Dusty, Dirty, and Delayed

"Dusty, Dirty and Delayed"
A 2-person show with Richard Harrington and John Treichler
at Artists' Gallery in Lambertville, NJ
July 10 - August 2, 2009
Opening reception: Saturday July 18 from 6:00 to 9:00pm

"Trained"
photograph by John Treichler

"4:47 Express, Woodbourne"
watercolor by Richard Harrington

"Assembly #2"
photograph by John Treichler

The exhibition explores the impact of trains and rail service throughout the northeast, especially the corridor between Philadelphia and New York. The artists are examining the publics fascination with trains, and the feelings they inspire, ranging from awe to frustration. The artists are also looking at what trains mean to the communities they pass through, whether they are passenger, commuter, or freight trains.

West Meets East

"West Meets East"
A 2-person show with Alan J. Klawans and Michael Schweigart
at Artists' Gallery in Lambertville, NJ
June 5 - July 5, 2009
Opening reception: Saturday June 6 from 2:00 to 7:00pm

Please join us for this 2-person show where long-time member Alan J. Klawans joins one of our newest members, Michael Schweigart, in West Meets East.

"Japanese Souvenir"
by Alan J. Klawans

Klawans has received recognition for his work that has evolved to include various materials and technical processes over the years. In West Meets East, Klawans is exhibiting digital prints and drawings of Japan. Klawans has always admired the architecture, prints, crafts and gardens of Japan. A recent trip there gave him the opportunity to view these visual treasures first hand.

"South Route"
by Michael Schweigart

Schweigart is a respected American landscape painter, and is inclined to paint in a style of realism associated with the tradition of the American landscape painters, using oil or acrylic as a painting medium. “I paint from a variety of vantage points,” says Schweigart, “sometimes from a bird’s eye view, which encompasses the immensity of the land. At other times, my focus is on the more intimate aspects of the countryside with a close up of an architectural element combined with just a glimpse of the distant world.”

Please note that the opening reception is earlier than usual, and runs from 2:00 to 7:00pm on Saturday June 6.

Artsbridge 15h Annual Juried Show

"Princeton Battlefield Winter"
by Joe Kazimierczyk

Joe Kazimierczyk's painting at Princeton Battlefield Park has been accepted into the Artsbridge 15th Annual Juried Show. The show opens June 6 and runs through June 27, 2009 at:

RiverRun Gallery at Laceworks
287 South Main Street (Rt 29)
Lambertville, NJ 08530
609-397-3349

gallery hours: daily from 12:00 – 5:00 pm, except Tuesdays
Opening reception is Saturday June 6, from 6 to 9 pm.

Parked Cars - Richard Harrington

"Parked Cars", a solo exhibition of automotive art by Richard Harrington is currently on display at:

The Philadelphia Sketch Club
235 S. Camac Street
Philadelphia, Pa

The exhibition features watercolor and acrylic paintings of classic and rusted cars, trucks, and farm tractors. The Opening Reception will be on June 14th, 2 to 4 PM. The exhibition continues through June 28th.

Treichler Photograph in 17th Annual Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition

"Josh #2"
photograph by John Treichler

The jurors have selected Treichler's work "Josh #2" for inclusion in this years very competitive exhibition. This is the third year in a row at least one of Treichler's photographs has been selected. The Annual Phillips' Mill Photographic Exhibition is often referred to as "the Best Show on the East Coast." Each year the juried Exhibition features unique works from a wide range of talented sources of all ages, including local artists as well as those from other countries.

Phillips' Mill is located at 2619 River Road in New Hope, just 2 miles north of the center of town along Route 32.

The exhibit runs from May 31st through June 21st. Hours are Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday 1:00 - 5:00pm; Friday and Saturday 1:00 - 9:00pm.

For more information call 215-862-9568 or visit www.phillipsmill.org.

2009 Designer House and Gardens - Gallery Cafe

Just a reminder that the Artists' Gallery featured in the Gallery Café at the 2009 Bucks County Designer House and Gardens tour is running now through May 31.


The Designer House Tour is on a 20-acre estate in Solebury, PA. featuring an 1850s Victorian home, 1960s stone-and-stucco farmhouse, gingerbread cottage, guest house, carriage shed, greenhouse, three-story stone barn - decorated by more than 50 interior designers and landscapers. The Artists' Gallery had the pleasure of transforming the estate's garage into an art gallery for our work. Here we are, hard at work - artists can do more than just paint:

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Here is the finished room, complete with café and dining tables where you can rest and enjoy our artwork:

Tickets for the event are still available at Artists’ Gallery during our normal business hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Ellarslie Open XXVII and The Salon at Artworks

The annual Ellarslie Open is currently under way at the Trenton City Museum. As usual, the Artists' Gallery is pretty well represented and accepted into Ellarslie Open XXVII were Jennifer Cadoff, Patricia Lange, and Andrew Werth. Jennifer Cadoff won a Runner Up Award in the Drawing category, Andrew Werth won Honorable Mention in Digital Photography.

