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Judy Olson
http://www.judyolsonphotography.com/
jaolson@klink.net
Judy Olson (nee Waligura) graduated from Torrington High School in 1970, and magna cum laude from Fulton-Montgomery Community College in 1992, with an A.A.S. degree in Visual Communications.
From 1992 to 2003, she worked as a color evaluator for Quad/Graphics, at the Saratoga Springs plant. In the image capture area of Quad's Imaging department, Judy did scanning, color correction, and retouching for numerous publications, among them National Geographic, Travel & Leisure, and Yankee magazines, as well as catalogs for Orvis and Talbots.
Judy lives with her husband Eric in a log cabin in the southern Adirondacks of New York State. She has three children: Dan and Dave Chapin, Amanda Pitcher, and several grandchildren.
jaolson@klink.net
Judy Olson (nee Waligura) graduated from Torrington High School in 1970, and magna cum laude from Fulton-Montgomery Community College in 1992, with an A.A.S. degree in Visual Communications.
From 1992 to 2003, she worked as a color evaluator for Quad/Graphics, at the Saratoga Springs plant. In the image capture area of Quad's Imaging department, Judy did scanning, color correction, and retouching for numerous publications, among them National Geographic, Travel & Leisure, and Yankee magazines, as well as catalogs for Orvis and Talbots.
Judy lives with her husband Eric in a log cabin in the southern Adirondacks of New York State. She has three children: Dan and Dave Chapin, Amanda Pitcher, and several grandchildren.
Kate Austin-Avon
www.kateaustinavon.net
www.myadvokate.com
(518) 353-2121
Kate E. Austin-Avon was raised in Killington, Vermont, and now resides in Glens Falls, New York. She has been showing her work in Glens Falls and Killington since 2007 and is always seeking new venues to show her artwork or sell her jewelry. Kate graduated from Empire State College with her Bachelor's in Visual Arts in 2008 and owns a business called Advokate promoting artists and small businesses. She served as Co-President for the North Country Arts Center for two years and served as chair of Colors of Fall for more than four years and an exhibiting and active member of many local arts organizations.
www.myadvokate.com
(518) 353-2121
Kate E. Austin-Avon was raised in Killington, Vermont, and now resides in Glens Falls, New York. She has been showing her work in Glens Falls and Killington since 2007 and is always seeking new venues to show her artwork or sell her jewelry. Kate graduated from Empire State College with her Bachelor's in Visual Arts in 2008 and owns a business called Advokate promoting artists and small businesses. She served as Co-President for the North Country Arts Center for two years and served as chair of Colors of Fall for more than four years and an exhibiting and active member of many local arts organizations.
Diane Collins
www.wildflowersinyourownbackyard.com
dc.wildflowers@gmail.com
Wildflower photographer and enthusiast Diane Collins runs a unique business, WILDFLOWERS IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD, producing personal wildflower books.
Diane lives in Glens Falls, NY, near the Adirondack Mts. She is an exhibiting member of the North Country Arts Center, and her wildflower photographs have been displayed in several Glens Falls locations. Diane will work for you, or with you, to chronicle the wildflowers on your property or along a favorite trail. The flowers would be photographed and identified from May through September, and your hard cover wildflower book would be produced for you by the following spring.
Diane is also the creator of several wildflower booklets developed for local non-profit organizations:
Most recently Warrensburgh Beautification Inc. (WBI) commissioned Diane to photograph wildflowers in the Warrensburgh area and design her 3rd booklet “Warrensburgh Wildflowers” published in October 2008. “High Peaks Wildflowers” was self-published in May 2005 and chronicles spring and summer wildflowers growing alongthe trail to Rooster Comb Mt. in Keene Valley, NY. Proceedswere shared with High Peaks Hospice.
“Seasonal Wildflowers Along the Feeder Canal Park Trail” was first published in 2003 for the Feeder Canal Alliance in Glens Falls.
All the personal books and booklets designed by Diane include photographs illustrating the local settings and home place.
dc.wildflowers@gmail.com
Wildflower photographer and enthusiast Diane Collins runs a unique business, WILDFLOWERS IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD, producing personal wildflower books.
Diane lives in Glens Falls, NY, near the Adirondack Mts. She is an exhibiting member of the North Country Arts Center, and her wildflower photographs have been displayed in several Glens Falls locations. Diane will work for you, or with you, to chronicle the wildflowers on your property or along a favorite trail. The flowers would be photographed and identified from May through September, and your hard cover wildflower book would be produced for you by the following spring.
