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Aline Hoffman 50-Year Retrospective at Muse Le Belle Artiste Gallery
April 4 - May 17, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 4, 2-6 pm
Coventry, CT - Aline Hoffman: Five Decades of Artistic Exploration will open with a reception on Saturday, April 4, 2-6 pm, and remain on exhibition through May 17, at Muse Le Belle Artiste Gallery, 1141 Main Street, Coventry, CT. For her first retrospective, Ms. Hoffman has chosen a selection of her favorite works in pen and ink, oil, acrylic, pastels and Chinese brush. She works from Maple Brook Studio in Connecticut's Northeast corner.
ABOUT ALINE HOFFMAN
Making art has been the focal point and driving force of Ms. Hoffman's life from her earliest recollections. By her 10th birthday, she was creating distinctive pen-and-ink drawings of animals and trees with old-time scratch pens. "And once I discovered technical pens, I was in artistic heaven," she says, "with the pen being an extension of my fingers. Black-and-white was so pure and clear. Details of trees excited me as I created every branch I could. Now in my 60s, I still feel great pleasure when I hold my pen, creating gracefully detailed landscapes, seascapes, people, and animals -- works I call 'emotional realism.'"
In the late 1960s, Ms. Hoffman graduated from the Art Department at NYU where she continued to revel in Realism while her professors encouraged Cubism and other abstract approaches. Following her graduation, she began exploring Abstract Expressionism - composition, color and balance; and understanding that each new line, brush stroke, or new mark she made created a new problem to be resolved. "I loved the challenge, yet returned to pen and ink when I began to wonder if I could still draw realistic images."
It was 1989 when Ms. Hoffman attended a show of works by Charles Chu, an experience that turned her on to Chinese Brush painting. Twenty years later, she continues to do Chinese Brush paintings that are vibrant, elegant, and filled with excitement and motion. Presently, Ms. Hoffman enjoys working in two completely differing styles: Chinese Brush Paintings on rice and textured papers and abstract explorations in pastels on textured papers, a series she calls Feminine Mystique.
APRIL EVENTS AT MUSE LE BELLE ARTISTE
Sunday, April 19, 2-4 pm: Artist Salon
Aspiring and professional artists are encouraged to bring their latest work and discuss it with other artists. Free admission. Donations accepted.
April 25-26, 9 am-4 pm: An Outdoor Workshop in the Principles of Landscape Painting
David Lussier and Pamela Simpson Lussier will teach the principles of plein air landscape painting, working on location in Coventry, CT.
For complete details of the April 25-26 weekend workshop and classes in yoga, drawing with Nancy McIntire, West African Djembe Community Drumming, and Artist Open Studio, call 860.498.0307.
MUSE LE BELLE ARTISTE Gallery and Arts Center, 11411 Main Street, Coventry, CT 06238. 860.498.0307. Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday 11-4; Sunday 1-4. By appointment.
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