Art Opening Reception: Friday, May 9, 2025 / 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm @ 12 Vassar Street
Aurora by Kate Masters
Kate Masters is a painter based in Saugerties, NY and founding member of CIRCLE24collective. She began painting in earnest in her late 50s with her recent work of abstract compositions and landscapes inspired by local settings done in oil. “I am interested in the ‘vibe’ of sweeping romantic scenes, exploring how distance, weather and atmosphere impact the scene, and where land and sky merge, rather than a focus on details,” she remarks. Masters has participated in the Mohonk Preserve Plein Air Art Walk and Auction and The Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, and her work has been shown in the ArtBar Gallery, Arts Society of Kingston, Emerge Gallery, The Muroff-Kotler Gallery, WomensWork.Art, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, and Woodstock School of Art. She also serves on the Board of Advisors at Woodstock School of Art.
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Windmill No. 2 by Sylvia Mueller
Sylvia Mueller studied photography at the School of Visual Arts and worked for several years in advertising and magazine production in NYC. Moving to the Hudson Valley from Brooklyn, NY, she embarked on another creative journey whereby enlisting magazines and art books to create analog (hand-cut) collages reflecting her love of nature. Her collages are made up of images, often iconic or historical, and mixed with more recent imagery. “My inspiration is drawn from nature, not only in the cuts I use, but in the intricacies, you can see in any landscape – the macro down to the micro.” explains Mueller. She has exhibited her work in many juried shows that have included New York’s Upstream Gallery in Hastings on Hudson, Emerge Gallery in Saugerties, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum in Woodstock, and Muroff Kotler Gallery to name a few. She is also a founding member of CIRCLE24collective.
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The High Life by Jacqueline Oster
Jacqueline Oster is a graduate of The Fashion Institute of Technology who has worked for various advertising agencies as a Graphic Designer and Art Director in New York City. When she moved to the Hudson Valley region to raise a family, she furthered her career as a Freelance Graphic Designer crafting successful design projects from her homebased Studio for a diversified roster of tri-state area clients. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jacqueline revisited her love of watercolor focusing on ordinary common objects, animals, nature and people. “I believe that every object has a story to tell and I try to capture that in my watercolors,” she relays. “Even the most mundane household item has movement and flow which can be transformed into a work of art. You just need to look at the object and think of its function to actually ‘see’ the movement.” When describing her watercolor technique, Jacqueline says, “I allow the water to move the paint and I follow along guiding it with various tools and my sense of design…a hairdryer, toothbrush and magic eraser all work in unison with my assortment of brushes.” Jacqueline is an Active Member of Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, a member of Create Council on the Arts, and a member of Arts Mid-Hudson. Her work has been exhibited at local businesses, libraries and galleries including WAAM Gallery, ASK Gallery, Emerge Gallery, Jane Street Gallery, Olive Free Gallery, Create Gallery and Cornell Creative Arts Center of Kingston. She is also a founding member of CIRCLE24collective.