Diane is also the creator of several wildflower booklets developed for local non-profit organizations:
Most recently Warrensburgh Beautification Inc. (WBI) commissioned Diane to photograph wildflowers in the Warrensburgh area and design her 3rd booklet “Warrensburgh Wildflowers” published in October 2008. “High Peaks Wildflowers” was self-published in May 2005 and chronicles spring and summer wildflowers growing alongthe trail to Rooster Comb Mt. in Keene Valley, NY. Proceedswere shared with High Peaks Hospice.
“Seasonal Wildflowers Along the Feeder Canal Park Trail” was first published in 2003 for the Feeder Canal Alliance in Glens Falls.
All the personal books and booklets designed by Diane include photographs illustrating the local settings and home place.
Paul Chapman
bjsartworks Framing Gallery Studio
www.bjsartworks.com
www.bjsartworks.blogspot.com
My work in pastels are a constant study in color, texture and the relationships of light and atmosphere. By capturing time and space in landscapes and still life, I create a sense of peace and serenity. In today’s fast pace world these qualities are hard to come by.
My landscape images are inspired by photographs of places that are special to me. I, in turn, wish to share that with the viewer.
The still life images are just that...still life. There is certain peaceful quietness in still life that engages the artist as well the viewer...a time to step out of the now and into a place which clears the mind and renews the spirit.
New to portraits of people, I am encouraged to continue my experience in rendering portraits of people, homes and animals in pastel, hoping to capture their emotional and personal nature in the traditional yet classic form.
www.bjsartworks.blogspot.com
My work in pastels are a constant study in color, texture and the relationships of light and atmosphere. By capturing time and space in landscapes and still life, I create a sense of peace and serenity. In today’s fast pace world these qualities are hard to come by.
My landscape images are inspired by photographs of places that are special to me. I, in turn, wish to share that with the viewer.
The still life images are just that...still life. There is certain peaceful quietness in still life that engages the artist as well the viewer...a time to step out of the now and into a place which clears the mind and renews the spirit.
New to portraits of people, I am encouraged to continue my experience in rendering portraits of people, homes and animals in pastel, hoping to capture their emotional and personal nature in the traditional yet classic form.
FLUX Silver Gallery
www.fluxsilver.com
71 Lawrence Street #220
Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518) 832-9881
Upstate New York’s Hottest Metals Gallery
Featuring High-Quality Art Jewelry in Silver and Gold
Three young women, all designers and metalsmiths, jointly own and operate FLUX Silver Gallery located in The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls, New York. Winnie Chai, Cynthia Gorman and Mylissa Corlew as artists/owners share a passion for fine craft, distinctive design and a vision for building a stronger, more vibrant arts community in the region.
The gallery represents a range of original work handcrafted by local artists as well as work by up-and-coming designers and makers throughout the United States. Walk into the elegant, up-close-and-personal space to find one-of-a-kind sculptural art pieces as well as reasonably-priced and very wearable everyday jewelry.
FLUX welcomes shoppers and visitors :
Thursday 12-7 pm
Friday 12-7 pm
Saturday 10-5 pm and by appointment.
71 Lawrence Street #220
Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518) 832-9881
Upstate New York’s Hottest Metals Gallery
Featuring High-Quality Art Jewelry in Silver and Gold
Three young women, all designers and metalsmiths, jointly own and operate FLUX Silver Gallery located in The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls, New York. Winnie Chai, Cynthia Gorman and Mylissa Corlew as artists/owners share a passion for fine craft, distinctive design and a vision for building a stronger, more vibrant arts community in the region.
The gallery represents a range of original work handcrafted by local artists as well as work by up-and-coming designers and makers throughout the United States. Walk into the elegant, up-close-and-personal space to find one-of-a-kind sculptural art pieces as well as reasonably-priced and very wearable everyday jewelry.
FLUX welcomes shoppers and visitors :
Thursday 12-7 pm
Friday 12-7 pm
Saturday 10-5 pm and by appointment.
