Two Roads”, an exhibit of pastel paintings by Joyce Hanson and Becky Harblin, will on display at the Old Forge Library, 220 Crosby Blvd., from October 4th through November 8th. The exhibit’s opening reception will be held on Friday, October 4 from 5-7 pm. The public is invited to attend and enjoy light refreshments, meet the artists and view their work.
Both artists have been strongly influenced by the Northern New York landscape.

Becky Harblin is an Assoc. Member of the Pastel Society of America, and has been painting in pastels for a dozen years. An art major and ‘visual-thinker’ Becky also sculpts in various mediums, and is a published poet. Her process in most avenues of expression has a base in animism. She is influenced by her time steeped in Peruvian healing ways utilizing plants. Poetry, the light, and shadows of the day, are always part of her influences.

Joyce Hanson achieved a BA and MFA and was an art educator for 25 years. Living deep in the Adirondack Mountains, surrounded by forests and lakes, her pastel paintings reflect the natural world in intimate detail. She has won numerous awards from national juried exhibitions,
including but not limited to the Pastel Society of America's 'Enduring Brilliance', the Adirondack Pastel Society’s Annual Exhibition, and the Northeast National Exhibition.

Joyce believes “The representation in my work is a moment in time in which only I will ever witness, and choose to create; a point of change; the story in an image, an unexpected visual I encounter: the wetness of rain or melting snow; shooting rays of sun pushing through the darkness, an illuminated pathway to what I should see; the sharp aftermath of a wind storm or the slow life and death of a tree.”