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Learning to See then Paint: Art After 50

The Larchmont Public Library presents the art of Kate Colquitt in a new exhibit of her works entitled “Learning to See then Paint: Art After 50”. The exhibit will be on display in the Oresman Gallery in the Larchmont Public Library from June 2 through July 1, 2011. The exhibit is free and open to everyone during normal library hours.

Colquitt paints exclusively in oils and the exhibit features diverse subjects ranging from portraits and still-life to landscapes of local scenes. A native of Mussoorie, India, and raised in Rockland County, NY, Colquitt began painting at a young age. She was involved in several high school theater productions in which she designed and painted the sets. Desiring to develop her artistic skills, following her high school graduation, she moved to Paris, France, where she studied art at the Sorbonne and the Academie de Port-Royal. She has also studied at the Art Student League in Manhattan with David Leffel, one of the preeminent artists painting today. She earned her BALA Degree in fine art and sociology from SUNY Purchase.

She then decided to follow a different career path attending the graduate library program at Columbia University where she earned a Masters in Library Science. Following her graduation from Columbia, she put her brushes away and pursued a career as a librarian with the New York Public Library and then with the Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford, where she is head of Teen Services.

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In 2008, Colquitt discovered the Novo-Realist movement in contemporary art that was being spearheaded by up-and-coming artists such as Jeremy Lipking, Ignat Ignatov and Rose Franzen. Their art inspired Colquitt to pick up her brushes and begin to paint again. After a hiatus of nearly 30 years, Colquitt is once again painting and honing her craft. The works on display in this exhibit are a collection of her inspired art created within the past two years. Many of Colquitt’s exhibited works will be offered for sale while others are generously on loan by their owners for the duration this exhibit.

For more information about the exhibit and for exhibit hours, call the Larchmont Public Library at (914) 834-2281 or visit the library online at www.larchmontlibrary.org.

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