Creative Process Artist Dialogue
with Shawn Snow & Peter Brauch
moderated by Carl Van Brunt

Delve into the inner world of Shawn Snow and Peter Brauch, two of the artists featured in Water, water, every where and learn more about their inspiration and creative process. Moderator Carl Van Brunt,  of  Beacon's Van Brunt Gallery, BACA and Woodstock Artists Assocation and Museum (WAAM), will guide the afternoon for a fascinating dialogue between the artists as they discuss the creative process. Van Brunt is an accomplished artist in his own right, with a goal of continuing the development of painterly process into the digital realm.

Shawn Snow creates abstractions inspired by the patinas of surfaces aged and rusted by the elemental effects of water. His paintings capture the distinct characteristic of water’s convex surface tension, as well as its turbulent undercurrents. His work explores many facets of water, including the dual nature of the element as nurturing and entropic; its symbolism as primordial consciousness; and the optical qualities of light passing through the transparency of its waves. Shawn attended the Rochester Institute of Technology and lives in Troy, NY.

Shawn Snow, Meniscus (2008), oil on canvas, 48" x 60"

Peter Brauch’s responsive installation evokes the fluid nature of water through its active visual movement and intersections of material and space. Originally from New Jersey, where he honed his spontaneity as a street artist, Peter spends a considerable amount of his time in the environs around his current home in Germantown, NY, exploring the natural landscape and reflecting it in his installations. Spontaneous by nature and formalistic in process, Peter studied art at Bard College under Ed Smith and Judy Pfaff.

Peter Brauch, Untitled (2010), mixed media