A Manhattan �island girl� born and raised in New York City, Elise Beattie spent her first decades inspired by the artistic sights and sounds that city life provides. After college, the artist chose a new path - �the road less traveled� and that choice �has made all the difference.� Her paintings are a visual travel diary expressively created, and are on exhibit from November 6, 2006 through November 29 at the headquarters gallery of the National Association of Women Artists, 80th Fifth Avenue, (Suite 1405), in New York City - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

Joyce Waddell Bailey's Avant Garden was selected as a winner in the Chelsea Global Showcase 2006 Competition sponsored by the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC (511 West 25th Street, Chelsea, NYC, 212-255-9050). This prestigious, juried show is intended to introduce collectors and art professionals '...�to the most promising, dynamic and innovative talent in the international art world.' The Showcase is organized by the distinguished Curator and Owner, Ruthie Tucker, who, with co-owner husband, Ambassador Dr. Alton Louis Amsterdam III, is a powerful advocate for the artist. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

Juried Fine Art Exhibition sponsored by Hun Gallery in midtown Manhattan in the heart of a rich multicutural environment. Open to all artists, national and international, over the age of 18, working in Fine art media. All work entered must have been completed within the last three years. All media are eligible (Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography, Video, Installation, Audio and Digital, Computer Art). Artists may submit work with special installation requirements if the artist will be available to install. �-��2-dimensional work should not exceed 48'(h) x 36'(w).�-��3-dimensional work should not exceed 36' in any dimension.�-��Video, Audio should be no longer than 20min. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

On view from August 24 to September 24, 2006, Seen In Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection features a selection of lithographs, drypoints, and mezzotints created in the past forty years by American contemporary artist Robert Kipniss (born Brooklyn, New York, 1931). Already an accomplished painter, in 1967 Kipniss was encouraged to accept a print commission and enrolled in a six-week printmaking class at Pratt Graphics Center, New York. He quickly found an affinity with lithography and immersed himself in the medium for the next twenty-three years. In 1990, Kipniss began working with mezzotint, an intaglio technique that he describes as �drawing with light.� - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com