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#1

RIVER CAT
Artist: CYNTHIA DILL

About the Artist:  This cat will depict the beauty and rich variety of scenes along the Hudson River with its small villages, mountains and tributaries.  The River, itself, will add tugs, sailboats, and lighthouses to show its vast horizontal reach.

Cynthia Dill has exhibited in numerous regional group exhibitions and solo exhibitions all along the Hudson since 1997.  She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Woman from 1999 to the present.  Other awards include a Fellowship Award from SUNY New Paltz, Mid-Hudson ValleyTeacher Center Mini-Granty, and the John W. Taylor Award for Art
in Woodstock, NY.

Ms. Dill’s work can be found in private and public collections in Florida, Connecticut and New York .  Notable collections in New York include The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, and JAZZ
of Woodstock.

Sponsored by:  Riverview Marine Services

#2

“OLANACAT”
Artist: CHRISTINE BAUMANN

About the Artist:  One of the most impressive sites along the Hudson River is Olana and this cat is dedicated to Frederick Church.  Olanacat is created with a stenciling technique to honor Church’s Persian styled home.

Christine Baumann is a Residential Interior Designer with clientele from midtown Manhattan to the beaches of
Montauk Point.

Ms. Baumann holds a degree in Interior Design from SUNY Suffolk County College and she was awarded membership to Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.  She lives most of the year in Howard Beach, six and a half miles from the Atlantic Ocean with her cat, “Big Girl,” but spends as much time as she can in Rensselaerville with her mother and sister.

Sponsored by:  Tatiana’s Italian Restaurant

#3

CORNUCOPIA CAT
Artist: NANCY ESTES

About the Artist:  This cat pays homage to all the bounty of the Hudson Valley which has provided an abundance of its produce for New York City and other major cities from the beginnings of the nation.  Today the Hudson Valley has earned the respect of chefs, restaurants, and gourmets by providing the best
in organic.   

Nancy Estes is an amateur, self-taught multi-media artist.  She is a retired public school teacher with 33 years experience in teaching Biology.  While in the classroom, she made countless teaching displays and learning tools for her students, which gave her hands-on experience in a variety of artist’s media.

Ms. Estes lives on a small farm in Columbia County with her husband where she teaches children horsemanship, and volunteers for various equestrian organizations.

Sponsored by:  Slater’s Great American Marketplace

#4

“BILL”
Artist: CHRISTINE MARGOLIAS

About the Artist:  This cat will be a painted landscape.  Bill, who sits atop the buildings of Catskill and watches the valley and river, was inspired by the architecture of Catskill’s historic buildings.  The artist loves to sit by the River and draw the skyline or on the church steps where his eyes are absorbed by the streetscape.

Christine Margolias studied at the Parsons School of Design where she won the Alexander Medal award and summer scholarship.  She also studied Fine Arts at Kingsborough Community College and later at Pratt Institute.  She has worked as a studio artist at the as Harris -– Styles Ceramic Studio in Soho, and as a glaze technician at Ceramic Supply of New York. 

Ms. Margolias is a member of the Tuesday Nite Sketchers of Greenville where she has met many fine artists.  She lives in Palenville with her husband and two children.

Sponsored by:  The Fortnightly Club of Catskill

#5

CAT-A-LITE
Artist: STANLEY MALTZMAN

About the Artist:  Stanley Maltzman is a highly acclaimed landscape artist, as well as an accomplished author and educator.  His skill in drawing and painting and his unique in-depth demonstrations are a source of inspiration to the many students who have attended his instructional sessions for the past 10 years at The Hudson River Valley Workshops in Greenville, New York.

Maltzman’s art stems from nature; his love of working outdoors has labeled him as a “Plein Air” painter, a description that Stanley feels is accurate and much appreciated.  Staley is of the opinion that there is a sense of communion with nature that is captured by working in the fields or woods where one can touch, smell and observe the beauty that surrounds you, as “one-in-one” communion with nature, Stanley says, “it is an experience that cannot be achieved indoors”.

The quality of Stanley’s work had received ever increasing recognition and his popular book, “Drawing Nature” which was originally published in 1995 has sold over 25,000 copies and presently is available in a reprinted softcover version.  The popularity of Maltzman’s work and work ethic has led Stanley to a second book “Drawing Trees”, a compilation of may tree studies completed in and around the Catskill Mountain area.  The book was published in the Fall of 1999.

Stanley’s work skills are also featured in othe published works by North Light Books.  His drawings and paintings have been widely exhibited in Museums and Galleries throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, The Bruce Museum, The National Academy of Arts and Letters to name just a few.

His work has appeared in The Artist’s Magazine, American Artist, Hudson Valley and Kaatskill Magazines, as well as many other prestigious publications.  Stanley is also listed in Who’s Who of American Art.  He is the proud recipient of many awards, and his work is represented in many collections including the recent high honor of having his book and three of his works of art acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. 

In addition to his many hours of nature study, Stanley is the Curator of the Greenville Library Gallery and a member of the Art screening panal at The Rensselaerville Institute in Green County, New York 

Maltzman’s work reflects his words “I draw my inspiration from nature, and the work I produce comes directly from within.

Sponsored by:  The Bank of Greene Count

#6

PAWMADORO’S
Artist: FRANK BAXTER, JR.

Sponsored by:  Pomodoro’s Italian Eatery

#7

CEMENT - TOM
Artist: NANCY ESTES

About the Artist:  This cat honors the extensive contributions of the Hudson Valley Cement industry not only to the economic growth of the area, but also of the country.  Hudson Valley cement has been used for the construction of buildings, bridges and roads which are depicted on the cat.  The name is a play on the Hamlet named Cementon in the Town of Catskill, which was named for its primary industry. 

Cement - Tom will be covered with copies of vintage photographs of structures made from local cement, attached and covered with decoupage to preserve them from the weather.  The pictures will be framed in multi-media techniques and the exposed surfaces will be covered in textured gray paint to mimic cement.
Nancy Estes is an amateur, self-taught multi-media artist.  She is a retired public school teacher with 33 years experience in teaching Biology.  While in the classroom, she made countless teaching displays and learning tools for her students, which gave her hands-on experience in a variety of artist’s media.

