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graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 30 x 22 inches, 37.5 x 26 inches framed Custom frame with Natural wood molding, white 8ply mat, AR non glare glass Signed BEARD 20...

This is a very highly animated and extremely well constructed, early 19th century sheet iron weathervane. Please do look at the detailed images. The construction and surface are abso...

Golden Hour (Brightly Colored Square Abstract Expressionist Painting in Light Pink, Grey, and Yellow) by Ragellah Rourke made in 2024 oil on panel 60 x 60 inches, unframed The sides ...

86 x 48 inches vertical, monochromatic red landscape oil painting on canvas This large vertical rusty red and orange monochromatic landscape oil painting imparts feelings of romance...

Edo period (c. 1800) screen, beautifully painted with excellent details. Kano School painting at its best. An exuberant Audobon landscape being observed by a cat and her kitten. A...

Large abstract geometric painting with intricate line work in pencil and gouache on a bright yellow background "Specifically, Nowhere (Yellow)" made by Hudson Valley artist, Donise English, in 2022 gouache, acrylic, pencil, and colored pencil on paper, mounted on panel 48 x 48 inches unframed, 50 x 50 inches with a dark brown stained wood floater frame Surface is protected with four coats of an archival UV protective varnish Signed, verso Excellent condition and ready to hang This large abstract geometric painting was made by Hudson Valley based artist, Donise English, in 2022. The composition begins with a bright yellow background overlaid with intricate line work in graphite and colored pencil. Thousands of hand drawn lines serve as a backdrop for a bold geometric form in a dusty violet and dark gray gridded pattern that references "an imagined city grid", says the artist. The painting on paper is mounted to wood panel and complemented with a dark stained wood floater frame. It's in excellent condition and ready to hang as is. The surface is protected with four coats of an archival UV protective varnish. More about the work: Donise English emphasizes lines, grids, and fields of subtle color to evoke imagined places and invented structures. While precise lines and straight angles are often associated with themes in architecture and urban planning designs, English conveys a geometric motif guided by intuition rather than a ruler. Variations on grids retain flaws and unmistakable traces of the artists’ hand; her style of draftsmanship shies away from intellectualism and instead makes her compositions feel very personal. Each design is intensely intricate, incorporating gouache, acrylic, pen, graphite, ink and colored pencil. Artist Statement: My work is about the way visual diagrams present information that describes how something is made or the way it is. I am interested in drawing and collaging multiple layers of information that refer abstractly to maps, architectural drawings and blueprints or patterns and structures found in such things as roller coasters, power lines and fences. I use gouache and collaged paper in a series of layers that are a visual and ideological response to the previous layer to define my pictorial space. For each piece I create a set of rules to follow about the use of a limited palette, a grid format, opacity of paper and whether a piece may include curving lines or maintain a rectilinear structure. Artist CV: EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Painting Bard College 1986 Bachelor of Science in Art History State University College at New Paltz 1977 Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons) Columbia University, School of Architecture Women’s Studio Workshop TEACHING Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus 1992-present AWARDS NYFA Fellowship in Painting 2018 Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent, University of Bridgeport, CT 2000 Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition” College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999 First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95” Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995 Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award for Sculpture Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 1994 Honorable Mention, “National Juried Exhibition” University of Bridgeport, CT 1993 Individual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture Dutchess Arts Fund 1992/93 Tallix, Morris, Singer Internship in Sculpture Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY 1990/91 MEMBERSHIP Royal British Society of Sculptors SELECTED JURIED/INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2020 “edu: Art Faculty of the Hudson Valley”, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY 2019 “Contemporary Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Mixed Media”, SITE Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2018 “JuxtaPositions”, The Painting Center, New York, NY “Peculiar Rarities”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2017 “Interlock: Color and Contrast in Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Donise English: Encaustics”, Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY 2016 “Let’s Stay in Touch”, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD “Under, Over, After Over”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 2015 “Off the Grid”, Arts & Culture Program, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY “Gridspace”, KMOCA, Kingston, NY “Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Assuming Identity”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY 2013 “Modern Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region”, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY Stone Canoe/Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY 2012 New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Contemporary Painters (Who Just Happen To Be Women)”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Strange Glue: Collage at 100”, Cambridge School, Weston, MA “Dear Mother Nature”, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY “Fresher Paint”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY 2011 “Process+Content: Donise English”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY “Donise English-Paintings”,Orange County Community College, Newburgh, NY “Gender Matters/Matters of Gender”, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Encaustics: Wax and Image”, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY “Dots, Lines and Figures”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Spring Awakening”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Clay City Dreams”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Texture,Pattern, Fragment”, Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI 2009 “Collage”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Working in Wax”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA “Encaustic 2009”, College of New Rochelle, NY “Three Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Convergence: The Human Experience”,Howard County Center for the Arts, MD 2008 “Suckers and Biters: Love, Lollipops, and Exquisite Corpse” Chashama Gallery, New York, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2007 “Patterns and Light”, Blue Hill Gallery, Blue Hill, ME “Suckers and Biters”, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006 “100 Artists, 100 Watercolors”, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, NY “On/Of Paper”,Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY “The Love Show”, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT 2005 The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN “Small Tales”, Valdosta State University, Georgia National Juried Exhibition,Art Institute and Gallery Salisbury, MD, Juror: Stephen Haller “Greed, Envy, Jealousy, Fear”, TSL Warehouse, Hudson, NY 2004 “Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “Girl Art Now”,Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 3 Person Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA “The Feminine Eye”, Bradley University, Peoria, IL “Women Painting Women”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA “Thought Patterns”, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ “Surface, Matter and Artifice”, Dutchess Community College Art Gallery Poughkeepsie, NY 2003 “Beefcake/Cheesecake”,Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA,Juror: Jamie Wilson, Curator Halpert Bienniel, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center “The Great White Oak”, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2002 “Cat Calls”, Red Clay Arts, Brooklyn “Hudson Valley Regional”, SUNY New Paltz Juror: Sydney Jenkins, Director, Ramapo College Art Galleries 2001 One-Person Exhibition, Davis and Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY “Beyond the Surface”, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago One-Person Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY 2000 “Vision 2000...

