LISA MADSON Info

The Old Year

Lisa Madson

mixed media

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LIsa is a member of the international Nature Printing Society, and currently teaches at Maccullough Hall Museum in Morristown.

ARTIST STATEMENT

"I translate the beauty of nature through my art, using whatever media strikes me as fulfilling the message in the moment. I have most recently used steam-dyed canvas or paper as well as cyanotype overcoated with encaustic to share the forms and colors of nature."

North Jersey’s Lisa Madson grew up spending tons of time outdoors exploring lakes, rivers, and the shore. As she grew older, she realized the profound impact that her direct contact with nature had on her. This appreciation for the natural world is reflected in her artwork, which incorporates elements such as leaves, bark, embroidery thread, beads, shells, silkscreen on canvas, and cyanotype on paper with wax. Through her art, Madson hopes to share her love of nature with the world and to promote conservation efforts for the earth, which sustains us all.⁠

EDUCATION

Montclair State UniversitySupplemental WorkshopsPCNJ (Printmaking Center of New Jersey)Visual Arts Center of New JerseyCenter for Contemporary Art 

PUBLICATIONSBridgewater Lifestyle Magazine February 2022 featureNature Printing Society 2021 featured articleNature Printing Society newsletter 2018 featured articleSkyland's Visitor Magazine cover/featured 2017Nature Printing Society newsletter 2016 cover/feature 

Peony and the Bee

Lisa Madson

mixed media

24"h x 36"w

$650

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EXHIBITIONS

LBIF Water Stories juried invitational 2023

New Jersey Arts Annual:Mother Nature vs Human Nature: The Inequality of Climate Resilience at the Noyes Museum 2023

Farmstead Arts group show 2023

Atlantic Highlands Gardened - juried invitational 2023

ArtVenture juried invitational 2022

LBIF Elemental Effects juried invitational 2022

Highlands Art juried invitational 2021

Tewksbury Historical Society juried invitational 2021

Hunterdon Art Museum/juried invitational 2021

Somerset Chamber of Commerce exhibition 2021

Hunterdon Art Museum/ juried invitational 2020

Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project volume 15 2020

Somerset Chamber of Commerce exhibition 2020

Morris Museum Natures Splendor juried group show 2019

Bernardsville library New Jersey solo show 2019

Frontline Arts 2019 Line and Form/juried invitational

Barron Arts Center 2018 The Earth Speaks/invitational

Frontline Arts 2018 Struggle To Exist/juried invitational

Morris Library, New Jersey 2018 solo show

John James Audubon Center 2018 juried/honorable mention

Saint Catherine of Bologna 2018 juried/honorable mention

Studio Montclair 2018 group show

Wingtip Press print exchange 2018

Historic Flemington Small Works art show 2017

Saint Catherine of Bologna 2016 juried/honorable mention

Bernardsville Library New Jersey solo show 2016

PCNJ member show 2015

Somerville New Jersey Library 2015 juried selection

Monmouth art Museum 2010 juried selection/honorable mention

Noyes Museum 2010 group show

Road II

Michael McFadden

19"h x 22"w 

watercolor collage

$550

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Image Copyright © Michael McFadden

ARTIST STATEMENT

 My work is often based on traditional or personal themes which I repeatedly explore.  I work with themes and subjects which I experience emotionally whether they are poignant or mundane.  My goal is to transform these experiences into expressive abstract images.  Influenced by Latin American authors of Magic Realism, my paintings are meant to evoke emotions and intensify memory by compressing time and space. They are unfinished stories that that evolve, completed by the viewer's associations.   

PROCESS - How I make art

When an idea or image captures my imagination, I save it in a sketch. If an idea has potential, I develop it using more sketches and collages. I use collage as a means for expression and discovery, it helps me find what I otherwise might not imagine.

Using ink and watercolor on rice paper fragments I build a vocabulary of abstract parts. I use the parts to find the images and build the composition. My work is the product of many decisions. It is through my choices that I find and express myself. I value honesty and transparency as I make these choices.

