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Simsbury painter and graphic designer Susan Prentice has chosen Good News Cafe & Gallery to unveil her new series of oil paintings titled "Roosters!" Her exhibition revealing the many faces and profiles of the barnyard royalty will continue through January 7th, 2008.
A graduate of Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts and the former award-winning art director at Keiler Advertising in Farmington, Conn., Prentice continues to pursue an active career in graphic design, art direction, print production, illustration and photography as a free-lance contractor in marketing communications.
Prentice embarked on a second professional journey in 2002 when she began to create oil paintings on canvas, as well as a more limited number of watercolor works. Over the past five years, her paintings have been featured in juried shows sponsored by the West Hartford Art League and the Farmington Valley Art Center, as well as exhibitions at the Henry James Gallery in Simsbury, the New Britain Museum and the University of Connecticut Health Center. She also has participated as a Visiting Artist on the State of Connecticut's ConneCTKids.com Web site.
Her current show at Good News Cafe represents a series of full-figure and profile paintings of a wide diversity of rooster types. Her 2006 and 2007 works are characterized by the richly textured plumage and bright hues of her subjects, set against simple abstract backgrounds. To emphasize the continuity and cohesiveness of the series, Prentice chose standard painting dimensions of 26-inches square for the full-profile images, and 12-inches square for the rooster profiles.
Additional selections from Prentice's artistic work may be viewed online at www.susanprentice.com.
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