ENVIRONMENTAL EXPRESSIONS GAMMY MILLER KATHRYN BILHARZ GABRIEL MARA LEFEBVRE PAULA OVERBAY
MAY 6 - JUNE 25, 2016
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ENVIRONMENTALEXPRESSIONS brings together four artists - Gammy Miller, Kathryn Bilharz Gabriel, Mara Lefebvre, and Paula Overbay - who create work directly influenced by their respective surroundings and upbringings. These tangible and sometimes conceptual world observations are the root of each body of work in this exhibition.
Left: Meadow, by Kathryn Bilharz Gabriel! Right: Space Station, by Mara Lefebvre
 
For our 30th anniversary, Saratoga Arts has designed a year of exhibitions highlighting artists from all across the spectrum - students, past exhibiting artists, our faculty artists, community artists, and of course, our member artists! Join Saratoga Arts as we celebrate all of the artists who have helped Saratoga Arts become what it is today!
Left: PPP, by Gammy Miller! Right: Yellow Dot #1, by Paula Overbay
Thank you to our exhibition sponsor, Druther’s Brewing Company!
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GAMMY MILLER
1. Echinodea Maculosus, 2016! Collage, pencil, stitching with street findings! 13x13”! $800!
Gammy Miller considers herself a naturalist. Her drawings are part of an exploration into the ideas of natural selection. Influenced by her meanders into ornithology, botany, and marine biology, her drawings depict imaginary non-viable organisms, victims perhaps of an evolutionary process gone awry. She means them to be humorous and yet convey a sense of warning. !
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Gammy Miller is a self-instructed artist with an abiding interest in natural history. Her art has been widely exhibited, including solo exhibitions at the Hudson Opera House in Hudson, New York and Courthouse Gallery in Lake George. Miller’s work can be found at The Decorative Arts Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as the Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences in Binghamton, New York. She currently resides in New York, New York.
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2. Chiton Superciliata, 2014! Collage, stitching with false eyelashes! 13x13”! $1100!
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3. Cyanea Galfonsii, 2014! Pen and ink, watercolor, collage with egg shells! 13x13”! $800!
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4. Green Organism II, 2016! Watercolor, pencil, stitching! 13x13”! $800!
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5. PPP II (aka Piscean Pentagonal Problem), 2015! Watercolor, ink, fabric collage and taxidermy !eyes! 13x13”!
6. Betulaic Migration, 2014 and 2016! Pencil with grey birch scales! 13x13”! $900 !
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7. Rete Piscium, 2015! Pen and ink with egg shell bit! 13x13”! $800!
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8. Salinella ciliata var. gam, 2016! Ink, watercolor, collage, stitching with false eyelashes! 13x13”! $1100!
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9. Animacule Pedibus, 2016! Watercolor, collage, stitching! 13x13”! $800!
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10. Found on Baxter Street, 2014! Ink, collage, stitching, $800! 13x13”!
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KATHRYN BILHARZ GABRIEL
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Seeing her work as an expression of her environment, Kathryn Bilharz Gabriel is a product of the contexts that have built her life. Mixing mechanical, visual, and scientific interests, she creates a strange world: part nostalgic postPop graphics and color, and part romantic impulsive drawing. Her subjects are derived from the many mechanical parts in her surroundings and personal interests in technology and the natural landscape, as well as a fascination with her family’s deep history in the sciences.!
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Kathryn Bilharz Gabriel holds a BFA from the College of Saint Rose, and a dual degree in Art Education and an MFA from the University at Albany. She currently teaches fine art at Fayetteville-Manlius High School near Syracuse, New York, where she resides.
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1.! Taught, 2015! ! Acrylic, pumice medium, ink and graphite on illustration board! ! 20”x16”! ! $850!
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Read your Text, 2016! Charcoal, pumice medium on paper! 32”x24”! $1450!
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Meadow, 2015! Acrylic, pumice medium, ink on illustration board! 16”x20”! $1250!
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Tuber, 2015! Acrylic, pumice medium, ink on illustration board! 24”x32”! $1750!
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Its One Giant Puddle, 2015! Ink, acrylic, graphite, pumice medium on paper! 32”x32”! $1750!
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Not That Type, 2016 ! Ink, acrylic, graphite, pumice medium on paper! 32”x24”! $1250!
7.! The Wall is Broken, 2016! ! Acrylic, pumice medium, graphite on canvas, 44”x32”! ! $2500! 8.! Walk Across Water, 2016! ! Acrylic, pumice medium, graphite on canvas, 32”x48”! ! $3000! 9.! Zero, Fire, 2016! ! Acrylic, pumice medium, graphite on canvas, 60”x34”! ! $3500! 10.! Go Slowly, 2016! ! Acrylic, pumice medium, graphite on canvas, 48”x34”! ! $2800!
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MARA LEFEBVRE
Medicine Cabinet Series!
