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Thursday, November 1,1980 THE BERNARDSVILLE NEWS-OBSERVER TRIBUNE-ECHOES-SENTINEL-HUNTERDON RANDOLPH OLIVE CHRONICLE Page Fifteen. In The Galleries By RACHEL MULLEN Artist's Work Is A Poignant Expression Of Her Feelings Like the music of the Finnish composer Sibelius, whose melodies rise and fall like the flow and ebb of the tide, so do the drawings of Finnish born Sinekka Laine of Clinton move. The layered colors, executed with colored pencil and ink, are intricately cross-hatched, one on top of the other, to create a dark, glowing background. Over these layers a pale diagonal, vertical or horizontal line or a serni-circle often floats, producing a sense of balance, or at times tension. At the Bedminster Gallery, Route 202 in Bedminster, 21 drawings by Mrs.

Laine are on view. They fill the gallery, making it appear much larger than it is. The majority of drawings are large, 30" by inspired by landscapes, and, for this viewer, seem to exude an aura of timelessness and of the unknown. They are personal statements by a talented young artist, architect, poet, and last but not least, mother of three- year-old twins. Many of these drawings are parts of series.

One series of six drawings represent a visual version of poems Mrs. Laine wrote while in Finland SINEKKA LAINE DRAWING called "As Autumn Deepens." This group of poems was set to music and performed in 1978 at Alice Tully Hall in New York City by the well- known contemporary Finnish composer, Sar- manto. (Sarmanto received rave reviews for his "New Hope Jazz Mass" written by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane and performed in St. Peters Cathedral in New York in 1978.) Mrs. Laine's poems describe different events which occurred in her life during one autumn in Finland.

Through line and color she poignantly describes her feelings. In the first picture, the viewer experiences the feeling of being on a moving train; in the second, the deepening shades of autumn and pale pink of the early morning rising sun; in the third, a desire to retreat to the womb, while the fourth elicits a feeling of tension, which the artist experienced during an intense period of architectural studies. In the fifth picture we are again on a train, where the beat and rhythms of the train, the forms of wooden buildings and women picking red beets in fields are reduced to a blur of forms and color. Like the Italian futurists, Mrs. Laine is concerned with expressing a feeling of motion through time and space.

The final phase of autumn occurs when the fields have been cut bare. A long diagonal slash disturbs the peace of the THE DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS of Carroll N. Jones III are currently on display at Whistler's Daughter Art Gallery in Basking Ridge. With more than 300 works of art in collections in seven states, including the Forbes Collection, Jones has exhibited in the Newark and Trenton Art Museums and is represented by Coe Kerr Gallery in New York. Whistler's Daughter Art Gallery, located at 88 S.

Finley is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, until 9 p.m. on Thursdays, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The show will be on exhibit through Nov. 15. Awards Made At ART 80 Somerset Art Association juried show, ART 80, opened to the public Nov. 2, the first exhibition to occupy the new gallery at Somerset County College. There are 139 works in a very wide variety of media and styles, chosen from a total of more than 300 entries by Craig Miller, assistant curator of American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

There were three $200 awards: Bonnie Hagstrum of Summit for her sculpture Robert Perrine of Princeton for his acrylic painting "Sharon and Eileen Schreiber for her collage called Marks the Spot." Six $100 awards went to: David Bareford of Pittstown for his watercolor "Yard Ruth Bilane of Union for an engraving "Pond Series Anna Continos of North Brunswick for "Strawberry Patch," a watercolor; Judith Hunt for "Arizona landscape," a Ruban of Ringwood for "Grayfield," mixed media; and Bernice Wurst of Mendham for her oil painting "Rip Van Winkle Country." Ralph Brande of Fort Lee was awarded an Honorable Mention for his graphic "Ascension," as were: Gary Briechle for his "For the Ambiguously Aggressive Man," a collection of knives for the left-handed; Linda Handler of East Hanover for her sculpture "Landscape Margaret Hodnett of Bernardsville for a sculpture called Joseph Konopka for an acrylic painting, Joan McKinney for a watercolor, "Non-Such Gold Bruce Rigby of Flemington for "Fenetre Series No. 49," a graphic; Shirley Rivo for her oil Kim- BISTRO II Continental Cuisine And Spirits At its Finest HAPPY HOURS P.M. berly A. Setzer for "Lilies," a watercolor; Edmund Spiro for his sculpture Jessie Stuehler for her oil painting "Daydreams," and Andrew Teabo for his mixed media "Delicate Nature of Love." Gallery hours are weekdays 12 to Saturday and Sunday 1 to 4. The exhibition will run through Nov.

16 at JfBob Dever. For ticket in- Somerset County College in North Branch. canvas foretelling something new, a new season and hope for a new rebirth in the spring. Life's Patterns Expressed In Color In her six large drawings, entitled "Love £eries," light colored semi-circles and spheres emerge from a dark background of many layers of cross-hatched colors. "I felt love very strongly at the time I drew these," said Mrs.

Laine. But for her, love, death, and life itself are joined in a complicated pattern expressed by her glowing, mysterious colors and tension of line. Line in her works, whether a circle or straight line, represents eternity the continuation of forces in nature, the joining of past, present and future the human existence which continues through time. A sense of illusionistic space in a real landscape, rather than a landscape of the mind, is experienced in her Himalayan series, Annapurna No. 1.

In this, the viewer experiences an overwhelming sense of depth, of being drawn into the cavernous depths of the mountain's crags and peaks. The series was inspired by the all-woman expedition into the 'Gazebo' Staged In Mendham "The Gazebo," a two- act comedy by Alec Coppel will be staged by the HEXAGON PLAYERS of Mendham at 8.15 p.m., Nov. 14,15,21 and 22 at St. John Baptist School, Rte. 24, Mendham.

