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Item Ships From: Fairfield County
Tom Martinelli, Untitled (#1734), 2017, acrylic, paper, 13.5 x 10.25 inches
By Tom Martinelli
Located in Darien, CT
Tom Martinelli works with simple rounded shapes, fields of color and the character of a painted edge. Using stencils, paint rollers and spray paint he ...
Category
2010s Suprematist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Carol Diehl, Adriana, 2011, powder pastel on Masonite, 9 x 12 inches, Abstract
By Carol Diehl
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to present works by Carol Diehl as our Flat File Feature Artist.
Opening each drawer in the cabinet presents one in a series of pastel drawings that the artist beg...
Category
2010s Suprematist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
Carol Diehl, Aki, 2011, powder pastel on Masonite, 9 x 12 inches, Abstract
By Carol Diehl
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to present works by Carol Diehl as our Flat File Feature Artist.
Opening each drawer in the cabinet presents one in a series of pastel drawings that the artist beg...
Category
2010s Suprematist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
Andra Samelson, Ephemeris, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Andra Samelson, Starstruck 3, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Andra Samelson, Dusk, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Andra Samelson, Starstruck 1, Acrylic on canvas, 28 x 22 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Andra Samelson, Stellar Gridlock, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Emily Berger, Etching # 3, 2016, paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper
Emily Berger, Jay #2, 2014, Paper, Ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Emily Berger, Wellfleet #5 , 2014, Paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
BluesBlueGreen
By Louise P. Sloane
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Toy_Mirage
By Toni Simon
Located in Darien, CT
Toni Simon is a multimedia artist and writer living in Brooklyn.
Her work encompasses the ways in which the future will appear, the shape of things to come, accessed through trance...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper
Wake Up Call
By Toni Simon
Located in Darien, CT
Toni Simon is a multimedia artist and writer living in Brooklyn.
Her work encompasses the ways in which the future will appear, the shape of things to come, accessed through trance...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper
Telescope Highway
By Toni Simon
Located in Darien, CT
Toni Simon is a multimedia artist and writer living in Brooklyn.
Her work encompasses the ways in which the future will appear, the shape of things to come, accessed through trance...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Secret Alias
By Toni Simon
Located in Darien, CT
Toni Simon is a multimedia artist and writer living in Brooklyn. Her work encompasses the ways in which the future will appear, the shape of things to come, accessed through trance s...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Jellify
By Toni Simon
Located in Darien, CT
Toni Simon is a multimedia artist and writer living in Brooklyn. Her work encompasses the ways in which the future will appear, the shape of things to come, accessed through trance s...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'Mid', 2014, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy’s creative practice is intuitive and process-driven, prompted by the found ephemera in her daily experience. Responding to the inherent energy within discarded and ...
Category
2010s Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'Last Stop', 2016, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy’s creative practice is intuitive and process-driven, prompted by the found ephemera in her daily experience. Responding to the inherent energy within discarded and ...
Category
2010s Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'Afterward', 2016, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy’s creative practice is intuitive and process-driven, prompted by the found ephemera in her daily experience. Responding to the inherent energy within discarded and ...
Category
2010s Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'Warn', 2016, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy’s creative practice is intuitive and process-driven, prompted by the found ephemera in her daily experience. Responding to the inherent energy within discarded and ...
Category
2010s Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'March', 2016, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy’s creative practice is intuitive and process-driven, prompted by the found ephemera in her daily experience. Responding to the inherent energy within discarded and ...
Category
2010s Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'With', 2016, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy’s creative practice is intuitive and process-driven, prompted by the found ephemera in her daily experience. Responding to the inherent energy within discarded and ...
