Our monthly art show featuring two incredible local artists is the first Sunday of every month. Meet the creators – plus live music and wine!
Can’t make it to the debut event? The gallery is open to the public during regular winery hours, and we welcome you to enjoy the space! Selected artists showcase for an entire month and the pieces are available for sale.
Our curator, Lori Loewen, works to find the best and brightest creators in our area, pulling together solo, complimentary and group shows. Visit the Gallery page on our website to submit your work for consideration.
November Featured Artist: Joel Adas
Joel Adas grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey. After spending a year abroad in Florence studying painting and drawing in 1988, he enrolled in the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with a focus on painting.
Continuing to pursue his studies in Painting Joel attended SUNY Purchase for two years of grad school In the mid-nineties after which he moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and began working at the Brooklyn Museum. He continued to paint and became a part of the burgeoning art scene in Williamsburg, showing in a number of the galleries there as well as curating shows in his apartment in Long Island City.
Adas currently resides in Cape May, New Jersey with his wife Helen, also a painter. Together, the two recently started an art school, the Colorful Palette, in Villas, New Jersey. In addition to the teaching area there is a shared studio space in the school where Helen and Joel continue to paint and follow their vision.
November Featured Artist: Helen Selsdon
I was born in London, England. I studied Fine Arts, Painting at Camberwell School of Art and graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Soon after this I visited New York City and moved permanently to the United States in 1989.
For many years I have worked from direct observation, painting en plein air and in the studio to capture the heft and beauty of objects and people around me. My fascination with this iconography has recently taken me in a different direction – the result of a visit to Sicily and a 4th century AD Roman villa that left me mesmerized and inspired. The Villa del Casale near Piazza Armerina is covered with exquisite frescoes and mosaics, including an early representation of women wearing bikinis and playing sports. The work in this exhibit is from my memory, imagination and photographic images of the villa and extends my exploration into interior spaces and forms.
November will also feature Colorful Palette Art School Students