Mary Paladin
www.marypaladin.com
mary@marypaladin.com
Mary A. Paladin was born in the Susquehanna River Valley of central Pennsylvania. She spends her summers in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. These two scenic regions have provided her with an enormous appreciation of nature’s beauty. An only child of a Scottish immigrant mother (who was thrilled to become a naturalized US citizen!) and a first generation American/Italian father, she celebrated in a family proud of its heritage. Prouder still were they, to be Americans. Being raised in a home filled with love, pets, art, books and music, enabled her to develop a wide array of interests and abilities. Along with those experiences were lessons teaching respect for life and all it had to offer. As a young adult she freelanced in the fashion and cosmetic industry, affirming the basis of her upbringing that "true beauty comes from within". In her thirties she became a wife, a mother and she started a retail business blending her artistic painting with giftware and home furninshings. It gave her the flexibility to care for her small child and aging parents. Nearly twenty years later her business was destroyed by fire. She decided it was time to change directions and return to her love of the written word and still use her love of art in illustrations and paintings. Her child is grown and her parents have passed from this world. She is grateful for every moment she has had to experience what life can hold. Whether that moment is joyful or sad, it is a gift that she will continue to gather and share with others. She enjoys life with her husband and their daughter in a home filled with love, pets, books, art and music.
mary@marypaladin.com
Mary A. Paladin was born in the Susquehanna River Valley of central Pennsylvania. She spends her summers in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. These two scenic regions have provided her with an enormous appreciation of nature’s beauty. An only child of a Scottish immigrant mother (who was thrilled to become a naturalized US citizen!) and a first generation American/Italian father, she celebrated in a family proud of its heritage. Prouder still were they, to be Americans. Being raised in a home filled with love, pets, art, books and music, enabled her to develop a wide array of interests and abilities. Along with those experiences were lessons teaching respect for life and all it had to offer. As a young adult she freelanced in the fashion and cosmetic industry, affirming the basis of her upbringing that "true beauty comes from within". In her thirties she became a wife, a mother and she started a retail business blending her artistic painting with giftware and home furninshings. It gave her the flexibility to care for her small child and aging parents. Nearly twenty years later her business was destroyed by fire. She decided it was time to change directions and return to her love of the written word and still use her love of art in illustrations and paintings. Her child is grown and her parents have passed from this world. She is grateful for every moment she has had to experience what life can hold. Whether that moment is joyful or sad, it is a gift that she will continue to gather and share with others. She enjoys life with her husband and their daughter in a home filled with love, pets, books, art and music.
Ed Wyant
www.southmountainphotos.com
sales@southmountainphotos.com
South Mountain Photos is a small photography studio nestled at the base of South Mountain in North River, New York. After a life changing accident in April of 2001, a year of healing, and at the urging of photographer friends that God put in my path, I bought a digital camera and began taking photographs as “therapy”.
Dragging camera equipment around in the beginning was hard work!
I found I had a God-given talent for visual composition. I’m told I see things “differently”. What started out as therapy has turned into a passion, one I enjoy sharing with everyone I meet.
Attention to detail is important to me, and I choose to put out the best quality product I can. I use an Epson 1400 printer and Epson archival inks and paper. These are warranted by the manufacturer to be colorfast for 70 years when the photo is behind glass or in a plastic sleeve and protected from direct sunlight and severe humidity.
Although I’ll never regain the abilities I enjoyed before my fall, I am now able to pursue a challenging and rewarding career I would never have dreamed possible.
God is good!
sales@southmountainphotos.com
South Mountain Photos is a small photography studio nestled at the base of South Mountain in North River, New York. After a life changing accident in April of 2001, a year of healing, and at the urging of photographer friends that God put in my path, I bought a digital camera and began taking photographs as “therapy”.
Dragging camera equipment around in the beginning was hard work!
I found I had a God-given talent for visual composition. I’m told I see things “differently”. What started out as therapy has turned into a passion, one I enjoy sharing with everyone I meet.
Attention to detail is important to me, and I choose to put out the best quality product I can. I use an Epson 1400 printer and Epson archival inks and paper. These are warranted by the manufacturer to be colorfast for 70 years when the photo is behind glass or in a plastic sleeve and protected from direct sunlight and severe humidity.
Although I’ll never regain the abilities I enjoyed before my fall, I am now able to pursue a challenging and rewarding career I would never have dreamed possible.
God is good!
Priscilla Taite
Robert Walp
www.chestercreekpress.com
PO Box 316
29 Pine Knolls Road
Chestertown, New York 12817
518-494-3627
bob@chestercreekpress.com
Chester Creek Press is located just outside the hamlet of Chestertown in New York State’s Adirondack Park. The main focus of the press is publishing limited editions of contemporary works of prose and poetry. Most of the production work of each edition happens here in our studio – design, illustration, papermaking, letterpress printing from handset metal type, and bookbinding.
