FAQ | 2025 GALLERY

ADRIFT, Kristel Scheerlinck, paper, clay and plaster

FANTASY ORCHARD, Alyta Adams, alcohol ink on 6x6 porcelain

When I make art, I’m completely connected to my mysterious creative channel. Inspiration comes from relationships to loved ones, nature, or a higher power. The images I make most often express or teach what I consider powerful truths.

My professional art career started with designing screen prints for childrenswear companies in New York City. Eventually, I found work as an illustrator and graphic designer in the fashion industry, magazines, and book publishing. After taking classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology, School of Visual Arts, Parsons, and Pratt, I attended SUNY New Paltz, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Art & Graphic Design in 2007. At the present time, I live in upstate New York, creating graphic design (poster and book design-my specialties), illustration, and fine art digitally and by hand; my fine art work includes collage, assemblage, mixed-media, painting, drawing and photography.

Exhibits (partial listing): Aftermath: 9/11 and New York Artists Exhibit & Video, Westbeth Artist Residence | NYC Society of Illustrators, East 63rd Street, NYC, Members’ Gallery Show | NYC Society of Illustrators, Our Own Show |The Floating Gallery at Carnegie Hall, NYC | “Deerest Deerpark” Show, Huguenot, NY |The Golden Fish, Milford, PA | UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, NY (ongoing exhibit) |Memberships: artist member of the NYC Society of Illustrators since 1997 |member of Pike County Arts & Crafts, Milford, PA.

More art, collage workshops, and events:
alytaadamsart.com; alyta@alytaadamsart.com; 845.856.6972(c) 212.678.2278

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Patricia Caulfield, mixed media on cradle board

As a visually impaired artist from glaucoma, Patricia raises awareness about glaucoma and other diseases which cause vision loss. She works primarily in mixed media on board, focusing on abstract art. She recently founded her own nonprofit, InSight Arts, to promote the artwork of visually impaired artists. Her first public show runs for six weeks at Creative York in York, PA, May 2026.

Patricia takes part in the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s annual event, Art Ability, in Malvern, PA. She also founded an art show benefiting research and educational programs for the Glaucoma Research Foundation in San Francisco, CA, in 2022 – 2025. She is a member of The Glaucoma Research Foundation’s steering committee 2024-2025 for this annual Patient summit. A keynote speaker and patient advocate, she received the President’s Award from GRF, 2023, for her work in promoting hope through art. She was the keynote speaker at the Autumn Social for TGF in October of 2024 and recently gave a talk on “Ownership of your disease: My advice to patients afflicted with glaucoma” at the Foundation’s annual Think Tank. She contributes her artwork annually to TGF’s annual online fundraiser, VISIONS FOR VISION: The TGF Art Challenge to Celebrate Vision. She recently took part in a TGF webinar “Do I Have the Right Glaucoma Doctor?” Patricia is also a part of Prevent Blindness’s ASPECT program, 2025.

Patricia has shown and sold her work through Creative York, The York Association, York PA and The Red Raven Art Company, Lancaster PA. She has an upcoming solo show in York, PA, and is part of a group show at the Red Raven Art Company in March 2026.

She has also trained her Dalmatian, Millie, to become a certified therapy dog with KPetS, Lancaster PA. Together, they visit nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and elementary schools, bringing smiles to many.

CRYING EYE Jahkori Dopwell Hall, various charcoals

Jahkori Dopwell Hall is a New York-born artist living with primary congenital glaucoma. As a TGF Ambassador, glaucoma patient, and versatile teaching artist, Jahkori enjoys participating in The Glaucoma Foundation’s Annual Art Challenge, as it allows him to unite both of his worlds—art and advocacy. Jahkori is happy that sharing his artwork along with other artists is helping to raise awareness for glaucoma and supporting the vital research of eye care specialists working towards a cure!

This piece was created using a combination of vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, and charcoal pencils. It portrays a crying eye, symbolically linking the physical organ to the depth of human emotion. The tear can be interpreted in multiple ways, whether as an expression of sorrow or as a moment of joy. The piece invites viewers to reflect on the duality of feelings contained within the window to the soul. The piece was showcased recently at the TGF Annual Benefit Gala.

SELF PORTRAIT, Jolie Amaya Glassman Lloyd

My name is Jolie Amaya Glassman Lloyd. I am 11 years old and in the fifth grade. As long as I can remember, I have loved creating art. The self portrait shown here was painted when I was eight. The dresses were completed this year. I also love working with oil paint on canvases. I wanted to join the Art Challenge to help my PopPop, Ed Lloyd, conquer Glaucoma.

TALING A LEAP, Isabella Lemare Calaba, photograph

My name is Isabella Calaba. I am sixteen years old and a rising junior at New Canaan High School in New Canaan, Connecticut. I love focusing my art on ideas that are important to me such as people, places, or things. I play tennis at my high school and I love to play with my family and friends. I am participating in the Art Challenge for The Glaucoma Foundation as my mom has glaucoma and I want to support finding a cure for this eye disease.
This is a photograph taken in Taormina, Sicily. I took this while on a family vacation to Sicily during the summer of 2025. Sicily holds a special place in my heart as my family has vacationed there since I was in the fourth grade. My family also immigrated from the Island over 100 years ago. This photo holds significant memories and meaning to me. The image shows two people "taking a leap" from a jumping rock into the ocean.

COLLLINS, Isabella Lemare Calaba, acrylic paint on canvas

My name is Isabella Calaba. I am sixteen years old and a rising junior at New Canaan High School in New Canaan, Connecticut. I love focusing my art on ideas that are important to me such as people, places, or things. I play tennis at my high school and I love to play with my family and friends. I am participating in the Art Challenge for The Glaucoma Foundation as my mom has glaucoma and I want to support finding a cure for this eye disease.

