Abstract snakes fill Schenectady artist’s show

Quentin Garel's bronze sculptures 'Girafe,' front, and 'Rhinoceros II' are on exhibit at the Berkshire Museum courtesy Axelle Fine Arts Galerie.

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Schenectady artist Terry Bat-Sonya Zacuto was always afraid of snakes.

“Yet the more I painted snakes, the less revulsion I felt,” she says.

“The work began to move into a very sensual coiled flow of endless variations of ceaseless movement, complexity, thickness and color-emotions that presented themselves with each new painting, until I was completely unself-conscious.”

“Coiled Infinities,” abstract paintings and sculptural installations by Bat-Sonja Zacuto is currently on exhibit in the Perrella Gallery at Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Johnstown.

Bat-Sonja Zacuto, who was born in South Africa, has shown her work regionally and nationally. She has works in many private collections.

The exhibit closes on Friday, March 11, with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m.

The Perrella Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Healing art

“A Brush With Healing: The Art of Thriving in the Face of Life & Other Catastrophes,” an exhibit by painter, author and breast cancer survivor Letitia Splain Dayer can be seen through Thursday, Feb. 18 at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady.

The 18 abstract artworks, which are tempera on paper or giclee prints, depict her journey through cancer. Each work is accompanied by a short poem with a title like “When it’s dark enough, you can see the stars” and “Now that my house has burned, I have a better view of the moon.”

A Saratoga Springs native, Dayer lives in Greenwich.

Sunnyview’s art gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 8 p.m. weekends and holidays.

Animal adventure

Sea turtles, an ostrich and the massive head of a rhinoceros.

With school vacation coming up, a family-friendly exhibit at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts could be a day-trip destination.

“ArtZoo” is a wild kingdom of artwork depicting all kinds of animals through photography, painting, sculpture, ceramic, video and more.

The art is grouped by species, and some of the pieces are shown with real scientific specimens, like skeletons and eggs.

For info on admission and hours, visit www.berkshiremuseum.org.

Beekman Artists

A group show with a connection to the Beekman Street Art District in Saratoga Springs opens Saturday with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. at Valley Artisans Market in the Washington County village of Cambridge.

You’ll see work by 16 artists: Terri Messenger, Alice Kaplan, Deborah Jones, Trudi Smith, Amejo Amyot, Carolyn Justice, Robin Rosenthal, Kate Torpey, Pamela Malsan, Pat Goodale, Rob Goodale, Michele Winnie, Marina Petro, Lorraine Roth, Miguel Hoyos and Carolyn Kibbe.

“Beekman Street Artists” runs through March 6.

Reach Gazette reporter Karen Bjornland at 395-3197, [email protected] or @bjorngazette on Twitter.