Participating Countries:
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany,
Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Juwait, Laos. Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, and Vietnam

Therefore…..

You are cordially invited to the 2011 showing of the art of
Ron Wing
also featuring pottery by Paula Lehr,
paintings by Jody Fallon
and
photography by Cheryl Fallon.

The show will be held Saturday, October 22, 2011
from 3 PM to 9 PM.

at The West Creek Gallery
in the historic Cole’s Mill
261 Beach Glen Rd in Benton, PA

Ron Wing – artist, illustrator, cartoonist

Born in 1929 in San Diego, California, Ron Wing attended the Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut graduating in 1948 with a fine arts diploma.

Offered a Scholastic Scholarship at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he studied fine art for several years before serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. After three years in the Navy, he returned to Pratt, graduating in 1954. He lived and worked in New York City for most of the 50’s, where he earned his living as a cartoonist and illustrator. During this time he continued to paint and periodically sell his fine art. He left NYC for Red Bank, New Jersey and then moved to Columbia County, Pennsylvania in the early 60’s.

As a commercial artist and cartoonist for over 50 years, Ron Wing’s work has been published in such magazines as Business Week, Argosy, Pageant, Coronet, Reader’s Digest and The Saturday Evening Post to name but a few. A popular illustrator of children’s books for Bantam Books including many of the Choose Your Own Adventure series, he also was the cartoonist for Larry Wilde’s Joke Books.

Always extremely productive, Ron has made painting a part of his daily life. His love of nature, the mysteries of life and death and other allegorical themes have been captured in the mediums of oil, watercolor, pastel, pencil, charcoal and etchings.

Mr. Wing has exhibited his art at the National Academy in New York and in various galleries in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. His work is part of the Slater Memorial Museum’s permanent collection as well as many private collections.

For the last 45 years, Ron has lived in the historic Cole’s Mill in Benton, Pennsylvania.

DIRECTIONS:

Please note that Google Maps will not take you to this address – use Route 239 Benton.

From Bloomsburg, follow Route 487 to Benton.  Pass through Benton and turn Left onto Route 239 North just past the Sunnyside Market.  The Mill is located 1.3 miles on the Left just after Fritz Hill Road.

Painting and map by Ron Wing

Dreaming of Spring….

This image was taken in the summer of 2009 at the home of the lovely painter and friend, Diana Lehr.  During the bleak winter of 2010, I stumbled upon it my archives and while dreaming of spring as the snow was falling outside these brillant green images became springtime visions.  The original image was desaturated and then the green leaves of the trees were colored to become lovely pink blossoms.

Late Fabruary 2011.  Found this on an early morning walk.