Darlene Foster-Artist

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“The Visitor” by just found a new home here in Frenchtown!

As we enter my favorite season of mystery and magic, "Let's Play a Game" and "The Visitor" are available and waiting at Casa Bizarro Emporium in Frenchtown, NJ! 🐦‍⬛🎃

Delivered to the gallery yesterday, SOLD today! Thank you Casa Bizarro Emporium and the collector for giving "Crossing Over" a new home!

I'm so pleased that my piece "Crossing Over" is now available at Casa Bizarro Emporium, a charming shop/gallery located at 40 Bridge St in lovely Frenchtown, NJ.! It's so worth a trip!

A new show titled "Bird is the Word" is opening at Powell Lane Arts in Collingswood NJ! My 2 pieces, "A Matter of Trust" and "The Persistence of Time", will be included with an opening reception on Saturday, Sept. 14th, 3 pm to 6 pm. The exhibit runs through Nov. 9th. Lots of amazing art to see!

I'm so pleased to have my 2 pieces "Pale Rider" and "When Dragons Fly" selected for the 3rd Annual Juried Art Show by Art•Venture FlemingtonArt Venture in Flemington NJ! The show runs July 26 thru Aug 17th with an opening reception Fri, July 26th 6:30 to 9:30 pm at 95 Main Street, Flemington. Hope to see you there!

I'm honored to have a new piece, "A Murder in the Neighborhood", included in a group exhibition entitled "Nest" at Hamilton Street Gallery in Bound Brook, NJ. The show runs June 16th through July 31st 2024 with an opening reception Sunday, June 16th, 2-5 pm.

UPDATE - Work may also be dropped off on Sat, May 11th between 11 AM and noon at Watchung Arts Center!

DON'T forget! All you fans. If you ever showed a piece of your art at Hamilton Street Gallery, bring it to the Watchung Arts Center, and it will be included in Brian McCormack: The Tribute Show. We are honoring and remembering Brian's amazing contributions to the NJ art scene. You can drop it off Tuesday, May 7, Thursday, May 9, between 11 am and 1 pm or Saturday, May 11, between 11 am and noon. This show is open with no fee. The work should be 36 inches or smaller. Only wall work, no sculpture, or floor work. OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday May 11 from 4 to 6 pm. Watchung Arts Center 18 Stirling Rd. Watchung NJ 908-753-0190 or [email protected]

Brian McCormack: the Tribute Show Open Call

In order to honor artist, curator and one of the founders of Hamilton Street Gallery, Brian McCormack, the Watchung Arts Center will be hosting a short-term exhibition, Brian McCormack: The Tribute Show.

If you have ever shown artwork at Hamilton Street Gallery, you are invited to submit a piece of work that was hung in any Hamilton Street Gallery exhibit. These works will hang in our large gallery in tribute to Brian, who passed away recently and whose contributions to the regional art scene are too numerous to mention.

DETAILS: The work must have been in any exhibit at the Hamilton Street Gallery. It cannot be larger than 36 inches in any dimension. It MUST be able to hang on a hook on the wall (sorry, no sculpture!) Any media is fine. Maximum weight 25 pounds. Only 1 piece per artist. Works that include violence, or sexual situations may not be accepted and will be not be included in the exhibit.

There is no fee for this exhibit. Please send a jpeg of the work to [email protected]

Exhibit dates: Drop off - Sat. May 4, Tues. May 7, Thurs. 9 from 11 am to 1 pm

Exhibition opening reception: Saturday May 11 from 4 pm to 6 pm

Artwork pickup: Saturday. May 25 from 11 am to 1 pm or by prior arrangement

For information contact Paul Pinkman at 908-753-0190 or [email protected]

The Lamplighter ©2024 - I began this photo montage with a landscape image from the area of Princeton, NJ as the background. The sky was overcast and nondescript so I added color along with texture from an old daguerreotype. Despite it being mid June with an abundance of greenery, there was an odd row of tall, leafless trees with branches reaching toward the sky like long, spindly fingers. The building is the ruins of the Old Stone Union Church and burial ground in Long Valley, NJ. Constructed in 1774, the name “union” refers to the fact it was built to serve the congregations of both the Lutheran and Presbyterian churches. After 58 years, the two groups built their own churches and sadly, the union church was left to crumble and decay. The two stately gargoyles guarding the entrance were not part of church building, but were photographed outside a storefront in the township of Oxford, NJ. I captured the lovely, ornate replica of an 1800’s street lamp on the sprawling grounds of Best of France Antiques in Doylestown, PA. (This is an amazing place to visit not only for the large assortment of antiques, but the life-size dinosaur statues roaming the grounds as well.) The street lamps of that era were lighted manually, carrying a ladder from lamp to lamp just before dusk and extinguishing them in the same manner at dawn. However, the young lady in this piece (from my vintage photo collection) seems to have dispensed with any equipment needed other than her feathered familiar and the crescent moon talisman she wears around her neck symbolizing womanhood, intuitiveness, psyche and empowerment. Add a touch of photokinesis (the ability to mentally manipulate light) and “The Lamplighter” has completed the task at hand.

This Sunday January 28th from 2 to 5 pm, Hamilton Street Gallery will be hosting an exhibit entitled Reflections featuring 39 artists and their amazing interpretations of self portraiture. Refreshments will be served. Save the date!

I'm happy to say my piece "The Healing" has been accepted into "Reflections", a new exhibit at Hamilton Street Gallery in Bound Brook, NJ! The show runs from Jan 28th thru Mar 14th with an opening reception on Sun, Jan 28th, 2 - 5 pm.

Warmest wishes on this Winter Solstice and a Happy Yule…..

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
Edith Sitwell

Eduard Hein - Winter in the woods ,1890-1910.