Joy Yoo, a Ridgewood dentist, loves painting outdoors to capture the light and air. She wants to preserve the memory of the quick changing moments to an everlasting visual object, “Art.”

In this exhibition, she expresses the poetic winter scenery; quiet evening and long winter night, snow covered mountains and hills, and the gray sky filled with upcoming snow.

Another group of paintings at the show is to bring you a bit different light and air of southwestern desert, Ghost Ranch in New Mexico where she visited for painting last fall. Magic of art will take you there. You will feel glowing red rocks, dry wind, and Rio Chama.

Lastly birds are her favorite motif. Duck portrait shows off the jewel of colorful feathers while a group of Canadian geese hang out on the marsh. Then you will finish the tour with a deep sense of “Joy of Solitude.”

Hope this art brings you peace and healing!

Springboard, a local artist networking group, presents new artwork.

Elizabeth Robles’ passion for painting and art has always been in her soul even before art school. States Robles, “I am inspired by what I see all around me in this beautiful world while plein air painting, working in my art studio, or working from my photos. There is always something I need to capture in paint, something I need to express, something that calls me to pick up my brushes and paint. For me it’s like breathing, something I must do in my life and what I was meant to do.”

Emily Gilman Beezley is a Glen Rock oil painter, printmaker, and mixed-media artist specializing in one-of-a-kind vibrant dreamscapes and travel-inspired artwork. Always drawing on personal experience, her goal is to create a lasting image of the joy I feel when embracing the beauty and wonder of the world.

Jennifer Shaw Merz is a painter, illustrator, teacher, and published author-illustrator of picture books with art degrees from Marymount College, the College of New Rochelle and F.I.T. For this exhibition, Ms. Merz has chosen to display detailed pencil studies of musical instruments, created for her Etudes Series. This black and white linear work is a departure from her usual torn-paper collage pieces.

Joy Yoo is an outdoor painter who brings the air and light of nature right into viewers’ minds. At this exhibition, she is exploring Canadian Rocky’s winter; snow covered mountain and tree with icy blue shadow. Then she wants to warm you up with sunlit trees on a snow-laden hill on Paramus Road. In between her paintings, she is working full time as a dentist in Ridgewood.

Lydia Baldassarre has been creating art since childhood. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts, she began her formal training and has never stopped. This exhibit combines abstract expressionism with collage pieces of her original artwork.

Vicky Katzman’s work is rooted in her fascination with the plant kingdom. By combining different methods of capturing visual information (in the garden vs. in the studio, ink on rice paper vs. acrylics on canvas), this series of paintings explores the nature of time. Vicky earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Emily Gilman Beezley, a Glen Rock resident, invites the public to view her “(Mostly) New Works on Paper” exhibition. A reception open to the public is scheduled for Sunday, November 3rd from 2:30 - 4:00pm.

Curator: Glen Rock Public Library Art Gallery 2014 to present
Founder: Springboard, an artist mentoring community
Membership: Studio Montclair, Monmouth Arts Council, Belmar Arts Council, The Art of Tuesday Night, The Art Center of Northern NJ, Guild of Creative Art
Education: The H.S. of Art & Design, Colgate University, the École des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, France, the Art Students League of New York, Parson School of Design

States Gilman Beezley “As an intuitive artist, I appreciate how monotypes, a form of printmaking that produces one-of-a-kind images, allow me to tap into my stream of consciousness. I especially love ‘happy accidents’ when ink takes on a life of its own to create unexpected results. Because monotypes can be done quickly, I am able to do multiple iterations of the same subject. An example of this is “Roadside Glory”, part of my “Road Less Travelled” series. Lately I have been applying color on top of monotypes using combinations of chalk pastel, oil pastel, watercolor, ink and acrylic medium. These layers of color add dimension and tension as the water-based and oil-based mediums compete with each other. To create a monotype, I apply (or remove) black etching ink onto a zinc plate using rollers, cardboard, brushes, rags, paper towels, palette knives and fingers. Once I am satisfied with the image, the zinc plate is covered with a dampened heavyweight paper and run through a printmaking press which transfers a mirror image onto the paper. Color may be applied once the ink is dry.”

Our October artist is Lydia Baldassarre. Early experiences as a young child have influenced and shaped Lydia into the artist she has become today. A lifelong interest in art began at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. At age twelve, she attended summer art classes. After class, she was free to roam the galleries. The rooms became a playground filled with famous paintings and sculptures.

Today, art museums from Paris and Italy, Maine to California and Canada, have provided her with inspiration and energy that is carried out in her recent work. Outdoor workshops on Monhegan Island, Maine, and Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts, have inspired the natural spontaneity eviden in her abstract collection.

Currently, she continues to explore new ways to apply paint other than using conventional brushes. By manipulating oil pant with a credit card, she is able to achieve texture, sculpture, and depth on canvas. Her love of art that started as a child continues to grow and change as she explores new possibilities with paint.

“Images of Glen Rock” celebrates Glen Rock’s 125th Anniversary. The artists have captured sights around town ranging from the Boro Hall Train Station, to daffodils in the Arboretum, to a red fox playing at Faber Field. Works are in photographs, on canvas and paper. Artists include Jim Aber, Yuliya Abova, John Arehart, Emily Gilman Beezley, Lydia Baldassarre, Karen Delaney, Len Geer, Michele Keller, John F. Kennedy, James Nonas, Mark Oberndorf, Elizabeth Robles, Douglas Salvatoriello, Allen Silber, Pat Smythe, and Joy Yoo.

Elizabeth Robles’ passion for painting and art has always been in her soul even before art school. States Robles, “I am inspired by what I see all around me in this beautiful world while plein air painting, working in my art studio, or working from my photos. There is always something I need to capture in paint, something I need to express, something that calls me to pick up my brushes and paint. The world is forgotten and colors take over. Even on very busy days, when I know I cannot paint for hours, I always schedule at least 30 minutes to paint. For me it’s like breathing, something I must do in my life and what I was meant to do.”

A meet the artist reception is scheduled for Saturday, August 17 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm.