Siasconset Light by Dave Saums
Beach House by Janice Leahy
Janice Leahy “Bold”
“I like edgy art,” declares Janice Leahy speaking about her show of acrylic paintings entitled “Bold”. “I’m attracted to bold colors, working with profiles or abandoned buildings; interior and exterior. There is something that makes one look deeper at those images. I consider this my darker contemporary phase!” Janice has been drawing and painting since she was a child when she took group lessons at the Tringale Studio of Art in Woburn, MA. She studied business in college (though she was accepted at two art schools; New England School of Art & Design and Montserrat College of Art). In the early eighties, Janice took classes at the deCordova Museum School in Lincoln, MA. In 2008, Janice had a brain stem stroke caused by an aneurysm. “I had impairments to my entire right side (art hand). It took many months of physical therapy to overcome the various impairments. I couldn’t draw a straight line and had to learn everything all over again. I evolved into a different artist. I switched mediums to acrylics. I am thankful for every day I breathe. I believe my works reflect that.” Janice Leahy is a member of the Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter NH and the Cambridge Art Association in Cambridge MA. Her work has been published on the Apero Fine Art Catalogue [Oct. 2018]. She can be reached at janiceleahy@yahoo.com ; also see Janice’s gallery page for more samples of her art.
Low Tide by Janice Leahy
Shipwreck by Janice Leahy
Dave Saums “Light for Light”
In his exhibit “Light for Light”, photographer Dave Saums shows a selection of color and black-and-white images of New England lighthouses. Dave has been exhibiting his fine art photography since 1991, beginning first with a winning entry in an international competition sponsored by the Nature Company. His black-and-white and color images have won numerous awards at a variety of juried artist shows and at the Topsfield Fair (Topsfield MA), and have hung in art galleries in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, California, and Massachusetts. Beginning photography at a young age, his grandfather and uncle owned a nationally known commercial photographic business in Madison, Wisconsin, which likely spurred interest in photography both with his mother and with himself. Dave has had a lifelong preference for black-and-white film photography. He also has been a lifelong railroad photographer and has been editor of the quarterly journal of a railroad historical society in Vermont. He has also been a member of the Center for Railroad Photography and Art (Madison, Wisconsin) and has attended sixteen of CRPA’s annual conferences in Sacramento, Chicago, and Connecticut. Dave has been a member of the Seacoast Artists Association since 2010. He has also served on the Amesbury (MA) Cultural Council as well as having been a longtime member of the Andovers Artist Guild (Andover MA), the Northern Vermont Art Association, and the Newburyport Art Association. He can be reached at dsaums@msn.com ; also see Dave’s gallery page for more samples of his art.
The Graves Boston Harbor by Dave Saums