Seamon Park, 9W north toward Catskill in Saugerties, NY  has been a respite and an inspiration for me as an artist since I began painting it in all seasons since the early nineteen nineties. Many of my paintings of Seamon Park were shown in a successful  one-woman art show at the Half Moon Studio, 67 Partition Street, Saugerties in May of 1999. Since then, I cannot seem to stop painting various scenes and times of day in this location. All of these paintings bring me JOY beyond description. I am sharing these experiences with viewers at the Saugerties Public Library downstairs gallery right now through October 2015. (Sixteen paintings in oils, acrylics and pastels : 1999 – 2015) Library Hours: Mon. 10 am – 8 pm, Tues. 10 am – 6 pm, Wed. 10 am – 8 pm, Thurs. & Fri. 10 am – 6 pm, Sat. 10 am – 2pm. 845-246-4317 www.saugertiespubliclibrary.org

The first Annual Art Show for the students of Kristy Bishop was held at the Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Avenue in June of 1991. We outgrew the space in 1996, when we moved the annual show to the Senior Center, corner of Market and Robinson Streets, Saugerties, NY. In it’s prime, over 200 people attended each year to see what over 60 students were producing at the Kristy Bishop Studio at 195 Main Street (which moved to 147 Market Street in February of 2014.) For the past three years, the Annual has been held at the Dutch Ale House, Gallery Space at 253 Main Street, Saugerties. These days, the roster of students is much less, but the enthusiasm is still present. We continually work to improve our skills (instructor included. ) Even though there are fewer annual students, 125 paintings are displayed every year and are hung salon style by the curator of the Dutch, Douglas Daniel Elliot.