Springboard is a unique group of seven women artists with varied art backgrounds, and from Bergen County and beyond. They are featured in The Gallery during the month of December.
Lydia Baldassarre, Emily Gilman Beezley, Vicky Katzman, Jennifer Merz, Elizabeth Robles, Kathy Rupff, and Joy Soo comprise the group of oil painters, illustrators, watercolorists, collagists, and digital artists with art ranging from realistically rendered watercolors to expressive oil paintings, from handcrafted collages to compelling abstract compositions. While some members are full time artists, others combine their artmaking with demanding careers in textiles, dentistry, or education. Their work can be found in children’s publishing, on home products, in local exhibitions, and in private collections. They are friends and colleagues brought together by a desire to propel themselves to greater skills and accomplishments, and by a passion to share their art with others.
As part of Vicky Katzman’s ongoing study of the native trees of New Jersey, in these linoleum cut prints she explores the form and pattern found in the fruit of 3 trees; Horse chestnut, Pignut hickory, and American sycamore. These prints are in the image accompanying this post.
