Stewards
of the Land & Canvas: painting marlborough
By
Abby Luby
Martinez-Bianco
says she wants to document many of the sites before they change.
“I grew up in the New Paltz/Gardiner area and now we are seeing
a lot of change in landscape and the environment,” notes Martinez-Bianco,
mother of three. “My goal is to paint areas I’m pretty
sure are going to be developed – to capture them before that
happens.” Martinez-Bianco tells of a farm she frequently drove
by and always intended to paint. On the day she finally set up her
easel to paint the farm, a woman living across the street came out
to talk to her. “She told me that houses would be built on
the site in six months and she was glad I was painting the farm
now. I got there just in time since the view would soon be gone.”
Painter
Ellen Esposito sees artists throughout the Hudson Valley driven
by this same disquieting concern of artists from the Hudson River
School two hundred years ago. “They were romantic and they
probably thought what was going to happen is happening now. They
felt that nature was being down-trodden by the people. I would like
to get a lot more painting done to leave a legacy – so people
could say 100 years from now ‘ah - that’s what it was
like before it became Brooklyn.’”
Meet
Me In Marlborough presents the “Stewards of the Land and Canvas,”
a plein-air paint-out “Blooms to Harvest,” with an Art
Show and Benefit Gala [w/ local foods, wine, and music] Saturday
11/3 at Stoutridge Vineyard, 10 Ann Kaley Lane, Marlboro NY, from
7-9 PM. The proceeds go to benefit sustainable agriculture in the
Hudson Valley. Please contact them at 845.616.7824, or online at
www.meetmeinmarlborough.com.
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