Kimberly Boulon

             
George Hollander                                                           "Nauti Nite", $4500


                                         
      "Nu Day", $3200                                                                                   "Magellan", $3400


                                            
                          "Little Boy", $1800                                                     "Fat Man", $1800    

                                                                         "Sahara", $4,250


George and Laura Hollander live on a beautiful bluff, looking at an unobstructed view of Coral Bay, St. John. Like all homes here, it and they, have a story. They first came to St. John in the late 70's, bought land and built a "temporary" shelter. They lived here for a while, but personal reasons drove them back to New York City.

The real move came in 1993, when they decided to complete their home. The world of design and other New York dreams slowed in the early 90's for George and he found himself looking for his next project.  That project would take him back to St. John to complete the home they had envisioned.

He drew and submitted plans to the local building department.  Plans were approved, he hired a crew and the work began. George anticipated the work would take a year, but life soon threw him a curve.  On the last day of de-constructing the scaffold and about 20 feet later, life came to an abrupt halt.  Fortunately, George's instincts broke his fall. He was ferried to the neighbouring island of St. Thomas by fishing boat (the medical boat was out of service).

His wife Laura, still working and supporting this venture, brought him back to the states, where he convalesced in the Greenwich Village area, for the next year. The project went from one year to "who knows when"... Their duplex on the Hudson was comfortable and George made the best of it.

At the time, the west side of Manhattan was being demolished and replaced with a new master plan of bike paths, highway park, new glass buildings and a vision of a very upscale future for Manhattan. The sounds of Manhattan's construction caused George to have dreams of his own Caribbean home under construction.  Every morning he'd wake up to workmen and their machines.  He looked out his window to see the Hudson River, delivering passengers by boat and tugs working up and down the river, all the while dreaming of his own work waiting for him in the Caribbean.

In 1995, the pins were taken out of his ankle on New Year's Eve at Mount Sinai Hospital.  His New Year’s Eve cocktail was anaesthesia. His new daily routine was walking up and down the new promenade to a pool at the new High School built downtown.  It wasn't blue sea and white sand.

Nine months later, September 1995 Hurricane Marilyn hit the U.S. Virgins and caused a massive amount of destruction.  A couple of weeks after Marilyn struck and with renewed effort, George shipped down a new truck, a  new generator, tools to complete his home and other projects as well.

Four years later, George and Laura gave up their duplex in Manhattan and moved into their home on St. John. "I never really imagined the redirections in my life, it seemed to happen instinctively...Maybe I did belong on the other side of that fence." 

"With somewhat extreme changes come some very unexpected, wonderful, magical moments." George was the featured artist in the inaugural issue of St. John Magazine, the local St. John Tradewinds Newspaper and other Caribbean based magazines and papers.   Progressive Architecture, New York Magazine, the New York Times, 1001 Decorating Ideas and many other periodicals have shown his work.

Over the years, his lighting sculptures have found their way to galleries and homes in the Caribbean, mainland U.S. and the world.

John Van de Water - Bronze and Stone Mosaics

       

John Van de Water

                   
 
   
"Witness", $5000


"I am a carpenter and justify my life by the hour, to paraphrase Steinbeck. 
A picture has sometimes moved me to make a carving, and some have become bronzes.  These two pieces came from images my sister sent me from Africa.   St. John has beautiful stones which I like to use to frame a bronze. The woman in the doorway in “Swahili Coast” shows her face only when home. “Witness” is a tribute to a young woman’s whose passing moved me."                                                                                                                          

John came to the Virgin Islands as a boat carpenter in 1990.  Since then he has been working on St. John as a house carpenter and then as a cabinet maker. “I have always enjoyed wood carving,” he said.  “I like to use local wood and stone.”

Most of his bronze pieces began as woodcarvings.   He first became interested in casting when he worked for a goldsmith in Northern California in 1968.  In 1991 and in 1997 he took classes in bronze casting, and in 2001 he worked at Bronze Works, a full-scale art foundry in Santa Cruz, California.



Caroline Rogers - Marine Photography

   
Blue Tangs And Fire Coral 


               Coral Scene With Mangroves                            

     
Green Turtle Coming Up For Air

 
              Queen Angelfish And Anemone                     

   
Sea Fans And Caesar Grunt

 
         Copper Sweepers Under A Ledge            
                          
   
Spotted Eagle Ray

 
             Green Turtle And Silversides                                   



Caroline Rogers

CORAL REEF STARS

Caroline S Rogers Photography

Caroline Rogers’s extensive collection of photographs celebrates the beauty of St. John, the island she has called home since 1984. All of the underwater photographs were taken while snorkeling, which requires considerable patience and being in the right place at the right time.

Caroline is a marine ecologist who combines her scientific knowledge of coral reefs based on her many years of research with her appreciation of the corals, fish, sea turtles and other marine life around the island. She also photographs some of the island’s fascinating bird life.

Caroline hopes that her pictures will raise awareness of the beauty that will be lost if the world’s coral reefs continue to decline. She considers it an honor to be represented in the Kimberly Boulon Fine Art Gallery. In addition to the aluminum prints currently in the Gallery ($175 each), others can be requested from images on www.coralreefstars.com.

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