Ms. Estes lives on a small farm in Columbia County with her husband where she teaches children horsemanship, and volunteers for various equestrian organizations.

Sponsored by:  Holcim Cement

#8

HOCA RAFFLE CAT
Artist: TINA GAGLIARDY

Sponsored by:  Heart of Catskill Association/Catskill Chamber of Commerce

#9

CAT’N HENRY HUDSON
Artist: LINDA WINCHESTER

About the Artist:  This creation was inspired by old etchings of Henry Hudson, his ship, the “Half Moon,” plates of Amsterdam and New Amsterdam (New York,) etc.  The artist will depict some of the history while having fun with the cat character. Some parts, like the collar ruff, will be three dimensional.

Linda Winchester owns Winchester Design in Brooklyn and Lexington, NY where she also acts as illustrator.  Some clients include Amex, Amblin Entertainment, Western Publishing/Golden Books, Sesame Street Stores, Winer Design, and others.

Ms Winchester received her BFA at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, MN.  She continued with graduate art courses at the Kansas City Art Institute and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.  In Paris she studied painting with George McNeil and printmaking with Antonio Frascani at the Ecole Des Americaines.

Sponsored by:  Sawyer Chevrolet

#10

LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT
Artist: SABINE BAECKMANN-ELGE

About the Artist:  This cat portrays the lighthouses of the Hudson River, each one unique and beautiful.  Ms. Baeckmann-Elge states her inspiration for this cat was her mother’s newly found talent, watercolor painting.  One of her favorite subjects is to paint lighthouses, and she does a beautiful job.  To her Mom, she says “Thanks for the
inspiration, Mom.”   

Sabine Baeckmann-Elge created “Picatso” and “Garden Ecatstacy” for the 2007 festival.

The German-born artist, Sabine Baeckmann-Elge retired from the New York-New Jersey medical/pharmaceutical advertising field after nearly twenty-five years and moved to Colorado in early 2002 with her family.  Her work is internationally published, and has been shown in galleries in New York and California.  Sabine was chosen as an artist for the 2006 Denver Cow Parade and the 2005 SJMA Pumas on Parade Project.

Ms. Baeckmann-Elge teaches art privately and in the classroom.  She also is illustrating a book of poetry by A. John Graves, and paints animal portraits in her home studio by commission.

Sponsored by:  Athens Generating

#11

PAWING AROUND PALENVILLE
Artist: CHRISTINE MARGOLIAS

About the Artist:  Christine Margolias studied at the Parsons School of Design where she won the Alexander Medal award and summer scholarship.  She also studied Fine Arts at Kingsborough Community College and later at Pratt Institute.  She has worked as a studio artist at the as Harris -– Styles Ceramic Studio in Soho, and as a glaze technician at Ceramic Supply of New York. 

Ms. Margolias is a member of the Tuesday Nite Sketchers of Greenville where she has met many fine artists.  She lives in Palenville with her husband and two children.

Sponsored by:  Maple Grove/Gary Kistinger

#12

WHAT A CROCK
Artist: JODY NICHOLLS MURPHY

About the Artist:  This cat is representative of the beautiful simplicity of salt-fired stoneware made at potteries along the Hudson River during the 1800s.  The Athens Pottery (Nathan Clark) was one of the largest potteries in the Northeast.

Jody Nicholls Murphy loves to journey into the world of art and creativity at any chance, and was the co-artist in Meowtain Music” for the Cat’n Around Catskill 2007 Celebration, and the creator of “Creamery Cat” in the 2008 Celebration.  In addition to enjoying art, writing, crafts, and photography, Jody is an active member of the Greene Room Players and performs regularly in their musical productions.

She resides in Hunter, NY with her husband, John and daughter, Eden.  She is surrounded by the artistic influences of her talented family.

Sponsored by:  First Niagara Bank

#13

CATSKILL CAT
Artist: CYNTHIA DILL

About the Artist:  Cynthia Dill has exhibited in numerous regional group exhibitions and solo exhibitions all along the Hudson since 1997.  She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Woman from 1999 to the present.  Other awards include a Fellowship Award from SUNY New Paltz, Mid-Hudson ValleyTeacher Center Mini-Grant, and the John W. Taylor Award for Art in Woodstock, NY.

Ms. Dill’s work can be found in private and public collections in Florida, Connecticut and New York .  Notable collections in New York include The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, and JAZZ
of Woodstock.

Sponsored by:  Trustco Bank

#14

TARRYTOWN: SLEEPY HOLLOW CAT
Artist: CYNTHIA MULVANEY

About the Artist:  Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow are some of New York’s oldest towns, rich in history and folklore.  The home of author Washington Irving, this cat will feature scenes from his stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” on both sides as well as a portrait of the author and his
home, “Sunnyside.”

Ms. Mulvaney was the artist of “Pussy Willow,” “Cat’n Hook,” and “Cooked to Purrfection for the for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration.  She also created “Cheshire Cat” in the 2007 Celebration. 

Ms. Mulvaney is a muralist and faux finish artist and owner of www.ckmulvaneyartworks.com a business specializing in custom-painted carousel horses and figures for private homes and businesses.  She is currently at work restoring the Patrina Williams carousel, an 1880s English carousel located in
New Jersey.

Sponsored by:  Sawyer Chevrolet

#15

LEGEND OF RIP VAN WINKLE
Artist: DON BOUTIN

About the Artist:  Don Boutin is a self taught artist and has worked in various mediums including oil, acrylic and casein.  Insprired by the beauty of the Catskill Mountains with its rich heritage and folklore Don’s most popular work is jis Rip Van Winkle paintings.  Golfing, hiking and fishing in the Catskill’s are just a few of Rip’s adventures.

Don’s work can be found in many area restaurants and golf courses.  When Don is not painting you may find him on the golf course or in the mountains looking for the inspiration of his
next painting.

