The Patchogue Garden Club 10th Annual Garden Tour
Featuring Art in the Garden

"Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts. " - Mac Griswold

Photos by Kelleen Guyer of www.Patchogue.com

I find the properties of oil paint and the reflective glow of ultra smooth surfaces begin to satisfy my vision.  My most recent paintings are of a very intimate scale.  This lends itself well to my desire to connect the viewer's own emotions about the work.  Each piece strives to represent a beautiful luminosity and a subtle sensibility of light and space.

Laurence Lee, Sculpture  Laurence Lee has been painting and sculpturing for the last 20 years. There has never been a time when he didn’t draw, paint, or construct sculpture.  He has been praised for his versatility and his improvisations in sculpture that range from wood to bronze to fabricated metal.

Aside from his high ascetic work in art, he also incorporates sculpture in functional design ranging for example, from chandeliers, to wine cups, bookcases, and vases. 

The philosophical discipline from which his work emerges is Eastern Mysticism.  He also uses music and causes latent tendencies of the unconscious to arise as a vehicle of spontaneity.  He has studied with many master sculptors and developed his skills by research and independent study at a leading university on Long Island.

Lori Gebhardt Devlin graduated in 1978 from NYIT with a Bachelors in Fine Arts.  Currently serving as a Trustee in the Village of Patchogue where she has lived for 25 years, she is also employed by Winebow Inc., a wholesale distributor of fine wines.  Her photography can be viewed online at www.eclipticphoto.smugmug.com.

Jody Banaszak, Painting    j_banaszak@yahoo.com  Growing up on the south shore of Long Island, I spent many weekends and vacations on Fire Island.  Early every weekend, we would take our boat across the bay and drift along the shore of Davis Park in search of crabs. The bay was so clean I could see crabs, horseshoe crabs, eels, and flounder hiding in the eel grass. When we had several bushels of crabs, we would head over to the sand spits of Davis Park, swim in the channel, and later on cook and eat the crabs. During this time and then in later years, I encountered many horseshoe crabs. They are unique creatures, walking along the bay floor, searching for food with eyes that don’t move. Photographing on Fire Island for future reference, I spotted this horseshoe crab on the flats of Davis Park, surrounded by bubbles. It inspired this painting.  Fire Island provides many references for my paintings.  “Sand Chair” was one of them.  I could sit here all day and soak up the sun and sights!
 

Sharon Henson, Photography    artandimages01@gmail.com I try to capture the beauty of nature in its natural form as well as what encompasses our everyday lives.  My style of work ranges from land to sea to food shots to still life.  I have not found one area I like better than the other.  I feel my wide range of interest keeps me “on my toes”.  It makes me work harder and think deeper.  My inspiration comes from the beautiful Long Island area.  It, too, has a wide range of style.  Also, my love of cooking for my food shots as well as many years of collecting, restoring, and selling antiques has given me a deep appreciation of beauty.

Kathy Seff, Glass and Metal Mobiles     kathy@cvglassart.com
Sandy Seff, Glass, Iron, and Wood   Colorful Visions Art Glass Studio is the maker of Long Island’s finest custom art glass.  Our studio is both an online (wwwcvglassart.com; our artist bios and more are here) and Main Street gallery (813B Montauk Highway, Bayport) showcasing works for purchase that are created by the glass artists who work right in the studio, Sandy Seff and Kathy Seff; and a custom art glass studio where we design and make by hand all of the art glass at the studio.  Here you will find everything from custom stained glass cabinet inserts, custom stained glass windows, custom art glass entryways and doorways, and more.  And don’t forget we hand make custom hot glass dishware and various art glass décor from hot glass sculptures to stained glass mirrors.  We are always creating something new at the studio!  Our gallery is perfect for those who want to collect art glass!  Colorful Visions has home décor and glass art giftware and also features the original and unique Great Glass Jewelry Line by Sandy & Kathy Seff.  The collection includes hot, fused glass and kiln formed pendants, earrings, rings, and more; and for him, Cufflinks by Seff Designs, New York. One of our proud mottos is:  All Original…All the Time!  Our creativity can be seen in our finished work, whether it’s hot glass dishware or an original series of serene ocean art in fused glass by Kathy Seff.
 

Debra Rodman-Peck, Painting    solecare@gmail.com Art is a route to connect with the imaginary through the intangible. Building up and breaking down texture and color in ways that challenge and draw from imagination. Through this process:  Tangibility creeps through creating a language of forms.
 

Dawn Wakiya, Silk on Wood    dawn@fibre-motif.com 631-965-6259
Through my art, I hope to appeal to the viewers’ senses by providing the eye a place of excitement with color, shape, and form and a place of calm and restfulness.  Pattern, motif, and color found in some of the most inspirational works in traditional fibre arts such as weaving, embroidery, and quilting are frequently derived from the natural world.  This is clearly evident to me as my lifestyle melds my life as an artist and my life as a gardener continually.  To feel fully attuned to this while creating my work is very enriching and satisfying.  My exploration with fibre includes collage work, mostly combining fibre, paint, and paper on both canvas and reclaimed wood and woven wall hangings often including natural plant materials and hand-dyed yarns.