center for Architecture, The George Eastman House, The U.S. Library of Congress, Pfizer Corporation, Yale University and others. He has exhibited work at Princeton University (Atelier Fellowship with Accra Shepp), The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Gallery Bi Damas in Japan, Paul Sharpe, DM Contemporary and Carter Burden Galleries in New York City, The World Theatre Festival in Nancy, France, and Inquiry Art Gallery in Boonton, New Jersey. His series Next Frontier: the Land and the Night Sky has been featured at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ, the Lewis K. Meisel Gallery in New York City, and the Visual Arts Center of NJ. Fausty has also received NYFA and NEA fellowships working with Brian Rose on a project documenting Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

EDUCATION

MFA Photography, Yale School of Art, 1986, studies with printer and MacArthur Fellow Richard Benson, inspired by his photo-lithographs. Studies with Tod Papageorge, Joel Sternfeld. BFA, Cooper Union School of Art, 1979, studies with printer Norman Sanders who later suggests collotype as a photomechanical process. Studies with Joel Meyerowitz; immersion in his large & small format color work and sensiblity. Studies with sculptors Christopher Wilmarth and Reuben Kadish.

KATHLEEN FONSECA & DONNA COMPTON

THE LAST TIME I SMELLED WOOD SMOKE

Kathleen Fonseca

AI*-generated images on an iPad

*Artificial Intelligence

Not for sale

For information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

TO SKATE ON THE VERNAL POOL

Donna Compton

photograph - vintage 1983 siler gelatin print on fiber paper

6" h x 6"w including frame (image 3"h x 3"w)

Not for sale

For information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT

“This photograph was taken on our road in 1983 after moving back to the lake. The brilliant reflections and graphic effect of the fisheye lens evoke a gem-like quality, much like the Highlands region itself: precious.”

BRUCE FRAZIER

DOGWOOD

Bruce Frazier

Photograph - archival pigment on paper

18"h x 24"w (image 11 1/2"h x 17 1/2"w)

$300 (or $500 for the pair)

For purchase or other information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

MAGNOLIA

Bruce Frazier

Photograph - archival pigment on paper

18"h x 24"w (image 11 1/2"h x 17 1/2"w)

$300 (or $500 for the pair)

For purchase or other information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

ARTIST STATEMENT"Inspired by the intertwining of the hard and soft landscape of New Jersey’s Highands, my images capture native botanicals to illustrate the lyrical element of familiar organic forms. These images reflect my state of mind, a New Jersey state of mind: appreciate ‘place’ and recognize beauty in day-to-day life.” -- Bruce Frazier

LAURIE HARDEN

SPARKLING FIELD

Laurie Harden

Pastel

14 1/4"h x 18 1/4"w including frame

(drawing 11 3/4"h x 16"w)

For purchase or other information, please contact Donna Compton

973-910-2400

BIOGRAPHY

Laurie Harden is an illustrator and painter, and has been, it seems, all her life. It is her first love and abiding passion. She works in Oils, Gouche, Pastels, Charcoal & Pencil. Laurie studied at Kansas City Art Institute and Rhode Island School of Design where she graduated with a BFA in Illustration. Laurie has worked as a free-lance illustrator for over 30 years.

Harden’s work is widely exhibited, awarded, commissioned and collected. An artist with a international clientele, she has received many portrait commissions, including former NJ governor, Brendan Bryne, and former Prime Minister of Japan, Keizo Obuchi. Laurie has exhibited her fine art at the Salmagundi Art Club, The National Arts Club, the Pen & Brush Club in NYC, as well as many venues in NJ. She is a member of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Allied Artists, the American Artists Professional League, the Pastel Society of America, the Pastel Society of NJ, and the Art Centre of NJ to mention a few.

Ms. Harden resides in Northern New Jersey Laurie also spends time teaching art classes to adults, teens and children at several art associations. She specializes in Oil Painting Classes, Drawing Fundamentals, Figure Drawing & Portraits, and Pastel Classes. She also gives private lessons.

DWIGHT HISCANO

TREE #40, TREES FROM ABOVE

Dwight Hiscano

photograph on canvas

40"h x 40"w unframed

$2,700

TREES FROM ABOVE is a collection of black and white images of trees from an unlikely view - from directly overhead- made with a drone using snow as a white backdrop. These are the first of the approximately 100 images that I've made to date. The series has received several awards so far, an Honorable Mention in the Minimalist Photography Awards, to which more than 3700 images were submitted from 39 different countries, a Juror's Top Five award and an Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards, to which 14000 images were submitted from over 100 countries.

