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<p><span class="gallerytitle">SOAG Members on Gallery Night </span><br>
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<p class="mailingstyle">Gallery Night in Ithaca is a coordinated
night of openings at a dozen art galleries within walking distance of
the Ithaca Commons. The State of the Art Gallery will be participating
in Gallery Night with its annual Photo Show award ceremonies -- a show
that is not open to members of SOAG. But that doesn't mean the SOAG
members won't be on view on Gallery Night! </p>
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<td class="caption">Diana Ozolins, <i>Gretchen's Barn,</i>
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<p class="mailingstyle"><strong>Diana Ozolins</strong> will be
the featured artist at the Titus Gallery in a show continuing through
April 30, 2008. This is a retrospective show for Diana, featuring
canvases from decades past. </p>
<p class="mailingstyle">"I paint sections of the Finger Lakes
Trail that I have hiked by myself or with friends. I love the way the
sun comes through the trees, what you can see, what you can almost see,
and what dissolves in light or distance. Driving along back roads, I
search for the perfect combination of shapes and colors in the fields
and farms of Danby or West Hill, looking for the colors and textures of
pasture, grain, and trees and how they change with distance and
atmosphere. I also travel to paint -- sometimes it seems necessary to
get away from daily cares and chores to carve out time for an intensive
painting experience. It recharges my painting and I always come back
with some new understanding of the complexity of color or design.
The paintings in this show span the seasons here in the Finger Lakes
around Ithaca. There are also paintings from one of my trips to
Ireland."</p>
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<td class="caption">Patty Porter, <i>Storm Coming, </i>oil
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<p class="mailingstyle"><strong>Patty Porter</strong> is featured
with two other artists at the Upstairs Gallery.in a show that will run
through March 22. Patty's work in this show comes from a trip that she
and a group of friends took last summer to a small island just off the
Canadian shore of eastern Lake Ontario.</p>
<p class="mailingstyle">"My first impression of painting
opportunities was disappointing. Nothing caught my eye demanding to be
painted. But once I stopped fighting the obvious calm I was captivated.
Amherst Island was like time traveling into the past. Most days we saw
more people riding bicycles than riding in cars. The pace was slow and
contagious. </p>
<p class="mailingstyle">"I left Amherst Island on the ferry with
a portfolio of wet sketches, not knowing what I would do next. As the
weather got cooler and I began transforming my sketches into larger
paintings in my studio I found myself being transported back to that
more peaceful, slower paced life. To date I’ve created 9 paintings
inspired by that tranquil location. As I’ve worked on each one I have
gained a new appreciation for the opportunity to spend long periods of
time contemplating natures beauty and to transform that beauty into
paintings on canvas. I hope that you, as viewers, can experience the
tranquility of Amherst Island through my paintings."</p>
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<td class="caption">Yvonne Piburn, <i>Made in Occupied
Japan,</i> oil on canvas <br>
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<p class="mailingstyle"><strong>Yvonne Piburn</strong> joins
Patty Porter in the current show at the Upstairs Gallery. (Local artist
Dora Flash is the third participant in that show.) </p>
<p class="mailingstyle">"The current world environment is
anything but tranquil. Focus on nature, beauty and order is vital to
maintaining a sense of balance. In these paintings the quiet matter of
retreat multiplies in an attempt to recover peace of mind. The place of
tranquil isolation begins to shimmer and reflect and, again, to
multiply. Here is an attempt to maintain a balance between inner and
outer worlds. Color muted, objects clustered, landscapes of intimate
proportion restructure the precarious balance that confronts
tranquility.</p>
<p class="mailingstyle">The Titus Gallery is located at the east
end of the Ithaca Commons, next to Simeons.<br>
The Upstairs Gallery is located in Dewitt Mall at 215 N. Cayuga St.</p>
<p class="mailingstyle">For more information about Gallery Night,
see <a href="http://www.gallerynightithaca.com/">Gallery Night of
Ithaca</a>. </p>
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<h5 align="center"><span class="mailingstyle">The Gallery is
located at 120 W State Street, across from the State Theater.<br>
Phone: 607-277-1626<br>
Hours are Wednesday-Friday noon-6:00 pm, <br>
Saturday-Sunday noon-5:00 pm</span></h5>
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