Nature Showcased Through Silkscreen Exhibit At Barnegat Library

BARNEGAT, NJ — Enjoy an artist's interpretation of the great outdoors for free at the Ocean County Library Barnegat Branch.

Catherine LeCleire's silkscreen exhibit, "Nature at Its Best," will be presented at the library, 112 Burr St., from Nov. 11 through Dec. 31, according to the library.

LeCleire has exhibited throughout the world. Her works reside at William Paterson University, Lafayette College, Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Brooklyn Museum, West Virginia's Huntington Museum of Art and Baku Museum in Azerbaijan.

"Printmaking, and silkscreen in particular, offer an innovative technique of repetition and manipulation of transparencies and opacities of colors," LeCleire said. "The combination of nature and visual energy underlie the images connecting abstraction to the natural world… In some cases, it forces one to think of the ecological consequences that we as humans have on nature."

LeCleire teaches silkscreen, print making, book arts and photo print making at Montclair State University, and instructs silkscreen and painting processes at New York City's Pratt Institute. She also works as a bookbinder.

Registration is not required to view this free exhibit, which can be viewed during regular Branch operating hours. For more information, visit the Barnegat Branch, 112 Burr Street, or call (609) 698-3331.