![]() ![]() The cards may be purchased from my website () or in my home studio by appointment. After a time, it has morphed into a business. It began by just sending these cards to friends to which I added poetry. My watercolor and pastel images have been reproduced as a collection of greeting cards. Tell us about your greeting card collection. Best of all, we have become good friends who are there for each other in times of sunshine and shade. We lift up each other’s efforts with positive criticism and support. I am blessed to have a network of artist friends. When I think of my years in the classroom, a line from Sara Teasdale’s poem Barter comes to mind “… And little children looking up, Holding wonder like a cup.” I enjoyed watching the children blossom, nurturing their creativity and senses. Yes, I enjoyed influencing the children by incorporating art into the curriculum. I was fortunate to study with fine and talented women artists who became my mentors: Harriet Christman, Adelaide Silkworth, Janet Walsh, Ruth Baderian, Katherine Hiscox, and, more recently, local pastelist Mary Jane van Zeijts.Īs a teacher, did you bring art into the classroom? I’m also inspired by Renoir, Monet and Van Gogh. Growing up in Pennsylvania, I loved the mountains and pine woods, but when I moved to Long Island, I added the shore and wetlands to that love. I was blessed to have a grandmother who encouraged me to garden and love nature. I love the morning light and the sunsets are spectacular! We are so fortunate to live on Long Island where there are so many beautiful venues. ![]() I love painting at West Meadow creek which I call my “still waters” place. Not to mention, pastels and oil is much more easily corrected than watercolor, should an “oops” occur! I love the intensity of the colors because an artist can get the deep saturated color values immediately. In pastel and oil, again it is the color that I’m drawn to. What do you like about working with pastels and oils? I love color in clothing, the decoration of my home, but most of all in painting. Should the muse happen to call and the painting works, that is truly serendipitous! I become lost in its magic the light, shape, line, but most of all the color. Painting in watercolor is like taking a mini vacation. There is something about the feel of the brush gliding across the paper that intrigues me. You were originally known as a water colorist. My goal is to communicate to the viewer the joy I feel in painting. Her versatility is evident in the mediums she pursues: watercolor, oil and pastel. Chase is often seen painting in plein air, a method she feels helps capture the mood of the scene. She graduated Wilkes College where she received her teaching degree and was able to take art classes which she enjoyed.Ĭhosen by the Setauket Artists to be the Honored Artist at the 42nd Setauket Artists Exhibition for 2022, Chase exhibits her work in Gallery North, Mills Pond Gallery, Long Island Museum and the Port Jefferson Village Center. Setton wrote a book called “The Spirit of the Brush,” which offers a modern look at Chinese brush painting.Ĭheck out some of her work below, as it appeared in the boardroom this winter.Gail Laines Chase is a Stony Brook resident who has delighted followers of her paintings for years. The more I paint, the more I find the empty space and its simplicity important. “This concept comes from yin and yang, as well as daoism, or the continuity between people and nature. “My art emphasizes empty space, or the non-painted area,” said Setton, who’s main subject is nature. Her work, which reflects eastern and western influences, has been widely exhibited in Canada, the United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Korea and the United States. She began her own journey a decade later, studying German, English and American art. Setton started training under Chinese and Korean artists in 1981. “Before he came to me, I didn’t do abstract work.” “Most of the work here (in the gallery) is inspired by him and different music,” Setton continued, explaining that she feels like a musician whose brush is her instrument. “He asked me if I could paint his music, and that really changed my art form. in the Stony Brook University music department came to me about 15 years ago to work together on some multimedia pieces,” Setton said. 27 in O’Connor Hall’s Board Room Gallery. An exhibition of her pieces ran from Jan. 25, to discuss the inspiration behind her work. Sungsook Setton, a Korean-American artist who works in the style of Chinese brush painting, visited SJC Long Island Tuesday, Feb.
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