3-Woman Show: 

Emilie Whitley, Dipanwita Manna (Ghoroi), & Linda Tribuna

Sept.2 to Oct 16, we are exhibiting three women with different artistic styles for a variety of paintings and drawings on the walls of the Conti Room and the Adult reading area. 

Emilie Whitley's oil paintings capture landscapes of the places she has lived in and visited. She describes a moment of awe that she felt from these landscapes and seascapes from western France and Maine, to the snowy vistas of Canada or the British Isles, or the soft countryside of New Jersey. 

Dipwanita Manna (Ghoroi) uses painting as a means of self-expression to bring out her interpretation of the world she has experienced from her roots in India to her life in the US. She explores fragments of life sometimes in an abstract form or as a visual commentary on experiences. 

Linda Tribuna's realistic drawings are beautifully rendered with woodless graphite pencils. She employs the classical techniques of Chiaroscuro to delicately create a sense of depth and volume to make the picture photo realistic. Her works are featured on the West wall of the Conti Family Community room.

Emilie Whitley 

Artist Statement:

The landscapes of the places I’ve lived in and visited serve as the creative foundation for my work. Whether it’s the seascapes of western France and Maine, the snowy vistas of Quebec and Ontario, the lush landscapes of the British Isles, or the soft countryside of New Jersey, each scene holds a moment of awe I aim to capture through painting. 

Inspired early on by my father’s own painting, I picked up a brush as a child and have been captivated ever since.

I primarily work in oils, often beginning with photographs I’ve taken myself to maintain a personal connection with each subject. The slow-drying nature of oil paint gives me time to build depth through layering and to blend color directly on the canvas. Toward the final stages, I use dry brush techniques to capture “lost and found” edges-those subtle moments of visual suggestion that bring a landscape to life.

Painting helps me connect to my environment and integrate into new places. It’s a way of opening up to a new world and grounding myself while translating the magic and light in nature into something lasting. Of British and French origin, I now call Millburn-Short Hills my home. 

I have exhibited my work in France, Montreal, and the United States. I was previously a member of the Visual Arts Center in Westmount, Montreal, and am now a member of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit, where I continue to take classes. I also explore creativity through drawing, ceramics, and stained glass, each offering new ways to reflect and reimagine the world around me. Above all, I hope my work evokes the same quiet wonder in others that first inspired me to paint.