News & Events 2002-2003

Angelone and Engesser On Display in the Romano Gallery

The Romano Gallery of the Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts will exhibit sculpture by Livia Angelone and paintings by Curtis Engesser November 11 through December, 18, 2002.

Livia Angelone
Livia Angelone’s distinctive works possess an amazing power and attention to detail. At the age of nine and under the instruction of Peter Cozzolino, a sculptor of considerable fame and achievement, Ms. Angelone developed her talent through intensive study of anatomy and master renderings. Within the next ten years, she was able to further her discipline by attending art classes at the Old Church Cultural Center in Demarest, New Jersey.

The realization of making the impossible possible came at age fifteen when she completed her first commission, a life-sized bronze bust created from a single photograph. This was followed by the complicated restoration of an antique wine cistern for Palace Galleries in New York City. Livia Angelone has continued to produce works of the highest quality and form.

Curtis Engesser
Curtis Engesser received his training in art at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and the DuCret School of the Arts in Plainfield, New Jersey. He has worked in several media, and is currently exhibiting a series of paintings which all represent scenes in the Delaware Water Gap National Park. They were all done on location in the park. Engesser enjoys working outdoors, surrounded by the natural beauty of the area, and is interested in trying to capture the effects of light and shadow without the use of excessive detail. Working outdoors forces him to paint quickly because of the rapidly changing light. Most of the paintings on display were completed in three or four hours.

The Romano Gallery is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and by appointment. Please call (908) 362-6121, ext. 5690, for more information.

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