“People Along the Way” Paintings by Ruth Donovan

Harrison Council for the Arts presents “People Along the Way” paintings by Ruth Donovan  at the Harrison Public Library, Halperin Building, 2 Bruce Avenue, Harrison, NY on view April 2 to 28.  Meet the Artist on April 8 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

My paintings are about people. They are mostly portraits of family and friends and others I’ve met along the way. I seem drawn to portraits, perhaps in an effort to reveal the human condition and discover what connects us. All paintings, to some extent, reveal me and as such, are self- portraits.

At an early age I fell in love with painting portraits of close friends and family. I developed this love in a more structured and educational environment at Music and Art high school as well as at C.C.N.Y. where I was an art major under Robert Borgotta.  After graduating, I received an Art Fellowship that enabled me to attend the Art Students’ League where I studied with Sidney Gross.

Subsequently, I received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale School Of Art and Architecture where I was a painting major, studying with Neil Welliver.

More recently, I studied at the Westchester Art Workshop with Andrew Lattimore and I also took drawing classes and a painting course with David Fox.

I have been recognized with various awards at local Westchester Art Shows including winning First Prize in portraiture at the 90^th Greenwich Juried Art Show.

The exhibit may be viewed Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30am to 9pm; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Saturdays 9:30am to 5:30pm and Sundays 1:00 to 5:00pm.  For info call the Library at 914/835-0324 or see www.harrisonpl.org.