The exhibition brings together a selection of paintings and drawings representing the life work of New York artist and art educator Ralph L. Wickiser (1910-1998). Wickiser's brilliant oil paintings of woods and streams near his home in Woodstock, New York, reflect his lifelong fascination with form, color, texture and light patterns in nature. His textbook on modern art, An Introduction to Art Activities (1947), was used by more than 600 colleges and universities during the 1950's and '60's. This significant retrospective coincides with the growing recognition of Wickiser's work in New York City today.   Light and Dark, Ralph Wickiser, oil on linen, 1997, 24 x 40"