In
my paintings I try to capture everything about a moment in time: the light, the feeling, the sense of
space, the action, the stillness.
My paintings are colorful and I presently work in oil, although I have
also used acrylic as well.
My work is representational, yet I don’t strive for photo-realism. In all of my paintings, whether they
are still life, portraits, landscapes or cityscapes, I try to connect with the
subject, so that by the time I am finished I feel like I have inhabited the
scene. And I hope the viewer does as well.
Galleries:
State of
the Art Gallery, Ithaca , NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions,
Celebrating the Sun, Paintings by Ileen Kaplan, Fibers and Fantasy, Triphammer Mall. Ithaca, NY June 8-July
17
, 2010
Sparks: Solo
Show, Lightner Gallery, Keuka College - March 2008
Two
Voices: Art Work by Ileen Kaplan
and Carol Spence, Leidenfrost Vineyard, Hector, NY, - April
2008
Heart
Song Gallery Greene, NY -
2002
Exhibitions
State of the Art
Gallery, Members’ Show, May 2010
The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY, Spring Invitational
Exhibition, April, 2010
The
Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY,
National Small Works Painting Exhibition - December, 2009.
State
of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY,
Regional Juried Exhibition -
December 2009 and 2007
CSMA
Juried Show - December 2009 and 2008
Ithaca
Artists Market, - Juried Market
2009 and 2008
Trumansburg
Conservatory Invitational Art Show - 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Kitchen
Theater Auction, Clinton House
Gallery - March 2009 and 2008
Palace
Theater Juried Exhibition "Let
it Snow” - December 2008
Clinton
House Gallery Ithaca, NY, Artists
and their Pets, Invitational Group Show, - September 2007.
Random
Selections 1V: An Exhibition
of Artwork from Upstate NY and New York City George Waters Gallery,
Elmira College - March 2007
Corning
Community College Invitational Group Show: “Introductions” - September 2005
Rural
Research Laboratory Sayre, Pa.
Group Show “Temporary Tattoos” - April 2005
Awards
Honorable
Mention for "Cafe
Days" in State of the Art Juried
Exhibition - December 2009.
Honorable
Mention for "Wine Before Dinner"
The Main Street Gallery National Small Works Exhibition, December - 2009
Best
in Show for "Breakfast",
Kitchen Theater Auction, - March 2008.
