WADDINGTON -- The Gallery at Lake St. Lawrence Arts, 14 Main St., is hosting its newest upcoming exhibit, featuring two gifted local artists. The exhibit will commence on May 24 with an open house from 5-7 p.m. and close on June 29. Art enthusiasts are invited to attend to meet the artists.

Nancy Orologio, a Wool Fiber/Felting Artist, and David Crosby, an Author and Artist, each demonstrate their artistry through distinctly different mediums.  Despite the diversity in their artistic expressions, they are united by a common thread – creativity!

Nancy lives in Norwood, NY.  She discovered her love for fiber from a lifetime of designing and sewing a multitude of different items.  Her true passion is perennial gardening and the love of color which is seen in many of her wool felted paintings.

Nancy attended Clarkson University for a degree in Accounting and Business Law and spent her career working in business and administrative finance.

After retirement she combined two passions, perennial gardening and the love of flowers, with the art of wool painting/felting. Felting is an ancient art and the earliest known textile expression, predating weaving or spinning.  Felting wool has many different techniques. Nancy creates wool paintings of florals and landscapes with her art as well as nuno felting for scarves, hats, and other items of clothing.

Her felted wool paintings and other felted pieces can be seen at The Gallery in Waddington, as well as St. Lawrence County Arts Gallery in Potsdam, TAUNY in Canton and at art festivals around a wide area.

David Crosby spent his working career in education. After retirement, he ventured into whatever artistic adventure or opportunity presented itself.  Sculpted wooden “bowls” found their way into shows and galleries in New York, Philadelphia, and other venues in the east.  Bill and Hillary Clinton have one of his pieces!  Painting, quilting and sculpting followed.

A worsening tremor led to the ink work seen today. His Chinese red fingertip print mark at the bottom of his work is now his signature; as a traditional signature would be a meaningless scribble.

Dave has been fascinated with lines since childhood. The lines he renders in his work seem to represent life and living.  His abstract paintings reflect the lines, sometimes straight with unexpected twists and turns, and seem to reveal spaces in time to be filled and recalled.

David is also an accomplished author. His books on his early life with his band of fellow adventurers are a funny and absorbing read.  You can find them at The Gallery in Waddington along with a multitude of his abstract paintings.