Flinn Gallery: e-Flinn Blog: ON THE MOVEOpened Thursday December 12, 2013 ...

Flinn Gallery: e-Flinn Blog:



ON THE MOVEOpened Thursday December 12, 2013
...: ON THE MOVE Opened Thursday December 12, 2013  with artists... Laure Dunne, Lisbeth Firmin, Pierre Gagnon, Charlie Hunter...

Opening Thursday December 12, 2013  6 - 8pm

Meet the artists at the opening

ON THE MOVE

Opened Thursday December 12, 2013 

with artists...

Laure Dunne, Lisbeth Firmin, Pierre Gagnon, Charlie Hunter,

Andrei Palmer, Joel Sokolov and Judith Wyer

Let's move on with them! ... seven artists will display their work in " ON THE MOVE" through January 22, 2014.

Charlie Hunter paints " what nature does to what man creates, and nowhere is that more evident that what time and weather do to railroads."

Judith Wyer has been exhibiting her brightly colored paintings of ephemeral moments in life in individual, group and juried show for more than two decades.  "My subject finds me," she said. 

 " I don't find it.  When it does, I must be prepared with camera and sketch book."

The photographs of Laure Dunne are from a series called " Wings and Wheels," showing older planes, motorcycles and vehicles on the freeways of southern California.  " I work in color and black and white to capture a mood, an emotion or a particular point of view".

Paris-born Pierre Gagnon was a textile designer for Ralph Lauren and Alexander Julian, and now owns Couleur Provence in Darien, where he works with interior designers on decorative painting of walls, floors, panels and furniture.  But Pierre's artistic priority is painting on canvas depicting scenes of the Venice and Paris from his travels.

Contemporary realist Lisbeth Firmin explores the relationship between people and their environment.  Bold blocks of color produce an abstract interplay of shapes in urban landscapes that fall into place when viewed at a distance. The Kentucky native lives and works in Frankin, NY.

Award winning Joel Sokolov is originally from NYC and now lives on the " big island" of Hawaii in Pahoa.  "Photography is a part of my creative life which provides me with imagery for my painting.  Jets,  views from the back seat of taxi's, freeways, trains, train stations and airports are amongst the subject matter that I photograph  - they depict my time, place and lifestyle.

Andrei  Palmer was adopted at the age of six from an orphanage in Romania.  He draws detailed sketches of automobiles on cardboard sheets recycled from pallets.  The the frame, he attaches chicken wire, blister-packaging plastic and fabric to create his unique cars. He was discovered at the Outsider Art Fair held in NYC this past February. This 22 yr.old folk artist now lives in Atlanta.

All art work is for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Friends of the Greenwich Library.

The exhibit will be on view Monday through Saturday from 10-5, Thursdays from 10-8 and Sundays from 1-5. 

'DAY IN, DAY OUT...'

Stop by the gallery to see Stephen Coyle's way of seeing at the beach... luminescent color and light in every day beach scenes... and then Heidi Broner's " At Work" series... "...workers moving with unselfconscious grace and assurance in their world..." 

David Bradford's interiors, landscapes, sailboats... in captivating color

Maddy Le Mel's delicate, magical wire sculptures and assemblage

all on view in the gallery through December 4, 2013.

DAY IN DAY OUT

OPENING 

THURSDAY OCT. 24, 2013 

... ON VIEW THROUGH

DECEMBER 4, 2013

With artists David Bradford, Heidi Broner, Stephen Coyle and Maddy Le Mel

David Bradford, artist and college teacher, paints landscapes, interiors, still life, murals and abstracts.

Heidi Broner paints, illustrates books, makes oversized outdoor pieces for the band, Phish and has worked for the Bread and Puppet Theater.  For 14 years she has hand-engraved drawings on black granite and in 2003 began a series of paintings " At Work" of laboring folk.

Stephen Coyne has exhibited country- wide and around the world.  "I live my life, observe and paint."

Maddy Le Mel is a "scavenger poet" who uses found objects to create articulations of light and space in sculpture, assemblage and installation.

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ALL THE PRETTY HORSES

MICHAEL MANNING

The first exhibit of our 2013 - 2014 season

OPENED LAST NIGHT September 12 with a great crowd and an impromptu performance of 

the lullaby "All the Pretty Horses" by the esteemed soprano Claire Stadmueller!

We welcome Michael back to the Flinn after ten years with a whole new body of exciting work.

"The dual and ambivalent nature of human beings has long been a dominant theme in my work.  My paintings often situate human and animal figures in otherwise abstract environments.  The horse dominates this recent series of paintings, and is sometimes combined with a human figure.  Appearing in awkward, unnatural positions, these forms become metaphors for human behavior, especially our depraved tendencies.  While reflecting a human capacity for empathy, the unsettled figures also conjure egregious acts of cruelty.  Faded, washed away, and redrawn in multiple layers, my images create a visual language that suggests the dual and often contradictory sides of human behavior.  The paintings are an ongoing balancing act between abstract and concrete imagery, and convey a message without overtly telling a story."  - Michael Manning

The exhibit will be on view through October 16, 2013.  Visit us... and Like us on Facebook!

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES

MICHAEL MANNING 

 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION 6-8PM