Audrey Barrett

RISING OLD TOWN

Audrey Barrett grew up in Queens, New York. It was there that her fascination with the urban landscape began. Audrey, a self-taught artist, studied art history and became known for her landscapes and botanical subjects. Audrey Barrett worked as a package graphic designer for 25 years while painting large botanical paintings...

Audrey Barrett grew up in Queens, New York. It was there that her fascination with the urban landscape began. Audrey, a self-taught artist, studied art history and became known for her landscapes and botanical subjects. Audrey Barrett worked as a package graphic designer for 25 years while painting large botanical paintings...

Oil on canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso, unframed (gallery wrapped).

Factor brings into a clear focus natural detail, which is all too often only vaguely sensed. Each universe created on canvas or paper is a juxtaposition of traditional Renaissance c...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC LA --“I do think the big problem in a way…is how you deal with ordinary life—that is not extraordinary, that does not involve heroism,...

Central Street, 2019

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC LA --The primary subjects of my paintings are 21st century man's working monuments, which represent our culture's dedication to produc...

25th Street, by Elise Zoller, 24 x 30 in. oil on panel. Elise Zoller has recently embarked on a series of plein air paintings of sites around Salt Lake City and in the smaller towns of Utah from Hurricane to Huntsville. She has enjoyed meeting people along the road and learning about the history of the state. “Plein air work can be physically demanding, but there is no substitute for working from life. Light and shadow dance in subtle ways a photograph cannot capture. Even the wind and the fragrances it carries inform the work. Scenes come alive when you stand in one place for a few hours. You’ve got to get to know a spot,” Elise says. “While I work, all manner of people come up and talk to me about their towns and their lives. I’ve met a downwinder from Enterprise, pie bakers in Veyo, pony cart...