Don spent two years as an apprentice at Southeby’s restoring antiques and painting one of a kind treasures.  He is a master at furniture painting and utilization of faux finishes, marbleizing, trompe l’oeil techniques and murals.  Don Boutin, a Rhode Island native, has resided in New York’s Catskill Mountains since 1983.
 
For more information on Don Boutin visit www.donboutinart.com

Sponsored by:  Kirsten Askew

#16

CAT-A-L’AQUA
Artist: STANLEY MALTZMAN

About the Artist:  Stanley Maltzman is a highly acclaimed landscape artist, as well as an accomplished author and educator.  His skill in drawing and painting and his unique in-depth demonstrations are a source of inspiration to the many students who have attended his instructional sessions for the past 10 years at The Hudson River Valley Workshops in Greenville, New York.

Maltzman’s art stems from nature; his love of working outdoors has labeled him as a “Plein Air” painter, a description that Stanley feels is accurate and much appreciated.  Staley is of the opinion that there is a sense of communion with nature that is captured by working in the fields or woods where one can touch, smell and observe the beauty that surrounds you, as “one-in-one” communion with nature, Stanley says, “it is an experience that cannot be achieved indoors”.

The quality of Stanley’s work had received ever increasing recognition and his popular book, “Drawing Nature” which was originally published in 1995 has sold over 25,000 copies and presently is available in a reprinted softcover version.  The popularity of Maltzman’s work and work ethic has led Stanley to a second book “Drawing Trees”, a compilation of may tree studies completed in and around the Catskill Mountain area.  The book was published in the Fall of 1999.

Stanley’s work skills are also featured in othe published works by North Light Books.  His drawings and paintings have been widely exhibited in Museums and Galleries throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, The Bruce Museum, The National Academy of Arts and Letters to name just a few.

His work has appeared in The Artist’s Magazine, American Artist, Hudson Valley and Kaatskill Magazines, as well as many other prestigious publications.  Stanley is also listed in Who’s Who of American Art.  He is the proud recipient of many awards, and his work is represented in many collections including the recent high honor of having his book and three of his works of art acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. 

In addition to his many hours of nature study, Stanley is the Curator of the Greenville Library Gallery and a member of the Art screening panal at The Rensselaerville Institute in Green County, New York 

Maltzman’s work reflects his words “I draw my inspiration from nature, and the work I produce comes directly from within.”

Sponsored by:  Swamp Angel Antiques

#17

HUDSON RIVER FISH CAT
Artist: PATTI FERRARA

About the Artist: Fish cat shows a few of the favorite fish of the mighty Hudson River.  The cat body (carp) will be iridescent gold.  Some of the scales will have hidden cat faces.  The River itself is the backbone.

Patti Ferrara created the “Catskill Magic Carpet Cat” and Caddy Cat for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration, and “Mr. Catskill, Thom” and “Mrs. Catskill, Kitty” for the
2007 Celebration.

Patti grew up in the Catskill Mountains and has always been inspired by the natural beauty of her surroundings.  She is a multi-media artist whose versatility includes landscapes, monotypes, house portraits, murals, calligraphy, caricatures and decorative painting.  She has received numerous awards and has exhibited in local galleries including Woodstock Artist Association, Columbia-Greene Community College, and Twilight Park’s Annual Invitational Art Show.  She illustrated the 2003 calendar, “Art of the Hudson Valley”, published by Hudson Park Press, and the book The Handel Lamps Book.

Ms. Ferrara is a docent at Olana State Historic Site, home of the artist Frederick Church, in Hudson, NY, and at Cedar Grove, home of the artist Thomas Cole, in Catskill.

Sponsored by:  Traphagen Honey

#18

KAATERSKILL MOUNTAIN CAT
Artist: DON BOUTIN

Don Boutin is a self taught artist and has worked in various mediums including oil, acrylic and casein.  Insprired by the beauty of the Catskill Mountains with its rich heritage and folklore Don’s most popular work is jis Rip Van Winkle paintings.  Golfing, hiking and fishing in the Catskill’s are just a few of Rip’s adventures.

Don’s work can be found in many area restaurants and golf courses.  When Don is not painting you may find him on the golf course or in the mountains looking for the inspiration of his
next painting.

Don spent two years as an apprentice at Southeby’s restoring antiques and painting one of a kind treasures.  He is a master at furniture painting and utilization of faux finishes, marbleizing, trompe l’oeil techniques and murals.  Don Boutin, a Rhode Island native, has resided in New York’s Catskill Mountains since 1983.
 
For more information on Don Boutin visit www.donboutinart.com

Sponsored by:  Union Mills

#19

DOG CAT-CHER
Artist: JILLIAN CAREY

Sponsored by:  N&S Bath Classics

#20

ONCE UPON A RIVER
Artist: ENRICO SCULL

About the Artist:  This design is one of the award
winning illustrations

by Enrico Scull that celebrated the 1987 I Love NY Hudson Valley, Fall Festival of Discovery and is recreated on this years Cat'n Around Catskill Quadricentennial Celebration cat. This image has been seen in the movie "Step Mom" and is a collectors item.  It is  also featured as the cover of the Heart of Catskill Association/Catskill Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Business and Community Directory.  Enrico Scull is a graphic designer, painter and musician who has made Catskill, NY his home since the late seventies.  That was a time when the area was waking up from a long 'Van Winkle'. And as it awoke it rediscovered the arts of Cole and Church and the Greene County Council on the Arts
was born.

As a graduate of Cooper Union NYC and a Peace Corp volunteer in the foreign tourism trade, Enrico brings a lot of creative solutions to the Heart of Catskill Association and this the third 'Cat' n Around Catskills event.

Along with his wife Elaine, Enrico was president and creative designer of Hudson River Graphics, a 5 person studio they ran for 30 years. Enrico continues to create brochures and design solutions for a select clientele.  During that time the firm, founded by both Elaine and Enrico Scull, garnered over 21 awards for tourism promotion and graphics excellence for higher education clients. The firm produced
posters brochures, magazines, videos, and radio advertising that was often imitated but never equaled.

