HAMDEN ART LEAGUE

PRESS RELEASE

The February meeting of the Hamden Art League will present artist and teacher John Falato, who will talk about his working procedure in creating Landscapes in Oil, explaining how he builds a painting from idea to completion. He will have both prints and original examples of his work on hand for viewing.

A Madison resident, Falato is a photorealist painter and Professor of Fine Arts at Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. He has taught at the Silvermine College of Art and Greens Farms Academy. John's work has received numerous awards and prizes, including the 2000 National Academy of the Arts Award of Merit, the 1999 Weir Farm Award of Merit and the 1991 Arts for the Parks Competition Award of Excellence. He is published in Art from the Parks, North Light Books, 2000; American Art Review, December 2002 and October 2004; American Artist Magazine, November 2008. Falato is represented by Greene Art Gallery in Guilford, Connecticut, Fishbach Gallery in New York City and Harmon-Meek Gallery in Naples, Florida.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 14 in the Social Hall of the Miller Memorial Library Senior Center, 2901 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, CT. Socializing and a brief business meeting begin at 7:15 p.m., followed by the artist's presentation from 7:30 - 8:30. The public is welcome. Please note that if the Senior Center is closed due to inclement weather, the meeting will be canceled.