November's Featured Artist and Exhibit:

Mary Fader and Manhattan Edifices

Bio:

Born: Staten Island, 1951
Education: Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Pace University, 1973; 100 credits, Visual Arts, 1984
Published Print: The Five O'Clock Boat - 1992

My painting is representative of a 20-year period: an attempt to be trained and grow as a neo-expressionist. I paint to imbue emotion into the familiar, filling work with energy developed from the use of 011 palette.

At 44, I paint a wide spectrum of subject matters -- always implanting my style, which I feel is in maturity. I consider myself a Staten Island painter. Staten Island, although it is part of the five boroughs, is an island with character that has maintain ed provincialism. I have been schooled and trained in Manhattan. So, that combination provides my environment - a town set against a panoramic harbor. For me, this is a perfect setting to create and to be constantly inspired by nature and urban life. It i s my pleasure to fulfill my instincts to apply myself as a painter.

Statement About Her Work:

Nature challenges us in our perception of the cityscape. In actuality it is never fixed and static; sunlight, clouds and moisture all produce a continuously changing panorama of light, shadow and color.

I create with energy and conviction - resulting in my own free-flowing style. I paint for my own enjoyment and to bring joy to others. My paintings must vibrate with color and form to make the commonplace an exciting visual feast.

Upcoming Exhibitions

1995

Portraiture, Flamingo East, Second Avenue Exhibition, Republic Bank for Savings, Madison Avenue

1996

Intimate Insights, Bell Cafe, Spring Street Subjective Suburbia, Borough Hall, Staten Island Exhibition, Flamingo East, Second Avenue A Study of 19th Century Fires, New York City Fire Museum, Spring Street Interludes With HIV, Community Television, Channel 24

The following works appeared in the Schimmel Virtual Gallery as part of Mary Fader's Manhattan Edifices exhibit.

THE CUSTOMS HOUSE	30" x 32" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
GRAND CENTRAL	25" x 35" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
HEIGHT OF THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING	25" x 35" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE	30" x 36" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
THIRTY FOURTH STREET	25" x 35" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
AN ABSTRACT OF CITY HALL	30" x 40" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
BROAD STREET	30" x 40" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
ROCKEFELLER PLAZA	30" x 40" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader
THE PLAZA	30" x 36" $300.00 1995 copyright 1995 Mary Fader