'All Things Great & Small' Exhibition

I was recently contacted by Jeff Cooley of The Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme, Connecticut and asked if I would be interested in submitting some work for their annual small works exhibition. This year it is being combined with their annual 'Dear Santa' exhibition and thus titled 'All Things Great & Small'. I thought that was rather clever. And I was very flattered and happy to oblige them.

November 17, 2011 through January 3, 2012

On their website, Jeff Cooley describes Cooley Gallery's focus (partial excerpt):

While a primary interest of mine is the mid-19th century painters of the Hudson River School, we are inevitably linked as well to the painters of the Old Lyme Art Colony. Our proximity to the Florence Griswold Museum, one of our nations true gems of the museum world, has helped to promote the awareness and interest in the region's artists....

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....Our move to a public space in Old Lyme, however, opened up myriad opportunities to present significant shows. We were also able to integrate contemporary representational art into our program.

From our extensive art and antiques show circuit, as well as our own exhibition schedule, to the various publications we produce, our mission has remained constant: to bring the very best quality art, regardless of the renown of the artist, to as many people in as fun and as welcoming a way as possible.

I had a chance to browse through their wonderful collection of artists past and present. It's quite impressive and eclectic and includes living artists such as Lisa Barsumian (Monotypes! I have long collected printmaker's works. A favorite of mine since dabbling in it in college and a dying art that shouldn't be, in my opinion.), Niamh Butler, Jefferson Hayman (Urban subjects, still life and silver gelatin print. Can't go wrong, there!), Walter Rane (I really do love urban subjects in art. Can never get enough.) and Maurice Sapiro.

For the exhibition, Jeff selected the following three works of mine:

From left to right: 'The Three Graces', 'Salt & Pepper' and 'An Overwhelming Majority'. All at 6"x6" in oil on hardboard panel except the two coin paintings also include actual antique dollar bills collaged onto their surface. I could paint the coins but there was no way I could manage to paint replicas of those intricate little bills. Uh uh. Not happening. I had never thought about putting them together before, but when I did, they actually looked like quite a handsome little trio! My not-so-humble opinion, of course. ;o)

The opening reception for 'All Things Great & Small' takes place Thursday, November 17th from 5pm to 8pm. If you are in the area, stop by and say hello for me!