Best Laid Plan (Mixed Media Collage on Board in Bright Colors), made by Hudson Valley based artist, Donise English, in 2025 mixed media collage on board, framed Image size: 20.50 x 2...

Burst (Contemporary Cosmic Abstract Painting on Canvas in Black and Fire Orange Red) painted by Cinda Sparling 16 x 20 x 1.5 inches oil on canvas, unfra...

This large-scale mahogany table done in the Georgian style was made circa 1900. Retaining its original finish with a fine old patina the large board top shows a choice grain selected...

Abstract geometric drawing on paper in bright sunflower yellow and red, with a custom light wood frame 'Yellow and Red Grid' by Donise English 30 x 22 inches unframed, 37 x 29 inches...

Large, charcoal and acrylic landscape painting on canvas featuring a detailed countryside wooded field and light blue sky "Dreamland" by Sue Bryan acrylic and charcoal on canvas 34 x 42.5 x 1.5 inches 35.5 x 43 inches with an ebonized walnut floater...

Meiji period (1868 - 1912) calligraphy painting. Abstract character reads: Kumo (cloud). Seal on the upper right reads Shogazen, seal on the upper left reads Hosai. Ink on mulberr...

Realistic, Modern Still-Life Painting of Watermelon and a Pine Forest Made is 2022, by Berkshire based artist Ann Getsinger oil on linen 11 x 14 inches 16 x 13 inches in a walnut fl...

landscape oil painting on linen on homasote board, unframed 13.75 x 18.25 inches Harry Orlyk is celebrated for his ability to capture an rural country landscape with impressionistic...

This nice large carved rosewood table screen was created in China, circa 1870. Its carved details depict a dragon flying through celestial clouds...

