N A N C Y  C A M P B E L L

Nancy Campbell finds inspiration not in grand, romantic landscapes, but in more intimate and perhaps overlooked details of familiar places. She is intrigued by small-town streetscapes, farmhouses, woodlands, waterways and even her backyard laundry line. “The interplay of sunlight and shadow inevitably draws me in. I aim to put transcendent moments to paper or canvas using oil paint, occasionally oil pastel, watercolor and, most recently, gouache. Gouache is a medium I have come to enjoy during the past few years. Having studied and painted in transparent watercolor for many years, I find that gouache, essentially opaque watercolor, is a versatile medium that has the possibility of adding layers for luminous effects, not unlike oils.”

This past year Nancy began teaching gouache painting at the Woodstock School of Art where she started in the 1980s as a watercolor student of Staats Fasoldt. Nancy has served there as an instructor, as Executive Director and Vice President of the Board of Directors, as well as other board positions over the years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Nancy grew up in Saugerties, where she still lives with her husband Michael. Nancy’s son Jon, an artist and musician, lives in Berlin, Germany. In this summer Lodge Gallery exhibit we are showing Nancy’s work for the fourth time and we are excited to also include some of Jon’s paintings here.

A former proprietor of the Half Moon Studio Art Gallery in Saugerties, since 2012 Nancy has organized art workshops in Italy. Aside from exhibits in New York and Italy, Nancy has been featured in juried art exhibits from Cape Cod to Georgia to Arkansas. She has earned various awards, such as the Mary Wilson Award for Excellence in Landscape Painting from the Woodstock Art Association, First place in the National All Media show at the Chico Art Center in California and the Hannah Lee Stokes Memorial Prize from the Cooperstown Art Association. She has been awarded residencies from the Cill Rialiaig Arts Center in Ballinskelligs, Ireland.

MAXINE DAVIDOWITZ

Maxine Davidowitz’s acrylic paintings are an abstract, intuitive response to the natural world, with a vibrantly-hued painterly approach to mark-making, intended to suggest textural details— branches, vines, leaves and other organic forms. Much of her recent work contrasts these organic textures with hard-edged smooth shapes, often as a response to the challenges humanity has imposed on the environment. Her recent monotypes explore overlapping translucent shapes—created in multiple passes on the press—that merge, flow and add depth and richness of color and form.

Davidowitz makes her home (with a studio in a renovated 19th century barn) in West Shokan, NewYork.After a career as a magazine creative director,in 2008 she returned to a fine art practice. She has studied under Annie Lapin, Nuala Clarke, Ilana Manolson, Claire Sherman and at the Woodstock School of Art under Kate McGloughlin, Donald Elder, Jenny Nelson and Joan FFolliott.. Her work has been shown in numerous group and solo shows in the Northeast— in NewYork City,Hudson,Saugerties,Kingston,Beacon,Tarrytown,and at theWoodstockArtists Association and other venues. Her work is in many private collections throughout the US. She has been awarded residencies at the Cill Rialaig Project in Ireland and the Brush Creek Arts Foundation in Wyoming and received honors at many juried exhibitions, including several at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, where she serves as Chair of the Board.We are delighted to exhibit Davidowitz’s vibrant work here at the Lodge for the second time.