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Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday to 9 p.m.; and Saturday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Sunday.
"I create my own colors, and those colors guide me; they are my initial inspiration," says Owens. Whether she's observing a NASA moon rock sample, a New Mexico evening sky, or a tranquil view of an Eastern water scene, the colors she sees and uses are vivid and compelling.
In the Upstairs Gallery, Professional Artists Group members' show features Jane Adriance, Connie Gray, and Darlene Prestbo.
De Neve is a painter who began experimenting with fiber collage 25 years ago. She uses found cotton, linen, and silks embellished with hand-painted designs that incorporate figures, landscape, and abstraction. Bracci-McIndoe's latest ceramic works are pit-fired bottles and vessels reminiscent of craggy rock monuments and sandstone formations.
Davis-Ganek shows a lively collection of still lifes, abstracts, and abstracted landscapes focuses on color and shape. "I am strongly influenced by Matisse," she says, "drawn to his color and simplification of shapes, De Kooning's spontaneity and color, and Diebenkorn, for his scratchy, expressive brushwork, color, and composition. As I paint, I am constantly thinking in terms of color and shape; subject matter is always secondary." Gallery hours are Thursday to Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m., and by appointment.
Horne's passion was nature and she expressed it in the nature center's exhibits and the captivating stories she shared with all. She also expressed it in acrylic paintings of the wildlife she loved, her assembled for the first time in a show of works loaned by family and friends. Located in the Watershed's Buttinger Nature Center, gallery hours are Wednesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Matthiasdottir's kitchen still lifes, portraits, self-portraits, and Icelandic landscapes have received wide attention. Curator Deborah Rosenthal says her paintings "have been praised for their lucidity, for her Hofmann-like feeling for the spatial potential of the flat rectangle, married in her canvases to a sharp eye and quick brush applied to observed detail." Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 2 to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m.
Also, "Riding the Wave: The Japanese Influence on the Depiction of the Sea and Water in Western Art," to July 5. "Russia as Seen by Foreign Travelers" to July 31, 1998.
Museum hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission $3 adults; free for members, children under 18, and Rutgers students, faculty, and staff. Free on the first Sunday of each month.
In a departure from the direct-cast sculptures for which he is best known, Segal shows six monumental portraits in pastel on paper, images of his late mother Sophie, his wife Helen, his sister-in-law, Millie, and former neighbor, Leon. Rena Segal shows four large acrylics and 10 pastels, all made over the past three years. These are scenes of Farrington Lake that are charged with animated line and unexpected color harmonies.
Also, "Color, the Divine Madness," an exhibition of expressionist paintings and portraits by New Jersey artist Barbara Petitto. To April 22.
Family, friends, and everyday life are Leipzig's central themes. He does not offer up allegory, political agenda, or myth. Instead he presents the viewer with domestic genre scenes, images of people and moments that are unseen, ignored, or considered commonplace.
"My paintings are done by working directly from life. I never work from photographs," says Leipzig. "I feel that the use of photography would dilute my feelings and undermine my expression." His models include his wife, Mary Jo, children Francesca and Joshua, as well as students and friends.
Also, an exhibition of 12 sculptures by Walt Swales whose work reflects the artist's interest in the evolution and sanctity of all cultures. The artist, who teaches at Montclair State, works with welded steel and rock to create minimal works that draw upon universal symbols and signs. To May 10. Free.
Also, "Barbara Klein: Contemporary Ciphers," works by the mid-career abstract painter. Klein sees her imagery as glyphs and seeks to convey a symbolic language, one inspired by her musings on prehistory and prelanguage. To May 3. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Also featured, "Creative Bucks County: A Celebration of Art and Artists," an interactive exhibit honoring 12 maverick Bucks County figures that include Oscar Hammerstein, Pearl Buck, and Dorothy Parker. Hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays. Adults $5; students $1.50; children free.
Not housed in the museum but part of the collection is the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection of 20th-century sculpture, with works by such modern masters as Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso and George Segal located throughout the campus.