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Ellarslie Open 42

ELLARSLIE OPEN 42 EO42

June 21 to September 7, 2025

Opening Weekend

Saturday, June 21: 5:00-7:30 p.m.

Artists and Members Reception with Prize Announcements

Sunday, June 22: 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Public Reception

Introduction

Thank You from the EO Team!

Welcome to Ellarslie Open

42! This annual juried exhibition is a testament to the cultural vitality and creative spirit of our community, from the talented artists who enter their work … to the dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers who catalog, label, lay out, and hang the artwork with care … to the hospitality team whose members make the show’s opening weekend truly special … to the sponsors and advertisers whose financial support helps ensure that the Trenton City Museum remains a vibrant and welcoming part of our community.

We appreciate the breadth of experience and the deep connection with art that Sheryl Liebman Fisher drew from as she narrowed 500 entered pieces to a final selection of 124 works across the categories of painting, photography, works on paper, sculpture, and digital art. The show is truly a visual feast!

For the third year, all EO finalists were invited to submit unframed artwork for the show’s portfolio racks, expanding your opportunity to get lost in art. So, peruse the exhibition galleries

and portfolio pieces to your heart’s content: we hope you find just the right piece to take home when the show ends!

With appreciation,

Debbie

Gorczycki Sarah Unger

Ellarslie Open 42 Coordinators and the Ellarslie Open 42 Committee

Ellarslie Open 42 Committee:

Kaye Collins

Jan Applebaum, Exhibition Catalog Design

Colleen Attenboro

Elizabeth Aubrey

Carol Hill, Installation

Kaye Collins

Janis Purcell, Installation

Ellarslie Open 42 Volunteers:

Wanda Austin

Eileen Baldwin

Ken Duarte

Deborah Eater

Phyllis Favata

Mary Kay Girmsheid

Barbara Lear

Mike Newman

Rochelle Newman

George Olexa

Jean Shaddow

The History of the Ellarslie Open

Ellarslie, an Italianate villa, was built for Henry McCall Sr. of Philadelphia as a summer residence in 1848. The architect selected to design Ellarslie was John Notman, known for designing the first Italianate building in America in Burlington, NJ, and the first Renaissance Revival building, the Athenaeum in Philadelphia. Notman was locally recognized for also designing the 1845 expansion of the New Jersey State House and the design for the State Hospital, which was also begun in 1848.

In February 1881, Henry McCall Jr. sold Ellarslie to George Farlee for $25,000. Seven years later, in September of 1888, the city of Trenton acquired the property from Farlee for $50,000, which also included the surrounding 80 acres, which would become the city’s first public park, Cadwalader Park, designed by the father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted.

The City of Trenton opened the first museum here in 1889, closing several years later. Ellarslie has been a restaurant, ice cream parlor and monkey house. The building itself

has been home to several noted Trenton families over the years, and in 1971 Trenton City Council passed a resolution to create the Trenton City Museum.

The Trenton City Museum opened in 1978 in Ellarslie Mansion with an exhibition from our permanent collection of Trenton cultural history. Ellarslie Mansion is included in the National Registry of Historic Places.

In 1982, the Ellarslie Open was established to encourage local artists to submit their work for judging and display. Since then, the Trenton City Museum has displayed the work of more than eight hundred local and regional artists, many selected on the basis of work they submitted to the Ellarslie Open. Over the years, the Ellarslie Open became a significant exhibition in its own right, drawing on the work of professional artists from the tri-state region and beyond, while encouraging and recognizing emerging artists. Today, the Ellarslie Open serves as mid-Jersey’s premier annual juried exhibit.

