CURRENT WORKS EXHIBIT Featuring Laura Lavan, Sally Tobin and David Le Blanc

Current Works showcases the current work of Westchester artists Laura R. Lavan, Sally Tobin, and David Le Blanc. Sculptures and paintings will be showcased in the Oresman Gallery located in the Larchmont Public Library on Larchmont Avenue. The exhibit will be on display from November 2 through November 29. There will be a reception in the gallery for the three artists on Thursday, November 2, from 6:30 to 8:00pm in the Gallery.

Laura Lavan is a New York born and raised artist (Brooklyn, Staten Island, Westchester) from a family of self-taught painters. She always loved art and feels fortunate to experience working in various medias, primarily metal sculpture and watercolor. Exploring thoughtful creation in metalwork is the direction her work has taken most recently. She often use reclaimed items, reinventing them is very exciting and challenging; reclaimed items are complimented with the use of new material. 100% of the sale of her work will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon After School Tutoring Program.

Sally Tobin is a native of Rye, NY. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College where she majored in studio art. Ms. Tobin worked in computer graphics before learning to paint in watercolor, which she found to be a medium compatible with the frequent interruptions that go with raising children. She raised her four children in Rye, where she paints house, pet, and sailboat portraits.

David LeBlanc is a recent graduate of Purchase College, with a Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts. His paintings displayed in the exhibit are an extension of his senior project, which focused on creating oil-based portraits. According to David, "making portraits is the practice of character realization. It is the process of breathing life into a canvas in the hope that it will light up in return. It is upon the two dimensional surface that the very border between dimensions is broken down, and the character represented finds a way to step out into three dimensions, alive within the persona conveyed to them." By deliberately leaving his portraits incomplete, his work reinforces the notion that the canvas incorporates only a partial reality.