Aruna Sarode’s Work at Starline Factory
3 of Aruna Sarode’s paintings have been juried into the “Art of
the Land” show at Starline Factory, 306 W Front St, Harvard, IL.
Show dates are November 18th and 19th from 6:30 to 10:00 pm.
Clarese Orenstein’s Collaboration
Clarese is currently collaborating on a painting with Chicago artist, Ryan Miller for the Brushstrokes
with Cancer Midwest Art Exhibition and Celebration Gala being held on Saturday, November 19th at the WNDR Museum of art and technology in Chicago. https://wndrmuseum.com/location/chicago/
Per Ryan Miller, “This event pairs artists with “inspirations” (cancer survivors or their family members) who then collaborate on artwork that represents their personal journey with the disease.
My partner this year is Clarese Orenstein. Clarese and I both became artists later in life. For me, painting became a part of a search for better mental health. For Clarese, painting blossomed during her battle against ovarian cancer. I was blown away when she first showed me her artwork. Her paintings of flowers are stunning and she is already an artist of note. I think Clarese was genuinely shocked when I asked her to
collaborate on this painting with me. How could I properly tell her story without having her paint part of it?
A few weeks later, she handed me a canvas graced with three big, beautiful sunflowers. After
learning that she had painted them while listening to Carole King’s “Tapestry” album, that was
my cue to add a vibrant tapestry behind her sunflowers. The two teal colors in the tapestry represent the ovarian cancer ribbon. The purple color represents both the caregiver ribbon and the color of the wig she wore during recovery. The colorful tapestry was left intentionally unfinished on the left side as my message to Clarese that her artistic journey is also not complete. My warrior friend has a lot of art to make and a lot of life to live, and I can’t wait to see what she does next!”
We are eagerly looking forward to Clarese’s next artistic accomplishments. Way to go, Clarese!