Gwyneth Leech

53W53 Rising, View from 54th Street, August, Impressionist skyline painting

2018

Alan Bray’s landscape paintings of his native, central Maine explore the ever-ebbing dynamic between nature and humanity. His paintings capture an asymmetrical pas de deux. Painted with uncompromising precision by his quick-drying casein tempera paint, Bray’s trailheads, shorelines, and vast horizons show evidence of previous human presence as it succumbs to natural growth. Bray’s stylized scenes center on these afterimages of human interference as well as other natural phenomena. Inundated with detail, nature reclaims swaths of scarred land, fallen trees, and dilapidated structures, returning them to their wild form. Natural phenomena such as wild overgrowth, animal tracks, mysterious forms, bogs, and mist are resplendently captured as homage to the rugged and uninhabited corners of secluded Maine. Alan Bray builds his landscapes with numerous layers of quick-drying casein tempera. Often used in Italian Renaissance painting...

Both spare and dynamic, Karl Hartman’s hyper-saturated countrysides and surreal depictions of Americana perfectly match the vividness of our late-summer h...

Maria Poroy (American, born 1952) "Bixby" 2024 Acrylic Paint, Wood Panel The artist signed the bottom right of the painting. "Bixby" by Maria Poroy is a serene and emotive landscape...

Last of the light by Rebecca Tucker [2021] original Acrylic on wooden panel Image size: H:25 cm x W:25 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:25 cm x W:25 cm x D:0.5cm Sold Unframe...