David Pirell West Nyack, New York Graphic design / Advertising conslulation - lapsteel3@aol.com - www.davidpirell.com Dave has been an independent graphic designer, project manager and consultant for over 20 years after a decade of graphic design work at Panasonic USA. He deliveres not only art works but total package of advertising strategy and marketing plan that involves visual communication with customer’s audience and generates business results to his clients. Among his clients are Coates Screen, ARC, Five Towns College, Tomorrow’s Work Place, Westchester County and others, he has a huge list of clients who have been benefitted by his services. He had also been part of World's Fair exhibition of Nile River and Ochsner projects and Queens Museum NYC project. He also teaches digital imaging and Flash animation at SUNY Rockland, St.Thomas Aquinas College and other insutitutes. As a project advisor of SUNY Rockland Impulse magazine, he has been bringing national awards to the college every year. Mark Weiss Nyack, New York Painting - weissart@msn.com - www.markweisspaintings.com Mark Weiss is an internationally exhibited artist based in Nyack, New York. He is painting the language of the psyche. The paintings are mystical, symbolic, dramatic, tragic, spiritual and psychological. Each one is rich in color and possesses a powerful energy. His art has been exhibited in Bologna, Italy, Canada and various galleries in NYC. He is also awarded a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship to paint in Italy. Edwin Bellevue Spring Valley, New York Graphic Design - jahjuda@yahoo.com - www.jahny.com Edwin has received his degree in Management Information System and Graphic Design. He has been doing freelance work for about a year. His work experience has included flyers, brochures, business cards, web page and logo designs. He is currently working with a web hosting company, Niconn and maintaining his website Jah New York. His site, www.jahny.com, consist of T-shirts and apparel with his own graphic designs. Judy & Shelly Bieber West Nyack, New York Pottery - shelybie@optonline.net Judy and Shelly have been potters for over thirty-five years. Shelly hand builds with slabs of clay constructing trays, vases and teapots. He creates his own molds and forms for creating the pieces; he also designs his stamps for imprinting. Judy throws her forms on a wheel and works in porcelain and stoneware. They create their own lead-free glazes seeking interesting textures and subtle colors to enrich their forms. During the last three years they have traveled to Japan and China to study ancient and contemporary pottery. They studied ancient Asian glazes and try to incorporate the rich and beautiful colors and textures of Chinese and Japanese pottery in their own creation. They have exhibited in craft shows throughout the Northwest, and have been member-owners of a co-op craft gallery, The Brooklyn Artisans Gallery, in Cobble Hill in Brooklyn New York for past ten years. Hallie Coletta Garnerville, New York Painting, Illustration, Petmats - info@colettapetmats.com - www.colettadesign.com - www.colettapetmats.com Hallie Coletta began her career as a children's book illustrator after attending L'Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, Italy. A decade of design, illustration and painting prepared her for membership in New York's United Scenic Artists, painting scenery for motion pictures, television and Broadway.Ms.Coletta opened Coletta Decorative Painting at the Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center in 2001, and now offers her versatile painting skills to home and business owners in the New York Metropolitan area. Ms.Coletta also creates placemats for pets. Her mats are designed not only to be effectively keep floor clean, but also to show various different style of design from all over the world such as Scotland, Africa, Asia and other region. Designing this line of elegant pet mats has brought together Coletta’s passion for historic ornament with her extensive artistic experience and a talent for capturing the essence of styles from all over the world. Avron ben Dovid Nyack, New York Painting - avron@avronbendovid.com - www.avronbendovid.com Avron ben Dovid studied at the Art Students League in New York and at Pratt Institute in Washington, the Philadelphia School of Art, and at Sterling Arts in Mexico. He is an award-winning painter, and his works have been featured in galleries and fine arts institutions in North America, Mexico, and Israel. Beginning with a show at Wavery Gallery (NYC) in 1960, Avron’s resume reads like a chronology of 20th Century art history with particular reference