Benjamin Paul Plante is a contemporary artist producing a body of work ranging from Drawings, Paintings, Photography, Video Performance Art and Music. It was after obtaining his Bachelors in Fine Arts, at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2007, that he started to develop into a painter. His preferred medium to paint in is with oils. His canvases vary from realistic to abstract, and from portraits to landscapes.

Ben will perform live during the opening.

Check out His music page. You will be entertained!

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Monica Stadalski is a freelance artist living in Evans Mills, NY. She grew up a military brat and spent most of her childhood and early adulthood living in the interior of Alaska. Monica's upbringing has given her a strong kinship nature. Monica believes that art can be a catalyst for more compassion, love, healing and magic in the world and She continuously strives to represent those themes in her art. Monica is adept at painting, illustration and mixed media representations of meditation mudras and other inspirational symbols.

Sabrina Benjamin-Myers is a self-taught artist living at the edge of the Adirondack Park in Harrisville, NY. From the time of her youth she has demonstrated a fondness for nature and art, often focusing her hobbies in those directions. Much of her work is centered around nature and often includes natural elements. Sabrina specializes in hand-built pottery, acrylic pour paintings and abstract mixed media works.

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Exhibit Opening - November 6th, 3-7 pm. Solo guitarist Mark Lyon will perform from 4-7pm.

Self-taught artist, Laura Oakes has lived a creative life. Laura's works include painting and drawing, graphic illustration and creating theatrical props, costumes and scenery painting for Community Theater. Laura has also served the arts community as both Vice President and President of The North Country Arts Council and Arts On The Square Gallery Manager.

Laura discovered the beauty of encaustic work from former Northern NY Artist, Penny Flick, and embraced the opportunity to take instruction from jewelry designer and encaustic artist, Sandy Simonian, while living in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Laura creates intriguing and beautiful encaustic work, a spontaneous medium where beeswax and damar resin are melted then combined with pigment and applied to heat-resistant substrates. Laura layers her wax beautifully creating both opaque and translucent effects and combining colored wax with collage materials (like sand, shells, drawings, foils, photos, and paper). Often working to create a variety of finishes by revealing layers below with wax being scraped and building textures then polishing the cured and hardened medium to a gloss.

Laura Oakes' encaustic paintings are abstract and realistic, subtle and bold, always inspiring.

Laura says:

I have been a creative being since childhood and believe that the work is often its own reward. When I am making, time moves quickly and I feel my purpose. I’m not always sure where the piece will go and sometimes surprise even myself with the result. #giveartforchristmas

See Laura's work on her Facebook page...

Mark Lyon will perform solo from 4-7 pm during the exhibit opening of Laura Oakes', "Encaustics: The Art of Heat and Wax".

Mark was born in Potsdam, New York. His music draws from folk, blues, country, and bluegrass and is guided by nature and ethereal influences. He teaches guitar privately. Both his playing, and his lessons have been deeply inspired by the work of Richard L. Haight--author of “The Warrior’s Meditation” and several other books on the topic of the path of unfoldment.

It was upon working with Richard, Mark said, that he began to develop an understanding that stuck emotions can be stored in the body, be felt as tangible shapes, and can be released in various ways. Music--the guitar specifically, has always been the vehicle for releasing these emotions. Working with Richard has helped in myriad ways, but especially in providing clarity and aim toward authentic self-expression.”

It has become a goal to tap into the stored emotions in this body and to give them a voice--whether through the guitar, the physical voice, movement...whatever will help them to be heard. It is a hope, that through authentically expressing the energy in this form, that people may feel the call to express themselves in a way that is helpful in their own lives.

Mary Ann Casale says, “He is a very very very VERY good guitar player. He is very engaging with the audience and his easy way is something that you don’t find too often. He plays to play, not to perform.”

In addition to playing, he built his own guitar in local luthier, Tracy Cox’s shop. Mark has played in bands as a lead guitar, duos and most recently with David Wells.

Mark's Facebook page...

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Laura Oakes - "Encaustics: The Art of Heat and Wax"

Exhibit Opening - November 6th, 3-7 pm. Solo guitarist Mark Lyon will perform from 4-7pm.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Celebrating 3 Years in Business!

"Return to Roots" : John Elwood Cook & Kari Zelson Robertson

"Return to Roots" : John Elwood Cook & Kari Zelson Robertson

"Return to Roots" : John Elwood Cook & Kari Zelson Robertson

"Return to Roots" : John Elwood Cook & Kari Zelson Robertson

"Return to Roots" : John Elwood Cook & Kari Zelson Robertson

"Return to Roots" : John Elwood Cook & Kari Zelson Robertson

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