Beautiful Oil Paintings Showcased At Ocean City Arts Center In August

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Enjoy the work of classically trained New Jersey artist Lauren Rosenblum throughout the month of August at the Ocean City Arts Center.

Rosenblum's oil paintings will be displayed from Aug. 1 through Aug. 30. A "Meet the Artist" reception will be held Aug. 11 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Rosenblum, currently residing in Marlboro, is a classically trained artist from Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the Arts Student League and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. After receiving her degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she continued to study figure drawing and classical painting with artists Attila Hejja, Director of the Stevenson Academy of Fine Art and Robert Armetta, Director of the Long Island Academy of Fine Art. Her work has been sold to private collectors, and exhibited nationally.

Rosenblum is an art instructor and assistant to the director at Long Island Academy of Fine Art and owner of Lauren Rosenblum Decorative Designs designing high-end decorative finishes for interior designers, architects and residential clients.

She was exposed to the arts at a young age and followed in her mentor's footsteps being classically trained in drawing and painting as well as falling in love with painting.

"The alluring way light falls on foliage, the captivating colors of botanicals, gnarled branches on a tree, all serve as inspiration for my art. Nature is steady and tenacious; it is also an emblem of growth and renewal. I consider my figurative work a part of nature. My works' extreme close-up encourages curiosity," Rosenblum said of her art. "It gives permission to be intrusive and inquisitive. I am getting to the core of the subject, dismissing all of the inconsequential details. My style of painting has evolved over time. I am now working in a direct painting method, applying the paint opaquely, while simultaneously considering color, value and form."

The Ocean City Arts Center is located on the second floor in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. The Arts Center is closed on Sunday. For further information, call (609) 399-7628. Check out the Ocean City Arts Center on Facebook and Instagram.