WESTWOOD—Westwood Gallery is pleased to present original paintings and prints by Westwood artist Maud Guilfoyle in an exhibit of her Orchid series, opening Saturday, April 2 from 4:30 to 6 p.m., coinciding with Shop the Hub.
The show features paintings that have been published as note cards by the New York Botanical Garden to coincide with this year’s Orchid Show, returning for its 19th year. The gallery is open to the public and the exhibit will continue through April 30.
Guilfoyle paints in a greenhouse beside an 18th century family farmhouse, at Old Hook Farm, the home of the third and fourth generations of the Marek family. Her paintings explore nature and the delicate balance of human interface with the environment.
Included in the notecards are two themes, Orchids and People, exploring the emotional connection humans have with all forms of living plants, and a series of views from the Hudson River studio chronicling the change of seasons both in her studio and outside her window.
Of “Scent of an Orchid,” Guilfoyle says, “The John Waterhouse painting ‘The Soul of the Rose’ was in mind when I made sketches for this painting. The Cattleya orchid is sometimes referred to as the queen of orchids. The orchid in this painting has been blooming once a year at Old Hook Farm as long as I have been visiting the greenhouse, with increasing spectacular blooms each year. The owner of the farm posed for me in a position reminiscent of the ‘The Soul of the Rose’ painting.”
Westwood Gallery, 10 Westwood Ave., is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays. For more information call (201) 666-1800 or visit westwoodartgallery.com.