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SUNSET TERRACE POND

WAYWAYANDA STATE PARK, NJ HIGHLANDS

Dwight Hiscano

photograph, archival digital pigment on paper

23.5"h x 17"w including frame

(19"h x 14"w image)

$980 including frame

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Black River, Hacklebarney State Park, New Jersey Highlands

BLACK RIVER, HACKLEBARNEY STATE PARK

NEW jERSEY HIGHLANDS

photograph, archival digital pigment on paper

23.5"h x 17"w framed

(19"h x 14"w image)

$980 including frame

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DWIGHT HISCANO BIOGRAPHY

A lifelong conservationist, Dwight has served on the boards of several conservation organizations in his home state of New Jersey. He has volunteered hundreds of hours and raised thousands of dollars for charities and conservation efforts. He founded and curated the Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibit with the New Jersey Highlands Coalition. Now in its 9th year, the Exhibit has been hosted by the Smithsonian-affiliated Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ, the Atrium Gallery, also in Morristown, and NeoArt in Denville, NJ.

His "Trees From Above" series recently garnered a Juror's Top Five selection and Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards. He has sold thousands of prints through galleries and art dealers and his images have been featured in numerous group and solo exhibits including the Nature's Best exhibit at the Smithsonian, the National Geographic sponsored International Mountain Summit in Italy, the Capitol Rotunda, and an exhibit at Ohio Wesleyan University's Ross Art Museum, alongside works by Winslow Homer, Thomas Hart Benton and John Marin.

Widely published and collected, Dwight Hiscano has been shooting professionally for nearly forty years. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, Outdoor Photographer, Nature’s Best, Black and White Magazine, Nature Conservancy Magazine, and Photographic Magazine. A recipient of Black and White Magazine’s Single Image Spotlight Award (April, 2019), Dwight was also a finalist in the 2018, 2020 and 2021 International Color Awards, was twice nominated for the Black and White Spider Awards, and received Honorable Mentiion for the Fine Art category of the Minimalist Photography Awards.
Dwight's prints are held in numerous collections both in the U.S. and abroad, including those at AT&T, Atlantic Health System, Atlanticare, Pfizer, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Community Foundation of New Jersey, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Merrill Lynch, Liberty Science Center, Oppenheimer, AT&T and the Richard M. Ross Art Museum.
He often leads photography workshops, lectures and gallery talks, and was the keynote speaker at the Garden Club of America’s Annual Horticultural Conference.

JOE KAZIMIERCZYK

RAMAPO VALLEY COUNTY RESERVATION

Joe Kazimierczyk

oil on board

8"h x 10"w

$575

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ARTIST STATEMENT

“This was on a long hike in the Ramapo Mountains. The scenery was spectacular, magical, and inspiring, but at a certain point, I realized just how far I had to go to get back to my car. That gave me the title “Miles to Go”. As tiring as it was, I enjoyed every minute out there.” -- Joe Kazimierczyk

A lifelong resident of New Jersey, Joe Kazimierczyk (Joe Kaz for short) lives on the Sourland Mountain near Neshanic Station and finds much of his inspiration in the area immediately surrounding his home. Having always been drawn to the beauty of nature, Joe finds most of his subject matter on the hiking and bicycling trips that he loves to take - whether near his home, or further afield. His painting is a natural extension of his ramblings and explorations of the countryside. His most recent work reflects his interest in exploring the mountains and forests of northern New Jersey and beyond. Joe has earned his accolades as a self-taught artist and has been exhibiting his work extensively for over 18 years.

PHIL MARZO

AUTUMN LEAVES IN ICE

Phil Marzo

photograph

14"h x 11"w including frame

$175 framed

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ARTIST STATEMENT

"Highlands Region is like that neighborhood woods you had growing up. You and your best friends would take to the woods to discover creeks, moss-covered trees and rocks to climb You walked and walked just to explore. The Highlands offer remarkable walking, exploring and surprises season after season. During a winter season, I photograph what the ice has captured that day. " -- Phil Marzo

Phil Marzo heads a marketing firm for small businesses. He photographs 50 small towns and photo spots each year. This summer he continues a photo book on kids laughing.

PIETER PRALL

WOODCOCK

Pieter Prall

stone lithograph

10'h x 13"w image

Private collecion, but one print is available unframed for $300, please inquire

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