Boat Lift
The Hudson River Series continues with this watercolor of a boat lift. The lifts along the river are getting a lot of use now when boat owners are storing their boats for the winter.
The image is 21x14" on 90 lb Aquarius 2 paper.
Article in Pascack Valley Community Life
This is an article from the October 29th issue of Pascack Valley Community Life.
"Old Post Office" wins award at N.E.W.S. show.
My painting, "Old Post Office" received the Air Float Award at the North East Watercolor Society, 32nd Annual International Open Exhibition.
The exhibition is at The Gallery at Kent Art Association, Kent CT. from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 9th.
"Piermont Reflections"
This is another painting in the Hudson River Series. It depicts part of a marina in the Hudson River at Piermont NY. with the wide expanse of the Tappan Zee (the widest part of the Hudson River north of NY harbor) and Hook Mountain in the background. The town of Nyack (home of Edward Hopper) is on the left, and if you look closely you can see long haul truck traffic on the causway of the Tappan Zee bridge.
Watercolor, 30x22" (image size) - 2008
Boat House on the Hudson receives award.
My watercolor "Boat House on the Hudson" has received the Norman Webb Award at the New Jersey Watercolor Society 66th Annual Open Juried Exhibition.
The Exhibition is on view thru October at the:
Ridgewood Art Institute
12 East Glen Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
http://www.ridgewoodartinstitute.org/
There is a Reception on Sunday, October 19th, 2pm-4pm.
Photo from the exhibition.
On a pier in the Hudson River
This is another image in the Hudson River/Hook Mountain series.
The view is looking north from a pier in the Hudson River at Piermont, NY.
The image is 30x22".
Do you have an idea of what it should be named?
Boathouse on the Hudson - Finished?
I think "Boathouse on the Hudson" is finished. I'll have to look at it over the next few weeks to see if there is anything that I want to change. If it stands up to scrutiny I will submitt it to the New Jersey Watercolor Society 66th Annual Open Juried Show in October.
News: The painting was accepted into the show on Sat. Oct. 4th.
Boathouse on the Hudson in progress.
This is an, in progress, image of a new painting of a Boathouse on the Hudson River.
I completed the top half first so that I can use it as a reference for the reflections in the bottom half. Reflections are tricky. If they don't work out, I can discard the bottom half and still have a presentable painting.
Blue Dinghy - Piermont
This is another image of the Hudson River from Piermont NY. looking north toward Hook Mountain and the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Watercolor, image size 21"x14".
This is a later revision of the image above. After looking at it over a few weeks I decided to add more contrast to the hull, add more red to the foreground, darken the forested hillside, added more color to the horizon and made the high sky darker.
New Hudson River paintings - Piermont, NY
"Piermont View", watercolor, 22wx14h
"Riverside - Piermont", watercolor, 22wx14h
These two watercolors are scenes from the riverside town of Piermont, NY. The town is located just 25 miles upriver from Times Square, but a world away. At this location the Husdon River is almost three miles wide, so it is experienced more like a large lake than a river.
Grace Church interior watercolor
This is a recent commissioned work; an interior view of the altar of a local church. It is a much renovated and elarged church. It seems that with each renovation the interior became darker as the windows moved farther away from the nave, so that now the altar is lit mainly by artificial light.
Proposed Mobile design for a commissioned work.
These are two photo monatage images of a proposed Mobile for a private client. The Mobile was first designed and modeled in 3D by using Google Sketch Up. An image file was then exported and inserted into a photo of the future location of the Mobile.
The Mobile is now under construction.
Last day to see the Mobiles at the Monmouth Museum
June 30 is the last day to see the Mobiles at the Monmouth Museum
Arcticle from the Swedish language Finnish newspaper SYD-ÖSTERBOTTEN - June 5, 2008
Arkitekt och konstnär: Närpesbördige Gustav Rosenlöf ställde ut sina akvarellmålningar i New York i slutet av maj.
Närpesbördig höll utställning i New York
I slutet av maj i år ställde närpes-bördige arkitekten och konstnären Gustav Rosenlöf ut sina akvarellmålningar i New York.
På den välbesökta utställningen kunde gästerna ta del av 32 Rosenlöfs verk. Utställningen ordnades i samarbete med Finland Center och med på utstillningen fanns också en annan finländsk akvarellkonstnär, Irene Aunio.
Rosenlöf emigrerade med sina föraldrar Beatrice, och Nils, samt bröderna Karl- Åke och Fredrik till Amerika år 1959. I amerika studerade Rosenlöf till arkitekt och utexaminerades i New York År 198o.
