Fairfield County - Art

"Jasper in flight is one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. You can practically see the green lake below him—mist still on the ground, with dogs poised and ready at your side. Th...

"Dairy cows are the quintessential animals of the American farm. Because we are so familiar with this particular breed and see them frequently grazing along roadside pastures, painte...

"Pacheco was an unexpected treat—mostly because the caramel floof around his face had him looking like he was perpetually popping out from behind a bush. You got us, Pacheco! But we ...

"Shawn the Meishan was a sight for sore eyes—though I’m not sure he could say the same for us. In fact, I’m not sure if he could see us at all. Meishan pigs are known for their squis...

"When Juno’s owners said he should have been named Jitterbug, I couldn’t have agreed more. Juno was always on the move. Whether kicking his back legs, frolicking off set, or wiggling...

"Bessie was a sweetheart from the very start. Her kind and docile nature was calming in a way that surprised me. By the end of our session, I found myself reaching toward her in hope...

"Believe it or not, this color-dusted fowl was originally born all white. One of my favorite aspects of photographing animals is learning about all of the details beneath the surface...

Oil on panel Compline Series: Compline is a recent piece, a work honoring New England. It is a culmination of what I developed and experienced from those decades painting and trekki...

This Limited Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann measures 50" x 40" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this print ships rolled with natural c...

Patience Peacock Series: Meditations Photo-based painting on Canson Infinity Rag Photographique Available sizes 30 x 20 in Edition of 15 40 x 27 in Edition of 12 60 x 40 in ...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: La Bonne dans l'Atelier de Sculpture (after Bloch 184) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Lily & Rose Year: 1974 Edition: 60/100, plus proofs. Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 24 x 35.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: ...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with gouache on paper. It features a muted palette and large, textured brush strokes. The painting itself is 13" x 22" and it measures 21.25" x 29.25" x 1" framed. It is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting, and is framed in a black frame with an acid-free mat. Wired and ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...

Ann Chernow’s work is based on impressions related to images from movies from the l930s and l940s. She uses film clips, studio publicity material, fan magazines and other memorabilia...

This contemporary abstract statement painting by Teodora Guererra is made with acrylic and oil paint on canvas. It features a coastal palette, with layers of paint applied in wide, sweeping gestures, layering varying shades of blue over one another. The painting is signed by the artist on the back of the canvas, and is wired and ready to hang. Teodora Guererra’s abstract artistic vision has evolved throughout her years spent painting and teaching in Fairfield County, Connecticut; Tucson, Arizona, and upstate New York. Arizona’s naturally radiant landscape and arid climate led her to experiment with rich under-painting and vivid color; while the shifting seasons of the East Coast inspired Guererra to pursue dripping and staining techniques. Her focus has always been pushing the limits through experimentation with new materials. “As an artist, painting can be tormenting and sublime at the same time," the artist says of her work. "I'm a big risk taker, experimenting with different materials to layer, stain and saturate color on large canvases. My most successful work looks as if it happened all at once. It sometimes takes 7 or more paintings to produce a successful one and then it's a beautiful thing." Guererra received her undergraduate and graduate Art degrees from Southern Connecticut University, The College of Saint Rose and Skidmore College. Guererra’s paintings can be found in public and private collections across the U.S., including the Allmen Health and Wellness Center for Women in New York and SUNY Brockport, NY, William & Sonoma, San Francisco, CA. Her influences are Pat Steir, John McCracken, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Jud, Bernar Venet, Agnes Martin and Brian Rutenberg...

This contemporary realistic landscape painting by Carol Young captures a barn in a rural setting. It features a vibrant palette, with ...

Lush Minimalism Silk Road is chromatically juicy and compositionally reductive. Each painting in this ongoing series is a small, luminous color field composed with layers of translu...

This pair of textured abstract paintings by Teodora Guererra features a light, greyscale palette with subtle warm accents throughout the composition. The artist layers thick strokes ...

Paul Manes was born May 4, 1948, in Austin, Texas. He began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. His art has been widely exhibited in America and Europe and h...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Green Oval Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 48 x 28 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LO...

This Limited Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann measures 45" x 36" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas,...

Weaving is a form of drawing, of plotting and connecting lines. Fabricating a three-dimensional, transparent object using thin strips of paper with differing colors on either side re...

Relax Rhea Series: Meditations Photo-based painting on Canson Infinity Rag Photographique Available sizes 30 x 26 in Edition of 15 40 x 34 in Edition of 12 60 x 50 in Edi...

Medium: Lithograph on vélin Hamilton Kilmory paper Year: 1947 Paper Size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Rembrandt, Drawings...

Artist: Guillaume Azoulay (1949) Title: Four Studies For Winners Year: 1990 Medium: Ink, Pencil & Gold Leaf Drawing on Rice Paper Size: 8.5 x 14 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...

