Write a commentLakeside Artisans will be featuring one of our local visual artists each month. The Artist of the Month for May is local watercolorist Bert Leighton.
She is offering a piece of artwork for a drawing which will occur on Thursday, May 28, during the first Farmers' Market of the season. Come to Lakeside Artisans, 191 West First Street in Oswego, to fill out a ticket, no purchase necessary. Leighton will also give a demonstration of techniques used in creating her work from 5-7 at Lakeside Artisans on May 28.
Leighton, a retired elementary teacher who lives in Oswego, has studied art with nationally known watercolorists in numerous workshops from Maine to Florida. She has been active in the Oswego County arts community for many years and was a founding member of the Oswego Art Guild in 1960. Leighton has exhibited her work in various galleries along the eastern seaboard of the United States, including a World Federation of Miniaturists' Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC in July of 2004.
"Creating visual images is my strongest means of expression and greatest joy. Each creation is a personal response to subjects and/or feelings at various times and places, under certain conditions, with the infusion of a lifetime accumulation of ideas, experiences, and emotions." says Leighton.
Leighton's artwork may be seen at Lakeside Artisans, 191 West First Street, Oswego, Monday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm, Thursday till 8pm during the Farmers' Market, and Sunday from noon to 4 pm. For more information please contact us at 342-8880 or [email protected] or like us on Facebook.
