Interested in having your art on display?
Please email info@phlt.org for more information.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Stop by the Brodhead Creek Heritage Center on Sunday afternoon to meet the artists, enjoy light refreshments, and explore the trails at ForEvergreen Nature Preserve.
Paintings and Photography will be on display and for sale during the month of June.
The Gallery at
Brodhead Creek Heritage Center
Creating community and connection through nature-inspired art exhibits
1539 Cherry Lane Road East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
June 2024
About Jean Marie Perry
My interest in art came about when I was young. My father was an artist, working as a designer of toys and later, as an archeological draftsman on the reconstruction of the famous mill district in Paterson, NJ. My mother was a talented homemaker and seamstress. She taught me how to make clothes without a pattern! I was encouraged to study journalism, home economics and art. I actually wanted to teach special education courses. Art fit into all of these careers. So, my degrees and certifications are in Art Education, etc. I have taught both studio and art history in the NJ public school system, as well as college and university level classes in both PA and NJ and various venues throughout the region. I have enjoyed sharing my talent with every age group from little children through elderly seniors, whether skilled or novices in art.
Growing up, birds and squirrels were always sites to see around our home. We loved the monarch butterflies, cranes along the Passaic River, cardinals, jays and chickadees, subjects for my creativity. And with parents who enjoyed taking their 3 daughters on rides in the country, inspiration for art came easily. In college, I remember painting ocean scenes (we loved the seashore!) and Barbour’s Pond, a topic for many artists, at Garrett Mountain, a reservation near our home, where we would hike and picnic. As I got older and traveled with friends and my husband, the places we visited have shown up in my many landscapes. “All creatures great and small”, the birds, squirrels, deer, and bear, along with small animals, including our pet kitties, give me lots of joy to paint at my home in Saylorsburg, PA. Plants, especially native plants, are a delightful topic. I work mostly in acrylics or watercolor, sometimes other media. The American Impressionists, whose style opened my eyes in college, and the Hudson River School artists, whose art connects nature with God, are my favorites!
Besides my nature art, I have exhibited, along with my husband, a series of canal paintings and paintings of barns in various galleries and have sold both nationally and internationally. I have also been fortunate to win many awards. But my greatest reward has been teaching the wonderful artists in my workshops. Using watercolor, pencil, acrylics or sometimes pastel, we have encouraged each other in the wonderful skill with which we have been gifted! And nature provides the rest!
My husband, Gordon, and I are members of Pocono Arts Council, Palmerton Camera Club, Carbon County Environmental Ed. Center, Warren County Arts, and the N.J. and PA Canal Societies, the Michener Art Museum and Allentown Art Museum.
"Bear Woods"
"Early Morning on Swatara Creek"
"Creek at Sciota Mill"
"Bull Thistle"
"Ganoderma lucidum"
"Pretty Woman"
About Gordon Perry
Gordon Perry is a retired biology professor with 49 years’ experience in developing, and teaching various undergraduate and graduate-level courses and in conducting a number of scientific research projects at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Also being interested in canals and industrial history, Gordon has presented a number of programs on these subjects, as well as nature topics, for the Community Education Programs at Northampton Community College.
His special interest in canals goes back many years and he has been active in canal research. Currently a Member of the Board and Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Canal Society, Gordon had previously served as Vice President for over six years, with the responsibility of developing and coordinating field trips to various canals in Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Gordon has written a number of historical articles and has co-authored, with his wife, Jean, a booklet entitled “From Bobbins, Spindles, and Shuttles”, which covers the evolution of textile machinery. He has also given presentations at annual meetings of the Pennsylvania Canal Society as well as other venues.
Gordon is an award winning photographer whose interest in photography was sparked in 1956 while on a cross country family vacation visiting and photographing numerous national parks and historic sites. He then served as photographer for his high school newspaper and yearbook and, while majoring in biology at college, his photographic interests concentrated on a more scientific approach to nature and led to the accumulation of an abundance of material which he utilized in his teaching.
Inspired by his wife, Jean, Gordon’s photography has become more artistic and creative rather than purely scientific. Their interest in hiking, as well as travels to various locations, has also encouraged his interest in photographing historical scenes, especially canals and industrial sites. Gordon’s photographs have been accepted in a number of juried shows and his work is found in both private collections and in numerous publications. He believes that “Serious photography is an art form that temporarily removes one from the everyday world and provides inner peace. Photography also forces one to critically examine and appreciate the intricate beauty of nature or to be drawn into the events of an earlier time.”
