Stamford / Westport - Art

"Like all young animals, Lewis was a speed demon. And a mischievous little guy. He was getting into everything in the studio, completely unphased by the camera, lights, or my crew....

"Rupert was a big boy. I photographed his impressive hams at the Texas State Fair, where he eventually won Best in Show. This is one fancy show pig, and boy did he have quite the sta...

"I wanted to create a pigeon portrait of Milo that was very similar to his pigeon friend, Shiloh. I worked with Milo on the same small farm that I shot Shiloh on, and they both prove...

"Bando is a real looker. This showstopping marbled beauty was a natural on camera. His stunning dappling of light and dark with bits of red sprinkled in came together like a true wor...

"Venus definitely had us in his orbit. From the planetary stripe of red across his space-black body to his buck teeth and loving personality, he was the perfect beholder of this doub...

"Francis is a fighter. Born five weeks early and severely underweight, this little one came close to not making it. After 48 hours of close calls and her caring owner nursing her the...

"Snowflake is a kid at heart. Having been raised around children on the farm, she quickly took on their enthusiastic energy and zest for adventure. Snowflake loves to run through tal...

Name: Silly "No surprise here, but this girl was one silly goose. She honked her way through our entire session and had everyone in tears laughing. Geese are often known for their p...

"Don’t worry; this sweet-faced calf is not coming to collect. Born on April 15th, The Tax Man is anything but taxing. Cows are some of the kindest animals there are, and I always lov...

"A distinguished name for a very distinguished alpaca. Christoph commanded the stage with his head held high, slowly investigating every nook and cranny with a look of veiled disinte...

Oil on canvas Weir Farm 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 trek...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with gouache on paper and features a cool, muted palette and light texture. The painting itself is 13" x 22" and measures 21.25" x 29.25" x 1" framed. It is signed by the artist in the lower left-hand corner of the painting and is framed in a black frame with an acid-free mat. It is 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...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 32" x 40" - $6,250.00 48" x 60" - $9,500.00 75" x 60" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 39" x 47" - $7,750.00 55" x 6...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 32" x 48" - $6,250.00 40" x 60" - $9,500.00 48" x 72" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 39" x 55" - $7,750.00 47" x 6...

Series: The Americana Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 20" x 40" - $5,800.00 30" x 60" - $7,000.00 40" x 80" - $9,500.00 Framed Sizes: 27" x 47" - $6,800.00 37" x ...

This abstract black and white painting by Julia Contacessi features layers of expressive brush strokes and a cool greyscale palette. Of this piece, the artist says, "The use of horiz...

TIDEPOOLS Series: “[This series] is an ever-changing fluid eco-world that is filled with life. I can not help but reflect upon these tiny systems, a microcosm of the larger cycle of ...

Available sizes and editions: 53.93 in (137 cm), 114.17 in (290 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 Artist Proofs 48.43 in (123 cm), 102.36 in (260 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 Artist Proofs 44.88...

A marvelous and affecting depiction of "Elsa" the artist's wife at the kitchen table with an object not yet decided in her hand. It could be a coffee cup, a glass or a letter that t...

Title: Donut - Double Chocolate Medium: Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5 per size Available sizes: 24" x 24" 36" x 36" 48" x 48" This photograph will be printed...

Title: Marie Antoinettes’s Chateau, Versailles, France All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 13” x 16" Edition of 15 21” x 26" Edition of 7 32” x 40” Edit...

How Much? Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5 per size Available sizes: 24 x 24 in. 36 x 36 in. Refined Sugar Collection. Since this print will be shipped directl...

PROVENCAL Series: “In [this] series I was exploring the classical influences of the impressionist masters, to build on their ideas to move them forward, yet being true to the many ap...

Wondering White Flamingo 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 ...

Prussian Blue Water is painted on special Japanese paper I purchased in Tokyo on a trip last year sponsored by The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. From that t...

SHEPHERD’S PASS Series: “In [this] series I wanted to move into expressing more of a post-impressionist mode by deconstructing with lyricism, while not fracturing in hard edges; so a...

Series: Hydrid Souls Archival Pigment Print Edition of 2 + 2 AP Available Size: 47.24" x 40.94" 55.11" x 47.63" 62.99" x 62.99" Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his g...

Mindful Mandrill Monkey 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 10 60 x...

A highly idyllic and unique Barbizon painting, depicting the women of a region all at the water's edge doing the wash. In 19th century France this was an everyday occurrence but this...

