Personal Truths in the Midst of Chaos and Uncertainty: Dorothy Englander and Michael Millspaugh
"Gallery exhibits new works from two regional artists"
January 9, 2008: “Dorothy Englander and Michael Millspaugh” at
the Albany Center Gallery begins January 22 and closes March 1. Both artists
will attend the opening reception on Friday February 1 from 5:00pm to 9:00pm
in the gallery in conjunction with First Friday.
Dorothy Englander’s works are abstract in nature. Her works reference landscape,
biology, weather, objects, and symbols. “I don’t approach making art as
a means of literal translation, but rather as a vehicle capable of carrying
its own truth in the midst of chaos and uncertainty. I use a light-hearted
and playful technique that brings together the incongruous and the absurd”.
Englander digitally copies, scans, clones, and manipulates her own images,
creating a cumulative body of elements that are raw materials for new works.
Englander starts producing her work by layering the collage, paint and ink
in a deliberate way. As she continues to formulate her work, her process
is more spontaneous and improvisational. The end result yields an overwhelming
sense of freedom and the viewer is left making his or her own discoveries.
Dorothy Englander’s work has an overall healing presence that is captivating
and whimsical. Englander received her M.F.A. from The University at Albany,
State University of New York and a BS is Studio Art at Skidmore College.
Her works are in numerous public collections including The Hyde Collection
and, she has been actively exhibiting her work for over twenty-five years.
She has most recently exhibited her work at the Columbia-Green Community
College in Hudson, NY and the former Firlefanz Gallery in Albany, NY. She
has been a teaching instructor, and has received numerous Fellowships for
Artists Residency’s such as the Vermont Studio Center, and the Contemporary
Artist Center in North Adams, MA.
Michael Millspaugh plays with irony by using strong imagery, mostly of weaponry
and flowers. Sometimes his works are humorous, and other times poignant.
Millspaugh’s visual metaphors reveal his own thought process and his place
in the world. His autobiographical visual drawing explorations, dioramas
and constructed wearable forms will be on display.
Michael Millspaugh has a B.S. from the College of St. Rose. Millspaugh also
attended HVCC and the Universidad Complutense De Madrid. He has exhibited
his works at Daily Grind in Troy, former LuLu's, the former Changing Spaces
Gallery, Fulton Street Gallery, HVCC alumni show, Troy Night Out’s Vacant
Building Project, Schenectady Art Night, Albany First Fridays, SUNY Cobleskill,
and Union College Mandeville Gallery. He has received the NYFA S.O.S. Grant
in 2006. Millspaugh resides in Schenectady.