KISMET ART HOUSE KRAWL ‘09

                            Text & Photos by Bradlee White

 

 

The Art Show, again coordinated by Bill Poindexter, became a challenging marathon with 13½ sites

(13 featuring original art and Jeanne’s self-named ½ featuring “unoriginal” lithographs and mirror paintings.)

 

  Dorothea again led the tour. 

 

 

The first stop featured unique glass jewelry pieces designed by Stephanie Calinoff who debuted at Macy’s and was featured in the “Queens Museum of Art.”  Brittany Mooney sold a piece right away, but was forced by a strong wind to move her work away from the prime dock spot.  Jacques Dumont set up by Regina’s house near the beach.  Everyone enjoyed his large-scale photographs featuring the seasonal beauties of Kismet and environs.

 

 

 Eileen Shields, a photographer from Pelican Roost, was a new exhibitor.  She showed a vivid, interesting collection of Fire Island – mostly Kismet – scenes.  (EileenShieldsPhoto.com)

 

 

Jonathan Toth, aka Johnny Thunder, again displayed his work at Larry and Joyce’s.  Steered by Bill P., he’s been a regular at the “Life Drawing Workshop” at the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park.  “My style’s changed.--.more knife, less brush, ’a la prima’ – a heavier texture.”  Toth is available for commissions – Jonathantothart.com. 

 

 

 

 

Eleanor Ketcham’s original oils of Vermont, upstate New York and Long Island have won blue ribbons at the Long Island Fair.  She became aware of the Art Show because her grandson rents ‘Brown Sugar,” and contacted Bill about joining. 

 

 

 

Caroline Stern’s vast property included displays of bones, glass heads, the famously beautiful Mongolian Yurt and even several jellyfish poles from that July 4^th Float.  Caroline’s mother, Odile, from Fair Harbor, showed her hand-crafted necklaces. Odile explained that Caroline has always been obsessed with heart shapes and has, in fact 880 such photos, about 30 of which were on display.  Caroline’s friend Robert Pollock had some of his art up, having “hopped on a boat from the Pines with a few works.” 

 

 

Andrea Wikso and Peter Schmidt held a joint showing of their photographs at Cartoon Alley.  Both specialize in land and seascapes.  Peter will also be at the Saltaire Arts and Crafts festival this weekend and in Ocean Beach the next. 

 

 

Carolyn Durso has added a dramatic series of water scenes from her trips to Jamaica. 

 

 

Mary LouFiore-Parise, Mike Fiore’s sister, again enjoyed a favorable reception to her traditional oils.  Since retirement, she’s been able to pour more of her time and passion into her work.  She now takes photos of the paintings she sells so as to better remember them.  Teri Dahl had many visitors.  Although “No one does horses like Teri,” exclaimed Helen Q., it was a print based on a true-life story of a co-worker on a bicycle with a dog in a back basket (the story was chronicled by Newsday) that sold.  Robert (Bob) Negrin has been very busy with a couple of new series of paintings.  He’s also added note cards and magnets based on his paintings.

 

 

Bill Poindexter reported a steady flow of visitors, including the organizer of the recent Lighthouse exhibit in which Bill participated (and sold).  As he sat with friends from the National Arts Club near the end of the day, he summed up the experience by saying “as an artist, you learn something by looking at your art through other people’s eyes.”