Posts Tagged ‘floating frames’
Lisa McShane “Fluid Reflection” at SMITH & VALLEE GALLERY
My paintings tend to be a map of my life and my thinking, and these are what I spent my time doing during an odd time in our history. My last show opened March 7, 2020. For many of us that was the last time we were together indoors in a large group. I treasure…
Read MoreLisa McShane paintings at Smith & Vallee Gallery
Light is the main element in my paintings. I use layers of oil paint and resin, usually over linen, to create deeply luminous paintings of light and the way it falls on land and water. I want my work to breathe and to convey the beauty of our world, though I don’t paint an untouched…
Read MoreTania Dibbs debuts at Art Palm Springs 2020 with Ether Arts Project
ETHER Arts Project, an international nomadic cultural organization that links artists, curators and exhibition spaces, has invited Tania Dibbs to participate with a solo project booth at this premier art fair. With a strong focus on environmental art, which responds to ETHER’s mission, the display includes works from Tania’s Arctic series and her most recent…
Read MoreConnie Connally: Wild By Nature at George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles
Connally works most clearly with what we recognize as gestural abstraction, associated with Abstract Expressionism. Connally has focused, however, on a notable subset of such gestural painting, one recognized in the heyday of Action Painting and even cited then to link Abstract Expressionism with vital precedents (e.g. the late Impressionism of Monet, the early abstractions of…
Read MoreYing Li “Peregrination” at Gross McCleaf Gallery
Beautiful and seductive, these landscapes contain, but only partially conceal, a visceral howl. My understanding of them fluctuates between seeing them as landscapes, then as abstractions, and finally again as landscapes….What I love most is the time it takes to truly absorb and appreciate their structure and beauty. For me, that is a slow and…
Read MoreHelen Cantrell at The White Gallery in Lakeville Connecticutt
“I need lots of color in an image that strikes me. I use a lot of drips and flung slashes of paint. The result is expressive pieces in which swaths of yellow, orange, and violet evoke paths and fields and features a mix of abstraction and figuration, with vibrant bright hues, visible brushwork, and a…
Read MoreRichard Kirk Mills: Recent Paintings – Windows and Landscapes
“I paint directly from subjects in my familiar surroundings. The poetry of place arises from my own personal mythology: a longing for lost homes; a remembrance of water; of daydreaming looking out of windows: of silence. I occasionally make a pilgrimage, but for the most part, it’s just there, in front of me. From my…
Read MoreCarl Buttke “Reflections” watercolor series
We are always interested in how our customers frame their artwork. When talking with Carl Buttke we learned that he painted watercolors and framed them without glass or acrylic. I asked him if we could share the process he uses with our customers. He generously agreed to tell us how he protects the watercolors from…
Read MoreMichael Dixon “I, Too, Sing America” at David Richard Gallery in New York
I, Too, Sing America, is an exhibition of recent and new paintings by artist Michael Dixon at David Richard Gallery. This series is comprised of self-portraits that explore blackness; the value of black bodies in America; historic violence against those bodies; and the artist’s feelings as a bi-racial Black man. The paintings are self-portraits and…
Read MoreJoanne Ungar “PAIN RELIEF” at Front Room Gallery in New York
Front Room Gallery is proud to present “Pain Relief “ by Joanne Ungar. This solo exhibition features pigmented waxworks which embed evidence of current available methods to relieve physical or mental suffering. All the artwork in this show contains boxes for products that deliver pain relief, items for either numbing ourselves or for altering our…
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