The cry of gulls, the boom of surf exploding on  rocks, sun drenched ancient slabs of granite, wind roaring in from the ocean — Schoodic, Maine, is a magical place. “Landscapes Near and Far” presents  paintings inspired by the ocean and tidal pools of Maine, as well as more familiar places closer to home. This show contains both small works done quickly on location, as well as larger works done in the studio from photos and oil sketches. Traveling with paint has become a regular part of the year for Ozolins. The rigor of  painting in unfamiliar surroundings leads to only one rule — no preconceptions, no mulling over what or where, just find what strikes the eye and rivet it to the canvas. Returning home always lets her see the local environment with fresh eyes, whether it is the sunrise over East Hill, the snow on a forsythia bush, or rain over the inlet.

Ozolins’ works have been familiar to gallery goers  in Ithaca since the early 1990′s. She works with either palette knife, or brush;  fragmenting the light and shadow  into a splintered burst of color, or gently caressing the folds of rock and swirls of water.

“Landscapes Near and Far” runs through April 26 at State of the Art, 120 W. State Street in Ithaca.  A reception for the artist will be held Friday, April 3, 5-8pm.  Gallery hours are Wed.-Fri., 12-6pm, Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm. In addition, work by gallery artists will be exhibited in the Members’ Gallery all month.  Information:  607-277-1626, www.soag.org, diana@ozolins.com//  The gallery is ADA accessible with curbside parking available.

Studied with Thomas Buechner, Stan Taft, Harry Orlyk, Frank Webb, William Benson, Camille Doucet, and Bente King.

Education
S.U.N.Y. Buffalo 1975 BA English
Cornell University 1985 MA History

Current affiliations
Member Greater Ithaca Art Trail since 2000
Board/Member State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca since 2003
Represented by Dassin Gallery, Los Angeles, and Grove Gallery, Aurora NY

Solo/Three person exhibitions Grove Gallery, Aurora NY 2007
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2006
State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca NY 2006
Cornell University’s Willard Straight Gallery, 2006
Blink Gallery, Andes, NY 2005, 2006
Sola Gallery, Ithaca, NY 2005
Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, NY 2004
State of the Art Gallery, NY 2003
Boyce Thompson Institute, 2002
Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars, 2001
Blue Heron Gallery, Trumansburg NY 2000
Selected group shows
Collector’s Gallery, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo NY 2007-2008
Syracuse Technology Garden, August-November 2007
Dassin Gallery, Los Angeles 2006
State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, 2005 “Mink 4”
Blink Gallery, Andes NY 2005 “Mink 3”
Red Newt Gallery, Lodi, NY 2001
Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca NY 2000-2002
Corners Gallery, Ithaca NY 2000-20002

I am now offering high-quality, limited edition Giclee inkjet prints on canvas of any image on my site at www.barbaramink.com. If you are interested in a particular image please let me know. These signed, limited edition prints will be offered in a variety of sizes at affordable prices.  Some examples are on display at the Bookery I in the Dewitt Mall, and at Karma Salon through February, both in Ithaca, New York.

Wednesday, November 5 through Sunday, November 30, 2008
Opening reception: Friday, November 7, 5:00-8:00 pm
(The gallery will be closed Thanksgiving day, November 27.)

Paintings of urban life, trees, explorations of color and texture and collages of gods and goddesses which personify the planets will fill the front gallery at State of the Art during November. The work is by four new gallery members: painters Leslie Brill, Erica Pollock and Ethel Vrana and collagist Andrea King. The four artists will be present at a reception for their exhibition Friday, November 7, from 5:00-8:00 pm at the gallery.

This exhibition opens Wednesday, November 5, and runs through Sunday, November 30. In addition, other gallery members will exhibit paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and assemblage in the Members’ Gallery.

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This exhibit is funded in part by a grant from the New York
State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program.

January, 2009

Landscapes & Labyrinths
Frances Fawcett and Margaret Nelson

Wednesday, January 7, through Sunday, February 1, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, January 9, 5:00-8:00 pm
Second reception: Friday, January 23, 5:00-8:00 pm (Gallery Night)

“Landscapes & Labyrinths”, a two-person exhibition of new work by Margaret Nelson and Frances Fawcett, will be the first show of 2009 at the State of the Art Gallery. Because January is a month for a number of art-related events in Ithaca, there will be two receptions for the artists. The first will be Friday, January 9, 5:00-8:00 pm and two weeks later, in conjunction with Ithaca’s Light in Winter Festival, a second reception will take place on Friday, Jan 25, 5:00-8:00 pm. This is also Gallery Night in downtown Ithaca. Both receptions are at the gallery, free and open to the public.

Heart of Gold

Some of Margy Nelson’s art reflects the subject matter and precision she brings to her “day job” as a biological illustrator. The rest is her escape from precision into free association, in watercolor and “digital paint.” Here is what she has to say:
“Though normally an articulate person, I find myself to be inarticulate about my art. The meditative process of creation does not translate easily into words… Art, after all, is a visual, not a verbal, medium. So take a look at my images and decide for yourself what I am about. Whatever that may be, its exploration gives me great pleasure. I hope it will give you some pleasure too.”

	Yellowstone Grasses

Acrylic landscape paintings — large and small, expansive and intimate — make up Frances Fawcett’s share of the show. One of her interests is capturing the gestures of line in grasses, wood and water. She likes to paint environments that invite the viewer in, or that the viewer can imagine inhabiting were they a different creature altogether — a small mammal or an insect — or that call attention to the interest and beauty of often overlooked places in the landscape.

This is not the first time these two artists and friends have collaborated on an exhibition. They are both members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and this past summer, they organized an exhibit of sixty-five pieces of scientific illustration to hang at Cornell’s Hartell Gallery. Nelson says submissions came from all over the world and it was a very impressive collection.

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This exhibit is funded in part by a grant from the New York
State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program.

Now showing at the Museum of the Earth
extended through October 29, 2006

Barnes and Noble, Ithaca, New York
December 1-31, 2008
New Work:  Acadia National Park

“Meet the Artist” reception, December 1st at 7pm in the store