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Early Spring Into Summer, Meiji period (1868 -1912) painting of plum in bloom with red camellias on the right and peony and thistle on the left. A clutc...

A fine and exquisite example of the designers work. The bag is signed and numbered 0089. Known for his elegant refinement the designer was born in 1939 and passed in 2014. Working in Rome and fully understanding the Mediterranean love of pure refinement his designs express a sublime play of luxury with simplicity. These small clutches are in demand the world over. Examples of his work can be found carried by the best-dressed women from the highest levels of society and in institutional collects such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as well as a long list of other international museums and institutions too numerous to mention. Crafted completely by hand in Italy these are like fine small sculptures with no two being alike. The gems and stones used are examples of the lapidary art...

Abstract encaustic painting with brown branches with dark red berries against a light beige background "Winter Berry Diptych" made by Hudson Valley based artist, Allyson Levy, in 201...

Lotus No. 1 (Contemporary Hard Edge Realist Still Life painting of Lotus Leaves) by Frank DePietro 30 x 48 x 1.5 inches, oil on canvas 31 x 49 x 1.5 inc...

In addition to Susan Lisbin's practice as a painter, she is a very active ceramicist. To create this sculpture, Lisbin experimented with folding layers over layer of ceramic before i...

Horses caught in full stride. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border and an oxblood lacquer trim. Seal is illegible.

This is a beautiful and evocative antique Japanese six-panel folding screen (Byōbu), a classic example of the popular "Horses in Stable" (Umaya-zu) motif from the Edo Period (1603-18...

David Saxe - “Photography has always been the simple act of looking and being inspired to strip the unnecessary elements from the scene and frame the image down in a way to discover...

Forest Light, 2016 (Contemporary Impressionist Landscape in Watercolor ) by Susan Hope Fogel Abstracted landscape watercolor drawi...

This very fine desk made during the Regency period in England is of great design and exceptional quality. Constructed of Mahogany solids and veneers with fine figure and color. The d...

A single brown ceramic table lamps with a striated design. Designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. USA, circa 1950. Shade not included. Newly rewired with new patinated brass...

Abstract minimalist three-dimensional dark metal sculpture is oxidized brass My Shadow Always Watched, created by Joe Wheaton in 2019 24 inches high x 64 inches wide x 22 inches deep...

A lotus scene with flowers in bloom floating on the water's surface. As the lotus rise from below for an enlightening process that brings an abundance of purity and beauty. Mineral p...

Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in bright hues of red, peach, pink, maroon, white and beige Piquant, hand-carved wooden wall sculpture by Hudson Valley artis...

Horizontal minimalist abstract acrylic painting in color fields of aqua, deep blue and black. oil and alkyd on canvas in a Larson Juhl black wood recessed framed Inspired by stones, stains from nature, erosion and artists such as Rothko and Sam Francis, Snow produces meditative fields of brilliant aqua, blue and black color by layering oil paints with a fast drying alkyd medium. The network of layers are bound to a complex under-painting with broad bands of pigment while the rapid drying alkyd allows Snow to continue the succession quite quickly, revealing beautiful boundaries of color. With his painting Snow strives for purity, seeking depth without illusion, using horizons of colors as a harmonious language to create chords, scales and tones. The artist has exhibited extensively in the New England region and has shown with Carrie Haddad Gallery for more than ten years. Surface texture of this painting is incredibly smooth due to the combination of paint and chemicals used. Palette is a brilliant aqua and...

