WOMEN IN ART By LORA GRILLO Everyone knows that western Queens is home to many different cultures and delicious, diverse foods. But some people are unaware of its flourishing artistic community, so this month, we decided to change that by giving a little love to a few of the artists who make our neighborhood more beautiful. We hope that reading about them adds some color to the dreary, gray days of winter and gives you some creative inspiration. FEBRUARY 2017 I BOROMAG.COM 15 ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT Alice Lipping I first came across Alice Lipping’s colorful glass ornaments at the Holiday Market held in Astoria’s Bohemian Hall. I had to pick up one for myself. Lipping is a longtime Astoria resident, and her art is not limited to the canvas. “I use my photography as a means to inform the painting’s aesthetic of deterioration of spaces and surfaces,” she explained. “The ornaments were started after I discovered Alcohol Ink. The ornaments and tiles are smaller representations of my larger paintings, which can be made accessible to people in my community interested in art.” Lipping’s textural paintings, tiles, magnets and glass ornaments are all multilayered works of art that take a distressed outermost layer and add a sense of depth and wonder as to what might lie beneath. “I have always been attracted to the surfaces of things and that its appearance is because of what is underneath, much like people,” Lipping said. “It is through this experimentation with different materials and layering techniques that texture has become my signature style.” Lipping’s work takes inspiration from Franz Kline’s use of depth as well as Hans Hoffman's use of color. Lipping has shown her work throughout Astoria and LIC, including the Astoria Arts Festival, Vesta Restaurant and Crescent Grill. As a member of Long Island City Artists (LICA), Lipping has been involved in exhibitions at Atlantic Gallery in Chelsea, and group shows at the Citibank Building, the Falchi Building and Matted in LIC. Her work was recently part of a group exhibition in the Plaxall Building in LIC through LICA (licartists.org), and she will be participating in the LIC Arts Open festival in May. Lipping’s goal for 2017 is to help put her studio space, STUDIO 34, on the map and make the public more aware of the talented artists who work there. alicelipping.com Photos courtesy of Alice Lipping
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