NATURE REDUX Exhibition

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Start Date: August 11, 2016
End Date: October 30, 2016
Time: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Location: Thirty West Main, 30 W. Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901

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August 11 – October 30, 2016

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 5 – 8 PM
Craft beer by Twin Fork Beer Co., local wines and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Open to the public.
Also that night: Free Street Festival & East End Arts JumpstART Public Arts Unveiling in Downtown Riverhead

Water Works #3 by Katherine Liepe-Levinson and Green Sand by Paul Dempsey

East End Arts and Thirty & Twenty West Main present
Photography exhibition featuring award-winning local photographers: Katherine Liepe-Levinson & Paul Dempsey

In this exhibit, two photographers reconsider the concept of ‘representing nature.’
A Wildlife Awareness Installation curated by Paul Dempsey will also be on view at Twenty West Main Street.

After the Opening Reception, it will be on view by appointment only by calling East End Arts at .

Paul Dempsey, photography // Southampton, NY
Paul Dempsey, a computer programmer and webmaster by trade, describes himself as a fine art photographer and a “digital manipulator.” His keen vision captures ordinary details from daily life and transforms them into images of beauty and wit, filled with contrasting shapes and effects.
Paul’s current series of abstract work focuses on macro images of nature combined with additional exposures of ice, snow, sand, and sky. These futuristic scenes, inspired by the writings of Kurt Vonnegut, offer a wry commentary on global warming and climate change. Paul’s work is printed on a variety of substrates including metal, paper, and canvas. His photography has been displayed in galleries such as Ashawagh Hall, Southampton Cultural Center, Water Mill Museum, East End Arts, Southold Historical Museum, Remsenburg Academy, Quogue Library, and Guild Hall.
Paul has donated his time and images for fundraising for nature conservancy and animal rescue. He also currently serves as Vice President and Webmaster for the Southampton Artists Association.

Katherine Liepe-Levinson, photography // New York & Southampton, NY
Katherine trained at the International Center for Photography. The vibrant colors and patterns in her almost abstract Earth/Water studies encourage viewers to look a little longer and to consider the preciousness of our natural resources, which we all too often take for granted.
Katherine’s work has been displayed on journal, magazine, and book covers. Her clients have included museums, corporations, private collections, small businesses, and performing artists. Her works have been featured in galleries such as The White Room, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Richard Demato Fine Art Gallery, East End Arts, Rosalie Dimon, and the Southampton Cultural Center. The artist prints many of her images herself on fine art papers with archival pigment inks. Her larger scale works are on printed on archival white aluminum dibond.
In addition to photography, Katherine has worked as a professional dancer, actor, and writer on and off Broadway. She has a PhD in Theatre (CUNY Graduate Center) and she has taught full-time for Colgate University and Hunter College.