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting on canvas of the expansive view over the Hudson River as observed at the top of Olana, the historic home of Frederic Church "In the Afterglow" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2021 Horizontal landscape painting, 48 x 60 x 1 inches unframed with white painted sides wired on reverse for easy hanging Artist's signature is located on lower left Acclaimed artist of the Hudson Valley, Jane Bloodgood, takes her painting to a new level with a new work entitled "In the Afterglow". Her interpretation of this very iconic view (observed from the top of Olana, the historic home of Frederic Church located near Hudson, NY) is set during the very quiet moments of a summer's evening when the sun has dipped beyond the mountains. The crystal blue sky illuminates with the sun's setting rays; a golden band of yellow haze otherwise known as "The Venus Belt" is an atmospheric phenomenon only visible shortly before sunrise or right before sunset. The water reflects the pink and purple glow that forms near the horizon; the dusty shadows of trees tower over the water's edge. We marvel at how simply Jane captures a complex phenomenon, evidence of her unparalleled ability to paint light and endow her work with luminosity. Yet this painting succeeds not only in its representation of the actual landscape and the awe produced by the experience, but also in its contemporary abstraction of atomsphere. The big, open blue sky is stacked with the colors of the sunset against the horizon, calling to mind a Rothko or the other great color field painters who achieve mood and depth from singular color. About the work: Painter Jane Bloodgood-Abrams has become one of the area’s most celebrated artists, gracing viewers with her compositions of sky, river, and earth. Being less concerned with documenting specific scenes, Bloodgood-Abrams is focused on capturing nature’s essence, “the deeply profound moments, where there is a connection to a vital energy.” Her process begins with being in nature, where she allows the emotional energy of the landscape to filter through her psyche. The memory is then translated onto canvas after being worked over a period of time with layers of paint that is applied, wiped away, and reworked. The result is a radiantly dramatic remembrance of Bloodgood-Abram’s encounter with “something beyond everyday life”. The artist’s final hope is for these images to evoke remembrances within the viewer's own personal relationship with nature. Artist Biography: Jane Bloodgood Abrams was born in Queens, New York. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, in 1985. Three years later, she earned a Master’s of Fine Arts at the State University of New York in New Paltz. Now she paints in the Hudson River Valley and the Berkshires. EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts Painting - (cum laude) State University of New York at New Paltz 1988 Bachelor of Studio Arts - (cum laude) College of Saint Rose, Albany 1985 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2015 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2014 Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2013 Christopher Clark Fine Art, San Francisco, CA The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA 2012 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN The Storefront Gallery, Kingston, NY "Beyond the Real" 2011 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Locust Grove State Historical Site, Poughkeepsie, NY 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2009 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2008 DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2006 Mendenhall-Sobieski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA DFN Gallery, New York, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2005 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 2004 Albert Shahinian Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2003 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Living Room Gallery, Kingston, NY River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 2002 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2001 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Artforms Gallery, Albany, NY 2000 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Mark Gruber Gallery, "Romancing the Landscape" New Paltz, NY 1999 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 1998 Alan Sheppard Gallery, Piermont, NY "New Traditions" 1997 Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL MULTI-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS: 2016 Byrdcliffe’s Legacy: An ode to Nature and Place, Kleinert Art Center, Woodstock, NY Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Hyde Collection Museum, Glens Falls, NY ARTBAR Gallery, Kingston, NY 2015 The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY Jessica Hagen Fine Art, Newport, RI 2014 Jessica Hagen Fine Art, Newport, RI “Riverscapes,” The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA "Far and Wide" Regional Juried Exhibition, Woodstock Art Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY 2013 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Hyde Collection Museum, Glens Falls, NY Far and Wide" Regional Juried Exhibition, Woodstock Art Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY 2012 "Riverscapes," The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA “The Great Hudson River Exhibition,” Mill Street...

Vintage olive Parsons style side table with clean clines and beautiful grain. Strong details throughout

Japanese two-panel screen: Peony and Cherry, Edo period (circa 1800) painting, formerly fusuma (Japanese sliding doors), executed in the Kano school style, featuring a cherry tree in...

This large carved Vicenza urn now used with a glass top to create a center table is of an impressive size. The table would be perfect in a modern interior with a classical bent. The ...

Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture resembling stacked books in blue, grey, and white "Blue Books", hand-carved wooden wall sculpture ...

