Throughout April, the Hillsdale Free Public Library is pleased to exhibit the artwork of Linda Kehoe Barboni in the Meeting Room. The exhibit is a generational affair as it includes the work of William Kehoe (Linda’s grandfather) and Alessandra Barboni (Linda’s granddaughter).
A reception for the exhibit will be held on Saturday, April 5, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room. All are welcome.
Linda Barboni is an accomplished watercolor and pastel artist. After painting in acrylic and oil early in her career, Linda diversified to wet-on-wet watercolor. This technique, she explains, “always produces surprises. The spontaneity of pigment moving with water is why I fell in love with it 30 years ago.” The excitement of the medium provides constant inspiration to the artist, which expanded further when she began working chalk pastels onto the watercolor surface, giving a visual sense of luminosity to her paintings.
For the library’s exhibit, Linda was keen to augment her work with that of her grandfather and granddaughter – making it a “generational showing.” Oil paintings by William Kehoe are on display as well as acrylics by Alessandra Barboni. Alessandra, who is 11, has been painting since she was 7 and is part of an international group of painters. She has shown her work in Paris (on the grounds of the Louvre), Barcelona, and Santo Domingo.
More about Linda: Linda earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She freelanced and worked on staff in the design field, concentrating on book design, logo and corporate identity, and most recently, interiors. She enjoys sharing her love of painting and has given watercolor workshops at Cornell University and taught for years with galleries in the Hudson Valley. Her pieces are included in private collections in Europe, South America, and throughout this country. An active member of NorthEast Watercolor Society, Garrison Art Center, Art Centre of Northern New Jersey, Painting Affiliates, Community Art Association of Allendale, and Middletown Art Group, Linda demonstrates and exhibits widely and has been in many solo and group showings. She also teaches ongoing Watercolor classes at Garrison Art Center. She can be contacted at lindabarboni@gmail.com. Her website is lindabarboni.com.
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