Art Exhibition: 'Seas the Day' by Rick Senft

Paintings by artist Rick Senft will be the January/February 2025 art exhibit at the Stratford Library. It is the fifth appearance for the Milford resident at the library. The exhibit, entitled “Seas the Day”, is free and open to the public.

Rick Senft is a well-known, award-winning local artist who has shown work along the east coast from Provincetown to Key West as well as Italy and China. His paintings hang in numerous galleries and private collections including Milford’s Gilded Lily Gallery where he has been represented for twenty years. Senft’s work encompasses mostly impressionistic scenes of seascapes and landscapes done in oils, acrylics and watercolor. He also does portrait work as well as collages, assemblage and some sculpture. He attended the University of Bridgeport graduating with an MFA in Fine Art and then enrolled in the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan. Most recently he illustrated the lyrics for a children’s book entitled “Thanks for Your Understanding” which utilized his cartooning skills.

Viewing hours for the “Seas the Day” art exhibit are: Monday-Thursday: 10-8 and Friday-Saturday: 10-5 and Sunday: 1-5 pm. The display is located in the Main Lobby of the Stratford Library, 2203 Main Street in Stratford and will continue through February 2025.

For further information, call the library's Public Relations and Programming Office at: 203.385-4162 or visit its website at: www.stratfordlibrary.org.