Rena Segal
Rena Segal Painting Survey 2008
Rabbet Gallery is proud to present “Painting Survey”,
a one-person show featuring the art works of Rena Segal. There will
be a variety of work that will span over 30 years. The show will
open to the public with a reception for the artist on Sunday, November
9th from 3-5 p.m.
Rena Segal grew up in South Brunswick, New Jersey. She was interested
in art at a very young age. Initially, Rena studied art at Montclair
State University and then received a master of fine arts degree
from Rutgers University. Currently residing in North Brunswick,
Rena has been painting steadily for over 35 years developing a recognizable
signature style. Although her subject matter has diversified with
time, her stylistic simplification of forms and her bold use of
color remain constant. The show will be a combination of portraiture,
still life’s and landscapes.
Rena’s portraits are of her family and friends. The acrylic
canvases are warm and sentimental clearly showing her personal attachment
to the subject. The acrylic paintings are thin in some places exposing
a linear under painting.
The landscapes were inspired by Farrington Lake, a spot near her
familial home in New Jersey. The style is impressionist but contemporary.
The paintings are of grass, trees and marshes with strong warm colors
exemplifying fall at its peak moment. The surface of the painting
is intensified with the use of oil sticks delineating the motion
of the grass in the wind.
Still life’s have been a theme in Rena’s paintings since
high school. The selected objects she chooses to paint have a special
meaning to her. In her early paintings she included furniture, tables
and chairs Currently she has been painting a collection of bottles,
vases and fruit. Her compositions typically line the elements up
in a horizontal manner. The brush strokes are smooth and seem smeared
at times as if the objects are melting. The edges of the objects
are not well defined adding to the dream-like paintings.
This is also achieved by layering oil stick over the acrylic painted
surface.
Rabbet will be exhibiting almost 50 paintings varying in size.
Rabbet Gallery Inc. is open to the public Tuesday through Friday
from 9-5 pm and Saturday from 10-3 pm. or by appointment. For further
information please contact Dot or John Paolo at 732-828-5150.