Sponsored by:  A+C/Joshua Pulver

#21

BANNERMAN CATSTLE
Artist: REBECCA HOFF

About the Artist:  The design was inspired by the historic Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island near West Point.  The history and legends attracted the artist to this idea.  The castle features will be “wrapped” around the shape of the cat.  This cat will be painted.

Rebecca Hoff earned her BS in Fine Arts from SUNY Oswego.  She enjoys creating artwork in many different mediums, but favors charcoal, pastels, and oil paints.  Using saturated colors and high contrasting light and shadow, she regularly chooses animals and figures for her subject matter.  Ms. Hoff resides
in Valatie.

Sponsored by:  City Lights

#22

CAT’S EYE VIEW
Artist: VALERIE WHITE

About the Artist:   Valerie White has exhibited her work in many regional shows.  Among them are the Grafton Lakes State Park benefit auction in 2009, Greene County Council on the Arts, Artspace Gallery in Germantown, Athens Cultural group show, Tivoli Artist Co-op Annual Landscape show, Hudson Arts Walk, Clermont State Historic Site Landscape show, and others.

This design is a “cat’s eye view” of the Village of Catskill and Greene County scenes.  As such it is designed especially for children.  Different cat “characters” (with names) will be featured in three different panels.

Sponsored by:  The Community Theatre

#23

CLEARWATER CAT
Artist: N. J. WHEELOCK

About the Artist:  This cat will celebrate the sloop Clearwater and Pete Seeger’s vision to change the course of events that were destroying the Hudson River and reclaim this national treasure for everyone.  From 1968 to the present, the Clearwater symbolizes to the artist what the River should be.  The cat is adorned in a “micro-mosaic” utilizing over one-hundred thousand rainbow glass bugle beads applied to the form one at a time.
 
N. J. Wheelock is the creator of the 2008 “A Starry Night in Catskill” for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration . 

At her home in Rhinebeck she is known as a multi-media artist that undertakes large projects using “micro-media.”  Previous pieces include work with seashells, egg shells, seeds, broken antique glass, and bugle beads. 

In 2006 a large piece entitled “Hope” was unveiled and dedicated at Vassar, and is permanently displayed in the Dyson Center for Cancer Care in Poughkeepsie.  This piece has been featured in television advertising.  In another artistic achievement, Ms. Wheelock’s birdhouse for Rhinebeck’s public arts project raised the highest amount of money at auction.

Sponsored by:  Catskill Dental Care

#24

“ART” - THE SUBLIME FELINE
Artist: PATTI FERRARA

About the Artist: Patti Ferrara created the “Catskill Magic Carpet Cat” and Caddy Cat for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration, and “Mr. Catskill, Thom” and “Mrs. Catskill, Kitty” for the 2007 Celebration.

Patti grew up in the Catskill Mountains and has always been inspired by the natural beauty of her surroundings.  She is a multi-media artist whose versatility includes landscapes, monotypes, house portraits, murals, calligraphy, caricatures and decorative painting.  She has received numerous awards and has exhibited in local galleries including Woodstock Artist Association, Columbia-Greene Community College, and Twilight Park’s Annual Invitational Art Show.  She illustrated the 2003 calendar, “Art of the Hudson Valley”, published by Hudson Park Press, and the book The Handel Lamps Book.

Ms. Ferrara is a docent at Olana State Historic Site, home of the artist Frederick Church, in Hudson, NY, and at Cedar Grove, home of the artist Thomas Cole, in Catskill.

Sponsored by:  Athens Generating

#25

DRIFTWOOD CAT
Artist: DICK CRENSON

About the Artist:  The inspiration for this cat is the driftwood found along the shores of the Hudson River.  Each piece will be drilled and pinned, then glued to the cat.  The entire piece will be varnished.

Dick Crenson created “Cinematic Cat” for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration and the “Front Page Cat” for the 2007 Celebration.  He is a photographer and video maker, showing his work in many venues, mainly in the Hudson Valley.

Sponsored by:  Catskill Mountain Tent Company

#26

THOMAS COLE COPY CAT
Artist: LINDA HIATT WALDSCHMIDT

About the Artist:  Linda Hiatt Waldschmidt has been painting horse and dog portraits for several years.  She studied under the tutelage of Thomas Locker, renowned artist and writer of children’s books, who also studied and perfected the skill of painting in the style and tradition of the Hudson River School.

Linda is a docent at Cedar Grove and is inspired to paint at the locations Thomas Cole loved, and so it was not difficult for her to arrive at the idea of a “Thomas Cole Copy Cat.

Sponsored by:  Dr. Christine Scrodanus

#27

KISKATOM KAT
Artist: WENDY DONEY

About the Artist: Wendy Doney, having received her degree in Visual Communications from the Art Institutre of Philadelphia, has worked as a graphic designer, landscape painter and watercolorist.  She has currently returned to school, furthering her education to begin a career in art education, hoping to inspire and help develop future young artists.

Wendy lives in Kiskatom and attributes her success to her supportive family and to the inspirational value of the Catskills, which enhances her landscape painting.

Wendy has exhibited her work in small shows and with the Greene County Arts and Crafts Guild as well as at the Clermont State Historic Site.

The Kiska-Tom-Cat expresses the seasons of the Catskills, representing homes and other structures in Kiskatom that date back to the early 1700’s. Beginning in the Winter scene on the bottom is the Abeel House, built circa 1721 and rebuilt circa 1752 to High Falls and the Lindley House, circa 1750. Heading into Spring is the Ramsey School House, established 1901, followed by Sunrise Farms, established 1939 and into early Summer, Story Farms, established 1895. Ending at the front of the cat in the Autumn season is the Kiskatom Reformed Church, established 1833 and rebuilt in 1931, and the church parsonage, dating back to the early 1800’s.

Sponsored by:  Furniture Plus

#28

MISS ATHENS
Artist: CAROL QUACKENBUSH

About the Artist: Carol Quackenbush worked as a Registered Nurse at the Albany Medical Center, St. Peter’s Hospital, and Memorial Hospital.  She wrote the curriculum for a new field of nursing care called, Home Health Aide in 1978.  The curriculum was adopted by the NYS Departments of Education and Health and Human Services.

