Exploring the artistic imagination at the Old Stone House

Posted 5/29/24

WOODBOURNE, NY — During the month of June, the Old Stone House of Hasbrouck will …

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Exploring the artistic imagination at the Old Stone House

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Nada Clyne, "Worlds without End"

Posted Wednesday, May 29, 2024 3:20 pm

WOODBOURNE, NY — During the month of June, the Old Stone House of Hasbrouck will host an exhibition on the artistic imagination. The works of five area artists will be featured.

Visionary artists utilize the inner eye for the exploration of the vast inner terrain. All art involves imagination, but the creative process of visionary art is very different. Free from cultural conditional and conceptual thinking, visionary expression arises from communion with the soul, drawing forth creations that infuse the seen with the unseen.

“Duality & the Singularity” by Dhyana Gibson will be on display at the Old Stone House in Woodbourne, NY...

Dhyana Gibson lives in Hurleyville and is from Brooklyn. “Even as a child I knew there was something more than this physical reality,” she said. “I wanted to know: what was this existence all about? Why was I here? I explored many different paths—math, physics, religion—but art seemed to be the best way to explore and express my understanding of the underlying question.

“Red Orange Circle” by Carol Smith is one of the works on display through June at the Old Stone House in Woodbourne, NY...

Carol Smith, from Youngsville, was born in Saxtons River, VT. Her quiet, non-representational paintings reflect a lifelong interest in spirituality and design.

“The paintings in this exhibit were started years ago, and have only recently been ‘unearthed’ and completed,” she said. “I'm very grateful to the folks at the Hasbrouck Stone House for providing me with the excuse I needed to start painting again.”

“Ring #5” by Ralph Krishna Hilton is one of the works on display through June at the Old Stone House in Woodbourne, NY.

Ralph Krishna Hilton lives in Hurleyville and is from New Jersey. His paintings speak to an inner balance and harmony in a joyful alchemy of color and form. Each work possesses a unique animation that comes alive inside the viewer. His works are at once objects of personal meditation and universal transcendence.

"The Window" by Karin Houeland

Karin Houeland lives in Hurleyville and was born in Antwerp, Belgium. She is showing her recent photographic “jewels” of nature. These are moments of the unexpected—surprises of synchronicity. Most were inspired by the reflective and multi-dimensional aspects of water found in nearby lakes, rivers and streams. “No matter what time of the day, or weather or season the opportunities to discover and catch in pictures the unusual, the magic, the ephemeral in nature is endless,” Houeland said. “Sometimes I notice and go by something I like and come back a few minutes later and it’s gone. The sun disappeared or the wind blew it away. The Catskills have been my inspiration.”

Nada Clyne lives in Woodbourne and is from Virginia. “Words, visual art and music are a means to express our individual perception, where we stand in relationship to the world. What happens when we discover that in reality, there is no outer or inner world? That there is only One Awareness playing, appearing as this very moment?” Clyne asked. “And that your own infinitely powerful, yet completely silent Self is experiencing its own being as you? Each image, each poem, is an exploration of the mystery of that relationship—glimpses into the levels of consciousness that manifest the continuous creativity of the One Self.”

The Old Stone House is located at 282 Hasbrouck Rd. Visit www.oldstonehouse.org for more information.

Show hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., or by appointment.

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