“LAST TABLE”: This watercolor work by Christine Seo is part of “Member Show: Horizon,” a juried exhibition on view through May 14 at West Windsor Arts Center.

West Windsor Arts Council (WWAC) presents “Member Show: Horizon” through May 14. The juried exhibition includes original artworks for sale featuring 39 different artists.

A horizon is defined as the limit of a person’s mental perception, experience, or interest. This exhibition aimed for its artists to go beyond the horizon. The goal was to expand your horizons, broadening your horizons, exploring new horizons, or aspiring to greater horizons. During this spring 2022 season WWAC asked their artists to explore their own styles and surpass their perceived limitations. They encouraged artists to share their horizons with the community and art world, and are excited to present the work of the artists to the community and encourage expansion among their audience. The exhibition is on view at West Windsor Arts and at Whole World Arts during operating hours or by appointment. The jurors include Carolina Blatt, Ph.D., and Matthew Stemler, M.F.A.

The exhibition was free for WWAC members to enter and featured the opportunity to be selected as cash prize winners, chosen by the jurors. Blatt said, “Congratulations (to West Windsor Arts) on attracting so many exceptional works of art to your show! It was a pleasure to jury the work.”

Highlights of the many works in the exhibition include those by Meta Arnold, who works in assemblage and mixed media. Her mixed media work titled Perspective won Best in Show. While recently playing with ideas of scale in landscape, responding to medieval art, miniature art, and stage scenery, Arnold’s assemblage presents several layers of landscape in multiple orientations. “Windows and doors are another motif
I keep returning to, the idea of a threshold between two states of being,” said Arnold. “Perspective presents several layers of landscape in multiple orientations, all framed by a large gothic window.”

The effect is jumbled and whimsical, like a daydream or a game with building blocks. Arnold sees making and teaching art as a treasure hunt and asks for the audience to participate in her excursion.

Also included in the exhibition is Christine Seo. Her work titled Last Table consists of watercolor techniques and won Best Use of Medium. Seo uses painting and drawing to process her experiences. Her paintings are the harmony of natural colors where her creativity goes beyond herself and into nature. Seo aims to express the story of her soul and its energy through her paintings. Seo is also an active member of the Orange Fine Arts Association, West Windsor Arts, New Hope Art League, The Station, NJEAA, Arts Bridge, and Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.

The Exhibition Committee Choice Award was presented to Zakia Aziz Ahmed for her work, Happiness within Horizon. Ahmed’s work reflects the dwellings and living conditions of poor working people in her native country of Bangladesh. Aziz said, “These structures are built in a random way. The people who live there also face uncertainty and randomness. Despite these hardships, there is certain contentment and beauty in them.” This randomness and beauty is reflected in her work through her use of loose brush strokes and random colors.

Exhibiting artists also include Brigitte Aflalo, Divvya H. Atrii, J. Bettina, Karen Brodsky, Tom Chiola, Connie Cruser, Magda Dodd, Ilene Dube, Gary David Fournier, Joseph Goldfedder, Michael F. Graham, Adriana Groza, Spriha Gupta, Barry Hantman, Marzena Haupa, Margaret Kalvar-Bushnell, Donna Kaye, Nelly Kouzmina, Joy Kreves, Lori Langsner, Eleni Litt, Concetta A. Maglione, Sheila Mashaw, Hetal Mistry, Tatiana Oles, Neelam Padte, William Plank, Helene Plank, Karen Schoenitz, Nancy Scott, Rooma Sehar, Deirdre Sheen, Kelly Silver, Margaret Simpson, Prachi, Barbara Weinfield, Susan Winter, and Jane Yuan.

West Windsor Arts Center is located at 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor. Gallery hours are by appointment. For more information, call (609) 716-1931 or visit westwindsorarts.org.