Invitational Summer Exhibition, Art Essex Galley, Juried by George Billis!

 

All Welcome!

Art Essex Gallery, 

166 Main St.  Westport CT

Opening Friday, July 30, 6-8 PM

#1723  Hannaford Parking Lot  11-6-20  16x20

Sadly I will not be in attendance, Thanks!

Finished January Paintings

 Here are the paintings from January,  they are available and for sale, please use the contact widget to inquire, thanks!

 #1747  Skellie Rd. Cambridge, NY  1-1-21

 #1748 Shadow on wall, West Main St.  1-2-21 9x12

 #1749  Mechanicville Stewarts  1-5-21  16x20

 #1750  Linseed oil gone bad  1-9-21  8x10

 #1751  Greenwood St. Mechanicville, NY  01-10-21  14x16

#1752  3rd and Elm  01-13-21  16x20

 #1753  Pleasant St. roof top 01-15-21  11x12

 #1754  Yellow flower in blue bottle  01-16-21  14x11

Available at Laffer Gallery

 #1755  Snow ruts, S. Cambridge Rd.  01-18-21 13x14

 #1756  1st. and 5th, Watervliet,  01-19-21  14x16

#1757  3rd St. Hoosick Falls, NY.  01-23-21

 #1758  Cumby's Greenwich,  01-24-21  13x14

 #1759  Red Car in driveway.  01-27-21  16x18

#1761  Flower and brown growler  01-29-21  10-8

Finished December Paintings

 Here are the finished paintings from December, 2020!

December 2020 seems like a long time ago, 6 months, but what a ride it's been, and once again my life is changing and I'm excited by everything that's coming, so hold onto your hats, and take a look at this group of paintings, they are for sale, so message me for price and details, Thanks!  

 #1733a  Midway Plaza  12-2-20  16x20

#1734  Stewart's at Night  12-7-20  11x14

 #1736  Port of Albany, Smith and Grain St.  12-10-20  12x16

 #1737 Poinsettia 12-14-20

 #1738  Willow St. Hoosick Falls, NY  12-15-20  12x16

 #1739  Studio window in snowstorm  12-17-20 9x12

  #1740  Spring and Washington St.  12-18-20  9x12

#1741  Lake St. 12-19-20  16x18

  #1743  Cumby's Greenwich, NY  12-26-20  9x12

 #1744  Damar varnish  12-26-20  8x6

 #1745  Lower Classic St. Hoosick Fall, NY.  12-27-20  11x12

  #1746 Hannaford parking lot, Greenwich, NY  12-30-20  13x14

Finished November Paintings

         Here are the finished paintings from November, 2020. It seems so long ago, it wasn't,  Most of these are available, some are at the Laffer Gallery show "Mutual Harmony" March 27-May 2 (2021) I will post a link about this show, both the brick and mortar and the on-line version as soon as it's available.  Thanks! 

#1720  Oil and whiskey  11-3-20  7x10

Available at the Laffer Gallery

 #1722  Backlots from Linda's house,  11-5-20  13x14

 #1723  Hannaford Parking Lot  11-6-20  16x20

Available at the Laffer Gallery

#1724  House in Buskirk, NY.  11-7-20  14x16

 #1725  Yellow flower in bottle.  11-12-20  8x6

 #1726  The three graces at Happenchance Farm.  11-14-20 9x12

 #1728  John and Bleeker,  11-18-20  16x20

#1730  Yellow flower in whiskey bottle.  11-25-20  12x9

#1731  2nd St.(nocturne) 11-27-29  16x18

#1732  Whiskey in a glass.  11-27-20  8x6

 #1733  Lake St. Stillwater, NY.  11-29-28  13x14

      Well, that's most of the paintings from November, and they are available for sale. Let me know if you're interested or have any questions, price, availability, etc... Please use the contact widget, thanks! 

Wet wall for February

 Here is the wet wall for February. Fun. let me know if you'd like to buy one, or just leave a comment. Some shows are coming up,  I'll keep you posted, thanks!

 

Wet wall for January

 Here are the wet paintings from January, Most are available, let me know if you're interested in buying any of them, Thanks! 

Finding the light in Stillwater

 

#1741  Lake St. Stillwater, NY,  12-19-20  16x18

       I was feeling a little bla lately with everything, tired after the roller-coaster ride of this year, I'm sure you know. It's a mini block, the nagging questions, like what the hell do you think you can paint? It happens irrespective of politics and seasons, but yeah, here we are, and this what I'm thinking about.  

            This painting is of a street scene I've driven by many times, it's in Stillwater, between Cambridge and Ballston Spa. So yes, I'm wandering around looking for a scene to paint and the light was like this:

        It was late afternoon and in the late autumn the light moves quickly. The thrill of this was in the brightness of the sunlight raking over the road and crashing against the building. Here is high drama, and if the world is a stage there is a spotlight on this place for this moment. It is a mundane, old street corner with a pizza parlor and a couple of apartments in a beat up corner of the world, but it's lit up as only the Almighty could. It contains a uniqueness, a rarity that belies preconceived notions about a place.  Finding the extraordinary in the mundane is what I live for. It might only be that way for a minute, and I will crop and edit the scene to pull out what I'm getting at, but it has to be there for me to find and record. 

        I try to be open to the world when I'm looking for something. I hope it will tell me something I don't already know.  The street scene I found, a fleeting moment of light is gone a few minutes later.  I need a safe place to stop, and to be able to work quickly, so that plays a role in choosing the scene.

#1732  Stillwater, NY.  11-29-20  13x14

Yes, these are two different paintings, one done on-site one in the studio from the other, with a casual reference to the photos taken that day.  Painting from life is crucial, your eye sees differently than a camera, but working on site has it's compromises, and I hope to work some of those out in the studio. 

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