“I strive to create pieces of enduring beauty,” says the renowned potter, David Greenbaum. “Clay is a glorious, humbling, sensuous, messy and most marvelous medium of expression.”

Many people come to the BlueStone Gallery to see and experience David’s beautiful Shohola Bells. Their forms, colors, and deep, rich sonorous tones not only inspire visitors to the gallery, but they inspired the creation the gallery’s newest video: “IMAGINE THE SOUND OF PEACE.” [video right sidebar here].

Fired to over 2100°F the Bells are incredibly strong and can withstand the harshest northern winters. All fittings are stainless steel and the bases are sturdily constructed of heavy welded steel and decay-resistant cedar.  No maintenance is required. The ringing mechanism is designed to produce a sonorous tone in the slightest of winds, yet retains its soothing voice no matter how strong the storm. Their form, scale and coloration are the result of a collaborative process and vision.

The BlueStone Gallery (Milford, PA) was co-founded by Bob Levine and David Greenbaum in December 2008 to provide an exhibit space and shop – not only for traditional fine art, but functional art as well – art that is as broad ranging in its intention and execution as the artists’ imagination can reach.

To find out more about the Shohola Bells, please call David at the BlueStone Gallery: 570-296-9999, or email him at info@bluestonegallerymilford.com

Better yet, visit:

BlueStone Gallery
Fine and Functional Art
104 East Ann Street
Milford, PA 18337
www.bluestonegallerymilford.com

By Joyce Ellen Weinstein

During the late 1960’s and into the 70’s I was a commercial textile designer working in the garment center in New York City to support myself and two children.

My boss at that time, the woman in white, was getting married for the second time.

The ceremony was held out of doors at a lovely location in the Hamptons. The bride was an exceedingly beautiful woman, smart, talented and very charming who attracted men wherever she went. The man standing next to her worked at the same company we did as a textile salesman. Although it may appear that way, he was not the groom, but her lover of many years.

His wife who may or may not have known of her husband’s relationship (everyone else did!) with the bride is placed at the edge of the work on the right. She is not quite in the picture.

Between the salesman and his wife is a woman who was the bride’s very close friend. She had never been married but had very much wanted to be. In empathy for her friend, the bride threw her bouquet in her friend’s direction so she would easily be able to catch it, which she did. You see her in almost orgasmic ecstasy.

Hope springs eternal.

On the opposite edge of the canvas is me, the artists. I am part of the proceedings. The strange expression on my face is due to the quantities of cocaine I had inhaled along with the others in the painting. It was at time cocaine was ubiquitous as a sign of affluence.

Second Wedding (1985) – an oil painting on linen is an autobiographical work. It is 54” x 62”. All the people in the painting are real (left to right): Me (the artist), the bride, the salesman, the friend and the wife.

Joyce Ellen Weinstein – finds her inspiration in the personal and emotional as well as the interaction developed through self, family and community, all of which are parts making up the whole of her unified body of work.

BlueStone Gallery – Fine and Functional Art

104 East Ann Street

Milford, PA 18337

570.296.9999

www.bluestonegallerymilford.com

www.bluestonegallerymilford.com/artists/weinstein

www.joyceellenweinstein.com

(Clockwise from upper left: Josh, Dave, Joanna, Me, Joann and Bob)

Joining us were our children Joshua and Joanna and Dave Greenbaum – a wonderful potter and Bob’s partner in the BlueStone Gallery - and his wife Joann Wells Greenbaum, also an artist, who did this drawing. The checkered tablecloth was as far as we got with our picnic before it started to rain.

But, I was a warm rain and the lunch was still delicious at home later.

A great time was had by all.

For information on Bob and Dave’s Gallery, visit:

www.bluestonegallerymilford.com

To see of more Joann Wells Greenbaum’s art, visit her at:

www.joannwellsgreenbaum.com

http://www.etsy.com/shop/joann100

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joann-Wells-Greenbaum/78344565080

“The Sunday after Black Friday” (noon to 4:00 p.m., Sunday November 29) event is a first for the BlueStone Gallery in Milford, PA. It is a more than a unique holiday shopping event for local artists, residents and the many tourists who come to this area throughout the year, it is reflective of the gallery’s mission.
“Her one-of-a-kind fashion accessories are a good fit with what we’re about,” says Bob Levine, co-curator of the gallery. “Her work is extraordinary and affordable.”

The BlueStone gallery is co-owned by Bob Levine (my husband) and since it opened last year it has generated a lot of excitement in the area. It has shown the works of more than dozen nationally and internationally known Pike County and Hudson Valley artists. The gallery supports area artists and local projects.

You’re all invited to the “Sunday after Black Friday,” Holiday Trunk Show. Come meet Robin Lennon and see her jackets, scarves, wraps, bags and hats – at special Milford prices!

See you on Sunday!

The BlueStone Gallery
104 Ann Street
Milford, Pennsylvania 18337
570.296.9999
http://www.bluestonegallerymilford.com/