to the abstract expressionist school that came of age and flowered so brilliantly through the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s. In 1977, his works were exhibited with those of other artists in the “Topanga Group.” These were neighbors of his who lived in the Topanga Canyon area of Los Angeles, among them, Sam Francis, Larry Rivers and other renowned “second generation” abstract expressionists. Abstract expressionist painter, Sam Francis, said about Avron’s work, “his paintings convey a feeling of abundance and vivacity that characterizes his mind and heart. Avron ben Dovid has grown far beyond the bounds of abstract expressionism. He has matured into an artist who paints purely in his own style". Collette Fournier Nyack, New York Photography - fournierandco@juno.com - www.collettefournierphotography.com Ms. Fornier is a member of Kamoinge, Inc." Her photography is published widely and she actively exhibits her work. She has been a photographer for The Bergen Record, Rockland Journal News and freelanced for The New York Post. She has also made a photo tour in West Africa, worked as a still photographer for an independent film "Fawns", and currently serves on the board of The Arts Alliance of Haverstrow and a panelist for Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR). She was awarded the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, Medallion Awards for Print Advertisement Series through campus communications at SUNY Rockland. Annie Katzman New York City, New York Sculpture, Painting - catbird258@yahoo.com - view more art of Annie Katzman Annie Katzman biography is coming soon. Toshihiko Okawa New Hempstead, New York / Fukuoka, Japan Web Design, Graphic Design - rocklandarts@efabrik.com - www.efabrik.com - www.rocklandarts.com Toshihiko Okawa has been creating web sites for 5 and half years in Rockland. Currently he is working in Japan for clients in both Rockland/New York area and Japan. Before leaving for Japan he started RocklandArts and currently maintaining the site from Japan hoping to keep being part of Rockland artists community from over there. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, gained technical skills in systems engineering career, and studied graphic design and web design at RCC, SVA and Parsons continuing education courses. As a web designer, his work for Mark Weiss received American Design Award, June 2004 Silver. He also contributed to RCC's English and Art magazine "Impulse" as an art director and received CCHA US Eastern division first place in 2001, 2002, and third place in 2003. Richard Scarpa Pomona, New York Portrait, Painting - artrich@optonline.net - view more art of Richard Scarpa Richard Scarpa received a bachelor of arts degree in illustration from Parsons School of Design and also studied fine art at New York University, the Ridgewood Art institute and the Art Students league of New York. His varied career has included work in illustration and interior design, including assignments as a muralist and decorative painter. He is currently primarily focused on portraiture and is represented in private collections. He has taught drawing and painting and will teach a course this summer at RCC in their continuing education program. He is a fully certified instructor for the portrait clubs of America. He is a member of the Portrait Institute, the Portrait Society of America. the Ridgewood Art Institute, and is a board member of the Reilly League of Artists. Jose A. Henriquez Haverstraw, New York Graphic design - hozr9@hotmail.com Jose has received his degree in Graphic Design and Computer Graphics. Yet he has been doing freelance work for over a year. His work experience has included club flyers, business cards, photo manipulations and photo restorations. He was an advisor in the 2003 issue of Rockland Community Collegeís Impulse magazine, which won 3rd place in the Community College Humanities Association Literary Magazine Competition and photo-editor in 2003, which won 1st place. His personal work has become a journey of style discovery focused on realistic shading and digital coloring of fantastical subjects. Just recently Jose created a brochure for the Fantawild 4D Theater located in the 4th floor Palisades Center Mall. Jose is currently looking for work in an advertising/graphics company and freelancing. Judith & Yehuda Eliezri Rockland, New York Painting, Photography Judith Eliezri has been painting for over forty years. Her work is mostly non-figurative and reflects a love of nature's colors, textures and patterns. Yehuda Eliezri, a dermatogic surgeon in Rockland County, NY, uses his camera to bear witness to the beauty of nature.