David Beale draws upon a broad range of lifetime experiences in his approach to painting watercolors. His need for artistic expression began after joining the Peace Corps and visiting Abrego, Columbia during the revolution. When he returned, Beale studied music composition at Duke and Cornell Universities with the intention of becoming a professional music composer. One of his early pieces, "Reflections on a Park Bench," was performed at Carnegie Hall in 1972. Beale soon turned to carpentry and in 1975 founded Southern Exposure, a remodeling company based in Ithaca. He ran Southern Exposure until 2000, when he and his wife Kathie (also an artist and teacher) opened The Picture House Frame Shop in Cortland, NY. David Beale's medium of choice changed at 50 when he took a workshop in watercolors. Beale recently built a cottage-sized house adjacent to a seven acre wildlife pond, McCloy Pond, which provides inspiration for many of his paintings.
Robert L Kasprzycki has worked most of his life as an industrial designer and manager, designing innovative products and mentoring others within industrial design. There are several design patents and a mechanical patent to his credit. Kasprzycki was first interested in art at the age of 8 when he began drawing cartoons, then expanded his interest to scenery and received his first instruction in fine art at Syracuse University while working toward a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Design. For the most part, he is self-schooled in oil painting techniques. A number of commissioned artworks have been completed, including a depiction of an 1800 steam locomotive and railroad station in Meriden, Connecticut. Born in Connecticut, Robert Kasprzycki now lives in Central New York.
Syracuse Ceramics Guild has returned for a second exhibition at Delavan Art Gallery, featuring ceramics by nine of its members. Selected works include porcelain double-wall bowls and basket forms by Sue Canizares, Raku vessels painted with metallic luster glazes by Dee Gage, small Raku and wood-fired vessels by Soon Ceramics / Lisa Goodlin (in her first show as a ceramist), imaginative and functional forms by Bobbi Lamb, wood-fired and Raku pottery by Shawn McGuire, wood-fired functional ceramics inspired by the chance of harnessing earth, air, water and fire by Paul Molesky, stoneware lanterns by Lauren Ritchie, Raku, wood-fired and porcelain vessels by Tim See and bronze glazed and Raku wall sculpture by Burton Thomas. The Syracuse Ceramic Guild, established in 1947, is a not-for-profit organization of potters dedicated to the promotion of awareness and understanding of the ceramic medium.
Delavan Art Gallery is a 3,800 square foot showcase and sales venue for fine art created by area artists. Located in a convenient, downtown location at 501 West Fayette Street, Syracuse, the gallery is free and open to the public. Off-street parking is available and the gallery is handicapped accessible. Delavan Art Gallery opens “Holiday Presence” from 5 - 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 30, and is open through December 23 on Thursday and Friday afternoons from 12-6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. and at other times by appointment. Please note, Delavan Art Gallery will also have special holiday hours from noon - 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 18 - 20, 2006.
Artists in Attendance: Saturdays from noon – 3 p.m.
December 2: David Beale
December 9: Robert L. Kasprzycki
December 16: members of the Syracuse Ceramic Guild: Sue Canizares, Dee Gage, Shawn McGuire, Paul Molesky, Tim See
December 23: members of the Syracuse Ceramic Guild: Bobbi Lamb, Burton Thomas
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