A new exhibition is opening in the Gallery at the Ridgefield Library on Saturday, November 1. Thomas Bernsten's exhibition: "Dancing Leaf Portraits and More" will be on display until December 28, and on Saturday, the library will be hosting an artist's reception from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Through this exhibition the artists seeks "to express in my work a feeling of profound optimism, wonder, joy, and beauty." For example, "while walking one winter day across a frozen pond I glanced at my feet. The leaves encased in the ice mesmerized me. In a moment of grace, the concept of expressing that moment came to me. It would become a collection of photographs and sculpture entitled “Dancing Leaves Portraits”. Bersten portraits of leaves convey a moment of beauty and gesture, and take an abstract approach to nature.
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