Claudia Kaufman Solo Show "Seeing The Light"

The Rockport Art Association is pleased to announce "Seeing The Light", a solo show of works by artist member Claudia Kaufman. The show will open with a reception on Sunday, November 27th 2011 from 2pm-4pm. Both the reception and show are open free to the public.

As a contemporary realist painter, Claudia Kaufman’s works are studies in observation - still life set-ups of familiar objects that are deceptively simple, yet complex. She challenges herself to translate the perceived three-dimensional world to a 2D field by observing and capturing the conditions of light, form, color and space through the painterly properties of oil paint. Stopping short of photo-realism, she works to keep the signs of her hand and brushstroke in her work and is particularly intrigued by the drama of light, transparency, reflection and shadows.

For Kaufman, the trick is in the looking and the seeing, the breaking down of an image to shapes of color, planes and spatial relationships. For her as a visual thinker, this is an art of observation and capturing those correct relationships is a long and rewarding road.

A resident of Marblehead, Massachusetts, Kaufman is a member of the Copley Society of Art, North Shore, Rockport and Marblehead Arts Associations and has been a frequent exhibitor and award winner in greater Boston area exhibits. She also is an oil painting instructor.

After receiving an undergraduate degree in studio art, she worked as a commercial artist in New York City and Boston followed by a career as marketing executive/creative director of a national healthcare technology company. 

Kaufman has studied painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass College of Art and most recently completed a post baccalaureate residency program in painting at Brandeis University. Her studio practice is in Marblehead, MA.

RAA Annual Holiday Ornament & Fine Art Photography Card Fundraising Sale

Dozens of original 3" x 3" works...all priced at $40. Also available will be beautiful photography cards. Sale starts Friday, November 25th at 10am. All proceeds benefit the Rockport Art Association.

2011 Masterpieces In Miniature Press Release

Rockport Art Association Announces Third Annual

“Masterpieces in Miniature” Holiday Exhibition and Sale

Popular Event Compares to Filene’s ‘Running of the Brides” as Collectors Rush to Purchase Small works by RAA’s Award-Winning Artists

Opens with Reception and Sale on November 18^th and Runs through December 31^st

The Rockport Art Association (RAA) announces its third annual “Masterpieces in Miniature” exhibition and sale, set to open on Friday evening, November 18, 2011. More than 75 of the RAA’s award-winning member artists will display a quartet of small works, which are all framed and sold individually. Based on the past success of this event, the RAA knows that these smaller pieces, which range in price from $250 to $1,000, allow more people to be able to purchase original works by our member artists for their own collections -- or as gifts -- and support the RAA in this important end-of-year fundraising event.

The exhibition will open with a reception on Friday, November 18^th from 6pm to 8pm and will feature music, drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Although the works will be available for viewing a few days before the opening, the opening reception will be the first opportunity to purchase these paintings – there will be absolutely no ‘early bird’ sales. Last year, buyers were lined up at the door, and flooded the galleries, intent on purchasing their favorite works. “It looked like the famous Filene’s ‘running of the brides,” commented Joan Lockhart, a board member who volunteered to help with the event last year. “It was a mad frenzy as people rushed into the gallery, quickly circling to view the over 300 artworks, and locate favorite painters or select pieces they wanted. ‘Sold’ stickers were going up as fast as we could write them -- it was an exciting night for the purchasers, the artists and most importantly, the RAA.”

As in past years, the exhibition will feature 6” by 8” works in many mediums, including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings and sculpture. All are beautifully framed and ready to hang. Photographs of each piece will also be displayed on the RAA’s website, www.rockportartassn.org, soon after the opening so that art collectors outside the area will be able to view and purchase these small gems. New paintings will be hung to replenish the walls during the duration of the show, so the RAA encourages art collectors to revisit the exhibition more than once.

“What better way to do your holiday shopping than to visit the Rockport Art Association, enjoy some refreshments, and choose some special gifts from our ‘Masterpieces in Miniature’ collection,” said Don Mosher, president of the RAA, who initiated the event and co-chairs it each year with his wife, artist Christine Mosher. “The quality of paintings in this “Masterpieces in Miniature” exhibition is superb, and I encourage you to support the artists and the art association by purchasing a painting or two during this wonderful show.”

The RAA is the nation’s oldest continually operating art association and serves a region steeped in a rich and meaningful arts tradition. As a non-profit organization, it raises operating funds for its exhibitions and educational programs, which are all open to the public, from donations and fundraising events. Artists will be donating from 40% to 100% of the proceeds from sales of these “Masterpieces in Miniature” to the RAA. This is the RAA’s final exhibition of 2011, and the organization is relying on sales to help it meet its end-of-year operating expenses.

At the opening reception, the RAA will also be previewing a major work which will be featured in the 2012 fundraising raffle, which has been generously donated by one of the RAA’s most well-known and award-winning artists!

The RAA is located on Main Street in historic Rockport, Massachusetts, and is open to the public. Fall hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm, and Sundays from noon until 5pm. “Masterpieces in Miniature” will be on display from November 19 to December 31, 2011. For more information on this show, or any other RAA programs, call 978-546-6604 or email rockportart@verizon.net.

A Solo Show of Works by Caleb Stone

The Rockport Art Association invites the public to a solo show of works by plein air painter, Caleb Stone. Featured will be recent works in oil and watercolor that capture the beauty of Cape Ann.

 

Caleb studied Art at the Lyme Academy in Connecticut and since then has been regularly teaching, traveling and painting. He works in both oil and watercolor. Stone has been the recipient of numerous awards including the John Stobart Fellowship Award, the New England Heritage Award, and the Wood Award for Excellence in Watercolor. He was fortunate to have grown up in the Art Colony of Rockport, Massachusetts where he was introduced, at a very young age to plein air painting by his father, Don Stone, N.A. His attraction to the French and American Impressionists and choice of art as a career grew from and was nurtured by this environment. He currently resides on Cape Ann.

The show will be on display from November 13 through November 24 and is open free to the public. The RAA is located at 12 Main Street, Rockport. Contact the RAA at 978.546.6604 or visit our website: http://www.rockportartassn.org/.