NANTUCKET
'S CENTURY HOUSE WELCOMES ARTIST Christopher Magadini
Artists
Discover the Freedoms of Nantucket
(Nantucket, MA) – June 2007.
The Century House, the oldest continuously
operating inn on Nantucket, as part of its third annual
educational Art Charrette, is pleased to welcome renowned
artist Christopher Magadini, to participate for
the first time at the inn’s 2007 Artists in Residence Program
from June 3-10. Magadini will be joining artists Barbara
Lussier and Robert Duffy at the Century House.
Magadini’s style could be called
Contemporary Impressionism although the pastoral quality of his
work recalls the naturalism of 19th Century American Landscape
Painting. An incredible technician, Magadini is a skilled
painter who has synthesized characteristics of these
movements—and has even drawn from abstraction—to create his own
style where the power of nature to stir the human spirit becomes
paramount.
In all of his oils, Mr. Magadini takes full
advantage of the medium’s wonderful qualities.
No matter the size, 4”x 6” up to 30” by
40”, this work exhibits a rich painterly surface enhanced by
masterful brushwork. His stated goal of “capturing the illusion
of space and form while retaining a beautiful and interesting
surface” is revealed in these paintings.
Magadini said, “For me, painting is not
simply the replication of what the eye sees. It is the creation
of an image that embodies my thoughts and feelings. These, I
think, are fairly universal, and I seek to communicate and
connect with viewers on that level.”
In recent years, Magadini has become known
as a plein air painter. His growing popularity has brought avid
collectors to galleries where his work has been exhibited
worldwide.
A former illustrator, Magadini’s credits
include covers for Reader's Digest magazine, illustrations and
promotional brochures for Reader's Digest Books, and
illustrations for Guideposts, Angels, Field & Stream, Boating,
Audubon, Flying, Women's Day, Scholastic Books and Zebra Books.
He has designed stamps for the United Nations and the current
American Heritage Series Collectors Plates for Royal Copenhagen
USA. Illustrated books include Bible Life and Times; The
Illustrated Dictionary of Bible Life and Times; After Jesus; A
Passage to India; Great Disasters and Rodale's Naturally Great
Foods Cookbook.
Magadini has taught at Marymount College in
Tarrytown, NY, and has been a guest lecturer at the School of
Visual Arts in Manhattan. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, NY, and
summers in the Adirondacks.
For more information about Magadini please
visit:
www.christophermagadini.com
An evolution from the June 2005
Professional Artist’s Week, the artistic Charrettes offer a
series of intimate stays orchestrated by a long term Century
House Artist-in-Residence “Point/Master Artist” who invites
a few fellow artists to the Century House, providing a unique
opportunity for the group to create its own energy with the
purpose of congregating and critiquing each other’s work at the
end of the day.
The innkeepers of the Century House
also welcome guests to stay during the Charrettes, which take
place from mid-May through October on select dates. While
guests cannot participate in the creative process of the group,
they are encouraged to observe the artists’ day and connect with
the artists during their Century House stay.
“We are delighted that the Artist in
Residence Program has evolved so well here at the Century
House. We look forward to seeing Nantucket through their eyes
and potentially sharing the experience with some of our guests,”
said innkeeper duo Gerry Connick and JeanEllen Heron.
The Century House
dates back to the Cliff Road land purchase in 1833. According to
research performed by Edouard A. Stackpole, renowned Nantucket
historian and former director of the Peter Foulger Museum, the
Century House was built by a member of an old Nantucket family
of Scottish roots, Captain Robert Calder. It is said that Capt.
Calder chose this site because of the privacy, the ocean
breezes, the views, and the genuine serenity the location
provided in the 1840’s and still exhibits today. According to
Mr. Stackpole, the Century House is the oldest continuously
operating guesthouse on Nantucket Island to date.
More details on
participating artists will be posted on
http://centuryhouse.com/events-calendar.html
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