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 Violin #1
Artist: Angelica Zavala
West Long Branch, NJ |
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| A native of Lima, Peru, Angelica’s travels around the world have heavily influenced her work. Whether touching the sands of the Mediterranean on Spanish beaches, visiting the Musée d'Orsay in Paris or exotic places like Morocco, the reminiscence of her travels shapes the curve of the oil in her paintings. |
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| E-mail: angelzart@yahoo.com |
| Website: www.mainavegalleria.com |
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Violin #2
Artist: Ralph Garafola
Warren, NJ |
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"Just as the violin is a classical instrument representing tradition, so are the masks that represent the traditional Venezia Carnevale in Italy."
With a professional career spanning more than 50 years, Ralph is an accomplished portrait artist who brings a traditional style to his work. His portraits, landscapes, seascapes and still life capture the personality and character of his subjects, which he discovers on frequent travels throughout the Southern U.S., Florida, Italy, England and France. NJ Savvy Living magazine featured him as one of the three premiere New Jersey portrait artists in its Fall 2000 issue. |
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E-Mail: ralph@ralphgarafola.com
Website: www.ralphgarafola.com |
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Violin #3
Artist: Hollie Heller
Bridgewater, NJ |
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| Hollie specializes in the production of constructed and layered surfaces using techniques she has explored and developed over the past 20 years. Using a variety of materials, she offers the viewer segments of information, enough so that there is something recognizable, but often half hidden in the layers. Hollie derives many of her ideas from her fascination with textiles. A close inspection of the construction of her pieces usually translates an understandable process such as stitching. |
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| E-mail: hallartist@aol.com |
| Website: www.hollieheller.com |
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Violin #4
Artist: Michelle Harmazinski
Ocean Grove, NJ |
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“My inspiration was the instrument itself, as well as a playful twist of words and color. While contemplating a color direction, a play on words came to mind. Violin sounds like Violet. And voila! An idea was born — a monochromatic, rich, purple theme. Then I gave her a name — Violit.”
Michelle is a mixed media artist with a background in graphic design and photography. She delights in the irony of making something beautiful out of something discarded, and uses worn and broken-down objects to create works with visual balance, engaging color and thoughtful composition. Michelle’s style is a visual expression of her fearlessness to make mistakes…to be messy…to have fun and enjoy what she’s doing. |
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| E-Mail: Michelle@YesterdaysTrashArt.com |
| Website: www.YesterdaysTrashArt.com |
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Violin #5
Artist: Mil Wexler Kobrinski
Colts Neck, NJ |
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| Mil is an accomplished artist and teacher who specializes in the creation of pottery, sculptural ceramics and ceramic hand building. As an art teacher, she is very active in the Monmouth County area, engaging her students to become socially aware and responsible. Currently an adjunct professor at Brookdale Community College, Mil has also taught at Monmouth University, the JCC in Deal, in the Monmouth County Parks system and Artworks, a private art studio in Colts Neck. |
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| Website:www.milwexler.com
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Violin #6
Artist: Jennifer Olley
Toms River, NJ |
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“My inspiration for the violin was dogs. Since I’ve been working on the pop art dog theme, I was excited to do a version on a small wooden violin in acrylic paint compared to what I normally do on canvas with oil paints. It was a different, but fun and rewarding experience.”
A young local artist, Jennifer carries an artistic gene inspired by other artists in her family. She brings her "Pop Art Puppies" series — original oil paintings in Pop-Art form — to her Art Strings violin with a whimsical take on the project. A 2005 graduate of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, she is currently expressing her artistic vision in a digital format as a Web designer. |
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Violin #7
Artist: Robert Ostroff
Greenbrook, NJ |
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“My inspiration for the painting on the violin was those things which enhance my love of music by uniting the kaleidoscopic colors found in flowers, birds and butterflies with the earthy and sometimes ethereal nature of them. They bring joy to the viewer as well as to the listener.”
Bob has enjoyed a long career as an artist. He began his studies at Rutgers University as a pupil of Helmut Von Efra, one of the founders of the German Bauhaus movement and continued his studies with two New Jersey artists, Joyce Cohen and Riva Helfond. In addition to paintings, he creates decorative screens that he shows and sells at the Decorators Design Center in NYC and through his own business, Scene Screens. |
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| E-mail: dorrieo@optonline.net |
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Violin #8
Artist: Anita Siegel
Westfield, NJ |
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| For her Art Strings project, Anita was inspired by her love of the violin and her collection of teapots. In fact, her artwork depicts several of the actual teapots in her personal collection. A lawyer for more than 25 years, Anita is a partner at Siegel & Bergman, LLC in Morristown. As an arts lover, she plays the violin, paints and is a member of the Board of Trustees and Secretary of the South Street Theatre Co. in Morristown, a member of the Board of Trustees of Young Audiences of New Jersey and a member of the NJPAC Women’s Association. In addition, she occupies numerous posts with a variety of legal, community and non-profit associations. |
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| E-mail: anitasiegel@verizon.net |
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Violin #9
Artist: Robin Tedesco
Bronx, NY |
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| “Having lived in Italy for 4 years (and visited Cremona), I have a connection to the origins of violin-making. My work is on wood panels (so working on the wood violin was familiar) and I am very interested in the many layers of oil that join together to create depth and richness. The fabric placed on the outside gives the viewer another surface and texture to explore and acts as a ‘window’ into the world inside.” |
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| E-mail: rrtedesco@optonline.net |
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Violin #10
Artist: Rosalyn Avigdor
Long Branch, NJ |
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“In all honesty, Rita Kessler (Art Strings Chair) was my inspiration, by making this opportunity available to me. Before receiving the violin, I had created a colorful clay design that felt ‘musical.’ After receipt of the instrument, new, complimentary designs evolved through the creation process where clay colors were manipulated and assembled to create the different patterns.”
Rosalyn's designs are created from numerous cross-sections of tubes of polymer clay with a mixture of colors and patterns running down their length – much like a sushi roll. Her work provides a feeling of movement amongst static materials with unusual combinations of shape and color. |
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