Category
2010s Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Audrey Stone, #64 Hot Spot, 2011, Thread, Rag Paper, Graphite
By Audrey Stone
Located in Darien, CT
Being nearsighted from a young age, Audrey Stone is drawn to seeing things up close; her work entails detail in the making and her desire for visual intimacy. How craft and art are d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Rag Paper, Graphite
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'Platform', 2014, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy's creative process generates from a wholly intuitive place, prompted by the materials that come and go freely within the day-to-day experience. Currently, her work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'Green Mile', 2014, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy's creative process generates from a wholly intuitive place, prompted by the materials that come and go freely within the day-to-day experience. Currently, her work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
Orbiters 7
By Jane Harris
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Harris’ rigorous drawings combine a satisfying game of variations on eliptical forms, B pencils, a toothsome cold-pressed heavy watercolor paper and architectural templates. By ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Graphite
No. 315
By Clara Fialho
Located in Westport, CT
Brazilian artist, Clara Fialho, is based in New York. Her abstract work with bright and exuberant colors is inspired by her Latin heritage.
She received her BFA from the prestigious...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Love, 2021
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless space we occupy when we are young. She creates lively and childlike characters, finding inspiration in the works of early Italian Renaissance masters such as Fra Angelico.
Wilson graduated from Wellesley College in 1991, and pursued her education in Florence. She received her MFA at New York Academy of Art, and later worked as a painting assistant to Jeff Koons for two years.
This current series employs the toile wallpaper samples that the artist had lying around her house during lockdown as a backdrop for ambiguous and complicated feelings toward quarantine and domestic confinement. In this work, she is hoping to narrate how fear of the pandemic unknown, coupled with household anxieties, and increased self-awareness contributed to the mixed emotions of security and hostility towards enforced domesticity within a masked world.
The toile tradition represented a coincidental parallel with the COVID era rediscovery of old-fashioned pastoral lifestyles, and the embrace of self-reliant artisanal practices like cooking, gardening, sewing, and prescribed homeschooling. Her colorful inscriptions, some original, some appropriated, layer in our contemporary lifestyle, our modern methods of connectivity as well as our high-tech world.
The punky playfulness of the neon and fluorescents contrasts with the backdrop of Fragonard-esque imagery and hopes to delivery her messages of love and connection, awareness and newness, hope and emotions, as well as the occasional glossily veiled hostility expressed in certain so-called “love” declarations.
The phrases evolved from a previous series addressing the Me Too movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
RosesGold
By Louise P. Sloane
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
No. 377
By Clara Fialho
Located in Westport, CT
Brazilian artist, Clara Fialho, is based in New York. Her abstract work with bright and exuberant colors is inspired by her Latin heritage.
She received her BFA from the prestigious...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
FBBlues
By Louise P. Sloane
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Boss Bitch
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Love
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Friday I'm in love
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled #267
By Clara Fialho
Located in Westport, CT
Brazilian artist, Clara Fialho, is based in New York. Her abstract work with bright and exuberant colors is inspired by her Latin heritage.
She received her BFA from the prestigious...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
No. 375
By Clara Fialho
Located in Westport, CT
Brazilian artist, Clara Fialho, is based in New York. Her abstract work with bright and exuberant colors is inspired by her Latin heritage.
She received her BFA from the prestigious...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
BluesPurple
By Louise P. Sloane
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
NALB
By Louise P. Sloane
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
RosesLavender
By Louise P. Sloane
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Love, 2021
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless space we occupy when we are young. She creates lively and childlike characters, finding inspiration in the works of early Italian Renaissance masters such as Fra Angelico.
Wilson graduated from Wellesley College in 1991, and pursued her education in Florence. She received her MFA at New York Academy of Art, and later worked as a painting assistant to Jeff Koons for two years.
This current series employs the toile wallpaper samples that the artist had lying around her house during lockdown as a backdrop for ambiguous and complicated feelings toward quarantine and domestic confinement. In this work, she is hoping to narrate how fear of the pandemic unknown, coupled with household anxieties, and increased self-awareness contributed to the mixed emotions of security and hostility towards enforced domesticity within a masked world.
