The dining room features 2 artists this month, Shelle Bailey & Vel Capewell Shelle Bailey is a life long resident of the Adirondack
Mountians in Northern New York. A visual
artist and metal sculptor, her paintings and designs in silver reflect the natural beauty of the
area, and echo the haunting solitude of the deep forest. Most of Shelle's work
is very organic in form and texture, fossils and gems from the Adirondack and New York State area are common focal pieces.
All pieces are made exclusively by the artist, using only
raw materials of the highest quality. This means that no pre-fabricated parts,
such as ear wires, clasps, jumprings, etc are used. All components of a piece
are hand made.
Vel's statement "I am foremost a colorist. I live for the richness of pure
color and
nuanced tints whether found in nature or manufactured by the unknown.
If there is light there is color and I fly to it as the moth to the lamp.
Living in the Adirondacks has given me access
to the secrets of the ages hidden in the flora and fauna, reflected and
refracted through the clear crisp light. My palette has grown as I sit and
watch the light change the scene over the course of a day hiding, then revealing
colors I never knew existed before. These hues are reproduced to the best of my
humble ability in both figurative and abstract forms. Currently I am working on raw sheetrock (plasterboard)
with
oil paint, finding the plaster absorbs the oil leaving almost pure pigment,
resulting in eye-popping color. The compositions are abstract and lively,
married with music, mostly jazz, as this lends itself to the freedom I feel in
the studio to be completely free and a part of the process. The results are explosive
and joyous expressions of the magic of making art."
Paintings by Ali Richardson in the bar
Photography by Michael Levy in the greenhouse
