love to see you
Summer has officially begun!.
Three great ‘saltwater’ events with one the launch of local summer fine art show series. Your invited, please come.
Artist Talk 6/2, 6 - 8 pm current show - July 5th - Oyster Point Walls, 146 Bodman Place, Red Bank, NJ | Enjoy some cheese and crackers, and the magnificient Oyster Point Hotel with stunning Navisink River views (the Oyster Point bar will be open). The hotels curator Ellen Martin & I will both be on hand to talk about my work, the process and best ways to display art. It would be great to see and will be lots of fun.
June 2 & 3 with cocktail reception Saturday 6/3 from 5:30-7, 625 Arnold Ave., Point Pleasant Beach. This charming space of Home Run parties is our pop-up gallery. Saturday with delicious Hors d'oeuvres crafteded by Patti at the She Shed PPB . Our newest works, heading to the international Hampton FIne Art Show will be there along the ocean and its sometimes inhabitants.. This is the first of several pop-up art show in a series this summer!
Sirens and the Sea | Grenville Hotel - June 8, 6-8 pm cocktail reception - 345 Main Ave. Bay Head, NJ . The show, hung on the first and forth floors, is magnificent running until the end of September. The first floor dining room and hallways is the perfect locaions for stunning underwater portraits and ethereal sea scapes.
1st place winner | photography catagory | Point Beach Art Show 2023
Lovely to be the Price winner with Persephone for Point Beach Arts 2023 show April 1 to May 18, 2023
The miniature 11.25 x 13.25 sold during the May, 2023 Gala, too!
exclusive nickel plated sea fan frame - persephone
Juror - James Toogood is a painter working primarily in watercolor and works on paper. He studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work has been the subject of over forty solo exhibitions with galleries including Rosenfeld Gallery and Cerulean Arts Gallery in Philadelphia, Windjammer Gallery and Desmond Fountain Gallery, both in Hamilton, Bermuda. His work has also been the subject of several solo museum exhibitions. He is an elected member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, Allied Artists of America and the Philadelphia Sketch Club. His work has earned numerous awards, and appears in numerous public collections. Toogood has taught at several institutions including the National Academy of Design in NYC and is currently an instructor at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
art gallery event - June 2nd and 3rd - 625 Arnold Ave, Point Pleasant Beach
Susan J Roche, Beauty and the Sea, will open Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3 for a pop-up art gallery on 625 Arnold Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, from 11 am to 5 pm with a cocktail reception Saturday at 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Roche’s underwater art has won numerous awards, including Julia Margaret Cameron Award and FotoNostrum Barcelona, Spain. Previously the owner of Susan J Roche portrait, Bay Head, Roche began creating portraits underwater and ethereal sea scapes after Superstorm Sandy. Her works are mixed media large scale and minatures.
The two-day art gallery on the white walls of Home Run Parties next to Ocean County Music is the first of a series of shows at this location in July, August and September. For additional information, call Susan at 732-703-2752 and visit susanjroche.com.
some exciting news
There is a Tibetan Buddhist Prayer..
“May you be at peace, May your heart remain open. May you awaken to the light of your own true nature. May you be healed. May you be a source of healing for all beings.”
I like it.
Each night I take my labrador outside before bed; standing beside the water is a time for myself as Bo wonders about I softly whisper towards the bay under the stars, a cloudy night, or even in the rain.
May I be at peace,
May I be healed,
May my heart remain open,
May I help with the healing of others
At times phrases come out differently; it does not matter. Sometimes I add to it by requesting help for myself or someone else.
I have been doing this for along time; it began from heartbreak, and now it is just a fast little thing I do.
The thing is, I am happy. Whatever happened in the past helped me become the person I am. I hope those who are no longer part of my life are at peace. Alittle reminder that simple things create changes in our lives.
Best and happiness to you - Susan
Exciting - Lots of News - hope you can come to one of these shows.
June 2 - 6 -8 pm Artist talk - The Sea - Solo show at the Oyster Point Hotel, 146 Bodman Pl, Red Bank, NJ - talk about the ethereal sea scapes process and how to display them, have some cheese and crackers, visit!
June 2 - 3 11 am -4 pm - Saltwater Fine Art - pop-up art gallery 625 Arnold Ave, Point Pleasant Beach (next to Ocean County music in Home Run Party space - showing significant works preparing for the vast Hampton Fine Art Show - 48 x 40 mixed media /encaustics of the dress, 40 x 30 chario, 36 x 36 selfie, 34 x 36 goodness, plus more. The series of pop-up art galleries at this location this summer -July 21-23, Aug. 3-6 & 25-27, Sept. 8-10, 14-17 (11 - 5)
June 8 - 6- 8 pm at the Grenville Hotel, 345 Main Ave, Bay Head, entitled Sirens and the Sea, by artist Susan J Roche, Point Pleasant, NJ. The original art show and sale will be exhibited until September 30th and is in galleries available in public access and restaurant areas, which may be accessible, depending upon events, during various hours.
July 7 - 8, 2023 LBIF's Foundation Arts Festival - The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ
July 13-16, 2023 Hamptons Fine Art Fair, May - June 2023, - 605 County Rd 39, Southampton, NY
Bay Head, NJ, Art Show opening reception June 8 from 6- 8 pm at the Grenville Hotel, 345 Main Ave, Bay Head, entitled Sirens and the Sea, by artist Susan J Roche, Point Pleasant, NJ. The original art show and sale will be exhibited until September 30th and is in galleries available in public access and restaurant areas, which may be accessible, depending upon events, during various hours.
Roche is interested in the ocean, the shore, and people who love water. Her art has a peaceful simplicity resulting from a complex process using several artistic media. Her monochromatic sense of color creates works with a healing, calm aspect to the pieces. Roche begins with a DSLR camera encased in a professional underwater housing, photographing entirely or partially under the surface in a saltwater pool or the Atlantic Ocean as a starting point for the work. The careful blending of images and testing study prints crafted on various acid-free fine art papers and canvases. A master printmaker working large scale using archival pigment ink, then enhanced with multiple materials, including gold and silver leaf, pastels, oil paints, cold wax, beeswax, and tree resin, she blurs the lines between photography and painting. The images are tactile and painterly while also being photographic by using thin washes of color and etching into the emulsion and adding impasto.
Roche worked for many years photographing playful family groups along the shore. The underwater fine art began after experiencing Superstorm Sandy, with peaceful works emphasizing the beauty of water after the devastation from the storm. She initially began showing the pieces in her Bay Head family portrait studio, and before long, they became highly desired by collectors and commissioners. The Sirens and the Sea exhibition in the Grenville Hotels' beautiful space seduce with its range of ethereal colors and serene and unexpected motifs.
"My work is about restoration, like being immersed in water and feeling calm. Studies offer hope after devastation and change, enhancing these elements and allowing me to satisfy my search for tranquility. Using monochromatic pigment inks on fine papers, pastels, oils, and art media with sweeping layered cold wax adds fluidity; sometimes, crystals and surface scratchings add perfect imperfections."(S.J. Roche)
For additional information contact susanjroche@me.com, 732-703-2752, susanjroche.com or thegrenville.com or call 732-892-3100
surf 36x72 diptych
lay back 40 x 30