Efter att ha jobbat som arkitekt i 30 år hittade Rosenlöf en ny hobby i akvarellmålning. Under tio års tid har Rosenlöf studerat och målat akvareller med stor framgång.
Rosenlöfs bakgrund som arkitekt skiner igenom i hans akvarellmålningar. Han tycker om att måla hus och byggnader och anvandär sig gärna av klara och starka färger nar han målar.
Sara Mannsén
sara.mannsen@sydin.fi
Rosenlof and Aunio Exhibiting at the Salmagundi Club
This is an excerp from an arcticle by Saga Blane in the May 29th issue of NORDEN newspaper on the Salmagundi Exhibit.
“Gustav Rosenlof draws immediate comparisons with Edward Hopper. His primary subject, houses, are rendered in bold, saturated colors and clean geometrical lines. There is a prevading emptiness and marked absence of humanity. Unlike Hopper, however, Rosenlof's emptiness is not one of psychological abandonment. Rather, his paintings are balanced and the emptiness peaceful, a movie-set where the actors have gone off to lunch.
His townscapes and “Shaker Series” evoke a gentle nostalgia for the American Dream, for the wholesomeness of life and communal living. His close-ups of rooftops act as snapshots of the mundane, where everyday elements are blown up and larger-than-life. His work reflects his training as an architect, and the rationality in his paintings harks back to the Scandinavian preference for clarity in pure color and simple lines.”
“Gustav Rosenlof draws immediate comparisons with Edward Hopper. His primary subject, houses, are rendered in bold, saturated colors and clean geometrical lines. There is a prevading emptiness and marked absence of humanity. Unlike Hopper, however, Rosenlof's emptiness is not one of psychological abandonment. Rather, his paintings are balanced and the emptiness peaceful, a movie-set where the actors have gone off to lunch.
His townscapes and “Shaker Series” evoke a gentle nostalgia for the American Dream, for the wholesomeness of life and communal living. His close-ups of rooftops act as snapshots of the mundane, where everyday elements are blown up and larger-than-life. His work reflects his training as an architect, and the rationality in his paintings harks back to the Scandinavian preference for clarity in pure color and simple lines.”
Arcticle in The Holmdel Independent newspaper
Gustav Rosenlof revisits 'Mobiles'
The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series continues in the Nilson Gallery at the Monmouth Museum with "Mobiles" by Gustav Rosenlof of Hillsdale.
The sixth artist in the series, Rosenlof creates mobiles of abstract shapes, evoking subjects found in nature.
The show will run through June 29 at the museum, located on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. A gallery talk with Rosenlof will take place 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at the museum. This discussion is free and open to the public.
Rosenlof states about his work, "I built my first mobiles as a student at the High School of Music and Art in New York City after seeing a show of Alexander Calder's work at the Guggenheim Museum. I spent hours walking up and down the ramp in awe. The architecture of the mobiles and the art of the building merged at a seminal moment for me. I became an architect and I became an artist. After many years of concentrating on architecture and painting, I have lately begun to revisit my early fascination with mobiles."
Rosenlof 's mobiles are constructed by connecting plastic shapes with stainless steel links or ordinary fishing line.
"In my mobiles, the shapes themselves are an integral part of the structure, not just objects balancing on the end of wires," he states.
"Each shape must be visually pleasing, be strong enough to support all the shapes below it, and balance at one point, while holding its position relative to the rest of the mobile. This is the architectonic approach. A strong idea, influencing and melding, form, function and structure into an integrated whole."
The Main Gallery and Nilson Gallery at the Monmouth Museum are open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays.
http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2008/0611/front_page/042.html
The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series continues in the Nilson Gallery at the Monmouth Museum with "Mobiles" by Gustav Rosenlof of Hillsdale.
The sixth artist in the series, Rosenlof creates mobiles of abstract shapes, evoking subjects found in nature.
The show will run through June 29 at the museum, located on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. A gallery talk with Rosenlof will take place 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at the museum. This discussion is free and open to the public.
Rosenlof states about his work, "I built my first mobiles as a student at the High School of Music and Art in New York City after seeing a show of Alexander Calder's work at the Guggenheim Museum. I spent hours walking up and down the ramp in awe. The architecture of the mobiles and the art of the building merged at a seminal moment for me. I became an architect and I became an artist. After many years of concentrating on architecture and painting, I have lately begun to revisit my early fascination with mobiles."
Rosenlof 's mobiles are constructed by connecting plastic shapes with stainless steel links or ordinary fishing line.
"In my mobiles, the shapes themselves are an integral part of the structure, not just objects balancing on the end of wires," he states.
