UNIVERSAL RHYTHMS 1: This piece is one of the paintings by Alan Taback, and are part of the Painters’ Paradise Art Exhibition on display in the Considine Gallery at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton until February 25, 2016.

The public is invited to view the exhibit on display at Stuart’s Considine Gallery, until February 25, 2016 featuring the works of Silvère Boureau and Alan Taback. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, when school is in session.

Silvère Boureau grew up in France surrounded by a family of artists, sculptors and writers. When he came from France in 1982, he was primarily an expressionist painter of the human form, however, he was heavily influenced by American landscape and its interpretation by nineteenth century luminists. Silvère draws inspiration from the remote wilderness, especially his experiences in the backwoods of Maine, the Adirondack Mountains and the Grand Canyon. To stand on a mountaintop and look as far as the eye can see without encountering any mark of human intervention remains an exhilarating experience for him. 

A New Jersey native, Alan Taback has coached basketball and painted in the greater Trenton and Princeton areas for nearly 40 years. Inspired by his life and travels in the Southwest United States and Greece, among many other places, Alan’s paintings are a celebration of the pure passions of life. Painted with acrylics and oils, his work is alive with rhythm, movement, and harmony. He has been influenced by the work of Monet, van Gogh, Kokashka, and deKooning.

“We are looking forward to having the colorful landscapes of these two talented local artists on display in the Considine Gallery at Stuart,” said Dr. Patty Fagin, Head of School at Stuart. “Their work, which brings the great outdoors in, is a beautiful extension of architect Jean Labatut’s vision for our school.”