I favor intuition, improvisation and accidental discovery while composing. As the image develops the parts are glued into place to form a structure for the painting. The collage may be part of a painting or the subject of a painting.Casein, oil paint or Flashe are used to create the painting on linen, canvas, or wood.

SUBJECTS - What do I paint?

My goal is to transform the experience of poignant events into expressive abstract images.  Although motivated by personal experience, my paintings build on our shared memory of poignant places and experiences.  The images in my work are invented using memory and imagination but they are based on experience.  

Birds in a Bush

Michael McFadden

sculpture wire, paper, watercolor

 approx. 9” x 9” x 9”

$200

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ARTIST INFO

Michael McFadden is a fine artist, master craftsman, and educator. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mr. McFadden studied at Carleton College, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin where he received his MFA.

 In 1978 he established an art studio and fine furniture workshop in the Tribeca area of New York City. In 1987 Michael and his wife Doris Ettlinger, also an artist and educator, moved their studios to an 18th Century grist mill in western New Jersey where they raised their two children, Ivy and Benjamin. Recently Michael retired from teaching engineering, architecture, and fine art at Hunterdon Central High School.

Michael’s images are inventions based on memory and imagination. He transforms his personal experience of poignant events and shared experiences into abstract images. Michael’s paintings are constructed from a personalized vocabulary of marks and shapes. He creates a visual environment that invites exploration. His color harmonies, composition, and calligraphic brush work result in expressive, high contrast images that engage the viewer through shared impressions and experience. (con't)

East Meets West at  Cedar Lake

Jack R. Moore

linoleum block print

18"h x 14"w

$200

ARTIST STATEMENT

A full moon illuminates this familiar boat landing where the two main roads of Cedar Lake West and Cedar Lake East meet up. It’s an homage to the ancient Eastern art of Japanese Wood Block printing. Blue-ish moon lit scenes are common subject matter in this tradition. Using the more modern Western technique of carved Linoleum block printing, this image merges the two worlds depicted on a serene summer evening. 

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Jack R. Moore is inspired by familiar places captured at the magical moments of twilight and dawn, Moore pushes his artistic vision - contemporary realism bordering on surreal - yet keeps the spirit and warmth of memories experienced or imagined. He explores still life interiors with exterior views that invite a narrative evoking reminiscences of the past with rich detail. These popular images have been exhibited in a long running solo show as well as several group shows.

Moore grew up in both Hoboken and Sussex county, New Jersey. On weekends and during summers, his mom and dad built their house in Byram by themselves. As a city kid, being exposed to the country was a wonderful experience. Days filled with playing in the wooded hills and streams left a lasting impression and an appreciation for natural wonders. This experience is what informs his art. He currently resides in Morris county.

Moore is the recipient of several prestigious graphic design and illustration awards, creating images for the advertising and publishing industry for over 35 years. In his formative period as a traditional painter, Moore’s media of choice was acrylic paint on canvas and board. He progressed to develop a unique combination of electronic brush painting and 3D digital modeling. Not a quick technique, but effective in creating the highly detailed imagery that emanates from Moore’s fertile imagination. [see “Golden Hour” and “Morning Call”]

Currently, Moore seeks to create artwork with a more physically hands-on process. He is exploring Linoleum block carving and printing with a hand press. The imagery is simplified using the Japanese design concept Notan, breaking an image down to its essence using just 2 to 4 values and still being recognizable. This is the polar opposite of his extremely detailed, digital 3D modeling technique. [see “East Meets West at Cedar Lake”]

Nina Nemeth

The Dande

mixed media with collage elements

18"h x 36"w

$850

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Wax Wing

Ewa Pokora 

watercolor

16"h x 20"w

not for sale

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ARTIST STATEMENT

"All of us can identify with art that simulate nature," Phyllis Lloyd writes.

As an artist, I am fascinated with the uniqueness of the beauty and power of nature.

In the "Waxwing,” I tried to capture the moment the Waxwing is enjoying eating the dogwood fruit;  in the "Speedwell Dam Waterfall,” I tried to capture the dam stone structure and the power of moving water against the Autumn scenery.