We thank these Award Sponsors for supporting artists of

n Doug Palmer: Best In Show Award

n Mel Leipzig: Painting Award

n Diane Ciccone and Kali MacMillan: Photography Award

n Janis Purcell: Sculpture Award

n Hunter Research: Digital Art Award

the Ellarslie Open

n Jerry’s Artarama: Works on Paper Award

n Deborah Gorczycki: President’s Award

n Pat Allen and Carol Hill: Installation Award

n Deniece Johnson: Watercolor Award

n Michael and Sarah Unger: Mixed Media Award

Programming is made possible, in part, by grant support from the Mercer County Division of Culture and Heritage, in partnership with the New Jersey Historical Commission Division of Cultural Affairs/Department of State; the Bunbury Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation; the New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund; and NJM.

Ellarslie 42 Open

Sheryl

Liebman

Fisher, Juror

Sheryl Liebman Fisher discovered her passion for contemporary art while earning a degree in Art History and Business at New York University. With over 20 years of experience in the gallery world, both in New York City and London, she is currently an Associate Director at Gallery Henoch in Manhattan. Sheryl also holds a certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts from NYU and the Appraisers Association of America. Her extensive gallery background has positioned her as a key bridge between artists and collectors. She thrives on discovering emerging talents and new trends in the art world, and remains dedicated to supporting innovative voices and bringing exciting artwork to the forefront of contemporary art.

A Note from the Juror

It was a great honor to be invited to jury this year’s Ellarslie Open. What a thrill to be part of such a longstanding and vibrant program, one that brings together some of the region’s most talented and diverse artists. I knew the task would not be easy, and the quality of the submissions proved me right. I’m deeply grateful to every artist who shared their work and to the amazing museum staff and volunteers who welcomed me so warmly on this journey.

From the moment I arrived at the Trenton City Museum, I was struck by the beauty of the setting, nestled in Cadwalader Park, surrounded by nature. And then, just as quickly, I found myself resenting the building ever so slightly for not having limitless walls. Truly, every artist who submitted work brought something worthy of exhibition.

I had the privilege of spending time with each piece, taking in the skill, passion, and sincerity that radiated from the work. In making selections,

I considered not only visual strength but also how pieces might resonate together. I was drawn to works that conveyed beauty not just in the classical sense of color or form, but in storytelling, message, and technique. In challenging times, beauty offers a kind of solace. It invites us in, calms us, gives us clarity. It is a reminder of what connects us.

Art, at its core, makes life more beautiful. It offers us pause, perspective, and, at times, a muchneeded moment of escape. I hope each visitor to this exhibition approaches it with an open heart and mind and leaves feeling uplifted and inspired by the beauty that surrounds us.

