Eian’s first acrylic painting for the Mum Festival Art Show scheduled for Oct. 4, 2015.
New Student at KBS (Sept. 9, 2015)
Adult KBS Student Donna Newkirk
One of the most gifted students at the Kristy Bishop Studio, Donna Newkirk of West Camp, NY realized her love of painting only a few years ago. She has been involved in our annual shows since 2012 and has won several awards given by different judges over these years. She has also won Popular Vote contests at our annual Holiday Show at Lox of Bagels Shop. She has an intuitive eye for what the public loves and she is capable of rendering it in several media. She has become a wonderful friend to me as well.
New Work by Kristy Bishop
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, I happened to stand behind a man who was photographing his wife next to the famous self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Since my camera was handy, I took a shot of the scene which I transcribed into an oil painting at a later date. This painting was accepted in the juried art show at the Woodstock Museum of Art this summer. For years, I have been painting the beautiful landscapes of the Hudson Valley in New York State where I live. Recently, I have the desire to work on portraits again after a hiatus of many, many years. Strange how desires lie dormant until just the right impetus moves our imagination to work on new themes.
My love of flying brought me in contact with Art Cramer, pilot for American Airlines. I met him at the Kingston-Ulster Airport on October 5, 2014. On that day, I was facilitating an art show of airplane paintings and drawings by my students in the lounge of the airport. Also, the Young Eagles program was providing free airplane rides for kids at the same time. One of my students, Autumn Stever, 14, and her mother went for a ride and so did I. On that afternoon, we were scheduled for another art show at the Mum Festival Art Show, Seamon Park, Saugerties with drawings of animals by my students of all ages. Fortunately, Art Cramer had made plans to visit the park to see his son Marc and his family and it there that I got to know my new friend through conversation. The painting, pictured above, is of the airplane in which he gave his first flying lessons to clients in 1974 when his dad, Hank Cramer owned the Kingston Airport.
Art Cramer took a photo of me on his boat, “My Tweety” which contained a photo of the Saugerties Lighthouse in one lens and a self-portrait of him in the other lens of my mirror- lens sunglasses. I transcribed this photo (with his permission) into this oil painting where I have painted seagulls on the frame as well. All summer, I have enjoyed the boat trips up and down the Hudson River with Art (pun intended.)
This portrait is owned by Pat Feola, mother of my former student Gabby. I received permission from Gabby to use her selfie on Facebook as reference to render this oil painting which was accepted in a juried show at WAAM this past spring 2015. It was also featured in the window of W Couture Dress Shop in Saugerties, NY to advertise the Saugerties Artists Tour 2015.
I have several new works in progress and I will feature them as they are finished…please stay tuned.
Scenes from the 25th KBS Annual Show
The first Annual Art Show for the students of Kristy Bishop was held at the Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Avenue in June of 1991. We outgrew the space in 1996, when we moved the annual show to the Senior Center, corner of Market and Robinson Streets, Saugerties, NY. In it’s prime, over 200 people attended each year to see what over 60 students were producing at the Kristy Bishop Studio at 195 Main Street (which moved to 147 Market Street in February of 2014.) For the past three years, the Annual has been held at the Dutch Ale House, Gallery Space at 253 Main Street, Saugerties. These days, the roster of students is much less, but the enthusiasm is still present. We continually work to improve our skills (instructor included. ) Even though there are fewer annual students, 125 paintings are displayed every year and are hung salon style by the curator of the Dutch, Douglas Daniel Elliot.
More Photos of the KBS 25th Annual Show
25th KBS Annual Show Winners
Best of Show: Child: Cassidi Vedder (9)” Tasty Treat” (Acrylic) ; Runner-Up: Sarah E. Davis (8) “My Magic Tree” (Acrylic) ; Best Class Work: Autumn Stever (14)” Dragon Spirit” (Pastel)
Best of Show: Adult: Ruth Bach-Dhondy “Apple Blossoms and Crocuses” (Oil); Runner-Up: Agnes Barber “Kiersted House” Acrylic; Best Class Work: Ruth Bach-Dhondy “Hibiscus” Watercolor
Best Painting among each set of submissions of each individual artist:
Abby Hopf (7)”Cali Boober” Acrylic; Tyler Siracusano (7) “Rocky Road” Acrylic; Sarah E. Davis(8) “Two Sisters” Acrylic; Estelle Kamrass (8) “Polar Bear” Acrylic; Mackenzie Krauss (9) “Daddy Dear” Acrylic; Cassidi Vedder (9) “Fenec Fox” Acrylic; Sage Fanelli ( 11) “Chameleon” Acrylic; Sophia Kamrass (11) “Autumn on the River” Acrylic; Anna Sweeney ( 11) “SPL” Pastel; Kyla Misasi ( 12) “Iceberg” Pastel; Etolie Steinlage (12) “Violet” Oil; Autumn Stever “Dragon Spirit” Pastel.
Adults:” Agnes Barber “Sawyerkill by Valley Farm #1” Acrylic; Ruth Bach-Dhondy “Hibiscus” Watercolor; Patrick Buonfiglio “Sawyerkill Creek” Acrylic; D.L. CAV (Diane Cavalaro) “Waterfalls” Oil; Teresa Herzog “Rhinebeck Aerodrome” Acrylic; Donna Newkirk “June Afternoon” Oil; Patricia Steyer “Sunrise” Acrylic; Special Guest Former Student: Kelly Warringer “Still Alive” Mixed Media
25th Annual Art Show Judge
Art judge, Eleanor Steffen chose the awards for our 25th Gala Anniversary Art Show. The awards are top secret until the reception on May 3, 2015 at the Dutch Ale House Gallery, 253 Main Street, Saugerties. The reception will be held 4 – 6 pm with awards being presented at 5 pm. (The public is invited to this free event.) Our distinguished judge has won the highly-honored Kunioshi Award at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum (WAAM) in 2007. She won Best of Show at WAAM in 1993, 1994 and 1995. In 2008, she and her late husband, Bernard Steffen (former art teacher at the Art Students League – summer school in Woodstock , NY) had a two- person show at the Dog House Gallery in Saugerties in 2008. She had a one-person show there in 2014. Among many juried shows over the years, she had a solo show at WAAM in 2007. Eleanor Steffen was an art teacher at Brentwood High School on Long Island (1970 – 1993). We are honored to have her select the winners of our 25th Annual Art Show.
25th Gala Anniversary Art Show for KBS
Students of all ages are getting ready for our 25th Annual Art Show “Universal Light” scheduled for May 3, Sunday, at the Dutch Ale House, 253 Main Street, Saugerties, NY. The show will run for two months May and June 2015. There will be over 100 works of art by current and former students and instructor Kristy Bishop. An awards ceremony will be held at 5 pm during the reception on May 3. Hours of the reception which is free to the public are 4 – 6 pm on Sunday. One of the entries (pictured here) is a pastel done in class by Autumn Stever, aged 14, daughter of Christena Sedlak of Saugerties, NY.
Sketch Book Contest Winners at KBS
Art Judge: Barbara Berlind, Woodstock, NY chose the following drawings to be awarded trophies at the 25th Gala Anniversary Annual Art Show for the Kristy Bishop Studio at 5 pm on May 3, Sunday, at the Dutch Ale House, 253 Main Street, Saugerties, NY:
Honorable Mentions went to Anna Sweeney (11) and Sophia Kamrass (11)
Art Game Winner 2014
Anna wins ! Smart young artist at KBS …