The found objects used by Mara Lefebvre reflect where she has been and who she has been in contact with: a diary of ephemera. Often searching on roadsides, yard sales, and dumpsters, she uses like items to complete her series of work. Disliking a significant alteration of items, she is challenged to let the innate pieces of paper stay the same as it was originally discovered. !
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Mara Lefebvre holds a degree in Fine Art and Arts Administration from Skidmore College. She has exhibited work in multiple galleries, including a solo exhibition at Bulmer Gallery in Troy. Lefebvre has been an artist in residence at Mendocino Art Center in California, as well as an artist consultant for New York Foundation of the Arts. She lives in Latham.!
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1.“La Violetta”! Collage! Paper! 3.75” x 4.75”! Framed size 13” x 13”! $175.00!
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2. “Tubereuse”! Collage! Paper! 3.75” x 4.75”! $175.00!
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3. “Patrick”! Collage! Paper! 3.75” x 4.75”! $175.00!
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4. “Gold Luster”! Collage! Paper! 3.75” x 4.75”! $175.00!
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Accumulations Week 1! 1. Accumulations Week 1 #2! Round reed, 600 paperclips! 11” x 5”! $175.00!
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2. Accumulations Week 1 #3! Round reed, 379 paper coat check tickets, beads! 15” x 8”! $175.00!
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3. Accumulations Week 1 #4! Round reed, 499 claim check tickets, beads! 11” x 7”! $175.00!
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4. Accumulations Week 1 # 7 ! Round reed, 500 fabric petals, golf tees! $175.00!
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Hazardous Jewels! Gold display case with 8 sculptures! Fish hooks, flowers of metal, porcelain, plastic and sugar icing, plastic bottle lids, pill dispensers, rubber attachments, parts from a French coffee press! 21” x 25”! $700.00 !
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MARA LEFEBVRE
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Tokens of Loss ! 1. Tokens of Loss #1! Rubber hands, engraved paper, plastic, jewels! 4” x 4” x 5”! $100.00!
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2. Tokens of Loss #2! Brass bees, engraved paper, jewels, plastic figure, engraving die! 4” x 4” x 5”! $100.00!
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3. Tokens of Loss #3! Fishing weights, engraved paper, engraving die, jewels, glass! 4”x 4” x 5”! $100.00!
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4. Tokens of Loss #4! Sewing pins, wooden figures, engraved paper, jewels, metal orb, corporate seal! 4” x 4” x 5”! $100.00!
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5. Tokens of Loss #5! Survey equipment part, engraved paper, jewels, plastic figure! 4” x 4” x 5”! $100.00!
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Tokens of Loss Monuments!
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1. Tokens of Loss Monument #1! Candle holder, picture frame, upholstery tacks, bottle stopper, beads, rubber ! 4” x 12”! $100.00!
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2. Tokens of Loss Monument #2! Brass bees, candle stick, earring, pearl beads, candle holder! 5” x 14”! $100.00!
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3. Tokens of Loss Monument #3! Brass ball, brass bees, brass vase, metal flowers, round picture frame! 5” x 17”! $100.00!
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4. Tokens of Loss Monument #4! 8” x 16”! Brass cup, glass coaster, jewelry, brass bowl, glass beads, plastic, ceramic ball! $100.00!
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Connections Series! 1. “Love Potion #3”! Assemblage! Paper, pins, tacks! 13”x 13”x1”! $175.00!
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2. “Love Potion #4”! Assemblage! Paper, pins, tacks! 13”x 13”x1”! $175.00!
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3. “Amidst A Thousand Kind Desires” ! Assemblage! Paper, pins, tacks! 17”x 18”x1.25”! $200.00!
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4. “A Thousand Kisses Deep” ! Assemblage! Paper, pins, tacks! 17”x 18”x1.25”! $200.00!
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5. “Between Forgetting and Remembering” ! Assemblage! Paper, pins, tacks! 17”x18”x1.25”! $200.00!
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PAULA OVERBAY Paula Overbay’s works comment on cells collecting into a form. They could be small invisible amoeba, or animals in the water or the air; there is no empty space. Cells are everywhere, moving from form to form. They are forever changing and contributing to daily life in ways that are often overlooked.!
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Paula Overbay lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Arts and an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. In August 2015, she was an artist in residence at the Saltonstall Foundation in Ithaca, New York. Her work can be found in many national, international, public and private collections; she is represented by Muriel Guepin Gallery in New York, New York.
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1.! Yellow Dot #1! ! Acrylic on Paper! ! 11x15”! ! $1700! 2.! ! ! !
Yellow Dot #2! Acrylic on Paper! 11x15”! $1700!
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Yellow Dot #3! Acrylic on Paper! 11x15”! $1700!
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Yellow Dot #4! Acrylic on Paper! 11x15”! $1700!
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Yellow Dot #5! Acrylic on Paper! 11x15”! $1700!
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Yellow Dot #7! Acrylic on Paper! 11x15”! $1700!
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