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Landscape, Reimagined
Landscape, Reimagined welcome five local artists presenting an array of landscape interpretation, from traditional to radical and contemporary.
The landscape is among the most familiar but resonant subject matter. In the Hudson Valley, we are familiar with the Hudson River School, an art movement by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism. We may not see the Hudson Valley exactly as they did, but landscapes surround us every day: whether in our domestic arrangements, our urban lives, or just what we see out the window. Landscapes are reminders of our deep history with and connections to nature, to places we have lived or imagine inhabiting - a landscape in which we the viewer can insert yearnings, memories, dreams. Artists have continued to return to and reimagine the landscape: some find resonance in natural, realistic interpretations; others reinterpret the genre with styles that push the limits.
The artists present in the exhibition will show artworks ranging from realistic portrayal of nature to more abstract interpretations.
Participating artists: Maxine Davidowitz, Virginia Donovan, Martha Hill, William Noonan, Julia VanDevelder
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 7, 2025 5-7 pm
On display through June 29, 2025
A conversation with the artists is planned for Sunday June 22, 2-4pm
Maxine Davidowitz is a painter and printmaker with a studio in West Shokan, NY. Her work has been shown in numerous group and solo shows in the Northeast—in New York City, Hudson, Saugerties, Kingston, Beacon, Tarrytown, Peekskill, Millbrook, Poughkeepsie and Woodstock. Her work is in many private collections throughout the US. She’s been awarded residencies at the Cill Rialaig Project in Ireland and the Brush
Creek Arts Foundation in Wyoming, and has received honors at many juried exhibitions in the region, including the 2024 Yasuo Kuniyoshi Award given annually by WAAM, the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum for “outstanding achievement over the past year and an overall track record of excellence”.
Acrylic on canvas 30x30 $2500
Acrylic on canvas 40x40 $3500
Acrylic on canvas 30x30 $2500
Acrylic on canvas 40x40 $3500
Acrylic on canvas 40x40 $3500
Virginia Donovan
Virginia Donovan is originally from New York’s Hudson Valley. She relocated to Frederick, Maryland, to be closer to family. A passionate painter, she finds inspiration in travel, photography, and connecting with people. Her artistic journey has led her to participate in six International Artist
Residencies in Poland, as well as several in the United States. As a co-owner of The RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon, NY, Virginia played a key role in shaping a successful, multi-faceted art space featuring paintings, photography, sculpture, porcelain, pottery, jewelry, and fine textiles.
The gallery thrived for 17 years, fostering a vibrant creative community. Before dedicating herself fully to art, Virginia spent 35 years at IBM in various roles, from programming to education, sales training, and management. Nearly 30 years ago, what began as an effort to support a friend by enrolling in an art class became a transformative journey. Painting, once unexpected, has since become her passion.
Oil 16x20 $1200
Oil 16x20 $1200
Oil 30x24 $2000
Oil 30x24 $2000
Oil 6x8 $300
Oil on panel 6x6 $250
Acrylic on panel 8x6 $300
Oil 5x7 $250
Oil on panel 6x6 $250
Martha Hill
Art is essential for me to express what I can only share through a visual language. As long as I can remember, I’ve interacted with the world primarily visually, noticing color, pattern, and contrasts in light and dark. Painting allows me to share my experience with others and at the same time process my emotions and responses to the world. Drawing in my sketchbook and creating monotypes also play a role in my artistic practice, supporting and enriching my primary focus on painting. Intrigued by color and movement, my paintings often stem from a memory of colors, an emotion, or mark-making. To start, I make a few pencil marks to break up the space, mix several colors, then begin applying paint with palette knives. As the piece progresses, observing how colors and shapes relate and echo each other, I continue to shape the composition by adding and removing paint. Each artwork feels like creating choreography or a musical score as I interact with the space. Working intuitively, references to landscape may emerge or the work may remain abstract. I find that people bring their own experiences to viewing art, especially abstract work. To me, my work feels like inner landscapes or atmospheres. It evokes a sense of place yet allows the viewer to decide where that place might be.
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 8” x 8” (14” x 14” frame) $450
Oil and pencil on paper 8” x 8” (14” x 14” frame) $450
Oil and pencil on paper 8” x 8” (14” x 14” frame) $450
Oil and pencil on paper 8” x 8” (14” x 14” frame) $450
Oil and pencil on paper 8” x 8” (14” x 14” frame) $450
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 8” x 8” (14” x 14” frame) $450
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 5” x 5” (10” x 10” frame) $300
Oil and pencil on paper 8” x 8” (14” x 14” frame) $450
William Noonan
William Noonan originally from Monroe, New York was born in 1962. After a career in graphics and publishing at The Village Voice in New York City, William returned full-time to his first love: fine art, and to the Hudson Valley, where he now resides in Newburgh, New York. He has a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase and has since studied at the New York Academy of Art, the Woodstock School of Art, The International School of Art-Umbria Italy, and the Art Students League of New York.
An inclination for the figure, a deep love of Italian art and the investigation of his own Italian heritage, through travel and study, inform his work. While drawing on European traditions, his work is part of the continuum of American Realism.
He teaches at the Wallkill River School of Art and out of his home studio. Primarily working in oils he also includes pastels, acrylics, watercolor, drawing and printmaking techniques in his repertoire. His work has been exhibited locally, on Cape Cod, and through various Internet venues. He is in numerous private collections, home and abroad, and has several pieces in the corporate collection of Nielsen and Bainbridge.
Oil on paper 7x10 $400
Oil on paper 7x10 $400
Oil on paper 7x10 $400
Oil on paper 7x10 $400
Oil on paper 7x10 $400
Oil on paper 7x10 $400
Julia VanDevelder
Longtime resident of the Hudson Valley, Julia Van Develder is a self-taught landscape painter who works in acrylics. "It's no accident that the first American 'school'--the Hudson River School of landscape painters--originated here," she says. "I am inspired daily by the majesty of the region”. Her aim is to create paintings that inspire in the viewer a sense of tranquility and wonder at the simple beauty of trees and fields, clouds and sunsets, light and shadow.
Acrylic on canvas 40x30 $2200
Acrylic on canvas 24x30 $1400
Acrylic on canvas 40x30 $2200
Acrylic on canvas 30x24 $1400
Acrylic on canvas 30x24 $1000
Acrylic on canvas 30x24 $1400
Karen Madden
Photograph 16x20 framed, 11x14 unframed $185/$95
Photograph 20x16 framed, 14x11 unframed $185/$95
Photograph 16x20 framed, 11x14 unframed $185/$95
Photograph 12x12 framed, 8x8 unframed $150/$85
Photograph 16x20 framed, 11x 14 unframed $185/$95
Photograph 16x20 framed, 11x14 unframed $185/$95
Photograph 16x20 framed, 11x14 unframed $185/$95
Photograph 16x20 framed, 11x14 unframed $185/$95
Photograph 20x16 framed, 11x14 unframed $185/$95
Bob Madden
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90
Photography 11x14 framed, 8x10 unframed $175/$90