On Sunday, May 5th, The Warwick Art League will present “Invoking Emotion Through Art”, an illustrated art talk with Hudson Valley based artist, Tom Denaro and photographer, Bob Adams. Inspired by the tradition of past pen & ink artists, Thomas and Bob collaborate to create stunningly beautiful realistic drawings of local settings and breath-taking international scenery. Discover the special photographic technologies and drawing techniques these artists employ to enhance dramatic light, tonal nuances, texture and detail. Denaro will conclude with a discussion of marketing strategies from framing to galleries.
All are welcome and refreshments will be served. Join us on Sunday, May 5th, at 2 pm, at the Warwick Senior Center, 132 Kings Hwy. A 1:30 pm art league meeting will precede the talk.
Thomas Denaro
Hudson Valley-based artist, Tomas Denaro, gets his inspiration from the traditions of past pen and ink artists. His inspirations vary from local Orange County settings to breath-taking international scenery. His pen and ink drawings become a value study, creating tonal nuances with a unique crosshatching effect. The tonal values give his elements instinctive textures of stone, brick, wood siding, and other man-made materials by forming a sense of realism with the viewer.
“I try to use areas of light and dark for balance and to continually draw the viewers’ eye throughout the drawing. I want to keep their interest so each time they view my art, there is something new to see.”
Denaro also creates first-edition, hand-embellishment to add back the color to the subject matter. This gives the art buyer a choice of the drawing’s appeal through nature’s color or solely the visual charm of the black & white subject.
Having studied illustration and advertising at Paper College of Art from 1975-1979, Tom has leveraged his talents to become a technical illustrator perfecting his style through works on paper. He has traveled the world capturing images that have inspired many of his cityscapes.
Bob Adams
Bob has been a long time photographer, originally specializing in existing light photography using ASA 400 film back in the 1970’s. His focus on light and it’s myriad colors and subtleties, progressed him into the digital age where he used the first production digital camera, the DC10 from Kodak. It became apparent that with digital photography, capturing the essence of the colors seen at special times of day and in interesting weather conditions, he could accurately print what he saw with his eye and wished to share with others. Now with better optics and DSLR technologies, Bob captures those special moments in time, using mostly single point focus and well composed frames of reference, to draw the eyes into the topic of interest.
Bob’s collaboration with Tom began almost 10 years ago and has progressed into shots that will purposely enhance Tom’s drawings and perspective. Using Photoshop to bring additional contrast and lighting changes, Bob ‘ruins’ what would be a great photo to enable Tom to capture the hidden intricacies of the subject. As they argue over cropping and light correction during the initial production of the picture, they come to a perfect and friendly agreement on what will be the best presentation for Tom’s art. Seeing the original photograph as it was meant to be shown, the print of the shot to enable Tom’s study, and Tom’s rendition is an almost magical journey.
