Dina Bursztyn was described as "an artist of remarkable range, talent and ability" in a New York Times review. Bursztyn calls her paintings, drawings, sculptures and mixed media works ''contemporary artifacts.'' She divides her time between New York City and Catskill, New York. She co-owns the Open Studio Gallery in Catskill, NY.



Artist: Dina Bursztyn
Title: Lady Knife
Medium: stoneware and mixed media
Size: 61 x 22 x 8
Year: 2000
Website:  www.potatospirit.com

Alex Spangler's painting "has a special relevance to the contemporary landscape." He has a solo show currently: Drawings and Paintings, February 12 - March 20, 2009 at FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS, 11th Floor Gallery, 22 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, 212.627.1700. Opening Reception: Thursday February 12, 2009 5:00 - 7:00pm., and the Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition at the New York State Museum in Albany. Spangler received his MFA from Puchase College in 2008.

Artist: Alec Spangler
Title: Where the Heart Is
Medium: graphite on mylar
Size: 18 x 24
Year:2007
Website: www.alecspangler.com

Artist's name:  Bruce Richards
Title of Artwork: Ports-of-Call - detail photo (click for full image)
Medium: Oil wash on linen
Size: 34 x 14 inches inches
Year: 2007

The  titles of his works, which are suggestive of allegorical content, serve as introductions to the work’s narratives.

He wishes to take representation beyond the thing represented, beyond a materialistic sense and have it function on other levels. At the same time, wanting the image as interesting visually as it is conceptually.
 
He lived and worked in Los Angeles, California for 40 years  prior moving to New York in 2002. He has work in: Grunwald Center for the Arts, Hammer Museum, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Orange County Museum of Art, and San Francisco Museum of Art

Artists name: Rosalind Schneider
Title of Artwork: River Fragmentations
Medium: Video, Running Time 14.5 min.
Sound: Original Score  "The Mystery of the Elements" by Elodie Lauten
Year: 2005
Website link: www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/20266-rosalind-schneider

Artist's Statement: The Hudson River as a source of inspiration was the motivating factor for creating this work. River Meditations uses imagery recorded from the banks of the Hudson during the winters of 1999 and 2003. I was drawn to the transformation of its surface in winter and to the power of nature as creator. Ice became an ever-changing entity, reforming itself into flowing structures. Light danced off fragmented patterns and found its way into watery crevices. This was the beginning of an investigation into the nature of transformed realities. The footage became a springboard for interpretation accomplished by digital processing.