By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Les Hoste
Art work by Les Hoste of Geneseo currently is featured in the south window of RutabagA Art Studio & Gallery at 108 North State St. in downtown Geneseo. Hoste is a versatile wood worker and water color artist, and the window display includes watercolor paintings and hand-carved and painted decoys. Retiring as a tooling engineer more than 10 years ago, he has continued his passion of creating items from wood - from end tables and doll furniture to cabinets, ornaments and more. A friend encouraged Hoste to begin painting in water color after his retirement. His work includes a variety of subjects, color palettes and skillful techniques. RutabagA Studio is open from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
