Parallel Perspectives: The Brush/ Lens Collaboration

Ward Hooper
Ward Hooper’s paintings have been exhibited in juried shows throughout Long island. His numerous awards and honors include the Peacock Award from the Chelsea Center in Muttontown, New York, for his painting in the watercolor category. His work has been featured in Watercolor Artist magazine.

After graduating with a degree in Graphic Design from The New York City College of Technology, CUNY, and attending the Art Students League, Ward’s career included over thirty years as art director and award-winning design director for the J.C. Penney Company and he was also vice president of the design firm Coleman, Lipuma, Siegel and Morrill.

Ward has been on the teaching staff at the Art League of Long Island for twelve years. His watercolors are in private and corporate collections throughout the United States.

Holly Gordon
Holly Gordon paints with her camera. The world is her studio and the digital darkroom sometimes takes her vision far beyond photography as we know it.

The origins of her art date back to film photography in the 1960s and the aura and aromas of the traditional wet darkroom. While most people viewing Holly’s current work think she is a painter, what they are seeing is her photography in transition. Technology is changing photography as we know it and Holly’s art is part of that change. ＂Photo-Liminalism＂ is the term she has applied to the innovative work that has emerged after nearly twenty years of creative exploration.

Holly Gordon’s art has appeared in The New York Times, Shutterbug, National Wildlife Magazine, and New York Newsday. Her work has been exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History, Denise Bibro Fine Art gallery, the New York Hall of Science, the Heckscher Art Museum, Long Island Museum, Islip Art Museum, and the Audubon Center in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Gordon’s art is included in a number of public and private collections, including NYU Langone, Melville Corporate Plaza, and Molloy College.