bau 20

Vivian Altman, "pink diagonal", oil on canvas, 30" x 40", 2006

bau 20

Vivian Altman: "Same Mother, Different Children"
Abstract Paintings

Sat August 12 – Mon September 4, 2006

Opening Reception
Sat, August 12, 6-9pm

Gallery Talk by the artist
Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3pm

bau - beacon artist union
161 Main Street
Beacon, NY 12508
Gallery Hours, Sat/Sun 12 - 6 pm & by appt.
T 845 440 7584
bauinfo@optonline.net
www.beaconartistunion.com

www.vivianaltman.com

Artist Vivian Altman will be exhibiting her abstract paintings at bau, beacon artist union, in Beacon, from August 12 to September 4, 2006.

The show features over a dozen pieces of Altman’s most recent works, mostly oil paintings on canvas.
Once again Altman explores the rich expressive possibilities within her media. These spirited compositions express movement and expansion with vibrant colors and lush, sensuous textures that capture our attention and reveal many surprises. This exhibit, titled "Same Mother, Different Children" refers to Altman's creative approach in developing a new body of work. While her signature of texture and energy remains the same, we may see some transformation in these new works, compared to the pieces exhibited last year at Eisenhower Hall at West Point, and at bau 12 and 13.

Her medium changes, and the energy subtly shifts, but what is conveyed is reminiscent of these past works.
Vivian Altman comments that "the newest pieces emerge with a new passion, as if there could be no other. Each painting feels unique - and then it happens again! And I realize that this creative process comes from the same place, and that is what makes the pieces speak the same language."

Altman’s work has been shown at the New York Brooklyn Museum Art School, Vassar College, The Class of 1929 Art Gallery at Eisenhower Hall at The United States Military Academy at West Point, Edge Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Woodstock Art Gallery, Pace University Satellite Campus at Stewart Airport, Orange County Community College, The Orange County Art Federation and the Orange County Arts Council, the New Paltz College Gallery, among others.

Altman received her B.F.A. in Painting from the State College of New York at New Paltz, New York and her M. A. Degree in Studio Art at New York University, New York City. She has also studied at Massachusetts College of Art and at the Santa Raparata International Art School in Florence, Italy.For the last 10 years, Altman has taught art to grades K-6 in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District, Newburgh, New York.. She was Artist in Residence at the YMCA Frost Valley Camp in Claryville, New York and was a Freelance Textile Design Artist for children’s wear.
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