FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
Tony Henneberg
“I don’t necessarily consider myself an artist, I like to represent things on paper or canvas.” –Tony Henneberg
A downy woodpecker, a red-tailed hawk, a winter warbler, chanterelles, king boletes, black trumpets, and even the occasional bovine, Pine Plains painter Tony Henneberg pays attention to nature, in particular birds and mushrooms, wherever he goes. Ethology (the study of animal behavior), anatomical studies, and more recently, mycology (the study of mushrooms) combine with habitual quiet observation to elicit the inspiration for Henneberg’s watercolor and oil paintings.
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Mad Rose Gallery Brings Interactive Gallery Space to Millerton
Robert and Kerry also mention the vital role that the Millerton Business Alliance plays in making Millerton a lively and dynamic community.
Gardens of the Anthropocene
“I have to work from life. If I work from a photograph or make it up it’s not the same.” The life that artist Marilla Palmer is referring to is nature, and very often, the gardens she cultivates. Palmer comes from a long lineage of garden enthusiasts and nature lovers, in particular her father, who instilled in her a love for gardening and an esteem for the natural world. The Anthropocene, the period in Earth’s history when human activity first began to have a significant […]
The Hills Are Alive – Labspace Celebrates Our Local Artists
Although not an artist myself, I have always admired and loved being around artists because of the way they continue to celebrate the imagination and maintain a sense of wonder that many of us leave behind in our childhoods. And they do it despite the fact that pursuing a career as an artist can be an incredibly difficult path to follow. An artist friend told me once that despite being relatively well known, he had essentially chosen a life of poverty, all so he could […]