Directed by Corinne Pajak of Mendham and Gail Stelling of Long Valley, the story of "The Gazebo" concerns the writer's attempted murder of a would-be blackmailer of his wife. The hero is a bumbling murderer who gets everything wrong. He is a well-paid writer of mystery dramas, yet his own attempt at the art of murder is a flop. He doesn't even know when he has murdered. Les Fredericks of Chester heads the cast as Elliott Nash, and is joined by Nancy Peterson of Chester as his wife, Nell Nash.

Others in the cast include: Bill Mosgrove of Denville as Harlow Edison; Shirley Stake of Mendham as Matilda Beecher; Erna Dietz of Chester as Mrs. Chandler; Roger Quigley of Mendham as Mr. THorpe; Glenn Harvey of Chester as The Dook; Ken Pajak of Mendham as Louie; George Dietz of Chester as Jenkins; Gar Ferguson of Randolph as Dr. Wyner and Bob Dever of Piscataway as Druker. Producer of this play is formation call 879-6176 or 543-4286.

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Man's fight against natural forces and his frailty are heightened by these dramatic thrusts and counterthrusts. For this attractive young lady, so full of life herself, death is an ever- present concern. "I think a lot about the human life span and have known about death. My father died when he was only 41 years old, leaving a wife and four children in New York City," said Mrs. Laine.

"I am always optimistic, however." Traumatic Move Born in rural Finland in 1949, Mrs. Laine moved with her family to the Finnish community in Brooklyn in 1959. "It was really traumatic coming from rural Finland to the six-lane highways of this country," she said. She studied at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan and at the Pratt Institute, where she was awarded a Mayor's and Governor's scholarship to study architecture. Her third year she spent studying at the Helsinki Technical Institute in Finland, and also studied Greek architecture in Greece for a semester.

After working as an architect in New York City for she married in 1975. Nineteen seventy-seven proved to be a big year for her she gave birth to twins and moved four months later to Clinton. Asked how she managed to draw and to bring up her twins, who are now almost three years old, Mrs. Laine said it was not easy, but that she managed to work it out. "The boys have easels of their own, and when I take there out to play, I always carry along a board, paper and crayons," she said.

"Naturally, I have to be selective with my time and limit my activities." These evocative drawings by this talented artist will be on view at the Bedminster Gallery through Nov. 14 and should be seen. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays. Other Exhibits of Note: Also on view, at Whistler's Gallery in Basking Ridge are drawings by Carroll Jones III. Very different from Sinekka Laine's abstract, expressionist drawings, Jones' drawings are meticulously executed drawings of old buildings, New England barns.

He also is showing an interesting group of oils depicting urban scenes of Hoboken. Gallery hours are: 10-5 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays; 12-4 p.m., Sundays; and open til 9 p.m. Thursdays. ONE OF THE MANY dramatic moments from Gore Vklal's "The Best Man" Is pictured with Ken Schwarx of Warren, who plays Dick. Jensen, Bob De Castro of North PlalnfteU, whoi plays Joseph CantweD and Rich Lehne of Mar? tinsvllle as BUI Blades.

Von caa catch an the action of the sparring betwen Caatwell and Us leading opponent as they seek the nomination to then- party's Presidential ticket at the Stony Hill Playhouse located near the corner of Mountain and Hlllcrest Avenues In Warren on Nov. 7, 8,14, 15, 21,22,28 or 29. Tickets are available by calling Mary Ellen Calvert at 4M-7718 after p.m. Senior Citizen tickets are student tickets are $3.50 Friday night only and adult tickets are $4.56. Northwest Jerseys Premier Rock Club Rt Washington Twp "THE SECOND BRITISH INVASION ROCK WITH "Hatrick" 'MAGNUM MI i IINl AM i H.tm< Wim "The Watch" SI 00 Night for into call 800-452-9144 or 852-5694 Summit Symphony To Open Season Sunday The Summit Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ira Kraemer, will present its first concert of the season at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 9, at Summit Jr. High School. Admission is free. A Family Concert, designed for all ages, it will include, among others, Strauss's "Vienna Life Waltz" and Grofe's "Mississippi Suite." Ira Kraemer of Scotch Plains, conductor and violist, is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music in New York City.

He served as music director of the South Orange Symphony community orchestra, and was a violist with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The Orchestra is sponsored by the Summit Board of Recreation'and music, for this performance, has been made available through the Musician's Performance Trust Fund and Local 16 of the American Federation of Musicians, Lew Mallett, president. Area Man To Teach At Morris Art Association The Morris County Art Association will present a slide lecture and demonstration, "Techniques of Drawing and Painting," by artist Howard Nathenson at 8 p.m., Nov. 18 at the Morris County Art Association, 10 Catherine Lane, Morristown. Nathenson, who has been on the staff of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City will be teaching FOR RESULTS drawing and painting at the Art Association and resides in Basking Ridge.

Parish Players Open Season "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" will be the opening play of the Parish Players 56th season. This rollicking musical comedy is based on the plays of the Roman playwright Platus and will be offered the nights of Nov. 15, 21, and 22. The Unitarian Church at 724 Park Ave. in Plainfield will house, the play which begins at 8:30 p.m.

For reservations and in- formation call 757-0942. Director Tom Lanno has his BA from Trenton, State and teaches Speech and Theatre at North; l'lainfield High School. His community theatre directing credits include "Wait Until Dark," "Carnival," and "Lovers And Other Strangers." Musical director Caryn Klein has- her degree in music from Douglass College. THE BEDMINSTER INN announces Music and Dancing plus a snack menu Saturday. Regular dinner menu also available 6:00 P.M.

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