"Life at the top isn’t always easy, especially for those not accustomed to it. Head north—far north—from Oslo, and you’ll be greeted by conditions that are anything but hospitable. ...

This mid-sized original abstract painting by Tony Iadicicco is made with oil paint on gallery wrapped canvas. Dark blue horizontal lines are located approximately one third of the wa...

Imagine Eagle 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 ...

WEIR FARM Series: “[This] series runs the full range from natural to post-impressionism, yet always having the themes of the American pictorial sense of place with an accurate drawin...

"Few sleepers are more recognizable than sperm whales. Not for how long, but for how they rest. The animals drift upright near the surface for just ten to fifteen minutes at a time—...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 20" x 40" - $5,800.00 30" x 60" - $7,000.00 40" x 80" - $9,500.00 Framed Sizes: 27" x 47" - $6,800.00 37" x 67...

His famous series that mimicked the abstract expressionist painters movement - but in photography. A great image and a striking work for any sophisticated or rustic environment. Ima...

Roland Garros Tennis Ball Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5 per size Available sizes: 24" x 24" 36" x 36" 48" x 48" Lusztyk’s “Collectible” series is a macro lev...

This contemporary mixed media piece is made with mixed media on a circular mirror. Deep blue-grey color has been applied over the mirror, giving it a painterly aesthetic but also allowing for mirror to continue to show through. The mirror base reflects its surroundings and changes color in alternating light. It hangs beautifully and safely with a wooden cleat, giving the illusion that the work is almost floating on the wall. "'Moon Series' is a collection of works all created in the shape of a circle," the artist says. "I was drawn to the magic of this shape. It has no beginning or end, and no divisions, making it the perfect symbol of completeness. Each uniquely different in the use of color, composition and nature of experience it brings while standing in front it. I like the idea of interactive art...

This abstract painting is made with acrylic paint over metal leaf on cradled birch panel. The painting features a light tan-colored palette, with white swirling lines which form a ci...

AMS to YYZ Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print Available sizes: 36” x 27” - Edition of 20 Locations from around the world. Since this print will be shipped directly from the...

Be Here Bison 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 ...

This Way Wolves Series: Meditations Photo-based painting on Canson Infinity Rag Photographique Available sizes 30 x 30 in Edition of 15 40 x 40 in Edition of 12 60 x 60 in ...

Being Here Bear 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 ...

Restful Rhino 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 ...

This abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra is comprised of two gallery wrapped canvases, 30" x 30" each. They feature a warm grey and white palette, wi...

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...

David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Interior Design and spent the early part of his career practicing in his field before establish...

Born in Hawaii to a Japanese mother and a military aviator father, Sali Swalla’s early years were spent living in various US States, as well as Japan and Korea. After attending Uni...

"Capturing an image of any wildlife comes with inherent challenges—harsh conditions, dark coloration that swallows light, and unpredictable, fast movement. The bald eagle manages to...

Series: Hydrid Souls Archival Pigment Print Edition of 2 + 2 AP Available Size: 47.24" x 40.94" 55.11" x 47.63" 62.99" x 62.99" Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his g...

Pink and White Petunias is a graceful and sprightly composition featuring soft pink and green tones. Hills was a master of capturing the essence of whatever flowers or vase she chos...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 40" x 32" - $6,250.00 60" x 48" - $9,500.00 75" x 60" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 47" x 39" - $7,750.00 67" x 5...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 40" x 32" - $6,250.00 60" x 48" - $9,500.00 75" x 60" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 47" x 39" - $7,750.00 67" x 5...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 32" x 40" - $6,250.00 48" x 60" - $9,500.00 60" x 75" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 39" x 47" - $7,750.00 55" x 6...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 32" x 40" - $6,250.00 48" x 60" - $9,500.00 60" x 75" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 39" x 47" - $7,750.00 55" x 6...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 32" x 40" - $6,250.00 48" x 60" - $9,500.00 60" x 75" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 39" x 47" - $7,750.00 55" x 6...

Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 20" x 40" - $5,800.00 30" x 60" - $7,500.00 40" x 80" - $9,500.00 Framed Sizes: 27" x 47" - $6,800.00 37" x 67...

"“You had a once-in-a-year day today.” Wildlife experiences tend to be easier to describe in feelings than in frequency. Even then, I often find myself taking days, months, or even ...

"""That very night in Max's room a forest grew and grew— and grew until his ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around"" ‍What is “wild,” really? It’s untouc...

"Selection matters. Selection matters even more when you’re making a choice for life. Among bald eagles, till death do us part holds true. Only in the event of a partner's passing—...