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Artists A–M

	Luke Adams
	Luke is a longtime resident of Sunnyside, now retired from his agency, Don Bar Travel, specializing in exotic travel. He enjoyed introducing other people and cultures to his customers with tours to China, Africa, Egypt, India, Israel, Europe and South America. Luke had a solo gallery show, "The People's Republic of China," 30 years ago at the Philip Jackson Fine Art Workshop in Woodside. Luke says, “I would love to see everyone visit other parts of this amazing world, to share the memories that I keep in my heart.” Luke can be reached at lukeadams@rcn.com.

	Greg Amend
	Greg is a photographer and painter. Most of his photography is travel-focused and his paintings tend to be abstract oils or acrylics. He grew up in New Jersey and now lives in Woodside. Please visit gregamend.com. Greg is available for freelance portrait and event photography. Call or email him at 917-579-8996 or info@gregamend.com.

	Emilia Andrzejewska
	Emilia was born in Poland and emigrated with her parents and brother to the US when she was nine. Always a city dweller, she has always been intrigued by the mystery of nature and animals as part of rural life, and explores that mystery in her art. She lives in Woodside with her dog, Leto, and her fish. She can be reached at 646-533-2264 and by email at viwwo@yahoo.com.

	Virginia Asman
	Virginia was born in the state of New York but spent most of her life at the Jersey shore before moving to NYC in 1995. She studied digital design at Pratt Manhattan after extensive studio work in more traditional fine arts media at Parsons School of Design, the Arts Students League and Montclair State University. She has exhibited her drawings, paintings, prints and digital art in galleries, juried shows and art festivals in NY and NJ. Considering herself an "emerging artist," she was thrilled to have one of her signature digital montages accepted in the 2008 31st Annual Small Works Show at the Washington Square East Galleries. Virginia can be reached at illuminage@earthlink.net.

	Elena Berlo
	Elena is an architect and fine artist. She lives in Sunnyside with her two young sons, and husband, Gene, also an architect. She is originally from Romania, and studied at Queen Maria National College of Art, Ion Mincu University of Architecture in Bucharest, and at Fashion Institute of Technology. She sells work on Etsy.com and from her own website, where she can be reached at www.onceuponapaper.net.

	Ann Cofta
	Ann is an artist and art educator inspired by the cityscape that surrounds her in Sunnyside and Woodside. She recently completed a series of prints and cutouts depicting local scenes. She can be contacted at artistanncofta@yahoo.com. You can also see some of her work at www.artistanncofta.com.

	Casey Concelmo
	Casey has discovered a passion for historical technique. He has begun to work primarily in egg tempera and enjoys making his own panels and frames. He and his wife moved from North Carolina to Sunnyside three years ago. Casey can be reached at 347-738-3231 or caseyconcelmo@yahoo.com. You may also view his website at www.caseyconcelmo.com.

	Doug Condon
	Doug is a traditional realist painter who works in watercolor, acrylic and ink. He received his training at the School of Visual Arts, where he earned both a bachelor’s degree in illustration and a master’s degree in applied teaching. Doug lives and works in Queens with his wife and two children. He can be reached at doug@dougcondon.com or through the website www.dougcondon.com.

	Bridy Crawford
	Bridy’s vision is to create renewable art, expressed in a variety of eco-friendly materials, from bamboo and fabric remnants to paint mis-mixes. Whatever the medium, her goal is the same: to create pieces that will be enjoyed for years to come. “It is a joy for me to see people happily taking their new treasures home to enjoy!” Her work has been featured in Girl's Life, Time Out New York and the Daily News. She can be reached at info@bridydesigns.com or through the website www.bridydesigns.com.

	Jesse Destasio
	Jesse is an artist based in Queens. He was formerly an ice cream cake maker at Carvel. He was in charge of writing birthday (and funeral) messages with colored sugar gel in cursive (a skill he barely learned in grade school). Also under his charge was the task of mopping floors and cleaning out the ice cream machines with hot water. Jesse diligently performed these tasks at every shift with no fanfare. He was later fired. If you are looking for someone to make ice cream cakes for you, please email him. He can be reached through his website, www.jessedestasio.com.

	Scott Dodson
	Scott is an artist based in Woodside who uses latex and acrylic paint to create intricate images of animals, parading in a web of corners and crisp lines. The paintings explore the dynamic nature of curves and spaces as they converge to create a lattice of intertwining shapes and colors. He can be reached at scottdodson34@gmail.com or through his portfolio website, www.avdj.org.

	Simon Donikian
	Simon is based in Woodside. In 1970 he graduated from the Institute of Cartographic Design in Bucharest, Romania, and emigrated to NY the following year. In 1985 he chose Queens cityscapes as his major subject. He has had over 45 shows. His work is in the permanent collections of the New York Historical Society and Museum and the Museum of the City of New York. He states: “Visual art has to do its own silent speaking -- first on the wall of the show, then on the wall of the owner. The Internet has solved the exposure, philosophy, contact, etc. The life of the artist is tested to all kinds of deadly waves, whether he/ she becomes a spirit or just dust visible to very few.” His website is www.donikian.com.

	Patricia Dorfman
	Pat is an artist and designer who works primarily digitally in illustration. She is creative director of Sunnysidepost.com, the founder of Sunnysideartists.org, and a member of LICartists. She attended SVA and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is originally from Alabama and lives in Sunnyside with her husband, Richard Drake. She can be reached at 718-729-4688 and pdpictures@earthlink.net.

	Christopher Duerkes
	Christopher is a photographer. He can be reached at christopher.duerkes@gmail.com. You may also view his website, www.christopherduerkes.com.

	Emily Dunne
	Emily is a NY-based mixed-media artist and a recent graduate of Sarah Lawrence College with a major in fine art. Her work is extremely material-based, with the source imagery consisting of junk store photographs. The object histories of the individual photographs are key; their recombination, a gesture of transformative redemption. She can be reached at emilypdunne@gmail.com.

	Betty-Ann Hogan
	Betty-Ann is a prominent local painter who seeks to capture light, which "guides, transforms and unifies." She is represented by Pleiades Gallery, NYC, and has exhibited extensively. She works primarily in acrylics and paints subjects in nature and within her life. She and her family live in Sunnyside; her studio is in Long Island City. She can be reached at 718-937-6968 and bettyannhogan@aol.com.

	Lawrence Madine
	Lawrence is a commercial artist, sign painter and fine artist who lives and works in Woodside with his wife, Joan. A veteran, he paints in oil on canvas and enjoys capturing local scenes. To inquire about his work, please contact Patricia Dorfman at 718-729-4688 or pdpictures@earthlink.net.

	Ellen Mandelbaum
	Ellen has worked in stained glass for over 25 years. She has just returned from an exhibit in Chartres, France. She is internationally known for her original painting on stained glass. She has crafted smaller, customized, reasonably priced stained glass windows for local businesses and homes. She can be reached at emga@earthlink.net.

	Valerie Mendelson
	Valerie is an art historian and painter living in Sunnyside. She recently exhibited at the Westbeth Gallery as part of “On the Grid, Off the Grid,” an exhibition curated by Peter Colquhoun; and she shows regularly at the Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank, NJ. She can be reached at valerie@valeriemendelson.com.