Ms. Quackenbush retired in 1998 and moved to Greene County 6 years ago.  She has been dabbling in drawing and painting for her children and grandchildren and finds this to be a
passionate outlet. 

In 2008, she adorned Catskill’s Main Street with her “Fairy Land in the Catskills.”

Sponsored by:  Ray Brooks, Greene County Legislator, Athens

#29

HALF MOON CAT
Artist: K. VELIS TURAN

About the Artist: Half Moon Cat celebrates the ship which made the voyage along the “River of Mountains” as Hudson called the Hudson River Valley.  Native Americans called the river “Muhheakunnuk” meaning “great waters constantly in motion.”

K. Velis Turan is the Visual Arts Director of the Greene County Council on the Arts where she manages and curates the art exhibits for two galleries (Catskill and Windham.)  As a mixed media fiber artist, Ms. Turan often uses beads and other embellishments as integral parts of her two-dimensional pieces.  She has presented her work in numerous juried exhibitions. 

In 2007, her “Catatonic” cat graced Catskill’s Main Street for the Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration.

Sponsored by:  Holcim Cement

#30

MEDIA LUNA
Artist: KICO GOVANTES

About the Artist:  Kico Govantes was born in Havana, Cuba in 1957 to a prominent family whose ancestors came to the New World from Spain in 1649. When Fidel Castro rose to power his family was forced to flee Cuba and came to the United States in 1960. His formal education was in Architecture & Sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence. In 1979 he moved to San Francisco, CA where he began pursuing his career as an artist. His work was shown at several West Coast galleries during the 1980’s and 1990’s. He now lives and works in the Hudson Valley.
Sponsored by:  The Honorable Michael & Sandra Lewis Smith

#31

LEGENDS & LORE
Artist: KARL ANIS

Sponsored by:  Greene County Council on the Arts

#32


FAIR TRADE
Artist: ELSE ANDERSEN

Sponsored by:  Mahalo

#33


“CAT”ue OF LIBERTY
Artist: CHERYL LICKONA, CHAD WECKLER,
ROB ROY MacGREGOR

About the Artist:  Cheryl Lickona is a painter and illustrator, having spent most of her professional life in New York City, working in fashion and graphic design.  Her work has been published internationally in newspapers and periodicals, three books that she illustrated for fashion consultant Emily Cho, and included in the Museum of Modern Arts card collection.

She now lives full time in the Hudson Valley with her husband, Chad Weckler, also an artist and photographer and their beloved cat Smokey.

She has shown her work locally in both Greene and Columbia County Council exhibitions, most recently in “Hidden Hudson” at the Deffebach Gallery in Hudson and continues to paint and work on design and editorial projects.

Chad Weckler is a professional photographer now living in the Hudson Valley after many years working in New York City.  He also enjoys working in many mediums and last year created “Top Cat and Tails”.  In 2008 he was the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts MARK program.  His photography is published worldwide and his work in represented through www.victorypix.com for image licensing and fine arts prints.

Rob Roy MacGregor now living in Hudson was born and raised in a family of seven generations of classically trained artists  Rob Roy has worked in the film industry most his life as an Art Director, Production Designer, Special Effects Artist and Animators for companies such as Disney, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios.  He is now a board member on the Columbia County Council on the Arts, and sculpts and paints in his
spare time.

Sponsored by:  379 Main Street Corp.

#34

CLERMONT KITTY
Artist: ASHLEY HOPKINS-BENTON

About the Artist:  Ashley Hopkins-Benton created the “Historic House Cat” for the 2007 Cat’n Around Catskill celebration. 

She has exhibited photographs, jewelry, and prints in galleries and shows in Potsdam, Malone and, Haines Falls, NY.  She worked seasonally for six years at Olana State Historic Site in Hudson, NY, and has also been employed at Chesterwood National Trust Historic Site in Stockbridge, MA, and The Livingston History Barn, Livingston, NY.  Ms. Hopkins is currently a Curatorial Intern at the Fennimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY where she recently researched the portrait busts of John Henri Isaac Browere for a traveling exhibit.

In the autumn of 2007 Ms. Hopkins was invited by the Greene County Council on the Arts to be the guest curator for an exhibit “Keeping that Wilder Image Bright, Barry Hopkins Remembered,” which honored her late father

This cat will feature the North River Steam-Boat, the first practical steamboat launched by Robert Fulton and Robert B. Livingston at Clermont in 1807.The smoke stack and wheels will be constructed of wood and metal and will extend beyond the body of the Cat.  Historic images of the boat and Clermont will be part of a collage on the cat.

Sponsored by:  State Farm Insurance

#35

HUDSON HORNET
Artist: KENNY RICH

About the Artist:  Kenny Rich created five cats for the Cat’n Around Catskill 2008 Celebration:  “Star Café,” “Kit Cat,” “Blue Jeans Cat,” “Country Farm Cat,” and “COPurr.”

Kenny Rich began his career as an airbrush illustrator, completing an average of fifty pieces of artwork per year for over twenty five years.  His accounts included major commercial advertising accounts.  Now he does 2D art on 3D objects.  This new artwork began with his 1951 Chevy truck which he completely covered in denim and named the “Bluejean Hauler.”

In addition to this entry, he will complete a bear for Cairo, a horse for Saugerties and a dog for Hudson.

Sponsored by:  Charlie’s CARSTAR Autobody

#36

CASCADES OF KATTERSKILL FALLS
Artist: CAROL ESSEX
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About the Artist:  Carol Essex created “Cats News” and “Standing Tall” for the 2007 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration and “Nature’s Cat” in 2008.

Carol studied art at Dupage College, Chicago Art Institute and Naperville Art League.  Carol was a Board member for the Naperville Art League for ten years and Fine Art Director there.  As Fine Art Director she conducted a variety of programs and classes. 

