Late Summer in Hudson

My dear colleague Giovanni Di Mola is heading out, away from Hudson, New York to Israel, Berlin and Howard Beach, Queens...don't ask!
After two years of working together he has assisted with my Art career, the Antiques shop and more!

I am hardly the only person in town who cherishes him and will miss him greatly.

Late Summer is late summer.

Best in Show opened in Hudson , New York Last Week

My painted dog sculpture went on view last week in front of 508 Warren Street , Hudson,NY 12534.
The piece is called "Vanishing Breed" and a recent photo shows me with it and my muse Amos, July 5, 2008.

"BEST IN SHOW"

“Best in Show” 2008: Hudson and Columbia County Art Project

Imagine classical dogs, colorful dogs, cunning or crying or cocky dogs, cranky dogs, corny dogs, conceited, contented and comical dogs. All the newest, all the coolest will be taking up residence in Hudson, for the summer of 2008.

There will be promotions and special events throughout the season. Patrons who sponsor the dogs and artists who decorate them will be promoted in print, on the web, at events and in the streets!!

Fiber glass dogs, approximately 25 inches, either in a sitting or standing position and mounted on a base, will be purchased by a sponsor and then painted and decorated at the whimsy of the artist.

The dogs will be on display in Hudson and other towns in Columbia County from July 4th Weekend through the CCCA’s Hudson ArtsWalk, ending Columbus Day Weekend, 2008.

Following their summer on the street the dogs will be auctioned at the “Best in Show Auction and Gala” to be held during ArtsWalk 2008, Sunday, October 12th.

Contact CCCA at (518) 671-6213 info@artscolumbia.org

ARTSCAPE: Art in a Landscape Studio Tour

ARTSCAPE: Art in a Landscape Studio Tour

Saturday and Sunday, May 17 & 18, 2008, from 10 AM – 4 PM.

ARTSCAPE features the work of 14 artists from Columbia County and offers a
unique opportunity for art lovers to see outstanding works of art in
the studios in which they were created. These are private spaces that are
open to the public exclusively for this event.

Various approaches to painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking
and mixed media installations come to life with this unique group of
artists. This year's tour brings together the talents of Allyson
Strafella (Hudson), Dawn Breeze (Hudson), Georgia Ranney (Valatie),
Dan Devine (At Art Omi, Ghent), Fred Jones (Hudson), Giovanni diMola
(Hudson), Ieva Mediodia (Hudson), Karen Halverson (North Chatham), Ken
Polinskie (Claverack), Martha Lloyd (Germantown), Mimi Czajka
Graminski (Red Hook), Mona Mark (Malden Bridge), Myron Polenberg
(Hudson) and Sarah Sterling (Hudson). Many of these artists are well
known and show in New York and around the country. All are
enthusiastic about sharing their work in their studios with visitors
on the tour and engaging in dialogue about their art. Most of the work
in the studios is available for purchase. Artscape Studio Tour tickets
are $25 per person.

www.artscapestudiotour.com

http://www.artscapestudiotour.com/POLINSKIE.cfm

Tickets may also be purchased at Chatham Bookstore, The Hawthorne
Valley Farm Store in Harlemville, Boulay Antiques, 530 Warren Street,
and the CCCA, 209 Warren Street, Hudson and by phone from the CCCA at
518 671-6213

KEN POLINSKIE: GRIFFIN’S CAT AND OTHER STORIES

Opening Reception Saturday, April 26, 6-8 p.m.

Through May 31, 2008

The Nicole Fiacco Gallery announces Griffin’s Cat and Other Stories, a solo exhibition of recent work by Ken Polinskie (American b. 1952). In this, his second solo exhibition with the gallery, Polinskie will present paintings and drawings influenced by fables and narrative. The show will include paintings created from paper pulp as well as ink and gouache drawings on artist made paper.

Polinskie’s work is highly expressive, with dreamlike compositions that are dramatic in their gesture and color. In addition to being quite beautiful and idiosyncratic, viewers will respond to Polinskie’s storytelling, which ranges from darkly comic to deeply moving. Polinskie’s work is disarming, using `lo’ subjects as metaphor, while asking serious questions about the nature of the human condition.

Ken Polinskie has remained wholly committed to the use of paper as a medium for nearly 30 years and is considered a master papermaker. He has made significant contributions to the field through his innovative hand papermaking techniques, including his success in capturing representational imagery in his early paper pulp paintings and progressive techniques in print and edition work using handmade paper.

Ken Polinskie is a founding board member of Dieu Donne Papermill has exhibited in New York City at Fischbach Gallery, Hirschl and Adler Modern and the Dieu Donne Papermill. Polinskie’s museum exhibitions include Southeast Museum, Brewster, NY and the Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C. Ken Polinskie’s work was most recently reviewed in Handmade Paper Magazine (2005), and was previously reviewed in publications including The New York Times, Newsday, ARTnews, Art and Auction, Artforum, and American Artist magazine.

Ken Polinskie attended the School of Visual Arts and the New School for Social Research, NY, NY. He currently resides in Claverack, NY and maintains a studio and private paper mill in Hudson, NY.

For information please contact the Nicole Fiacco Gallery, 506 Warren St. Hudson, NY, 518 828 5090, Nicole@modogallery.com . Online: www.nicolefiaccogallery.com

2008

My current work, I believe, is a confluence of my lifelong involvement with works on paper, the development of imagery and a more methodical approach to underlying ideas.

The imagery is generated from various sources such as life studies, newspaper photos or fables and fairy tales. After satisfactory preliminary drawings are completed the image is transferred to a sheet of paper, generally of my own making. The sheets may be simply colored, embellished with imbedding or double couched during the papermaking process with partial imagery.

The final rendering of the image is in ink, gouache, watercolor or a combination of mediums.

Influences range from Renaissance Master Drawings to comic book line art illustrations.

The subject matter of dogs and other creatures and the stories they tell are an important aspect of my work. My goal is to express humor and sentiment as well as add an element of kitsch. I believe that the deeper level of my work is revealed in the obsessive nature of the lines and marks made. Those notations are an outlet for my inner thoughts, anxieties and other emotional and spiritual states of mind.

Griffin's Cat