This painting was created using a variety of acrylic paints on a canvas. The dog pictured in the piece is my childhood dog I have grown up with and he is very special to me. Creating this piece of art was fun and sentimental to me because it is of an animal that hits “close to home” and something that is important to me.

THE RAINBOW OF LIFE TREE, Kat Louise Rogers, wire and 'jewels'

I am a 65-year-old blind adult who has worked with the blind community. I started making wire trees as wedding gifts and it just developed. I like to tell people that you don’t need eyes; whatever is in your brain comes out through your fingertips.

I work with both aluminum and copper wires, varying gauges. I hand twist every single tree. I do not use tools, even for the spirals. The bases that I put the wire trees onto include obsidian, Jordan Valley jasper, bone driftwood, crystal agate, and whatever else I can find during my hiking trips. The trees vary in size from 6 in to 2 ft. I enjoy the wires; I don’t need to strain my eyes, and it is very relaxing.

TWIN EYE, Dr. Michael Joseph Gresalfi, a mixed media of acrylics, wax, alcohol ink and cut-outs

As a service- disabled Army veteran, who became legally blind in my left eye during a Blackhawk helicopter deployment in the desert many decades ago, this fund-raising event resonates with me as both an artist and as a visually impaired person.

My artistic focus is wide and varied. I spend much time and direction on both climate change and the loss of biodiversity related paintings, online briefings, and large installations. On my art website, you can peruse “Our Changing Planet” which is a series comprised of twelve paintings I created, as well as view my efforts associated with “charitable art.”

I enjoy working with a wide range of mediums to include wax, acrylics, markers, and alcohol inks. My range of art styles includes semi-realism, abstract and “informational” shows and videos where I merge both my climate change related art with science supported data.

CENTRAL PARK, Sonia Grineva, 40 x 40 inches. oil on linen

Sonia Grineva was born in Moscow, Russia, and received her B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the Stroganov Art Institute. (Stroganov Institute was founded in 1825 and is widely considered to be Moscow’s leading art school, famous for its professors Vassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, among others.)

After coming to the United States at the age of 20, she studied at the National Academy of Design in Manhattan, where she was awarded a coveted traveling scholarship to Italy and completed a course of study at the British Institute in Florence.

EAST HAMPTON FARM, Sonia Grineva, 30x40 inches, oil on linen

Sonia has traveled extensively and works on location in the tradition of many “plein air” artists. She has painted some of Europe’s most impressive ports, waterways, and rivers, including those surrounding Venice, La Rochelle, Monte Carlo, Dieppe, and Prague.

She has gained an international reputation for her oil and watercolor landscapes and is well-known locally for her Manhattan cityscapes. In addition, she is adept at a variety of mediums, including printmaking and sculpture. Her work can be seen in galleries in New York, New England, Santa Fe, Georgia, Washington, and Europe and in numerous private, public, and museum collections. She maintains an art studio on Union Square in New York City.

GARDEN OF JOY, Natalie Warren, acrylics

For Natalie Warren, music has been a natural companion and passion throughout her life. Diagnosed as legally blind in adulthood, her journey continues with great wonderment, incorporating adaptive techniques to continue her artistic and creative work as a musician, educator, visual artist and writer. Natalie is a Library of Congress Certified Literary Braille Transcriber and is studying Music Braille Transcription. She continues to teach online piano to the blind and partially sighted communities through Braille Institute. The joy that bridges music, art and poetry has opened a new door to an exciting and empowering journey. Her works are published in the Avocet, Journal of Nature Poetry, and upcoming in the MockingOwl Roost. Her works have been seen in art exhibitions, auctions and fundraising, with The Glaucoma Foundation, Glaucoma Research Foundation, American Printing House for the Blind, Orange County Arts & Disability, Gifted B.A.C.K., and Galleries in Laguna Beach, CA.

“My artwork, Garden of Joy, is inspired by the beauty of the flowers that brought about a spark of joy in me. Acrylic is the medium for painting. It began with the blending of colors that created the background, then added the flowers to pop out in the painting.”

THE POWER OF THE LAKE, Amy Hausman, acrylic on canvas

Inspired by the artistic talents of my mom and dad, my aunt, and my son, I dabble in various artistic endeavors, but this painting was my first true exploration and expression in paint.
I built a wooden frame, stretched the canvas over it, and painted in various acrylic paints. Finished size is approximately 54" x 66". I was cherishing the gorgeous views around me which inspired this painting and lived only in my mind for many years.

WATCHING OVER US, Randy Brozen, paper collage

Randy Brozen is an award-winning New York based artist and educator with an MFA in Sculpture from the City College of New York, where she is a faculty member in the Childhood Education program of the School of Education since 2003. She is the current President of the City College Alumni Association's Art Alumni Group. As an Artist-in-Residence, Teaching Artist and Art Consultant, she has taught art to all age groups in many di erent settings, including Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Center, Wave Hill Public Gardens, The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, The Riverdale Country School, and many public schools throughout NYC! She especially loves to help her students discover their own inner artist! Randy considers herself a Paper artist; however, she works in a variety of media, including fused glass, hand- made paper, photography, printmaking, bookmaking, drawing, 3-dimensional work and more. Her imagery includes birds, and other animals, moss, leaves, Buddha, the Madonna, and the Goddess of Mercy. Her work has been shown throughout the New York area, and is in the collection of Central Synagogue, NY; Dieu Donne Paper Mill; the Museum of Art and Design; the Akin Free Library and Museum, Pawling, NY and private collections.

I use images of iconic figures, planetary symbols, birds, leaves and other natural phenomena. Occasionally, I add words and, in this particular collage, I used images of the moon on a bright night, starlings and 2 other birds, and I’ve added poem written by a 16-year-old friend of mine