Gallery Opening: Tom Lulevitch at Springsteel Gallery

Springsteel Gallery announces the opening of a show, “Fool’s Paradise”, by April guest artist Tom Lulevitch on Saturday April 2, 2011.The show will run from April 2 until April 30 and features paintings and collages by Tom Lulevitch and watercolors, oils and sculptures by gallery owner, artist Bernard Springsteel. 

Currently teaching at Baruch College, NYC, in the Fine and Performing Arts Department, Lulevitch's paintings have been exhibited in galleries on both the East and West coasts including the Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, Gallery Merz, Sag Harbor, Amber Road Gallery, Southold, Oyster Ponds Historical Society, Orient, Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood and Stony Brook University Gallery. 

Lulevitch paints mainly in egg oil tempera on gessoed panels. Larger works are acrylic on handmade paper and oil on linen. He also uses a wide range of digital tools in his work, exploring compatibilities with more traditional media, such as bookbinding and gold leaf. A selection of his paintings and further biographical information can be viewed on his website, www.lulevitch.com. 

Tom Lulevitch has said about his recent work:

“We are experiencing a visual digital revolution and that technology has spawned some amazing ways of making art. My curiosity about this medium of technology equals my curiosity and appreciation of a beautiful sheet of hand made paper. The nature of what is magical about creating works of art is often the alchemy of the materials themselves. The feel of a surface (the surface or substrate of canvas, paper or gesso on a wood panel), spring of the brush, tension of a line, flow of the paint, and transmutation with digital tools are all-important factors in this blend.” 

Springsteel Gallery is owned and operated by artist Benard Springsteel.

Gallery Hours: Fri-Sat-Sun 12 to 5 pm or by appointment. 

For further information, please call 477-6818.