We also bring over thirty years of fine woodworking experience to the creation of bookbinding tools and tools for hand papermakers. We use the tools we make and we encorage feedback from our customers so our tools are refined and well tested.
The press offers summer and fall workshops in various aspects of the book arts, including introductory classes in bookbinding, papermaking, boxmaking, letterpress printing, and decorative paste-papers.
There are three studios at Chester Creek: bookbinding, letterpress printing, and boxmaking classes are taught in the print shop and bindery. Our equipment includes two Vandercook proof presses, a C&P Pilot platen press, over fifty cases of metal printing type, various hand bookbinding tools, and lots of handmade and fine art paper. We also expose and hand wash polymer plates in the print shop.
Downstairs from the print shop is the woodworking shop where we make specialized bookbinding tools and hand papermaking equipment as well as tools, jigs and fixtures for our other studios.
Out back is the paper mill where the hollander beater is kept along with vats, tubs, felts and blotters for making paper the traditional way, from cotton and linen rags.
Chester Creek Press is the imprint of Robert Walp.
PO Box 316
29 Pine Knolls Road
Chestertown, New York 12817
518-494-3627
bob@chestercreekpress.com
Chester Creek Press is located just outside the hamlet of Chestertown in New York State’s Adirondack Park. The main focus of the press is publishing limited editions of contemporary works of prose and poetry. Most of the production work of each edition happens here in our studio – design, illustration, papermaking, letterpress printing from handset metal type, and bookbinding.
We also bring over thirty years of fine woodworking experience to the creation of bookbinding tools and tools for hand papermakers. We use the tools we make and we encorage feedback from our customers so our tools are refined and well tested.
The press offers summer and fall workshops in various aspects of the book arts, including introductory classes in bookbinding, papermaking, boxmaking, letterpress printing, and decorative paste-papers.
There are three studios at Chester Creek: bookbinding, letterpress printing, and boxmaking classes are taught in the print shop and bindery. Our equipment includes two Vandercook proof presses, a C&P Pilot platen press, over fifty cases of metal printing type, various hand bookbinding tools, and lots of handmade and fine art paper. We also expose and hand wash polymer plates in the print shop.
Downstairs from the print shop is the woodworking shop where we make specialized bookbinding tools and hand papermaking equipment as well as tools, jigs and fixtures for our other studios.
Out back is the paper mill where the hollander beater is kept along with vats, tubs, felts and blotters for making paper the traditional way, from cotton and linen rags.
Chester Creek Press is the imprint of Robert Walp.
Dolores Thomson
www.clayconcepts.com
www.doloresthomson.com
clayconcepts@yahoo.com
Creating with clay has been a journey of self-discovery. In learning to center the clay I found a way to center myself. As I explore the variety of forms and learn the complexities of the ceramic process, I find new ways in which to express myself. Nature, as well as Native American and Japanese aesthetics, inspires my designs and the forms I make.
The majority of my work consists of wheel thrown vessels. For me, the vessel is representative of the self, a receptacle for things that matter and need to be kept safe. In ancient times the vessel was a symbol for the Feminine; the giver of life,well being and nourishment.
Clay has taught me to have focus and patience. By its very nature,clay connects us to the Earth, and I find my awareness of nature heightened. As I continue to create with clay, I continue to create myself.
I have been creating with clay for over twenty years. My work has been shown in galleries and featured in shows and art fairs in upstate New York. I'm a teacher's assistant for the evening raku/sagger class at Skidmore College. I have my studio, Clay Concepts, in Glens Falls, NY and teach adult and children's clay classes.
I'm Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y, and now live in Hudson Falls,N.Y. with my husband Alex.
www.doloresthomson.com
clayconcepts@yahoo.com
Creating with clay has been a journey of self-discovery. In learning to center the clay I found a way to center myself. As I explore the variety of forms and learn the complexities of the ceramic process, I find new ways in which to express myself. Nature, as well as Native American and Japanese aesthetics, inspires my designs and the forms I make.
The majority of my work consists of wheel thrown vessels. For me, the vessel is representative of the self, a receptacle for things that matter and need to be kept safe. In ancient times the vessel was a symbol for the Feminine; the giver of life,well being and nourishment.
Clay has taught me to have focus and patience. By its very nature,clay connects us to the Earth, and I find my awareness of nature heightened. As I continue to create with clay, I continue to create myself.
