October

Sculptures by Arthur Amster of
Shelter Island and Scarsdale

Arthur Amster is an award-winning sculptor whose career and exhibit span a period of almost 60 years.  There are 45 different art works in a wide variety of media - newspaper, cork, alabaster, agate, basalt, and more.  Amster carved Roots of Man from a Hemlock tree he planted.  Endangered Species employs 1600 wine corks and emphasizes that there aren’t enough corks for all the wine produced world-wide.  Amster found a granite stone at the home of a fellow sculptor where he does his welding and created karma, a head with an “oriental mystique.”  Allied Artists of Americaselected Ahoy, a sculpture of steel anchors and alabaster, for their upcoming annual exhibition.