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Print Meets Paint

Reception - Saturday, July 11th, from 6-9 p.m.

Live Music by Recording Artist Andrew Tirado

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The ARTery Gallery's July exhibit, “Print Meets Paint,” features the work of mixed-media artist and long-time ARTery member Laura Dudes alongside photographers Glenn and Ken McCaleb, two of the gallery's newer members. Together, these accomplished artists present a vibrant and engaging exhibition that celebrates their individual talents and distinctive artistic visions.

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Laura Dudes’ artistic journey has been one of continual growth, exploration, and creative reinvention. After a successful career as a graphic artist creating designs and packaging for major brands including M&M Mars, Crayola, and BASF, Laura returned to painting in 2015 and has since developed a distinctive artistic voice all her own.

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Now working in mixed media, Laura has spent years refining techniques that bring remarkable texture, depth, and dimension to her canvases. Drawing inspiration from conversations, music, memories, and everyday moments, she explores the emotions and experiences that connect us all. Her simplified figures and expressive compositions invite viewers to see themselves within the stories she tells.

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Today, Laura’s work is recognized for its vibrant energy, rich surfaces, and heartfelt authenticity. Having developed a visual language that is uniquely her own, she is producing some of her strongest and most confident work to date, creating paintings that are both deeply personal and universally resonant. 

The McCaleb brothers, Glenn and Ken, are celebrating their first anniversary exhibiting at the ARTery Gallery. Glenn, an educator and acclaimed landscape and woodland photographer, taught art in New York City's public school system for 25 years, serving students in the Bronx before continuing his teaching career in Pike County. His professional experience includes working as a commercial color printer in Manhattan, and he is the recipient of a prestigious Kodak Award recognizing excellence in photography.

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Ken McCaleb brings an equally distinguished creative background to the partnership. For more than two decades, he directed television productions at the United Nations and collaborated with notable figures including Steven Spielberg, Maya Angelou, Stephen Colbert, and Jane Goodall. Earlier in his career, Ken worked at Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems as a cameraman and still photographer on an ABC daytime television drama. His focus today is on the amazing wildlife found abundantly throughout the Poconos.

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Following a recent appearance on National Public Radio (NPR), the McCaleb brothers have announced plans to publish their second coffee-table book, ‘McCaleb Bros. Now... Nearly Famous’. Widely regarded as two of Northeastern Pennsylvania's premier photographers, the brothers continue to captivate audiences with their unique artistic vision and commitment to showcasing the beauty of the natural world with their signed and numbered printed images.

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You can meet Laura Dudes, Glenn McCaleb, and Ken McCaleb at their opening reception on Saturday, July 11, from 6-9 PM, which includes refreshments. The ARTery welcomes the public to this free cultural event. The exhibit will be on display from Thursday, July 9 through Monday, Aug 3.

The ARTery Gallery, located in the historic Forest Hall, is a cooperatively owned and operated fine art gallery, serving the regional artists and art lovers since 1996.  The gallery features a wide array of artistic talent ranging from traditional oil, watercolor, and photography to sculpture, jewelry, textiles, pottery, and collage.

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