The toile tradition represented a coincidental parallel with the COVID era rediscovery of old-fashioned pastoral lifestyles, and the embrace of self-reliant artisanal practices like cooking, gardening, sewing, and prescribed homeschooling. Her colorful inscriptions, some original, some appropriated, layer in our contemporary lifestyle, our modern methods of connectivity as well as our high-tech world.
The punky playfulness of the neon and fluorescents contrasts with the backdrop of Fragonard-esque imagery and hopes to delivery her messages of love and connection, awareness and newness, hope and emotions, as well as the occasional glossily veiled hostility expressed in certain so-called “love” declarations.
The phrases evolved from a previous series addressing the Me Too movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Dancer
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled #266
By Clara Fialho
Located in Westport, CT
Brazilian artist, Clara Fialho, is based in New York. Her abstract work with bright and exuberant colors is inspired by her Latin heritage.
She received her BFA from the prestigious...
Category
2010s Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Histories (A4)
By Olivia Munroe
Located in Fairfield, CT
Beeswax, ink, metallic powder on vintage hand made paper.
Does not include framing.
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wax, Handmade Paper
Histories (B79)
By Olivia Munroe
Located in Fairfield, CT
Beeswax, ink, metallic powder on vintage hand made paper.
Does not include framing.
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wax, Handmade Paper
Histories (A24)
By Olivia Munroe
Located in Fairfield, CT
Beeswax, ink, metallic powder on vintage hand made paper.
Does not include framing.
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wax, Handmade Paper
Histories (A64)
By Olivia Munroe
Located in Fairfield, CT
Beeswax, ink, metallic powder on vintage hand made paper.
Does not include framing.
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wax, Handmade Paper
Atlantic blue stripes
By Janet Jennings
Located in Fairfield, CT
Janet Jennings is known for her luminous oil & watercolor paintings. After working for Lawrence Rubin at Knoedler Contemporary Art, Jennings maintained a studio at Waverly Studios in New York City. She began as a Color Field painter, working on canvas and linen. Janet moved to Amagansett, NY in 1981 and switched her focus to landscape painting. Her career path led her to teach at The Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall & The Victor D’amico Institute of Art. From 1993 to 1998, she was the Chair of the Andy Warhol Visual Arts Preserve Program. Jennings maintains ties to the art community as an educator and curator. She is a member of the East Hampton Arts Council, an advocacy group for performing and visual artists of East Hampton. Ms. Jennings maintains a painting studio in East Hampton and currently teaches oil and watercolor classes. In 1997, she was a founding member of CMEE, The Children’s Museum of the East End. Working with Lee Skolnick and JoAnn Secor, she was an exhibit designer and fabricator for “Time and Place, Light and Space”, the initial installation at Guild Hall, which launched CMEE. She was a lead designer for the permanent exhibition installation of CMEE, located in Bridgehampton, NY. Jennings received her BFA from the University of Dayton and attended The Dayton Art Institute, Antioch College and The Art Students League. Her paintings are in numerous corporate and private collections worldwide. She has exhibited at numerous galleries on Long Island and New York City including The New York Design Center, Hampton Road Gallery, Pamela Williams Gallery, Folioeast, Lizan-Tops Gallery, Chase Edwards Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hsitories (A35)
By Olivia Munroe
Located in Fairfield, CT
Beeswax, ink, metallic powder on vintage hand made paper.
Does not include framing.
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wax, Handmade Paper
Histories (A23)
By Olivia Munroe
Located in Fairfield, CT
Beeswax, ink, metallic powder on vintage hand made paper.
Does not include framing.
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wax, Handmade Paper
Histories (C68)
By Olivia Munroe
Located in Fairfield, CT
Beeswax, ink, metallic powder on vintage hand made paper.
Does not include framing.