Ms. Essex works primarily in acrylics, oils, watercolors, charcoals and inks.  In 2006 her prize winning work was on exhibit at the Mountain Top Gallery in Windham, New York.  The Coxsackie Bank at Cairo displayed her work during the month of October and her works were shown in Hudson’s juried show, the Pocketbook Factory Art Walk.

This cat was inspired by a book by Russell Dunn entitled Catskill Region Waterfall Guide which the artist illustrated with picture of cool cascades of the Catskills.  The cat will depict the cascades of Kaaterskill Clove.

Sponsored by:  Village Pizza

#37

RIVER CAT
Artist: MARGARET CRENSON & DICK CRENSON

About the Artists: Margaret Crenson is a painter who created “Cat Around Town” in 2008 for the Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration and “Tom Cat ‘n Cole” in 2007.  Dick Crenson

Her paintings have been exhibited in major galleries in the Hudson Valley as well as in Connecticut and Massachusetts.  She is known for her landscapes and cityscapes of the region.

Dick Crenson created “Cinematic Cat” for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration and the “Front Page Cat” for the 2007 Celebration.  He is a photographer and video maker, showing his work in many venues, mainly in the Hudson Valley.

This cat will portray a panorama of historic and modern vessels sailing the Hudson River, with anecdotal fish, plants, bridges, and more.

Sponsored by:  The Village of Catskill

#38

CATHEXIS
Artist: ROXIE JOHNSON

About the Artist: Native to the Hudson Valley, Roxie Johnson received her MFA from Syracuse University and has worked with children and adults in the visual arts for over thirty years.  Her combination of digital and traditional printmaking techniques explores subconscious memory and the human spirit.

Ms. Johnson has won national award recognition and exhibits artwork in juried shows and galleries throughout the Hudson Valley and Metropolitan area.  She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists in NYC, and is represented in the Smithsonian Institution’s Birds of prey such as the peregrine falcon and the bald eagle once lived in vast numbers in the Hudson Valley.  Due to the increased use of pesticides following World War II, their numbers were greatly diminished until the banning of DDT. 

This cat will depict the first snowfall over the Catskills as viewed from the Vanderbilt Estate in Hyde Park.  The name of this cat refers to the psychic and emotional energies we, as a people, invest in our natural environment and in giving birth to discovery.
Archives of American Art.

Sponsored by:  Mid-Hudson Cablevision

#39

OLD KAATSKILLIAN III
Artist: JIM CRAMER

Mr. Cramer created the cat entitled “Old Kaatskillian” for Cat’n Around Catskill 2007 and Old Kaatkillian ii for 2008.  He has had numerous solo, two person, and group exhibitions.  He works en plein-air in the tradition of the Impressionists, both European and American.  His chosen subject matter is the local environs, the starting point for the Hudson River School of Art.  He strives to “paint the day” as he sees it through a synthesis of observation, internalization and application of brushes, paint, and canvas.

Sponsored by:  Brockway Landscaping

#40

“H.A.L.”
Artist: ELLEN De LUCIA

About the Artist: Ellen De Lucia created “Kaaterskill Katy” and “Rip Van Twinkle” for the 2007 Cat’n Around Celebration and “CATlantis” in 2008.   

Ms. De Lucia recently retired from her position as a Senior Vice President, Facilities Construction and Maintenance with The Bank of Greene County, always expected her career to take a direction into art.  She has a B.A. in Studio Art and Art History and has taken graduate studies in Design.  For many years she utilized her silver smithing skills and, as the founder of the Bunker Hill Crafters, she designs and creates custom sterling silver jewelry. 

The Hudson - Athens lighthouse is the theme of this cat.  It will be mixed media - paint and epoxy clay.

Sponsored by:  The Bank of Greene County

#41

I’M OLD SCHOOL
Artist: TANYA L. ERNST

About the Artist:  Tanya Ernst is a native of Catskill who has developed a love and appreciation for the area and a desire to raise her own family here. 

In addition to the busyness of raising and educating her family, she uses her spare time indulging in learning and creativity.  In so doing she has taught herself to paint in the American Folk Art style.  Ms. Ernst also designs and creates leather and fabric handbags, which she sells from her home, online and at area craft shows.

This cat will be painted in an American Folk Art style with the historic Catskill Middle School and the one-room schoolhouse in Jefferson.  It will include the Catskill Creek which will circle around the front where the Black Bridge will be shown.  On the opposite side of the cat will portray the Jefferson schoolhouse.

Sponsored by:  Dr. Charles Sturges

#42

PURR-LESQUE DANCER
Artist: LEX GREY

About the Artist:  Lex Grey’s entries, in 2008, “Americat,” and in 2007, “Tempuss the Time Cat,” both won first prize for Best of Show in the Cat’n Around Catskill celebrations.

Ms. Grey is a multimedia artist from New York City who now resides in Catskill.  When not on tour with her band, she creates artifacts and assemblages using recycled and found objects.

She has worked as a designer and fabricator for film and television, notably “The Pee Wee Herman Show.”  Her work has been exhibited both locally and nationally.
She holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New
York City.

This cat commemorates the daring dance-hall days.

Sponsored by:  Doubles II

#43

TIFFANY TOM
Artist: LINDA NICHOLLS

About the Artist: Linda Nicholls created “Fine Living Feline” for the 2007 Cat’n Around Catskill celebration and, in 2007, co-created “Meow-tain Music” cat.   
Linda is a landscape artist who has been painting regional scenes of the Hudson Valley in oils, watercolors and pastels for over thirty years.  She has received numerous awards and has exhibited her work at Greene County Council on the Arts Gallery in Catskill and its Mountaintop Gallery in Windham, NY, as well as at Sotheby’s Fundraiser at Olana in Hudson, NY and Twilight Park Invitational Show.  She is also the founder of the Greene Room Players Theater Company in Hunter, NY.

In a style that will simulate leaded Tiffany stained glass, this cat will depict scenes along the Hudson River.