Series: Hydrid Souls Archival Pigment Print Edition of 2 + 2 AP Available Size: 47.24" x 36.61" 55.11" x 42.51" 62.99" x 48.81" Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his g...

Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, hinged on archival support sheet, as issued Year: 1968 Paper Size: 13 x 16 inches; image size: 10.25 x 13.75 inches Inscription: Signed in the plat...

Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...

Very attractive and large scale 70's geometric abstraction! Not signed Oil on canvas 55 x 68 1/4 inches Provenance: Private collection, NY From the artist's estate of works Black Cen...

Series: Hydrid Souls Archival Pigment Print Edition of 2 + 2 AP Available Size: 47.24" x 33.07" 55.11" x 38.58" 62.99" x 44.09" Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his g...

Patt Baldino is an artist passionate about capturing the beauty and complexity of the natural world through her award-winning oil paintings. Her work is rooted in a deep appreciation...

This contemporary abstract painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with acrylic paint on canvas. It features a cool palette, with light blue, grey, white, charcoal black accents and contr...

Carry On Kookaburra Series: Meditations Photo-based painting on Canson Infinity Rag Photographique Available sizes 30 x 20 in Edition of 15 40 x 27 in Edition of 12 60 x 4...

Series: Hydrid Souls Archival Pigment Print Edition of 2 + 2 AP Available Size: 50" x 78.74" 55.11" x 86.61" 59" x 92.51" Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his graphic...

Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1970 Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, André Derain entre ...

This 5" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features a coastal white, blue, and sandy beige palette with organic shapes layer...

Paul Manes was born May 4, 1948 in Austin, Texas. He began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. His art has been widely exhibited in America and Europe and hi...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head I Year: 2001 Edition: 430/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excellent Inscriptio...

Observing shifting color is an ecstatic experience for the artist. She is intrigued by transitions from one color to the next and the way the eye and brain process these transitions,...

Ice Cream Truck Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print Available sizes: 24” x 18” - Edition of 20 36” x 27” - Edition of 5 44” x 33” - Edition of 5 60” x 45” - Edition of 5 Luszty...

"Goldfinch reminded me of a sun-soaked surfer teen with long, beachy hair and a bit of an attitude. Throughout the shoot, his jaw gyrated in circles as if he were chewing a chunk of ...

"Annie came to her owners with a big surprise. Originally a rescue purchased at auction, this angelic angora arrived at her forever home with baby Clover secretly growing in her bell...

"This playful portrait of Shirley was one in a series of several dairy cows that started my work in animal portraiture. Renowned designer DJ Stout of Pentagram commissioned me to pho...

"Bug was brand new to the world and only a week old when his portrait was taken. With his mama close to his side, this bug-eyed baby dazzled my lens with innocence. It’s rare to phot...

"Nothing sends a cold panic through your blood quite like staring a bull in the face. Titan was by far one of the most intimidating animals I’ve ever stood in front of. He was caked ...

"With a snowcapped crest like that, it’s no mystery where Denali got her name. Originally a Native American term meaning “the high one,” the word eventually became the name of the ta...

"Blaze exploded before my lens like a firecracker on the Fourth of July. His amber plumage and cascading crest likened him to a golden geyser. His confidence came with just as much o...

"Jasper in flight is one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. You can practically see the green lake below him—mist still on the ground, with dogs poised and ready at your side. Th...

"This girl was nothing short of a fresh mug of coffee, with her beautiful caramel plumage and milk-swirled poufs as proof. You would never know it by looking at her, but Latte was or...

"With a snowcapped crest like that, it’s no mystery where Denali got her name. Originally a Native American term meaning “the high one,” the word eventually became the name of the ta...

"Elm took my breath away and filled the room like an age-old tree covering everything below it. He was a calm beauty and quietly held his eyes to mine. It’s moments like these that t...

"I created two portraits of Duke during my short time with him. The first was an unusual composition with his emerald tail feathers toward my camera and his ruby head looking back ov...

"Doloris meant business. As soon as she stepped on set, this lady knew what she was working with. Polish hens come in a variety of colors and patterns, but the scalloped chocolate hu...

"With a snowcapped crest like that, it’s no mystery where Denali got her name. Originally a Native American term meaning “the high one,” the word eventually became the name of the ta...

"Tux came dressed to the nines in his formal black-and-white suit. He was clearly on the prowl and in pursuit of another female quail on set. We all got quite the show and were very ...

Patrick Sansone uses analog cameras and film to create photographs that reference stillness, lure, and intermission. Decaying signage, abandoned indust...

This ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. It has a vibrant red and cream palette, with a round body and a fluted neck. The piece has a raku finish,...

Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...

Series: Wax Weave 1/1 Beeswax, reclaimed paper, and silk on wood panel Size: 36" x 40"

This contemporary seascape painting by S.C. Aldo is made with acrylic paint on Arches paper. It depicts a lightly abstracted coastal sce...