In each painting, the viewer is invited to take the time to examine each subject matter. A great deal of attention and time was spent to make the main subject as realistic and detailed as possible. Once the viewer is drawn into the main subject, one will become aware of the fascinating background parts of the watercolor painting, for example, in "Waxwing,” one is invited to enjoy the power and beauty of autumn colors in the dogwood tree‘s leaves and berries; in the "Speedwell Dam Waterfall,” the power of nature is expressed in the water rushing through the waterfall and the rhythm of the rippling water down below.  

As the viewer keeps on looking, the realization of the other areas of the painting becomes more fascinating:  in the "Waxwing,” the soft shapes of the leaves in the background give an illusion of trees; in the "Speedwell Dam Waterfall,” the soft lines and shapes of the trees in the background give an appearance of late autumn.

As an artist, I try to make all parts of my work complement each other and coexist as one to create a cohesive work of art. To create dynamic color combinations, I have chosen to work with complementary colors in my watercolor paintings. In the "Waxwing,” I used red and green, whereas in the "Speedwell Dam Waterfall,” I used blue and orange. The use of the complementary colors has created a visual stimulation and gives power to the colors to vibrate in my artwork. The use of tints, tones, and shades of the complementary colors throughout my paintings have created mood and movement.

As an artist, I believe that we cannot ever run out of ideas when we draw from nature.

- Ewa Pokora

Ewa Pokora

Speedwell Dam Waterfall, Morristown NJ

watercolor

24"h x 18"w

not for sale

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Patricia Quirk

pastel

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Patricia Quirk

White Cow

Pastel

14x17

$425

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Three Landscapes

Susan Roth

Pastel

12" x 22"

$125

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ARTIST STATEMENT - SUSAN ROTH

In my professional work as a psychologist, I pay attention to people’s words: to patterns,  background, and foreground and to the line and color of their stories. I go to the Highlands of  New Jersey, tend to the patterns; background and foreground; and line and color, and without  words, I paint what I see and feel, and that becomes my story.

Shirley Slusher

Covered Bridge

Egg tempera and oil

18"h x 24"w

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 I  am enraptured by life, especially nature. I love bringing  beauty to  those who view my work and it is my hope that viewers are  fascinated by  the feeling of peace that nature can generate.   With my art in general, I am enraptured by life, especially nature. I love bringing beauty to those who view my work and it is my hope that viewers are fascinated by the feeling of peace that nature can generate.” 

Mother Earth

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Barry Zawacki
Sculpture
ceramic with impressions of tree bark, with ceramic sphere representing the earth, on a wooden base
22"h x 12"w x 9"d
$750

ARTIST STATEMENT

Barry's work embodies the simplicity of color and form in and through nature, reflecting both the artist's reverence for our environment and his ability to abstract the essence of gesture in natural forms.

BIO

 A New Jersey native, Barry Zawacki is currently a ceramics professor at the County College of Morris, and before that he set up and taught the ceramics program at the College of St. Elizabeth. Prior to that he was a middle school art teacher for 32 years in Montville. 

EDUCATION

He holds a BA from the University of North Colorado in art education, where he spent a semester at sea on the World Campus Afloat, sailing around the world his senior year! He holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Denver, and post-grad in ceramics, fine art.

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Ceramic platter with impressions of stone

Barry Zawacki

approx. 14" diameter x 2" d

$200

$200

ARTIST STATEMENT

Barry's work embodies the simplicity of color and form in and through nature, reflecting both the artist's reverence for our environment and his ability to abstract the essence of gesture in natural forms.

BIO

 A New Jersey native, Barry Zawacki is currently a ceramics professor at the County College of Morris, and before that he set up and taught the ceramics program at the College of St. Elizabeth. Prior to that he was a middle school art teacher for 32 years in Montville. 

EDUCATION

He holds a BA from the University of North Colorado in art education, where he spent a semester at sea on the World Campus Afloat, sailing around the world his senior year! He holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Denver, and post-grad in ceramics, fine art.

Image Copyright © Barry Zawacki.  All Rights Reserved.  Scroll down to read the full Copyright statement at the bottom of this  Web page.

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