On the meaning of her paintings, Joni Bassett comments, “I preserve time’s molecules that tell a story of color translated by shape.”Fascinated by the act of preservation, it was not until a few years ago that Bassett discovered acrylics. She believes that becoming familiar with acrylic has helped her to experiment more freely as an artist and allowed her to paint entirely from her self-conscious. Bassett, who graduated with a BFA from Alfred University in 1991, now works as a Customer Service Representative for GOLDEN’S.
She lives in South New Berlin.
Scott Bennett Scott Bennett has painted professionally since graduating with an MFA from Syracuse University in 1974. Early in his career, Bennett drew inspiration from fellow Abstract Expressionists and gained notoriety from art critics such as Clement Greenberg. In the 1990’s, Bennett made a dramatic shift to paint representational works inspired by natural landscapes. Today, he paints both abstractly and representationally. Living in Syracuse, he is a part-time technical service consultant for GOLDEN and has worked as an adjunct painting professor at Syracuse University.
"Green Lakes Blue"
"Cell Map"
Nina Deckert
Nina Deckert received her BFA in Lithography from the University of Chapel Hill in 1979. Although she is trained in printmaking and illustrations, she discovered Acrylics 10 years ago and has been painting ever since. As a GOLDEN representative in Berkley, CA, Deckert offers product demonstrations and classes. Her most recent series of paintings draw inspiration from this work. The small-scale panel paintings demonstrate her extensive knowledge of acrylics and technical abilities as an artist.
"Blue Heron"
Ulysses Jackson
As a painter, Ulysses Jackson compares himself to a surgeon, “operating on a painting with sharp chisels.” His complex and intricate paintings typically take several months to complete and display a unique technical style. Jackson, who lives and works in his home studio in New Berlin, graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of South Florida. His work is represented in North Carolina and Tampa, FL. Locally, he has had a number of group and solo exhibitions in Syracuse, Treadwell, and Oneonta.
Sarah Sands
Trained with a B.A. in Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Master’s in Fine Art from the Yale School of art, Sarah Sands has been painting professionally for over 24 years. Currently, she is the Technical Services Supervisor at GOLDEN, but she has also taught painting and drawing at Yale, the New York Academy, Indiana University, and SUNY Oneonta. In her latest series of painting, Unmeasured Distances, Sands uses abstraction to convey the raw emotions that she finds in nature. Sands lives and paints in her house in Gilbertsville, NY.