Tablescape (Mid-Century Modern Abstract and Cubist Style Oil Painting on canvas) by New York School Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert Mid century modern, abstracted still life p...

This is a sweet, diminutive Dutch brass mirror. Created in the 19th century, this little beauty is filled with charm. A definite statement piece, mu...

sepia toned archival pigment print, edition 4 of 25 Item size: 24 x 20 inches, 100% cotton rag paper Image size: 22 x 17 inches This modern, sepia toned landscape print was made by ...

Abstracted still-life painting on panel of a black vase with a flower and a seed pod David Konigsberg Black Vase, 2023 11" x 9" oil and monotype collage o...

Artist Statement: Painting is a meditation and a kind of alchemy in which I concentrate and transform my feelings and memories into something material that can be experienced in var...

Beautiful pair of armchairs by Mastercraft. Manufactured manufactured in Spain in the 1970s. This pair does need to be rebuilt and reaupulstered. Is excellen...

Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 15. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. This photograph was previously on exhibition in the Robin R...

Colorful, abstract painting inspired by Frank Stella in rainbow and pastel encaustic "Curves I", made by VT based artist, Clark Derbes, in 2024 36 x 48 x 2 inches with walnut stripin...

Post modern sculptural wood side table. Faux birch painted. Geometric and ever changing design when altering viewpoint. Very interesting and super fun to look at.

Anatomy Lesson, Segment 8 (modern figurative oil painting of a hand being measured with wooden calipers) by Robert Goldstrom 2024 oil on linen 12 x 12 inches signed and in excellent ...

Abstract acrylic painting on canvas with a pastel purple, yellow, and green palette “Beneath the Shining Sun”, painted by Ragellah Rourke in 2022 30 x 30 inches, oil on canvas Sides are cleanly painted so additional framing is optional Wire backing for easy hanging Artist signature located on the back This contemporary, abstract painting was created by Hudson Valley based artist, Ragellah Rourke in 2022. Her most recent body of work focuses on relationships between color and space. Elements of symbolism, reminiscent of Gustav Klimt, decorate the composition with abstract markings and calligraphic gestural brushwork. Warm yellow and purple tones with hints of green radiate upwards into a background of white, recalling the awaking the nature during the beginning of spring. There is wire installed on the back for easy hanging. The painting’s sides are cleanly painted so additional framing is optional. Artist Statement: My paintings are very textural and built up slowly over long periods of time. The surface holds the memory of the painting’s development, all the time looking for clues for what will come next. I look for connections between the forms that develop. They are never something that I logically calculate, but rather a long string of chances, thoughts, and guesses. The appearance and meaning develop throughout the progression of the painting. It is a continuous search for resolution, balance and mystery within the painting. Artist CV: 1963 Born Albany, NY 1998 BA Painting, The University at Albany, State University of New York Residing: East Berne, NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2012 Carrie Haddad Gallery...

Stunning and sturdy pair of Pierre Cardin designed nightstands. Practical yet elegant and streamlined. Plenty of storage in these white and chrome postmodern nightstands that were de...

Early Gustavian (Swedish Rococo) sofa with two bolsters and seat cushion.

Large and beautiful live edge mirror. Made with California redwood, the patina is warm and glowing, and the size makes it a statement piece. This piec...

This large and impressive piece of furniture was intended to travel as the center of a Gentleman's of means packing requirements. Made circa 1750-1760 under the reign of George II an...

Stunning and sturdy three part credenza or dresser which consists of a pair of Pierre Cardin designed nightstands with a separate 40" wide chest placed between. Practical yet elegant...

Painted boxes from a vintage circus dog act / Black lacquer & lucite midcentury fixture at top w/ large globe bulb / Black cord w/ floor dimmer / Castors added / 2025

Beautiful, rare Castiglioni floor lamp. Spun fiberglass "shade" with a chrome base and floor controls. Some minor foxing to the base of the lamp that is consistent with age.

Japanese six-panel screen: Chrysanthemums, Edo period (circa 1800) painting of a variety of chrysanthemums in a garden landscape, with sparrows. Mineral p...

