Feature Story
Health Center Today, January 20, 2011
Wildlife, Medicine Bottles, and Landscape Photographs on Display in Health Center Lobbies
By Carolyn Pennington
Photograph by Alan Budney.
Exhibit: Photographs by Alan Budney, Gary Melnysyn, Lou
Palmieri and Sharon Purcell
Where: Main and Mezzanine lobbies, UConn Health Center, 263
Farmington Ave., Farmington
When: Now through March 23, 2011 daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
About the artists:
Retired from the practice of law, Connecticut native Alan Budney devotes his energy and
passion to the art and craft of photography. Originally a classic fine art
black-and-white photographer, his techniques and subjects have evolved along
with the advent of digital photography. He exhibits in numerous galleries and
venues on Cape Cod, is a member of the Professional Photographer’s Association
of Cape Cod and a juried photographer of the Cape Cod Art Association.
A self-taught photographer from Granby, Gary Melnysyn's travels have taken him to Alaska, across the Canadian tundra, through Montana and Wyoming wilderness, to the Sea of Cortez, through the Great Divide and to the deep woods of Maine. His passion for photography, combined with his wildlife background as a master naturalist, master wildlife conservationist and National Park Ranger, results in stunning wildlife images. His photos can be seen in such magazines as National Geographic, Nature Photographers, Favorites Places, and Nature Photography as well as on the Connectiuct Audubon Web Gallery.
A collector of old patent medicine bottles, Lou Palmieri’s still-life photos are a unique blend of photography and express his interest in the subject and its history. Photos in this exhibit are accompanied by historical information. Palmieri is a member of the New Haven Camera Club, where he has won numerous awards, including six Ruth Sprague Travel awards for the best travel slide sequence put to music.
On a cold winter day Sharon Purcell took a photo of a pattern left in the snow by a car. The color froze and the photo was given a bronze look. She sent it to Popular Photography and was awarded the grand prize by Nikon. Her photography has appeared in the book Memories of Yesteryear (published by the International Library of Photography), American Photo, Cycle World and Connecticut Magazine; as well as in local papers.
The University of Connecticut Health Center’s collection of fine arts serves to enhance the environment and promote the sense of a caring community for patients, visitors, staff and students. Art is selected, acquired and exhibited by the UCHC Art Advisory Committee. To view a selection of the Health Center’s permanent collection visit: http://auxiliary.uchc.edu/art.