The Connection Magazines Bernards-Ridge Edition Feb-March 2021

THE BERNARDS-RIDGE CONNECTION PAGE 8 FEB - MAR 2021 theconnectionsnj.com Safely Socializing Puppies We have everything your dog needs! • Day Training/Socialization • Puppy Kindergarten • Basic Obedience Training for all ages • Private Instruction - at our facility or in-home Check our website for a full list of current offerings www.mydogsgotclass.com 908-334-1043 info@mydogsgotclass.com 830 US Highway 202/206 North, Bridgewater Adrienne Kepp, CPDT-KSA Owner Jim Rodgers was born in northern New Jersey. Mr. Rodgers studied at the Art Students League in New York City and also attended the Ridgewood Art Institute where he studied land- scape painting. His paintings focus on the essential details emerging from a cohesive mass augmented with poetic highlights. This evolves into a hybrid fashioned from painterly and impres- sionistic inspirations in a contemporary sense. Mr. Rodgers paints a wide range of subject and subject matter: from lush American and European landscapes to intimate genre paintings as well as ele- gant and sophisticated still life and floral renderings. His paintings reflect richness in tone and color that comes from over 30 years of professional study and nu- merous sojourns throughout America and Europe. Traditional and American impres- sionistic training has been augment- ed by his wanderlust traveling across America as a working artist as well as his many trips abroad including des- tinations such as England, Ireland, France and Italy. These journeys helped to produce the subject matter and in- spiration that is the basis of his paint- erly impressionistic style. He currently resides in the bucolic countryside of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania. Mr. Rodgers intention is to capture the mood of the scenes he has painted “en plein air” and rendered in his stu- dio to give the viewer a glimpse of what he has experienced. He tries to evoke an emotional response from the viewer through his poetic portrayal of nature and his concept of a tranche de vie (slice of life) vision. JIM RODGERS His paintings focus on the essential details emerging from a cohesive mass augmented with poetic highlights.