Wyndbourne, LLC

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Artist - Educator - Occasional Chef He moved in the summer of 1996 with his wife, Nancy, from their New Jersey home of 15 years to a 200 year-old farmhouse. Having become familiar with the Galway area over many years of driving through it to their summer camp farther north in West Day, they decided to seek a life-style less frenetic than the one they lived in the NY Metro area. Originally from New Haven, Connecticut, Ralph Caparulo graduated from Silvermine College of Art (AD), the University of Hartford Art School (BFA), and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Art (MFA). He has practiced his craft since the late 1960s concurrent with a teaching career, presently a member of the faculty of the Schenectady County Community College. In addition, he is available to participate as a mentor/instructor in Skidmore’s University Without Walls program. He studied metalsmithing at the Royal College of Art in London with noted English jeweler, Wendy Ramshaw, and takes occasional courses to broaden his base of knowledge and skill. Caparulo built his studio at Wyndbourne after the barn he’d hoped to use for the purpose was deemed irretrievable. The studio houses all of of the artist’s major woodworking equipment and features a commanding view to the south through its prominent central window. It is in this peaceful, fascinating but orderly disarray of materials and components that constructivist sculptures (mostly), drawings, collages and paintings take shape. This structure also serves as a classroom for independent study students and young artists interested in portfolio development. It is also host to errant hummingbirds and other winged beings that err from their usual flyways. Using leather, found objects or fabricated elements together with strong influence of Japanese design principles, Caparulo’s work is at once enigmatic and orderly, primitive yet polished, timeless and often whimsical. He draws on a considerable knowledge of meso-American, Egyptian, Norse and Japanese folklore and mythology for inspiration. These cultural sites have captivated and continue to fascinate him and are the focus for much of his continuous study. Widely shown in juried and invitational venues across the US and Canada, Mr. Caparulo’s art is found in permanent collections of several museums in New Jersey (the Noyes and Bergen) and Pennsylvania (The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) and, more locally, the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls. He has a coveted (by sculptors) membership in the North American Sculpture Center in Golden, Colorado, and has won numerous awards and fellowships for his creativity and accomplishments.

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