Sheryl Liebman Fisher

Juror, Ellarslie Open 42 June 2025

Works of Art on Display

Basia Andrusko

Yardley, PA

Sunflower for Peace

Ukrainian Pysanka

Emu Pysanka, ‘3 sisters’ stand

Medha Atre-Kulkarni

East Brunswick, NJ

Birds of Paradise

$325

Gary Becker Trenton, NJ Tree

Photograph in wooden frame

Nicolette Belletier Hopewell, NJ Hopewell Valley Sunrise Oil on canvas

$200

$2,000

Watercolor $615

Ron Balerno

Yardley, PA

Fox

Relief print on acid-free paper

A Bascove

New York City, NY

Ode to a Dictionary photography, collage, metal stencils, gouache, drawing

Joanne Baxter

Montclair, NJ

Snow Tree

Oil on canvas

Gillian Beck

Titusville, NJ

$450

Alia Bensliman Robbinsville, NJ Wild Spirit

Handmade watercolor on Arches paper

Ronald Berlin Princeton, NJ Expecting Oil on board

$3,000

$1,250

$18,000

Van Vleck Greenhouse

Oil on canvas

$1,800

Anita Bhala Pennington, NJ Immense

Photograph $200

Len Bilous Hellertown, PA

Milkhouse stars and snow

Photographic image

$10,000

$600

Amy Block Medford, NJ

Splendor Woven in Shattered Liberties

Stoneware, underglazes, glaze, acrylic, ink $575

Bonnie Block Magnolia, NJ Winter Reflections

Colored glass and grout

John Bohnel Clinton, NJ

$1,200

Romaine Beatrice Bohnel, my mother. RIP

Works of Art on Display

Raymond Brown East Windsor, NJ

Seated Figure #42 Oil on panel

Hoke Bullard Princeton, NJ

$2,250

Aftermath Oil on canvas $750

Jean Burdick Yardley, PA

Maple Street Silkscreen on vellum $550

Philip Carroll Collingswood, NJ

$300

Manipulated photograph on fine art paper

Anne Boyer Doylestown, PA

It’s all just Dutch to me

Paper collage on acrylic painted wood

$200

Shari

Watercolor and gouache on paper

Jeanne Chesterton Newtown, PA

$1,300

Diane Bronstein Fletcher, NC

The Haunting of Hill House

Embroidery floss, vintage photos, antique book page, canvas $480

Abby Brooks Bedminster, PA

Moody Daffodils

Oil on canvas

$325

Hanging Out Oil on canvas $675

Larry Chestnut Hamilton, NJ Lucrece Oil on canvas

Patrick Compagnucci Trenton, NJ Sad Girl

$2,000

Photograph $250

Ellarslie 42 Open

Helene Condouris

Long Branch, NJ

Pastoral

Plein air oil painting

Lydia Congiu

Marlton, NJ

The Birches

$1,200

Ink and acrylic $425

Brendon Connors

New York City, NY

Western Tanagers (Piranga ludoviciana)

Acrylic and oil on board

Brendon Connors

New York, NY

Almost Extinct: Jersey

Giants

Archival digital prints

Robert Cuff

Delanco, NJ

4 Friends

Oil on linen canvas

Terrance Cummings

Plainsboro, NJ

Clarence

$3,900

Connie Dierks

Yardley, PA

Bamboulas, New Orleans

Oil on panel

Deborah Eater Levittown, PA Song of Ascents

De-acidified magazine clippings on canvas

Alyx Escamilla

Mullica Hill, NJ

The Baker

Acrylic on canvas

Monica Etz

Lambertville, NJ

Jacob’s Ladder

Oil on board

$350

$3,000

$650

$800

$300

$250

Archival fine art print $450

Ann Darlington

Bordentown, NJ

The Big House

Archival photographic print $295

Daniel Finaldi

Highland Park, NJ

Summer still life

Oil on linen

Louise Fiore

Lambertville, NJ

Convergence

Digital pigment print

Kirstan Fitzpatrick

Lawrenceville, NJ

James Freeman

$4,000

$250

Acrylic on canvas $985

Kirstan Fitzpatrick

Lawrenceville, NJ Veora

Acrylic on cotton canvas support

Ann Marie Fitzsimmons

Freehold, NJ

At pond’s edge.... Oil on canvas

Michael Gale Oreland, PA Giraffe

Photograph

Joseph Gilchrist Hamilton, NJ

$985

Works of Art on Display

John Gummere

Morrisville, PA Hank and Gus Oil on canvas

$1,400

$4,000

$300

Volosko, Croation Fishing Village in the Style of Van Gogh

Archival pigment print

Nalini Goel

Old Bridge, NJ

$450

Fluttering Flowers - Fancy Flight

Quilling strips, adhesive, poster paper

Barry Good Philadelphia, PA

Apprehensively Waiting

Archival digital photographic print

$350

Nancie Gunkelman Monroe Twp., NJ Unkempt Kitchen Paper, acrylics, glue on canvas

Barbara Handler Elkins Park, PA Unexpected Visitors

Watercolor on Arches paper

Zoe Hansen Bayville, NJ I Fear No Beast Digital art print

William Hogan Lower Makefield, PA Man in the Middle

Pen and ink on illustration board

$3,000

$2,200

$200

$2,100

Lisa Imperiale Haddon Township, NJ The way things are the way the way things were Hand pulled woodblock print