Sponsored by:  Glen’ Carpet and Linoleum

#44

THAT BLOOMIN’ CAT
Artist: ANGIE SMITH

About the Artist:  Angela Gaffney-Smith is a painter and printmaker/  Her recent watercolors focus on the people and landscaping around her studio in the Blue Mountain area of Saugerties.  Angela is also an art instructor.  The creation of public art installations through teamwork with Ulster-Greene ARC participants was possible through the Twin Counties Cultural Fund and New York State Council on the Arts.  The “Mosaic Totem” located in front of the Greene County ARC facility on West Bridge Street/9W is the culmination of one of thes workshops.  Gaffney-Smith believes the creation of art should be a joyful experience.  She is grateful to live in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, which offer a deep well of artistic inspiration.

Sponsored by:  Rip Van Winkle Country Club

#45

TOWNS VAN KAT
Artist: JIM CRAMER

Mr. Cramer created the cat entitled “Old Kaatskillian” for Cat’n Around Catskill 2007 and Old Kaatkillian ii for 2008.  He has had numerous solo, two person, and group exhibitions.  He works en plein-air in the tradition of the Impressionists, both European and American.  His chosen subject matter is the local environs, the starting point for the Hudson River School of Art.  He strives to “paint the day” as he sees it through a synthesis of observation, internalization and application of brushes, paint, and canvas.

Sponsored by:  The Catskill Town Councilmen

#46

MISS VICTORIANA HUDSON
Artist: JOE CAPONE

Sponsored by:  La Conca D’Oro Restaurant

#47

BLOOM AND BIRDS
Artist: AMY RADLEY

Amy has been painting for nearly 20 years.  She has taught decorative painting throughout the Capital District, has had her own studio and has had several original painting designs nationally published.  She is a full time decorative painter specializing in creating custom painted murals, faux-finishes, and painted furniture and accessories.

Sponsored by:  Catalano, Leifer and Bruno, DDS,

#48

NORDIC CAT
Artist: IDA PAGANO

Ida created the “Backpack Cat” for Cat’n Around Catskill 2007 and Sunflower and Santa Claws for 2008.
Ms. Pagano has a long list of venues where her work has been exhibited, including the Guilderland Pigtacular where sponsors selected two of her designs.  Showings also at Arts Walk Hudson, RCCA Fence Show in Rensselaer, Colonie Art League Show, and Troy=s Riverfront Art Show.
Ms. Pagano has taught Sketching Nature to adults at Olana State Historic Site, Egg Tempura and Leaf Printing at Thatcher’s Park, and other arts and crafts to adults and children.  She attended Geneseo SUNY where she earned a BS in Fine Arts.

Sponsored by:  James Wagman, Attorney at Law

#49

HYDE PARK PURR
Artist: CYNTHIA MULVANEY

About the Artist: Ms. Mulvaney was the artist of “Pussy Willow,” “Cat’n Hook,” and “Cooked to Purrfection for the for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration.  She also created “Cheshire Cat” in the 2007 Celebration. 

Ms. Mulvaney is a muralist and faux finish artist and owner of www.ckmulvaneyartworks.com a business specializing in custom-painted carousel horses and figures for private homes and businesses.  She is currently at work restoring the Patrina Williams carousel, an 1880s English carousel located in New Jersey.

The beautiful, rich history and architecture of Hyde Park are inspiring, especially the grand beauty of the Vanderbilt estate and its grounds.  The Vanderbilt mansion is a wonderful example of lavish elegance and nineteenth century “American aristocracy.”  Hyde Park, also the home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, will be represented on the opposite side of the cat where his home and portraits of F.D.R. and his wife, Eleanor, will be represented.

Sponsored by:  Ambrosia Diner

#50

HUDSON RIVER CAT AT TWILIGHT
Artist: SUSAN MIILLER

About the Artist:  Susan Miiller (sic) is a teacher of drawing and painting at SUNY New Paltz since 1999.  She has previously taught at the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Christian University, and the University of North Texas.  She is the recipient of several awards including the SUNY Individual Development Award, 2008 and 2006, Artist in Residence Award, 2006, and many others.

Ms. Miiller has also exhibited her works extensively in museums and galleries throughout the United States including the Museum of New Mexico, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, and Texas Artists Museum.  As an accomplished artist her work has been the subject of many favorable reviews.

The inspiration for this cat is the Frederick Church painting, “Twilight in the Wilderness.”  The cat will be painted with some of the imagery and brilliant color from this well known painting.  The cat will also use the artist’s own imagery of Hudson Valley landscape and her signature style of additive and subtractive oil painting methods.

Sponsored by:  Heart of Catskill Association/Catskill Chamber of Commerce

#51

TIMELESS HUDSON CAT
Artist: ELLEN MAHNKEN

About the Artist:  Ellen Mahnken is a local Palenville artist and owner of Mountain House Design Studios.  As a multi-media artist and designer with over thirty years of freelance experience, she works in many mediums including paint, fiber, glass, assemblage, and graphics.  She has lately focused on figurative, decorative, and one-of-a-kind jewelry.  Her work is in many private, corporate, and international collections.

The Hudson River meanders around this cat with the Half Moon ship adorning one side in an evening setting and modern boats traveling the River in daylight on the opposite side.

Sponsored by:  Fingar Insurance

#52

MAIN COON
Artist: HEATHER L. MARTIN

About the Artist:  Heather Martin is the proprietor of Martin Design, a graphic design and advertising agency.  She has illustrated covers for books, compact disks and videos.  She recently exhibited her artwork in the Greene County Council on the Arts’ show Flora and Fauna at the Mountain Top Gallery in Windham, NY.  Her work can be found on signs, billboards, posters, brochures and tee shirts throughout the Twin Counties.  She also makes custom jewelry sold in area boutiques.

Ms. Martin has an AA Degree in Fine Arts and a Certificate in Graphic Design from Columbia Greene Community College where her work has been displayed.

Ms. Martin created two Catskill cats, “Rip Claw Winkle” and “Four Towns and a Tail” for the 2007 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration. 

