Natural Harmony at D&R Greenway Land Trust

Natural Harmony Beatrice Bork, TingTing Hsu, Joe Kazimierczyk and Michael Schweigart at D&R Greenway Land Trust February 17 to June 9, 2026 Opening Reception: Friday, March 6, 5-7 pm

I’m happy to be part of a four-person exhibition at the Greenway's headquarters in Princeton, alongside Beatrice Bork, TingTing Hsu, and Michael Schweigart. Our work ranges from landscapes and wildlife to quiet, intimate studies of place, all reflecting the natural world we care about.

Left to right: Michael, Beatrice, me, TingTing in front of Mike's painting

I have 16 paintings on view—some new, some favorites—and nearly 80 works fill the gallery. Thirty-five percent of all sales support the Greenway’s land-preservation efforts.

On view: Feb 17 – June 9, 2026
Marie L. Matthews Gallery, One Preservation Place Princeton, NJ 08540 (map)
Opening reception: Friday, March 6, 5–7 pm (free, registration requested)

Joe Kazimierczyk "Autumn in the Pequannock" oil on linen, 20 × 30 in

Please note: The gallery is open Monday–Friday, 10 am–4 pm only. Since the building is sometimes used for other events, it’s a good idea to call ahead at 609-924-4646 to be sure the gallery is open.

I hope you can stop by and see the show!

Trail of Breadcrumbs: Nature in Fairytales

Trail of Breadcrumbs:

Nature in Fairytales

A group show celebrating nature in fairytales and the beauty of human imagination

running virtually through end of July, 2020

meet the artists online: Wednesday July 15, 5-6 pm

Joe Kazimierczyk
"Sycamore Lane"
oil on board, 11 x 14

It's been a quiet year for art news since so many art venues have been closed, and exhibitions canceled or rescheduled due to the pandemic.

I was very happy to be one of 4 artists included in this exhibit at D&R Greenway, but the state went into lock down the week that the show was hung. The end date was extended a few times in hope that the show could eventually open, but alas... it's the longest running show I've ever been in, but no one has been able to see it!

The Greenway has some of the exhibit online for a virtual viewing here:
Trail of Breadcrumbs: Nature in Fairytales

There will also be a Zoom session with the artists, moderated by Curator Diana Moore, taking place this Wednesday, July 15 from 5-6 pm. 

Sign-up and get instructions for this FREE Zoom event by emailing dkilmer@drgreenway.org

Joe Kazimierczyk
"Mirror Pool"

oil on board, 7 x 14

Besides myself, the exhbit and Zoom session includes artists Jada Fabrizio, Silvère Boureau, and Barbara DiLorenzo.

I'm sure we are all looking forward to normal times again, and I hope that everyone is doing well.

Lovely as a Tree

"Firmly Rooted"
6x8 inches
oil on board

My painting of these beech tree roots will be part of "Lovely as a Tree", a group show at the D&R Greenway Land Trust Headquarters near Princeton, NJ.

The show runs Nov 19, 2018 through Jan 25, 2019.
Opening Reception:  Friday, Nov 30, 5:30-7:30pm.

Over 80 artists are represented in this show and it should be a good one. The show is at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
[map & directions]

Please note: There are no weekend hours for this gallery. The Marie L. Matthews Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm, and it's best to call the Greenway at 609-924-4646 first to confirm that the facility is not being used for other purposes.


Exhibiting artists:
Jim Amon, Kathleen Amon, Danielle Austen, Hana Aviv, Laura Beard, Kristen Birdsey, Aida Birritteri, Gail Bracegirdle, Linda Bradshaw, Deb Brockway, Lonna Buinis, Jean Burdick, Peter Burt, Glenn Cantor, Larry Chestnut, Fred Gardner, Christopher DeGrezia, Connie Dierks, Wayne Domkowski, Sean Edwards, Renee Egan, Daniel Gluibizzi, Catherine Gowen, Dee Gozonsky, Donna Gratkowski, Ann S. Hoffenberg, Susan Hogan, Mary Hrbacek, Eve Ingalls, William Jersey, Joe Kazimierczyk, Armor Keller, Catherine Kuzma ,Deborah Land, Mary A Leck, Robert C Lowe, Byron Lum, Frank Magalhaes, Barbara March, Dominic Martelli, Helene Mazur, Joyce McAfee, William McCarroll, Lucretia McGuff-Silverman, Karen McLean, Helen Meyers, Arlene Milgram, Florence M. Moonan, Jo-Ann Osnoe, Tasha ONeill, Heather Palecek, Paula Pearl, Elizabeth Peck, Doris Peltzman, Jennifer Petrino, Dallas Piotrowski, Bill Plank, Charles Plohn, Janet Purcell, Jack Quinn, Roy Reinard, Karen Repka, Laurie Rubinetti, Joel Rudin, Sandra Eliot, Kristopher Schoenleber, Donald Schoenleber, Beth Schoenleber, Sandra Shapiro, Aurelle P. Sprout, Pia St. Onge, Lucia Stout, Nishant Thelakkat, Tess Fields, Roger Thorpe, Diane Tomash, Jennifer Tungol, Sharyn Van Glahn, Kazaan Viveiros, Mary Waltham, Ray Yeager, Anne Zeman