For the past 2 years, museum director Brian O. Hill has struggled with the problem of not having enough space to show all of the work he would like to show. This year Ellarslie is partnering with Artworks to present "The Salon Show" - a show of entries that didn't make it into the Ellarslie Open but are too good not to exhibit. Accepted into the Salon Show were Gail Bracegirdle and Joe Kazimierczyk.

The opening receptions for both shows have already happened, but Ellarslie Open XXVII runs until June 14 and The Salon at Artworks runs until June 27. Visit the Ellarslie and Artworks websites for directions, and more information.

Connections - May show at Artists Gallery

"Connections"
A 2-person show with Beatrice Bork and Joe Kazimierczyk
at Artists' Gallery in Lambertville, NJ
May 8 - May 31, 2009
Opening reception: Saturday May 9, 6-9pm

During the month of May, Artists' Gallery features the work of wildlife artist Beatrice Bork, and landscape painter Joe Kazimierczyk, two artists who share a deep connection to nature through their paintings. Both artists take their inspiration from natural settings and as one takes in the work of these two fine artists, that connection becomes evident. Bork paints intimate scenes depicting animals we share our earth with, while Kazimierczyk paints quiet country scenes still common in this area.

The show runs May 8 through May 31, 2009
Opening reception is Saturday, May 9 from 6-9pm at:

Artists' Gallery
32 Coryell Street
Lambertville, NJ
map & directions
Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

If you can't make the opening, please join the artists for coffee & conversation, a closing reception on the last day of the show, Sunday, May 31 from 2-5pm.

Artists Gallery at Pinot to Picasso 2009

Artists' Gallery is well represented at this year's Pinot to Picasso - the Arts Council of Princeton's annual art and wine tasting fund raiser. This gala kick-off to the Princeton Arts Weekend and Communiversity Festival of the Arts has been described as "the liveliest and hippest art related event in Princeton" - so how can you miss that?!

The event takes place on Friday evening, April 24 and includes an exciting selection of foods donated by select local restaurants, and a tasting of wines from around the world. Also included are a wine-related Silent Auction, and a “Wine Grab.” But the highlight of the evening is the Art Tombola, a raffle of approximately 80 works of art contributed by a select group of local artists. Below are the works donated by Artists' Gallery members:

"Winterscape"
by John Treichler

"Ripe"
by Materese Roche

"MHM 3905"
by Florence Moonan

"Behind Prallsville Mills"
by Joe Kazimierczyk

"Pussy Willows"
by Jennifer Cadoff

Last year's event was a lot of fun, and this year's sound like it will be even better. Details and registration information are available on the Arts Council of Princeton's Pinot to Picasso web page.

Prisms of Perception

Charles Katzenbach and Materese Roche
exhibit "Prisms of Perception"
at Artists' Gallery

oil on canvas
by Materese Roche

The first show of the Artists’ Gallery’s season features two artists working on separate planes, with different visions who are bound by parallels in techniques and the ability to draw the viewer into their work. The Charles Katzenbach and Materese Roche show “Prisms of Perception” opens Friday, April 10th, and the artist’s reception will be held on Saturday, April 18th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. The exhibit runs through May 3rd, 2009.

oil on glass
by Charles Katzenbach

For Katzenbach and Roche, visual depth and interest is achieved through the use of multiple layers of shifting light and colors, lending atmosphere and movement to their work.

Katzenbach creates abstract paintings with oil on the surfaces of glass or mirrors, often using multiple panes to increase the depth and complexity of the image. Colors and shapes shift as one moves around the work, literally playing with the viewer’s perceptions. His work has been referred to as “a legal high with paint, color and light as stimulus”.

Roche paints in a contemporary representational manner, but like Katzenbach, she is fascinated with the play of natural light and atmosphere and how opposing forces in a painting can create a sensation of vibration or tranquility, depending upon the subject. For Roche, the driving force is to pull you into the subject and create within you a specific feeling – from the cool morning air and shimmering light in Northern Maine to the sensation of mist at it flows through a grove of bamboo.

Please note that because it's Easter weekend, the opening is not being held on Second Saturday. Instead, the opening reception for this show will be on Saturday April 18th from 6 to 9:00 pm.