I have been creating with clay for over twenty years. My work has been shown in galleries and featured in shows and art fairs in upstate New York. I'm a teacher's assistant for the evening raku/sagger class at Skidmore College. I have my studio, Clay Concepts, in Glens Falls, NY and teach adult and children's clay classes.
I'm Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y, and now live in Hudson Falls,N.Y. with my husband Alex.
Nancy Ness
www.nancyness.com
(518) 251-9869
PO Box 388, North Creek, NY 12853
nessnancy@hotmail.com
It is said that creativity is a muscle. I have diligently exercised this muscle from schooling through career an now turn my creativity to focusing on painting. All of my work searches to make color relationships sing and create strong, harmonious and hopefully engaging moods.
(518) 251-9869
PO Box 388, North Creek, NY 12853
nessnancy@hotmail.com
It is said that creativity is a muscle. I have diligently exercised this muscle from schooling through career an now turn my creativity to focusing on painting. All of my work searches to make color relationships sing and create strong, harmonious and hopefully engaging moods.
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Gary & Ann Larsen
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Charlene Leary
Kaye G. Leigh
Kay Levine
Heidi Lewis
Irene Magee
Audrey L. Masten
Evelyn M. Matwijcow
Heidi L. Maxwell
Bob McDermott
Jenny Mosier
Lynda Naske
Harvey Noordsy
Elizabeth (Betty) O'Brien
Kathleen O'Day
Jan Palmer
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Jessica Phillips
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Joan Reid
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Craig Sweet
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Jacqueline Touba
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Ruth V. Ward
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Ken Wheeler
Robert Whiting
Carol Whitney
Michael J. Willig
Dennis & Barbara Wilson
Michelle L. Winnie
Jolie Wood-Thomas
Donna Harrington Wormwood
Janet Marie Yeates
Lyn-Rae Ashley
Karen Bailey
Nancy Bakemeier
Charles (Chip) Beers
Anthony (Tony) Belle
Beatrice Bernhard
Barbara B. Boisse
C. Margaret Bollendorf
Dorothy Boyack
Kathleen Boyle
Ryan Breheny
G.J. Bradley
The Quarry House Retreat
Linda Buerkley
Christina Burch
Stan Burdick
Ann Casselman
Nicole Catapano
Thomas A. Chard
Joan Charisse
Dorothy Christiansen
Rene Clements
Joyce Cleveland
Tim Cordell
Sally Costello
Ruth Crotty
Gail Danforth
Kathryn Davis
Sharon Schenk Deitering
Barbara Erwood DeLoria
Theresa (Terry) Demers
Kirsten L. DeTemple
Betty Dodds
Joan Donnelly
Penny Downs
Crystal Eggleston
Gordon Ellmers
Bob Fisher
Robert Flachbarth
Lise Fuller
Veronica Fuller
Michael George
John Gotto
Helga Grobel
Paul Hobart
Donnaleen Hoffman
Frederick Holman
Helena Holod
Jim Hudon
Raina Hunt
Michael C. Huskie
Lynn A. Jacunski
Neil Johns
Wendy Joy-Hayes
Carolyn F. Kibbe
Margaret M. Klick
Frank & Janet Knight
Bill Knoble
Marion D. Kohls
Marion Kratky
Michael Kratky
Betsy Krebs
James Kries
Natasha Lacque
Dr. Patrick Lam
Gary & Ann Larsen
Emily Latterell
Charlene Leary
Kaye G. Leigh
Kay Levine
Heidi Lewis
Irene Magee
Audrey L. Masten
Evelyn M. Matwijcow
Heidi L. Maxwell
Bob McDermott
Jenny Mosier
Lynda Naske
Harvey Noordsy
Elizabeth (Betty) O'Brien
Kathleen O'Day
Jan Palmer
Mark Perry
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Joan Reid
Peggy Reid
Kathleen Roberts
Joan A. Robertson
Patricia Rose
Eleanor Rowland
Donald E. Russell
Tom Ryan
Ruth B. Sauer
Arlene Schiek
Linda Gilbert Schneider
Jon Segan
Mary Lou Smith
Trudi T. Smith
Craig Sweet
Maureen M. Temple
Jacqueline Touba
Meredith Waage Van Vorst
Alice Vollaro
Ruth V. Ward
Runic Dragon Designs
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Carol R. Werner
Ken Wheeler
Robert Whiting
Carol Whitney
Michael J. Willig
Dennis & Barbara Wilson
Michelle L. Winnie
Jolie Wood-Thomas
Donna Harrington Wormwood
Janet Marie Yeates