Farms, Barns and Bridges

I am very pleased to have 3 paintings in the group show:

"Farms, Barns and Bridges"
Oct 24 to Dec 16, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov 18, 5:30 pm

at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
[map & directions]

"Clover Hill Barns"
11x14" oil on canvas

"On Cider Mill Road"
18x24" oil on canvas

"Summer's End"
11x14" oil on board

Gallery hours are weekdays from 10 am to 5 pm, except for holidays, and the third Saturday of the month, 1 pm to 4 pm.

Important: Please call 609-924-4646 ahead of time to ensure that art exhibition rooms are not being used for other purposes.



Artists included in this show are:

Jim Amon, Kathleen Amon, Bob Barish, Sheila Bodine, Nina Bolfing, Cheryl Bomba, Silvère Boureau, Gail Bracegirdle, Jay Brandinger, John Brecko, Peter Burt, Dylan Carroll, Richard Chenoweth, Larry Chestnut, Guy Ciarcia, Lisa DeMarsico, Connie Dierks, Suzanne Dinger, Jennifer Driscoll, Mike Dziomba, Lynn Ebeling, Sean Edwards, Renee Egan, Sandra Eliot, Fred Gardner, Carl Geisler, Dee Gozonsky, Helmut Kunst, Deborah Land, Barbara Lawrence,
Mary Leck, Ronald LeMahieu, Susan Liddle, Phillip Luth, Larry Parsons, William H. McCarroll, William Metz, Mary M. Michaels, Shana Mimnaugh, Susan Mitrano, Pamela Neece, Joyce Ochs, Sandy O'Connor, Tasha O'Neill, Santford Overton, Paula Pearl, Dallas Piotrowski, Charles Plohn, Bennett Povlow, Teresa Prashad, Pat Proniewski, Janet Purcell, Jack Quinn, Richard Rappleyea, Cindy Roesinger, Peggy J. Rose, Denise Sandy, Sandra Shapiro, C.A. Shofed, Margaret Simpson, Allison Singer, Aurelle P. Sprout, Lucia Stout, Robert Sussna, Judith Sutton, Tom Chesar, Annelies van Dommelen, Ellen Veden, Samuel Vovsi, Patrick Walsh, Mary Waltham, Mary Ann Weisser, J. Michael Williams, Rebecca Wojchiechowicz, Evan Wolarsky, William Wolfe, Joy Yagid, Jane Zamost, Steve Zazenski, Ewa Zeller, Anne Zeman

"People of Preservation" extended through Nov 8

"Montgomery Winter Sunset"

18x24 oil on canvas

The show "People of Preservation" was originally scheduled to end Nov 5, but has been extended through Nov 8, 2014.  I have 7 paintings in the show, including the one shown above, and a few interesting presentations will be occurring at this venue very soon.

All of these occur at:

D&R Greenway's Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
[map & directions]

and they request that you RSVP that you will be attending.

Please visit http://www.drgreenway.org/public_programs.htm for additional information.

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LA Has a River?: Reviving America's Most Famous Forgotten Waterway

Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014
6:30 - 8:30pm

Click here to RSVP

Speaker: Jenny Price, Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and Humanities, Lewis Center for the Arts and PEI

Jenny Price will speak about the ambitious revitalization efforts on the concrete Los Angeles River -- their relevance to the water crisis, their importance for social justice, and the important role that artists are playing to make this huge project happen.

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Sagamore Hill: The Roosevelt Summer White House 

Special Lecture and Closing Reception for our People of Preservation art exhibit

Friday, Nov 7, 2014
Lecture & Reception: 4:30 - 6:00pm

Lecture begins at 4:30pm
Click here to RSVP

Kelly Fuhrmann, the new Superintendent of Sagamore Hill, the "Summer White House" home of our 26th President Teddy Roosevelt, will speak about current renovations and the inspiration of this special place where significant events occurred.

The talk will be followed by a brief reception for our People of Preservation art exhibit that celebrates inspirational preservationists.

