Art Opening Reception: Friday, September 13, 2024 / 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm @ 12 Vassar Street

South of the River by Carol Loizides

Carol Loizides, who studied Art Education at SUNY New Paltz (receiving 34 graduate credits), is inspired by the concept of “painting your childhood” to paint pieces using color and color relationships as they are found in nature and beyond. During her time at SUNY New Paltz, she was greatly influenced by her professors George Wardlaw and Illya Bolotowsky, and in ensuing years studying under Bernard Steffen, Franklin Alexander at the Woodstock Art Students League, and most notably Bruce Dorfman who influenced her approach to painting the most. “(Bruce Dorfman) emphasized that artists must have a much more focused goal than wanting to ‘express themselves’ and explained that there is ‘something the artist must want to see…a goal one must work towards’; I find that color, color relationships, as they are found in nature and beyond are what motivate me,” she recants. “This includes the Chemung River Valley in the Southern Tier of New York where I spent my elementary school years, and Central New York, where I spent my high school years. Most of the work in my exhibit, entitled Upstate and More, reflects this focus.” Ms. Loizides is a founding member of the artists cooperative LongReach Arts that formed in 1982 in Poughkeepsie as summergroup but now encompassing artists from both sides of the Hudson River. Her work can be found in both private and public collections.