RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Please join us for
Steve Alpert Landscape
Saturday August 27th, 2011
cocktail reception 6-8pm
curated by Carole Reed
4 North Main Gallery, Southampton
or by appointment – 631-875-7366
Paintings and sculptures
by Michael Patterson
Opening Reception:Fri.Aug. 12th 5-9,
Reception Sat. Aug. 13th,4-9
The Gallery is open all day sun. and mon.
Brian O’Leary Paintings 1983-2011
August 4-9
Curated by Julie Keyes
Paton Miller, Recent Paintings
July 14th-20th 2001
Opening Reception – Sat, July 16th 5-8pm
TECHspressionism: A Decade of Digital Art
Solo Exhibition: Colin Goldberg
July 2-16 2011 Opening Reception: Saturday, July 9 6-9pm. Click here to RSVP
1st Annual Hamptons Exhibit
June 25th + 26th
Benefit for The East End African American Museum + Literacy Suffolk
Artist Reception + Gallery Talk Saturday, June 25th 4-7pm
Super Nature
Kathryn Lynch, Meghan Boody, Melinda Hackett
Curated by Carole Reed
June 16th-21st Opening Reception Saturday, June 18th 6-8pm
Recent Works By: Paton Miller
June 3rd – 14th
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11th 5-8pm
Micheal Paraskevas: Fine Art + Illustration
May 4th – 31st
Opening Reception – Saturday, May 14th 5 – 8pm
Michael Paraskevas is one of the country’s most respected illustrators. His work has been published in most of the leading magazines, Time, Town and Country, Sport Illustrated and The New York Times, etc.
In 1992 he started to collaborate with his mother on was was to become a remarkable run of publishing. 22 children’s books over the course of the next 18 years. Their biggest success came when Nickelodeon agreed to take Maggie and the Ferocious Beast into the world of animation. Betty and Michael produced and wrote 39 half hours of animation that is still running all around the world.
Everybody Needs Radio – Fundraiser to support WPPB NPR Southampton – Saturday, April 30th 5 – 8pm
Max Moran April 2011
April Rains
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2
Why Rain?
Navigating glorious sunny landscapes provides artists with ample subject matter, but I’m drawn to the element of rain because it acts like a trigger. It’s usually avoided, ignored, however in an urban setting there is a certain atmosphere and mood that lends itself to all kinds of interesting possibilities. I was once caught in a rain storm on the corner of east 92nd and Madison while plein air painting. The rain ran down over the surface of the oil painting creating an interesting pattern and texture. The oil paint would not stick to the places where raindrops had fallen and rolled over where the oil had been applied. The brushes after a while would not accommodate both water and oil. The experience nudged me to explore the possibilities further.
When it rains I fly out with my sketchbooks and sit at corner coffee shops filling them with observations and notes. Rain is a great equalizer in the city, we all need a cab at the same time, we all may feel uncomfortable, however we are all basically waterproof. As a painter I take the opportunity to watch and sketch people as they do every day things amongst the right angels of Manhattan. Many of these observations can be seen in this exhibition of paintings.
We are so controlled by what we are allowed to know – consume, and allow ourselves to critically think. Controlling rain or any adverse weather especially in the urban setting challenges me in ways traditional plein air painting cannot. I was told some time ago the rain paintings had an “urban-goth-jazz” to them. I did not take offense; ultimately an artist’s job is to document the identity and culture of his day and to preserve the soul that society sometimes misplaces.
Max Moran
www.maxmoran.com
March 19-March 26: Meditations
The Image is the entire canvas area and moves into the space which is intended to absorb the viewer. In the painting the main concern is to draw continuously on the inner life of the canvas as it is defined on the two dimensional space. There is a striving for total involvement and at the peak of concentration a oneness, a selfless universal feeling: a transcendental experience. This quality is a reference to the boundless and the endless which evokes mystery. This I wish to express in my art. – Joe Barnes
View Joe’s work at joebarnesartist.com.
Daniel Gonzalez is a professional fine arts photographer. He has two published books and contributes to magazine publications regularly. His photographs are on permanent exhibition at Jack Lenor’s LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, N.Y. Daniel Gonzalez was born in California and moved to Hawaii after travelling through Southeast Asia. He picked up his first camera when he was 16 years old on his way to Thailand and has been shooting ever since. In 1996 he moved to NYC to pursue his passion for photography. Studies at the School of Visual Arts and the rich palette of NYC streets have greatly influenced his career. He is enamored with the natural world, the people who inhabit it and enjoys sharing his vision through his work. View more of Daniel’s work at gonzophotostudio.com.
Raun Norquist lives and works in Sag Harbor, New York. Her background is architecture and her design work, whether architecture, furnishings, landscape, sculpture or visual work, has always been focused on “honesty” expressed through the innate qualities of materials; strength, texture, color, translucency, etc. The March 2011 show at 4 N. Main will feature work that is a further investigation of innate qualities using elements from the periodic table.
March 1st -14th: Paton Miller
Making paintings is easier than writing about them. I think this has to do with the intangible parts of a painting, and there is much of that. The process for myself starts with the events that shape my life. When I was a little boy, I drew caricatures of my family. There was never a dull moment so there was much to lampoon. I began to travel and paint the places I visited and the people I met. This is something I still do. I jokingly refer to these pieces as my “National Geographic” work.
As I got older and started to have axes to grind, I found that being an artist is tailor made for axe grinding. At this very specific moment in time, my axes have been ground out. I’m sure there will be more to come and I am content painting my greatest adventure yet: my family and our adventures and travels around the neighborhood and the world.
The ideas and events that are the reasons for making the paintings are only half of the story. The other half is the physical nature of the work. I can tell you that the idea is one thing and the surface is another. As a young traveller in Asia and Europe, I was struck by the power of the centuries old frescoes and how the patina of time made them even stronger and more curious. My experience working with dynamite and construction added another appreciation for how things look when they have been ‘worked’. This ‘working’ of the paintings is as personal as the way I talk or walk and equally as hard to explain.
Paton Miller.
View Paton’s work at patonmiller.com.