$200

$250

Audrey Jakab West Windsor, NJ Fine Fettle

Balsa wood, mini plant parts, jewelry flower pieces, paint, nails, wood base $700

Audrey Jakab West Windsor, NJ Sunflower

Balsa wood, mini train set flowers, sunflower seeds & shells, beads, wire, wood trinket shoes $700

Lee Johnson

Trenton, NJ

Jay Jackson and his Coat of Comics

Digital art print on canvas

Margaret Kalvar-Bushnell

Princeton Junction, NJ

$300

Catherine Kerr New Hope, PA

Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land

Inkjet photo $150

Jennifer Kish New Hope, PA What Lies Beneath Oil on canvas

$1,310

Jennifer Kish New Hope, PA Farmyard Oil on canvas $910

Kristin Kunc Atlantic Highlands, NJ The Younger Girl Oil on linen

$4,200

Finland Aurora Oil on canvas $400

Dietrich Katz Howell, NJ Martian Division

Epoxy resin, black melamine board, red tints, metal filings $3,500

Joe Kazimierczyk

Hillsborough. NJ

Hacklebarney Morning Oil on canvas

$1,375

Joan Lasota Ringoes, NJ

Simplicity

Photograph printed on archival paper $200

Lyric Lucas Burlington, NJ Aria

Acrylic on canvas $700

Elena Makarov New Hope, PA Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ Novella

Illustration Clay $1,250

Dominic Martelli

Sicklerville, NJ

A Winter Sycamore at Batsto Oil on canvas

Mariah Martinez

Annandale, NJ Close the Blinds

$2,000

Works of Art on Display

Phil Meara

Allentown, NJ Lily Watercolor on paper

Edward Mills

Clinton Corners, NY Dangle in Space #1 Oil on board

$1,200

$5,000

Acrylic paint, red leaf $600

Mariah Martinez

Annandale, NJ

Not on the Same Page

Acrylic paint, mixed media $500

Tibor Matijas

Astoria, Queens, NY

Led by Emotions

Acrylic on canvas

Harry Mayer

Medford, NJ Recovery

$4,500

Longia Milosz Miller

Lebanon, NJ Who Has the Better View?

Acrylic on panel

Manuel Monge

Chatham, NJ

$1,800

Tina in Blue and Orange Oil painting

$3,500

Linoleum block relief carving printed on paper made from military uniforms $450

Helene Mazur

Princeton, NJ

Amaryllis and Fruit

Oil painting $500

David Meadow

Princeton, NJ

Chill Time

Acrylic painting

$1,700

Emilia Moritz

Washington Crossing, PA Solitude

Silver gelatin print $400

Bruce Morozko

Jersey City, NJ War Dogs

Glazed terra cotta $1,800

Deborah Moss Marris

Merchantville, NJ All these beautiful things

on canvas

Sean Mount

Lambertville, NJ

Epochal Violence 10 - The Sound of Low-Flying Geese Oil on linen

$25,000

Caryn Newman Ewing, NJ

Shoulder Vase

Stoneware, multiple glazes $650

Elizabeth Oberman

Flemington, NJ

Worthy Opponents

Watercolor on Aquabord $6,000

Robert O’Boyle

Pennington, NJ

Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings,’ Stirs My Soul

Watercolor on French paper $1,800

Andrew O’Connor Trenton, NJ

Cad Park Canal, Fall 2024

Oil on canvas $850

Andie Olson

Morrisville, PA

We Kill the Flame

Watercolor, acrylic, and Pearl Ex pigment $1,700

David Orban Trenton, NJ

The Work Party: Boxes with Balls, Balloons, Jack, and Snail Oil on linen

Linda Osborne Pennington, NJ

$2,500

Backyard Hopewell winter afternoon Oil on canvas

Santford Overton Ringoes, NJ

$1,500

Snaefellsnes Peninsula on the Horizon

Photographic print $250

Michael Pascucci Monroe, NJ

Modern Totem Pole I - View I Walnut $1,400

Lance Paull Glen Rock, NJ Perfect Day

on panel $4,000

Deborah Pey

Bordentown, NJ Walk in the Park Mixed media $400

Theresa Pfarr Ewing, NJ Untitled

on canvas $2,800

Works of Art on Display

Shelley Phillips

Edison, NJ

Do You Believe in Magic?