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National Wildlife Federation's

World of Birds

Book Reading and Signing
with Author & Illustrator Kim Kurki

Saturday, Nov 8, 2014
2:00 - 4:00pm

Click here to RSVP

Kim Kurki, author of World of Birds, will read from her new book for adults and children. Books will be available for purchase with an opportunity for personalized signing by the author.  Makes a great birthday or holiday gift!


Kirkus Reviews has described World of Birds as a smorgasbord of information about common backyard birds. 

Visit the Johnson Education Center through November 21 to view a special exhibit of book illustrations.

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These presentations all sound interesting so hopefully you can stop by, learn something, and see some art - it's a very nice exhibition!

"People of Preservation" at D&R Greenway in Princeton, NJ

"Stockton Bridge"

24x30 oil on canvas

I am happy to once again be part of a group show curated by the D&R Greenway Land Trust in Princeton, NJ.  I have 7 paintings in this show entitled "People of Preservation" which runs September 12 -  November 5, 2014 at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
[map & directions]

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 26 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM.

"Rusty Roofs"
8x10" oil on canvas on board

Exhibiting Artists: Anita Bernarde, Rosemary Blair, Murrell Butler, N.J. Devico, James Fiorentino, Lucia Huebner, Grace Previty Johnston, Ruth Jourjine, Joe Kazimierczyk, Joy Kreves, Juliet Martin, Susan MacQueen, Joan Needham, Mary Louise Pierson, Marie Sturken, Ray Yeager

"Farm Lane"
8x10" oil on linen on board

Please note: There are no weekend hours for this gallery. The Marie L. Matthews Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm, and it's best to call the Greenway at 609-924-4646 first to confirm that the facility is not being used for other purposes.

"Sustainable Harvest" extended through December 1, 2012

"Sustainable Harvest", running at the D&R Greenway headquarters in Princeton and originally scheduled to close this week, has been extended through December 1, 2012.  So if you haven't seen the show yet, you have another 3 weeks.   The show is at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
(map)

One additional change: there will be a closing reception on Saturday, December 1st from 3-6pm.

Here are 2 of the 8 pieces I have on display:

"Amwell Dairy Farm"
16x20" acrylic on canvas

"Amwell Valley Winter"
18x24" oil on canvas

You can see more images of work I have in the show in the original posting: "Sustainable Harvest".


Please note that there are no weekend hours for this gallery. The Marie L. Matthews Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm, but it's best to call the Greenway at 609-924-4646 to confirm that the facility is not being used for other purposes.

Sustainable Harvest at D&R Greenway Land Trust

"Sustainable Harvest" - a group show celebrating the seed, the sown, and the soil, taking place Sept 4 - Nov 9, 2012 at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
(map)

I have 8 pieces in this show, depicting the barns, farms and fields of central New Jersey.

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 14, 5:30 - 7:30
Free and open to the public.

A few of the paintings I have on display:

"Blue Heron Farm"
12x24" oil on canvas

"Rainbow Run Winter"
12x24" oil on linen

"Howell Farm"
16x20" oil on canvas

Please note that there are no weekend hours for this gallery. The Marie L. Matthews Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm, but it's best to call the Greenway at 609-924-4646 to confirm that the facility is not being used for other purposes.

Exhibiting artists in this show are: Al Barker, Michael Budden, Dolores Cohen, Eric Fausnacht, Joe Kazimierczyk, Gerald Lubeck, Tasha O'Neill, Jack Quinn, Linda Rossin, Michael Schweigart, Igor Svibilsky, and Willan Vandever.

Friends in Field & Forest

"Coventry Farm"
11x14" oil on canvas on board

"Friends in Field & Forest: Celebrating Partners in Preservation" - an art and photography exhibit highlighting partnership lands protected by D&R Greenway in Princeton:  Greenway Meadows, Coventry Farm and The Institute Woods.  With a special exhibit of plein air paintings created on Green Acres lands, in celebration of the New Jersey Green Acres Program's 50th anniversary.

"Cedar Ridge Fields"
at Cedar Ridge Preserve, Hopewell, NJ
8x10" oil on board

I have 14 of my plein air paintings in this show, all of which are on land preserved by the D&R Greenway.  The show runs October 24 through December 2, 2011 at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
[map & directions]

Opening Reception: Sunday, November 4, 4-6pm

"Farm Lane"
at the St. Michael's Preserve, Hopewell, NJ
5x7" oil on board

Please note: Other than the opening reception, there are no weekend hours for this gallery.  The Marie L. Matthews Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm, but it's best to call the Greenway at 609-924-4646 first to confirm that the facility is not being used for other purposes.