The name says it all.  Cat or raccoon, you decide.  Depicted on his back and sides are scenes from Catskill’s Main Street.  Locations to be used are the Greene County Court House and the HOCA office and surrounds.

Sponsored by:  Helmedach & Young
       
#53

TOM CAT COLE
Artist: SUSAN STORY

Susan M. Story’s passion as an artist is to use the pastel medium to express the many moods and emotions of nature’s landscapes.  “I have always loved the feel of the pastels and the glorious range of colors.  Pastels allow the artist to create either a veil of subtle color or a very deliberate and bold line.”  Susan is recognized regionally and nationally for her paste landscapes.  A “Plein Air” painter, “I chose to work outside whenever possible so I can immerse myself in the sensual riches of nature.  There are constantly new perspectives to be discovered in the Hudson Valley and the incredible Catskill Mountains from any number of seldom traveled back roads.  I am determined to capture the essence of these little noticed and fast changing settings.  Nature is always in flux as is lighting, so the vistas never appear the same twice and continually provide new inspiration.  My goal is to capture the sense of the moment in my painting in order to preserve it and share it with others.”  Her vibrant colors and impressionist style are widely appealing and her paintings are consistently winning awards.

The Parsons School of Design graduate, worked in many different media while studying model and life drawing.  After receiving a degree in Fashion Design, she worked as a fashion, textile and embroidery designer in New York City and internationally for twelve years.  Her work included extensive travel to Europe and Asia.

In 1991Susan moved with her family to Rensselaerville.  Inspired by the surrounding countryside, Story is focusing on expressing her vision of nature in fine art.   She has studied annually at the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops since 1997.

Susan teaches painting and drawing in the local area as well as at after school enrichment programs.  Presently she gives private instruction while continuing with commissioned and non-commissioned work in the studio.

Sponsored by:  Steve and Jacqueline Dunn

#54

HUDSON RIVER CHANNEL CAT
Artist: HEATHER L. MARTIN

About the Artist:  In 2007, Ms. Martin created two Catskill cats, “Rip Claw Winkle” and “Four Towns and a Tail” for the Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration and in 2008, “Aquaricat.”

Heather Martin is the proprietor of Martin Design, a graphic design and advertising agency.  She has illustrated covers for books, compact disks and videos.  She recently exhibited her artwork in the Greene County Council on the Arts’ show Flora and Fauna at the Mountain Top Gallery in Windham, NY.  Her work can be found on signs, billboards, posters, brochures and tee shirts throughout the Twin Counties.  She also makes custom jewelry sold in area boutiques.

Ms. Martin has an AA Degree in Fine Arts and a Certificate in Graphic Design from Columbia Greene Community College where her work has been displayed.

After 2008's successful “Aquaricat, ” an underwater, aquatic feline depiction the water world of our local ponds and streams, Ms. Martin decided to design this cat which depicts the wild ecology of the Hudson River.  Featured are sturgeon, striped bass, perch, blue crabs, and, of course, a channel catfish.

Sponsored by:  The Candyman

#55

HUDSON VALLEY PAINTER CAT
Artist: SABINE BAECKMANN-ELGE

About the Artist:  Sabine Baeckmann-Elge created “Picatso” and “Garden Ecatstacy” for the Cat’n Around Catskill, 2007.

The German-born artist, Sabine Baeckmann-Elge retired from the New York-New Jersey medical/pharmaceutical advertising field after nearly twenty-five years and moved to Colorado in early 2002 with her family.  Her work is internationally published, and has been shown in galleries in New York and California.  Sabine was chosen as an artist for the 2006 Denver Cow Parade and the 2005 SJMA Pumas on Parade Project.

Ms. Baeckmann-Elge teaches art privately and in the classroom.  She also is illustrating a book of poetry by A. John Graves, and paints animal portraits in her home studio by commission.

This cat is the mascot of the Hudson Valley Painters’ School and sports samples of work by Hudson Valley painters Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Church, Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand,
and others.

Sponsored by:  Herrington’s Building Supply

#56

HALF MOON KITTEN
Artist: KENNY RICH & ALAIN GREG CONTRER

Sponsored by:  Cone-E-Island Ice Cream

#57

OK KITTY, OLD KINDERHOOK CAT
Artist: CYNTHIA MULVANEY

About the Artist: Ms. Mulvaney was the artist of “Pussy Willow,” “Cat’n Hook,” and “Cooked to Purrfection for the for the 2008 Cat’n Around Catskill Celebration.  She also created “Cheshire Cat” in the 2007 Celebration. 

Ms. Mulvaney is a muralist and faux finish artist and owner of www.ckmulvaneyartworks.com a business specializing in custom-painted carousel horses and figures for private homes and businesses.  She is currently at work restoring the Patrina Williams carousel, an 1880s English carousel located in
New Jersey.

This cat features some of the well-known architecture of the beautiful village of Kinderhook home of President Martin
Van Buren.

Sponsored by:  Plaza Car Wash

#58

HALF MOON STOWAWAY
Artist: CARLEY VINCENT

Sponsored by:  The Wine Cellar

#59

HALF MOON NAUTICAT
Artist: JOHN GOLICK & MARY SZMIDT

About the Artists:  Mary Schmidt and John William Golick created the “Native Cat” in 2008 for the Cat’n Around Catskill and the “Da Vinci Cat” in 2007 for the Celebration.

Mary Szmidt is a painter whose works can be found in both private and corporate collections.  Among them are Nabisco International, New York, NY, and Time Warner Incorporated, New York, NY.  Combining papier collés and paint from a predominantly monochromatic palette, she transforms images from the past, symbols and hieroglyphics to create visual poems.  She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of New Rochelle.

John Golick (also known as Cleveland) is a poet, writer and musician who has performed his writings and compositions throughout the United States and Europe in both spoken word and musical format.

When Henry Hudson sailed the seas, cats were a part of the crew on the ships where they were used to control the rat population.  This cat will be a montage of various maps and visuals pertaining to the Half Moon, Hudson’s ship.  The poetry of John Golick will also adorn the cat.

Sponsored by:  Mohican Trading Post