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Seven Sculptors, Seven Painters: Unique Showcase Exhibit of Top
Long Island Artists at C.W. Post March 5 – April 4

Long Island Professional Artists Showcase presents more than 80 works by 14 artists

“Early Tea” by Ruth Baderian

Brookville, N.Y. – More than a dozen widely acclaimed artists will show their work in an exhibition by the Long Island Professional Artists Showcase at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University March 5 through April 4.

Presented in coordination with the C.W. Post Library Association, the exhibit will be shown at the Hutchins Gallery of the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library at the C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern Boulevard (Route 25A), Brookville. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. An artists’ reception for the public and the media will be held Saturday, March 10 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Each of the 14 artists represented in the exhibition have won numerous awards and been widely shown at exhibitions, galleries and public spaces in the New York metropolitan region and beyond. The showcase format of the exhibit will feature at least six works from each sculptor and painter, allowing visitors to experience the full range of the artists’ styles, abilities and inspirations. Nearly 100 pieces will be on display, offering a richly stimulating experience.

The exhibition places an unusually strong emphasis on sculpture, with seven sculptors presenting works in a wide variety of media, from the classical wood and bronze to modern acrylic and welded steel.

Most families are relatively unfamiliar with the beauty of sculpture,” said Daniel C. Brown, coordinator of the Long Island Professional Artists Showcase and a sculptor whose work will be part of the exhibition. “We believe this exhibit will open visitors’ eyes to the excitement and satisfaction of three-dimensional works of art.”

Paintings on display at the exhibit will be of equally high quality. Among the artists is award-winning portrait painter Marvin Mattelson of Great Neck, N.Y., who has painted more than 20 covers for Time Magazine and whose work hangs in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. (Brief biographies of the artists follow.)

For more information, contact Dan Brown at (631) 667-8911 or msb11@optonline.net.

Long Island Professional Artists Showcase Exhibition
March 5 to April 4, 2007 * C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University

Arthur Bernstein – Studied at Schenectady Museum, Stony Brook University and Art League of Long Island; work shown in galleries and exhibits in Northport, Setauket and Port Jefferson; works in bronze, stone, clay and welded steel, but prefers wood above all, especially black walnut, native to Long Island.

Daniel C. Brown – Commissioned piece on display in Smithsonian Institution’s National Postal Museum since 1997; more than 50 awards for excellence from Long Island art associations; elected a fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the American Artists Professional League; widely shown throughout Long Island and in New Mexico and West Virginia.

Alexander Chwick – Literally a rocket scientist: a Ph.D. and retired anti-ballistic missile engineer who took up sculpture in 1998; best of show honors at American Artists Professional League Salmagundi Club, Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council and Suburban Art League.

David T. Haussler – Sculptures on display in public and private spaces throughout Long Island, Illinois, Florida and California; former high school and college instructor; created striking welded steel World Trade Center memorial piece shown at numerous Long Island locations and commissioned 9/11 piece for Setauket Memorial Park.

Marilyn Newmark – Academician of the National Academy; fellow and former director of the National Sculpture Society; winner of more than 12 gold medals and 90 awards at juried national and international exhibitions; works in National Museum of Racing, International Museum of the Horse, and other museums and private collections worldwide; listed in numerous Who’s Who directories.

Anthony Padovano – Widely exhibited in exhibitions and public collections across the United States, including the Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art; subject of 12 solo exhibitions since 1962; taught at Columbia University, Art Students League, School of Visual Arts; winner of Prix d’Rome, honored by National Institute of Arts and Letters.

Kiril Tzotchev – Widely experienced teacher at top schools and museums in Long Island, Germany and Bulgaria; participated in international shows in Europe and the United States; works displayed in major museums and private collections; publications in major art catalogues and magazines.

Long Island Professional Artists Showcase Exhibition
March 5 to April 4, 2007 * C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University

Ruth Baderian – Widely exhibited in New York, including Saks 5th Avenue, and in Cincinnati and Singapore; honored seven times by American Artists Professional League; signature member of American Watercolor Society, member of numerous other organizations; work called “delightfully free, with harmonious eye pleasing tonalities and unfettered treatment” in Newsday review.

Leslie Barnett – Paintings shown in galleries in Seas Cliff, Stony Brook, Port Jefferson, Northport, Bellport, Art League of Long Island, Pastel Society of New York Student Show and a solo exhibition at the Huntington Library; annual contributor to Caumsett Foundation benefit featuring the work of Long Island artists; Bachelor of Fine Arts from Gettysburg College.

Donna Harlow Moraff – Well-known portrait artist and prize-winning member of art leagues and groups on Long Island whose work has been exhibited at numerous venues; work also reflects her love of seascapes, landscapes, flowers and animals; faculty member of Art League of Long Island teaching multiple skills levels and mediums; works in pastel, watercolor, acrylic, oils and black and white media.

Marvin Mattelson – Has ten paintings in permanent collection of Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery and one in Metropolitan Museum of Art; painted more than 20 covers for Time Magazine; commissioned for portraits of CEOs of Met Life, NYNEX and ITT Corp. and Cardinal Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York; an illustrator whose clients include Dream Works, National Geographic and MTV; teaches at School of Visual Arts and gives private portrait and figure painting workshops around the country.

Marie Sheehy-Walker -- Works in oil, pastel and watercolor; shown widely in New York and in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Taiwan; solo shows in Long Island, Connecticut and Pennsylvania; listed in Who’s Who in American Art since 1984; winner of National Art League Gold Medal and numerous other awards; member of several major art societies and leagues.

Jeff Webb – Award-winning master pastellist whose work has been shown in Long Island, New York City and at venues throughout the country; included in every Pastel Society of America annual exhibition at National Arts Club in New York since 1973; Master of Fine Arts degree from C.W. Post; listed in Who’s Who in American Art.

Suzanne Young – Work displayed in major galleries including Lincoln Center and Salmagundi and in collections in United States, France and Japan; has taught at multiple locations including Art League of Long Island, Islip Museum and Studio 471; studied at Nassau Community College, Cooper Union, Art Students League, University of Maryland, National Academy of Design and Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris.