Bruce S. Kershner Art Gallery
Upcoming Exhibit: Inside Out
The public is invited to attend the reception for “Inside Out” at the Kershner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library on Thursday, February 13 at 5:30 to 7:30 pm. This exhibit features the work of Annette Voreyer and Sergey Stepanenko.The show runs from February 8 to March 29 and can be seen at 1080 Old Post Road in Fairfield during library hours.
Annette Voreyer was raised in Cooperstown, NY, received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and spent 12 years living abroad in France, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Upon returning to New York in 2002, she continued her academic training in fine art, which included seven years of formal studies in the classical academic tradition of the Florence Academy. She also had rigorous training with several prominent artists. She currently works at her Loft Artist studio in Stamford.
Annette is an elected member of the Salmagundi Club in NYC and holds memberships in the National League of Pen Women in Greenwich, CT and the Greenwich Art Society. She is owner of Center Oak Studio in Greenwich, For ten years, Annette was a co-founder of the North Light Studio in Bridgeport, CT where she focused on still life. She also belonged to the New Street Guild of Artists, a private guild of representational artists specializing in painting and drawing life models. Upon the pandemic both organizations closed.
Annette has won numerous awards including Best in Show – Paint/Acrylic at the 2015 Greenwich Art Society’s Annual Juried Exhibition at Greenwich’s Flinn Gallery. Her work has appeared in many gallery exhibitions throughout Fairfield County and New York City. In addition, her work can be found in private collections in North America and England.
Sergey Stepanenko was born in the USSR, grew up in Kyrgyzstan and lived in Crimea, Ukraine, and moved to US in 1995. He holds a Bachelor degree of Fine Arts and a Masters Degree in Book Design.
Throughout his extensive career in the US and Europe, Sergey’s work has included full wall murals, fine art restoration and original paintings. His work can be found in the private collections of rock stars (Keith Richards), presidential families (Kennedy and Eisenhower), royal families ( Princes La Jaharah) and many others, as well as on the Cruise Ships of Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines. Sergey has been a member of SPAG (St. Phillips Art Group) located in Norwalk since 2013. This exhibition includes a variety of still life and landscape work by Sergey. He paints his feelings and impressions of places in connection with the culture and history within the stream of time. His painting technique is a consistent free style using primarily a palette knife which he says allows him the freedom of movement and freedom from detail to focus on a whole object. He limits his palette to only white, black, metallic (gold, silver, copper) with only two additional colors, magenta and cerulean blue, for added variation. Through his experimentation with mixing metallic paints and titanium white (which is also made from the metal), Sergey achieves unique results and effects in his paintings. His process often includes mixing colors directly on the canvas rather than a palette, creating an abstract communication between the colors and forming recognizable objects. As Sergey states, “For me, it is like a music improvisation. I enjoy doing it. The process of painting is more important for me than a result.”
Volunteers Welcome
Volunteers are welcome to assist in the gallery operation. Tasks include curating exhibits, selecting artists, attending monthly meetings, helping with opening receptions, and other various administrative tasks. Art experience preferred for curating and selecting artists. Please contact Liz Tardif, Gallery Manager, at 203-246-9065.
Click here for information about showing your work in our gallery (.pdf). Information pamphlets are also available in the gallery at the library.