A Primitive Pictograph (Abstract Painting in Metallic Gold & Splashed of Color), 2021 by Bruce Murphy 38 x 38 inches, unframed, enamel paint on archival paper Signed, verso This ges...

Lacquer painting on wood.

Elemental Drift Grey, White , Blue Abstract Expressionist Painting Made by Ragellah Rourke in 2025 oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches, unframed The sides are cleanly painted light grey so ...

Contemporary, abstracted landscape reminiscent of Hudson River School & Romanticist painters oil on canvas 40 x 48 inches Romantic (yet modern) Hudson River oil landscape painting of a vast field in the foreground with a red and blue sunset sky in the background. This painting is of a horizontal orientation and is finished with an olive green border painted directly onto the canvas. The edges are finished with the same color, so no additional frame required here. Once a hard edge realist painter, the artist eschews those details, letting the stroke of his brush and moody palette leave an abstract implication of the landscape. In the Openings series, Palmer integrates the frame into the painting. This element contributes to the narrative, suggesting the viewer is inside looking out. We are not a part of the landscape, rather we are a peaceful witnesses to nature that will transcend even our own existence and continue to change with the seasons long after we have passed. We are romanced by Leigh Palmer's unique ability to pare down and find the true essence of the landscape, gently veiled through his own soul. We are proud to have exhibited his work since the inception in 1991. Artist Statement: My paintings are based on observation of the landscape in the Hudson River Valley where I live, and are improvised in the studio; the images are found or discovered in my memory of familiar places and developed during the painting process. Human beings do not appear, but their presence is felt in the marks left on the ground (furrows, fence rows, roads), and sometimes in the air (smoke, haze). About the artist: In 1987, Leigh Palmer moved with his family from suburban Duxbury, Massachusetts, to Tivoli, New York, a quiet town on the Hudson River, north of New York City. His subject matter shifted to the sprawling hills and countryside of the Hudson Valley. “I wanted to respond to the new landscape I was seeing, to catch something of the feeling I had just before dark,” says Palmer. “I took a lot of photographs, but I was happier with the paintings I created from memory.” Leigh Palmer has been represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY for over 25 years. Resume: EXHIBITIONS 2013 - 2017 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2011 Graficas Gallery, Nantucket MA 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2009 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT 2008 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT Four Starr Gallery, Stonington CT 2007 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2005 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT 2004 Segalas Gallery, Bernardsville NJ 2003, 04 Bachelier-Cardonsky, Gallery Kent CT 2000, 01, 03 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 1999 Barbara Singer Fine Art, Cambridge MA 1999, 98 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 1997 The Main Street Gallery, Nantucket MA 1996 Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury CT 1995 James Cox...

Gouache and graphite on handmade paper. 24 x 18 inches unframed, 28 x 22.25 inches framed. Artist Statement: “As an artist, I find endless possibilities overwhelming and use self-imposed boundaries to focus my work. This often includes some combination of: a literal grid or graphite border, employment of barbecue skewers or wooden chopsticks in lieu of paintbrushes for mark making, use of a monochromatic or limited color palette, and a reliance on shape and pattern to tell a story. Limiting the elements at play adds a measure of gravity to each decision, and every detail about the paper, the viscosity of the paint, micro variations in hues, and even the sharpness of the point on a skewer matters. I’ve found that the more restrictions I put in place when I paint, the freer my work has become, allowing a tension to form between the organic and prescribed. Rather than sketch before starting a new piece, I spend time with the paper and begin to visualize possibilities. From there, I can expand the work incrementally. Whether I’m working in an adapted form of pointillism, playing with opacity and hue, or building patterns through repeating shape, the work evolves in its own time. It is an intentionally open process of discovery that seeks to uncover the greatest potential of the basest elements we have at our disposal”. - Kate Snow

with gold flake design. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper, with silk brocade border, and red negoro style lacquer trim.