"Each shape must be visually pleasing, be strong enough to support all the shapes below it, and balance at one point, while holding its position relative to the rest of the mobile. This is the architectonic approach. A strong idea, influencing and melding, form, function and structure into an integrated whole."
The Main Gallery and Nilson Gallery at the Monmouth Museum are open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays.
http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2008/0611/front_page/042.html
My Exhibit at the Salmagundi Club ongoing thru June 1st.
My paintings in the Lower Gallery of the Salmagundi Club.
Extended hours: through Sunday, June 1.
Extended hours: through Sunday, June 1.
Open daily 1-5 pm
EXCEPT MEMORIAL DAY (building closed)
Exhibit sponsored by the Finland Center Foundation
Click on the image to enlarge and read the arcticle from the NORDEN newspaper in Swedish.
Invitation to Show at Salmagundi Club
At the Salmagundi Club, lower gallery May 20-31, 2008
Opening Reception May 22, 6-8 p.m.
47 Fifth Avenue (@12th St.) New York, N.Y. 10003
For more information, see http://www.finlandcenter.org/
or call 1-646-704-8000
Upcomming Shows
1. May 2-28 - I will be showing two watercolors at the Fort Lee Library in May as a member of the Pascack Art Association. For directions visit their web page: http://fortlee.bccls.org/
The Show runs from May 2 thru May 28, with a MEET THE ARTISTS gathering on May 8th. from 6-8pm.
2. May 2-28 - This "watercolor on panel" will be showing in the New Jersey Watercolor Society, 2008 ANNUAL (elected) MEMBERS' SHOW to be held at the GUILD OF CREATIVE ART in Shrewsbury, NJ.
Tappan, NY - watercolor on panel - 16.5x20.5".
3. May 20-31 - A Large collection of my watercolors will be at the Salmagundi Club
http://www.salmagundi.org/
These are images of some of the works in the show.
Finland Center Foundation presents:
IRENE AUNIO & GUSTAV ROSENLOF: WATERCOLORS
At the Salmagundi Club, lower gallery
May 20-31, 2008
Opening Reception May 22, 6-8 p.m.
47 Fifth Avenue (@12th St.) New York, N.Y.10003
For more information, see http://www.finlandcenter.org/ or call 1-646-704-8000
4. May 30-June 29 - My solo show of the Mobiles in the Nilson Gallery at the MONMOUTH MUSEUM will run from May 30 to June 29, with a gallery talk and reception on May 30, 6-8pm. http://monmouthmuseum.org/
These are two of the Mobiles in the show.
5. June 8th. - ART IN THE PARK, (An arts festival sponsored by the Pascack Art Association) on Sunday June 8th at Memorial Park (behind the train station) in Westwood, NJ.
http://www.pascackartassociation.org/
A photo from Art in the Park a few years ago.
The Show runs from May 2 thru May 28, with a MEET THE ARTISTS gathering on May 8th. from 6-8pm.
2. May 2-28 - This "watercolor on panel" will be showing in the New Jersey Watercolor Society, 2008 ANNUAL (elected) MEMBERS' SHOW to be held at the GUILD OF CREATIVE ART in Shrewsbury, NJ.
Tappan, NY - watercolor on panel - 16.5x20.5".
3. May 20-31 - A Large collection of my watercolors will be at the Salmagundi Club
http://www.salmagundi.org/
These are images of some of the works in the show.
Finland Center Foundation presents:
IRENE AUNIO & GUSTAV ROSENLOF: WATERCOLORS
At the Salmagundi Club, lower gallery
May 20-31, 2008
Opening Reception May 22, 6-8 p.m.
47 Fifth Avenue (@12th St.) New York, N.Y.10003
For more information, see http://www.finlandcenter.org/ or call 1-646-704-8000
4. May 30-June 29 - My solo show of the Mobiles in the Nilson Gallery at the MONMOUTH MUSEUM will run from May 30 to June 29, with a gallery talk and reception on May 30, 6-8pm. http://monmouthmuseum.org/
These are two of the Mobiles in the show.
5. June 8th. - ART IN THE PARK, (An arts festival sponsored by the Pascack Art Association) on Sunday June 8th at Memorial Park (behind the train station) in Westwood, NJ.
http://www.pascackartassociation.org/
A photo from Art in the Park a few years ago.
Icarus Falling Installation at Montclair Art Museum
My Mobile "Icarus Falling" was installed at the Montclair Art Museum today. It will be part of the 2008 New Jersey Arts Annual Show. Which this year is titled "Tribal Roots in the Garden State"
The show runs from February 24 to May 11, 2008.
The Museum is located at
3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
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