"Light and Shadow" - October 9 to November 13, 2026

The Westfield Art Association will exhibit in the gallery room on the ground floor at the Lord Stirling Park Environmental Education Center from October 9 through November 12, 2026.  The Lord Stirling Park Environmental Education Center is located at 190 Lord Stirling Road, Basking Ridge, NJ. The Center is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.

The theme of this show is “Light and Shadow.” The Westfield Art Association is featuring 21 member artists with 62 pieces of artwork in various mediums at the gallery. Two additional artists have work exhibit virtually on this page. Here is a list of the artists in the show with the name of their piece(s).

Erin Bailey, “Climbing to the Top”; Heston Francis, “Lawyer, Doctor or Engineer” (Virtual Only); Tess Forte, “Opus 40”; Lee Forman, “Immaculata,” “Solitaire,”and “Renata”; Karen Mannino, “Gemini (From the Light Up Series)” and “Loki”; Anthony Kaseta, “Ice,” “Asbury Neon Clown,” and “Underbelly”; Susanne Kuneman, “Via Ponte 58,” “Saturday in the Park II,” “Moon Glow,” “Sandy Hook Lighthouse II” and “Hagley Run Bridge”; Jackie Charlton, “Leah Kazea,” “Derailed,” “Cassidy,” and “Dead Wood’s Light”; Stephen Ruppel, “Candle Lit Pumpkin,” “Visiting the Tavern,” “Wizard of Oz Kansas Farm,” “Pilgrim and the Turkeys,” and “Santa’s Little Secret”; Kathi Olsen, “Harlequin Sky,” “Laundry Day,” “Lemons in Blue Bowl,” and “Coffee and Sunshine”; Diane Gallo, “The Right Path,” “Woodland Glade,” “Morning had Broken,” and “Remembrance”; Mary Kooi, “Springtime in Gillette,” “Sandy Hook Lighthouse,” “The Great Swamp,” and “Winterthur Farm”; Darrin Owens, “The Arrival,” and “The Oracle”; Denise Soppas, “The Colours of Freedom” and “Evening at the Watering Hole,” Jay Moldave, “Aspens”; Heda Matiejunas, “Bicycle,” “Sidewalk Shadows,” “Last Rays of the Day,” “Light and Shadow on Orange,” and “Waterloo”; William Palm, “A Spot in the Woods,” “Autumn’s Escape,” and “A Warm Summer Day”; Paul Federico, “Spring!”; Alicia Cotter, “Botanical 1”; Elizabeth Sowell-Zak, “Reflections Of Mood Variation: Light Study,” (Virtual Only), “Open to Hope: Enlightenment,” (Virtual Only), and “Winds of Charge, Turbulence” (Virtual Only); Gail Driscoll, “Red Maple,” “Celebrating,” and “Greenwood Gardens”; Julius Carallo, “Field of Red and Gold” and “First Snow”; and Beth Sumner Vuelta, “Glove and Sloth, part of the Scrubs & Stuffies Collection.”

The above image is “Coffee and Sunshine” by Kathi Olsen.

Show Closing Reception: We will have a show reception on Friday, November 13, 2026 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The reception is open to the public.