“I have always loved art.  The challenge of the creative process- the ability to turn a blank piece of paper into art, and the actual use of paint, never ceases to attract me.

“Watercolor lets me explore my life-long, passionate interest in flowers and in nature more generally.

“I have always known that I possess artistic talent.

The naturalist John Burroughs wrote: “…the student and lover of nature has this advantage over people that gad up and down seeking novelty or excitement; he has only to stay at home and see the procession pass.”

Sylvia Harnick was born in New York City.

Ever since a very young age, painting has been the most natural and exciting form of expression for me, and in the last few years I have experimented in, and developed my style of collage.

“The process of creation lies in the delicate balance between the intellectual and the intuitive.

Marzena Grabczynska Lorenc is an award winning and published fine art photographer with a deep and abiding love for photography. 

Caroline M. Sun is a first-generation Chinese-American painter who loves in Queens, New York. 

Suzanne Posner is an award winning painter, sculptor and jeweler. 

I always had a passion for artwork and focused on the fine details of the craft. 

A graduate of St. Martin’s School of Art (London) I spent my of my time at the Victoria and Albert Museums’ textile department studying centuries of rich embroideries and wall hangings.

Kathy P. Leistner was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in West Lafayette, Indiana where she was a photographer for Purdue University’s newspaper, and upon graduation was a Media Specialist for Purdue Photographic Services. 

“Sailing Quilt”  Water’s Edge Summer 2015

Before I discovered the pure joy and exhilaration of creating digital images, I first loved writing fiction and poetry. Now my thoughts more frequently demand a graphic representation.

“Graffiti Man”

“Absolute Freedom”- Computer & Digital Art

 “After 60 years of making black & white pictures & processing them in my darkroom I went digital

“Sleeping Rocks” – “As with many photographers, my interest started when I was very young…

  The images recorded by Phyllis often do not coincide with those of the typical tourist…

Born and raised in Lebanon and after teaching for few years French and art I came to New York in the late 60’s with my husband.

“Tulip Dreams” – “The influence of computer technology will be inescapable in the future of photography…

I am an accomplished watercolorist and taught fine arts in the secondary school system in New York City for 32 years. 

 Colomba has always had a love for the arts from a young age…

“Glass Globe” -“I’ve been using the photographic medium since the late 60’s as a tool for self-expression…

My passion for photography stems back to my childhood years…seeing myself taking pictures with a black box Brownie camera which, you could say began my interest in picture-taking. 

David Wollin is a resident of Port Washington and has been an avid photographer since he was a teenager with a basement darkroom. 

“Photography has always been a never fading love in life…

Steppingstone Pier” – “There are always two people in every picture… the photographer and the viewer”.
Ansel Adams

Roni has had a love of photography for over 30 years…

Linda’s personal vision is to create stirring artistic images…

“Iris”- featured in Designing Women Spring 2015

“Japanese Garden, Brooklyn”- Designing Women Spring 2015

“Serenity”- featured in Designing Women

“Flowers in a Glass Vase” by Terry Scott

“Botanical”- part of Designing Women an Exhibition of Paintings by Art Department of Manhasset Community Club

“Safe Harbor”- part of Designing Women