Oil on canvas

Meera Pradhan

Princeton, NJ

The Barn in Updike

Farmstead at sunset

$1,500

Oil on canvas $500

Pat Proniewski

Hamilton Square, NJ

On the Pond at Grounds for Sculpture

Oil on archival panel

Jane Ramsey

Perkasie, PA Evening Blooms Graphite

Robert Rankin

$2,500

Linda Rothstein

Monroe Township, NJ

DEI A Blend of U.S. All - Too Many Skin Tones and Hair Colors to Characterize

Digital art on giclee print

Amrita Sahrawat

Monmouth Junction, NJ Looking Beyond

$350

Charcoal on Hot Press watercolor paper

$600

Marlaina Schiman

Philadelphia, PA Perception

Oil on canvas

Janis Schimsky

Yardley, PA

Sadie’s Self Portrait

$1,500

Philadelphia, PA Modi Terra cotta $1,900

Mick Ricereto

Philadelphia, PA

Byer’s on Broad Watercolor $650

Donna Rogers

Frenchtown, NJ

Low Water at The Creek

Pastel on paper $1,200

Acrylic, fiber, cloth, beads on paper on cradle board

Mark Schreiber

Chalfont, PA

The Chair

$650

Cabernet sauvignon and watercolor on watercolor paper

$6,000

Sandra Scicchitani

Langhorne, PA

Water Stone

Printmaking ink on paper

$400

Everett Scott

Quakertown, PA

Seduction at the Cezanne show!

Oil on canvas

$1,850

C.a. Shofed and Alia Bensliman

Trenton, NJ

507 Tunis

Photograph, ink, and gold leaf on photographic paper

$4,800

Leeannwyn Stoner Palmyra, NJ

History

Acrylic paint with wax and glaze on wood

Leeannwyn Stoner Palmyra, NJ

Common

$1,200

Francisco Silva Frenchtown, NJ

Three Brothers

Acrylic on canvas

$1,200

Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk

Brooklyn, NY Corner # 30

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

John Slavin Holland, PA

Meteor Crater, AZ

$4,000

Acrylic paint with wax and glaze on wood $1,200

Patricia Todd Bordentown, NJ

Charleston Man

Acrylic painting $400

Jennifer Troulis Dunellen, NJ

Derby Street

Acrylic paint on stretched canvas

Jack Turkel

Hamilton, NJ

The Art of Balance

$1,650

Pigment print $900

Ingrid Spangler

Philadelphia, PA

Jumping In

Book page collage on wood panel $200

Photographic print $375

Zina Umyn Bordentown, NJ

On the Kinkora Trail

Watercolor on paper $1,200

Works of Art on Display

Gene Underwood Holicong, PA

Saved for Another Day

Oil on panel

Ani Vassileva Hamilton, NJ

Sacred Lotus

$600

Painterly monotype on paper, drawing $11,000

Samuel Vovsi Princeton, NJ End of the Road

Archival inkjet print

Barbara Wallace Elizabeth, NJ

Cat Lady

$400

Recycled cardboard, paper, metal, wood chair, acrylic paint

$5,000

Gloria Wiernik

Lawrenceville, NJ Trees Are Us

Watercolor on paper $1,800

Susan Winter Allentown, NJ Ghetto Seller

Paper/oil on paper $1,800

Scot J. Wittman

Philadelphia, PA Esplanade

Photograph on metal

Chuck Wood Titusville, NJ Arctic Waves

Digital inkjet print on Canson

Plantine fiber rag paper

$2,000

$885

Andrew Werth

Princeton Junction, NJ

Symmetry Series #9

Acrylic on canvas

$1,350

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