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wax, Handmade Paper
Cabo orange stripes
By Janet Jennings
Located in Fairfield, CT
Janet Jennings is known for her luminous oil & watercolor paintings. After working for Lawrence Rubin at Knoedler Contemporary Art, Jennings maintained a studio at Waverly Studios in New York City. She began as a Color Field painter, working on canvas and linen. Janet moved to Amagansett, NY in 1981 and switched her focus to landscape painting. Her career path led her to teach at The Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall & The Victor D’amico Institute of Art. From 1993 to 1998, she was the Chair of the Andy Warhol Visual Arts Preserve Program. Jennings maintains ties to the art community as an educator and curator. She is a member of the East Hampton Arts Council, an advocacy group for performing and visual artists of East Hampton. Ms. Jennings maintains a painting studio in East Hampton and currently teaches oil and watercolor classes. In 1997, she was a founding member of CMEE, The Children’s Museum of the East End. Working with Lee Skolnick and JoAnn Secor, she was an exhibit designer and fabricator for “Time and Place, Light and Space”, the initial installation at Guild Hall, which launched CMEE. She was a lead designer for the permanent exhibition installation of CMEE, located in Bridgehampton, NY. Jennings received her BFA from the University of Dayton and attended The Dayton Art Institute, Antioch College and The Art Students League. Her paintings are in numerous corporate and private collections worldwide. She has exhibited at numerous galleries on Long Island and New York City including The New York Design Center, Hampton Road Gallery, Pamela Williams Gallery, Folioeast, Lizan-Tops Gallery, Chase Edwards Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ash Drawing #2
By Richard Orient
Located in Fairfield, CT
New Landscapes is a series of landscapes painted over the past year. It includes the artist’s observations of oceans, wooded hills, and ponds in different seasons. In these landscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
Floating Ash #2
By Richard Orient
Located in Fairfield, CT
New Landscapes is a series of landscapes painted over the past year. It includes the artist’s observations of oceans, wooded hills, and ponds in different seasons. In these landscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic
Ash Painting #4
By Richard Orient
Located in Fairfield, CT
New Landscapes is a series of landscapes painted over the past year. It includes the artist’s observations of oceans, wooded hills, and ponds in different seasons. In these landscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Oil
Ash Drawing #6
By Richard Orient
Located in Fairfield, CT
New Landscapes is a series of landscapes painted over the past year. It includes the artist’s observations of oceans, wooded hills, and ponds in different seasons. In these landscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
Hecuba
By Reuben Nakian
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract black and ink wash on paper drawing.
The powerful legacy of Reuben Nakian has earned him a coveted place in the history of American art. No other sculptor of the twentieth ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Friday I'm in Love (red gold)
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless space we occupy when we are young. She creates lively and childlike characters, finding inspiration in the works of early Italian Renaissance masters such as Fra Angelico.
Wilson graduated from Wellesley College in 1991, and pursued her education in Florence. She received her MFA at New York Academy of Art, and later worked as a painting assistant to Jeff Koons for two years.
This current series employs the toile wallpaper samples that the artist had lying around her house during lockdown as a backdrop for ambiguous and complicated feelings toward quarantine and domestic confinement. In this work, she is hoping to narrate how fear of the pandemic unknown, coupled with household anxieties, and increased self-awareness contributed to the mixed emotions of security and hostility towards enforced domesticity within a masked world.
The toile tradition represented a coincidental parallel with the COVID era rediscovery of old-fashioned pastoral lifestyles, and the embrace of self-reliant artisanal practices like cooking, gardening, sewing, and prescribed homeschooling. Her colorful inscriptions, some original, some appropriated, layer in our contemporary lifestyle, our modern methods of connectivity as well as our high-tech world.
The punky playfulness of the neon and fluorescents contrasts with the backdrop of Fragonard-esque imagery and hopes to delivery her messages of love and connection, awareness and newness, hope and emotions, as well as the occasional glossily veiled hostility expressed in certain so-called “love” declarations.
The phrases evolved from a previous series addressing the Me Too movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Fairfield County - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