"Mount Rose Boulders"
a very rocky trail off Crusher Rd, Mount Rose, NJ
8x10" oil on board

Wildness in Out Midst - The Greater Sourlands Eco-Region

I have 3 paintings in a show entitled "Wildness in Out Midst - The Greater Sourlands Eco-Region" running Oct 25 - Nov 26 at the D&R Greenway headquarters in Princeton, NJ. This show celebrates the Sourland Mountain, a truly unique region covering about 90 square miles and including the largest contiguous forest remaining in central NJ.  It also includes my home, so I know the area very well and paint on the mountain often.

"Rock Brook"
8x6" oil on board

The waterfall in my painting "Rock Brook" is really an old mill dam, and you can see many old stone foundations in the woods nearby.  According the book "New Jersey's Sourland Mountain", there were 5 mills operating on this small creek in the late 1700's.   And the artist George Bellows sent a summer living nearby and did a number of paintings within a mile of this spot.

"Amwell Valley Clouds"
11x14" oil on canvas on board

My painting "Amwell Valley Clouds" was done just across the street from my house.  I can only see woods out of my windows, but this is the view from my mailbox, looking northeast across the valley towards the Watchung Mountains.


The show runs Oct 25 - Nov 26 at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
[map & directions]

Artists Reception: Friday Evening, November 5, from 5:30 - 7:00

Where Farmland and Conservation Meet

I have 3 paintings in a group show called "Preservation of an Integrated Landscape: Where Farmland and Conservation Meet" running Sept 12 - Oct 15 at:

D&R Greenway's Marie L. Matthews Gallery
at Johnson Education Center
One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-924-4646
[map & directions]

Opening Reception: October 1, 5:30 - 7:30

"Sunflower Patch"
8x10" oil on board

The D&R Greenway has been very active in preserving land in Central New Jersey, and has recently extended it reach into South Jersey.  In 2008, the Greenway worked in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to preserve the 1,900-acre Seabrook Farm in Salem County. In 2009, two more farms around the Mannington Meadows were preserved resulting in over 2,729 acres of preserved land surrounding the 18,593-acre Mannington Meadows.

"The Updike Barns"
18x24" oil on canvas

The purpose of this exhibit is to showcase the fertile farmland and the magnificent marshes of the Mannington Meadow in Salem County.  Some of the artwork in this group show will be of Mannington Meadows and Salem County, but the general theme is farmland preservation.   The 3 paintings I have in this show are on preserved farmland in Mercer County.

"Oliver's Barn"
11x14" oil on canvas

Please note that there are no weekend hours for this gallery.  The Marie L. Matthews Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm, but it's best to call the Greenway at 609-924-4646 first to confirm that the facility is not being used for other purposes.

St. Michael's Farm Preservation Celebration and Art Exhibit

"St. Alphonsus From St. Michael's"
6x8 oil on canvas

"St Michael's Creek"
6x8 oil on board

The D&R Greenway Land Trust recently preserved the 340 acre Saint Michael property just outside of Hopewell Borough and this weekend they're having a celebration to mark the occasion, featuring:

• live music
• food and beverage vendors
• the First Annual Hopewell Valley Trail Run
• information about the Preserve
• an exhibition & sale of plein-air art of the St. Michaels Farm Preserve (which is how I fit in)

"Hopewell Valley"
8x10 oil on board

The Land Trust invited artists to paint and photograph the Preserve last weekend. It was my first visit to the property, and I was amazed at what an absolutely gorgeous piece of land it is - 200 acres of farmland, 140 acres of mature forest, creeks and streams, views overlooking Hopewell and Hopewell Valley. I am so thankful that this was preserved! If it were developed, it could have been covered with up to 1,020 homes plus commercial space.

Last weekend I did the 4 small paintings shown here and they'll all be exhibited at the celebration being held this Saturday, June 12 from 11:30 to 2:30. (Rain date June 13.) Park at the Hopewell Elementary School on Princeton Ave, and shuttles will be taking people to the park entrance on Aunt Molly Road. It's recommended to bring a blanket or lawn chair with you. Visit the D&R Greenway website for more information.

35% of the proceeds from all artwork sold will go to the D&R Greenway, so your purchases will help support a good cause!

"St Michael's Barn"
8x10 oil on linen

The Preserve takes it's name from the St. Michael's Orphanage and Industrial School built there in 1896 by the Diocese of Trenton. The orphanage closed in 1973 and the land remained undeveloped until the Diocese approached the Greenway in 2004 and set the wheels in motion for preserving the property. Fortunately for us, that came to pass, and the land was officially preserved as of Jan 19, 2010. I hope you can attend the celebration and see St. Michael's for yourself.

By the way, I painted inside the barn one day because it was so hot and windy outside. The barn provided some nice relief, and a group of barn swallows provided some nice entertainment while I painted.