Ridgefield Park artIST's WORK to be featured in
NeW JERSEY's first-ever HIGHWAY ART GALLERY
Madelaine Cappuccio's Art Piece Named Winner in Statewide Competition to
Help Beautify NJ's Highways
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – August 10, 2009 – Congratulations to Madelaine Cappuccio of Ridgefield Park, whose NJ-inspired landscape entitled “Bergen County Sunset” was the top voted piece and announced as one of 13 winning pieces in the Palisades Highway Art Gallery competition. Her photograph will be displayed on the NJ Turnpike at Exit 17 Toll in Hudson County beginning the week of August 17, making passersby smile every time they drive by.
Madelaine Cappuccio grew up in Cliffside Park, NJ and attended New Jersey City University. She currently works as a freelance photographer. Madelaine is passionate about her art as is evident by her winning piece, Bergen County Sunset. Her photographs depict various subjects.
"There's beauty all around us, you just have to open yourself up to other perspectives and you'll find inspiration in even the most mundane of objects", she believes. "I think the Palisades Highway Art Gallery is a wonderful idea and I'd like to thank Palisades Insurance Company for the opportunity to show how beautiful the Garden State really is. It was truly an honor to be included with so many amazing artists".
You can see more of her work at Shadows & Light (
www.shadowsandhighlights.wordpress.com).
The Palisades Highway Art Gallery is the state's first-ever highway art gallery, using prominent billboards to display the work of local artists throughout New Jersey. The initiative was officially launched on July 13th with the unveiling of two billboards by renowned New Jersey artists Tim Daly of Hoboken and Gary Godbee of Westfield. The contest inspired state artists to submit over 940 original paintings, drawings, photography and mixed media interpretations of the state's beautiful landscapes to the Palisades Drive With a Smile Web site. Visitors to the site viewed the submissions and voted for their favorites pieces over four weeks this summer. In the end, Madelaine Cappuccio's “Bergen County Sunset” was the public's top voted piece and selected to be one of the featured artists of the Palisades Highway Art Gallery. All submissions to the Highway Art Gallery are on display on the Palisades Drive With a Smile Web site.
The Palisades Highway Art Gallery is the first initiative of the Palisades Drive With a Smile campaign, with the goal to remind drivers about the best the Garden State has to offer and create nicer New Jersey driving moments and more smiles all around. For more information about the Drive with a Smile campaign or the Palisades Highway Art Gallery, visit Palisades.com/DriveWithaSmile