The Katharine McKenna Award & People's Choice Award Winners
JUNE 5 - 26
Congratulations to Robert James Hacunda, who was honored "The Katherine McKenna Award"for his painting "Cadmium Fever"
Congratulations to People's Choice Winner: Kari Feuer & Runner up: Raphael Perez
Robert James Hacunda
Robert James Hacunda an active artist in the Hudson Valley since the 1980’s, returned to the U.S. in 2007 from Indonesia and has opened a studio at the Shirt Factory- 77 Cornell St. Kingston NY.He spent four years living and painting in Bali, Indonesia, His political and satirical cartoons and writings have been featured in the Jakarta Post. "Laras" a well know interior magazine in Indonesia featured an interview in the April 2007 issue. Celebrated poet, art critic and artistic director Afrizal Malna in Indonesia has written in depth about his work. Hacunda worked with filmmakers Panos Bounias and Maria Doukeli of Namaste Audio Visual in Bali making a documentary on his work there.
He continues to work here and in the Adirondacks with group and solo shows nationally and internationally. His next solo show will be at Locust Grove- June 24-July 25, 2010, Following that will be a show at Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council’s Lapham gallery in Glens Falls NY, in August.
Kari Feuer
Kari Feuer’s landscape paintings are about the atmospheric properties of the setting, not about a realistic portrayal of the scenery. Both light and air are expressed in the surface particles of the painting as they dissolve by way of scraping, dry brushing and blending to reveal the frailty of the image in our memory and mood. The horizon is the point of reference for navigating through an image that is more conceptual than realistic.
More of Kari Feuer’s work can be found by visiting her website, www.karifeuer.com.
