Monday, January 23, 2012

"frost and firelight's" featured artist Chris Karpinski


Chris Karpinski has years of experience painting the landscape en plein air. Her new large vertical paintings
are less about the literal depiction of the details of the
landscape. Instead Karpinski has created paintings that
are meditations on nature. These works are expressions of
Karpinski’s inner spiritual feelings for the natural world.
Karpinski conveys space, light, and atmosphere with thin
washes of paint and close tonal values. Each painting has
it’s own unique color harmony. Each is a reprieve from a
busy, hectic world, to a place of quiet contemplation.
Chris Karpinski is an award winning artist. Her work has
shown at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in London. In May
of 2004, she was featured in a three-person exhibit at
Sylvan Gallery for paintings that she created during a
two-week artist’s residency at the International Arts
retreat in County Kerry, Ireland. Karpinski’s work can be
seen regularly at the the Essex Art Association and the
Lyme Art Association where she is an elected artist
member. Karpinski studied at the Rhode Island School of
Design and the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.


Winter Exhibit "frost and firelight"

artwork by Patricia Corbett, Robert Noreika, Mary Ann Heinzen, Lisa Fatone, Paul Batch, Cynthia Wentzell, Catherine Elliott, Sylvina Rollins, Jeffrey Sabol, Julianna Cameron, Deborah Siraco and guest artist Chris Karpinski.Show runs through March 18 at GoFAvenetucci - 433 Boston Post Road, Westbrook, CT 06498 - 860.388.7826.
 Gallery Hours Mon. Sat 11-5; Sun 11-4.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

SUSAN ROBERTS TRUNK SHOW Saturday, November 19, 1-4PM


Adornments fit for a Goddess...Created with Gold-dipped pyrite, sterling silver, garnet, kyanite, labradorite, luminous pearls, smoky topaz, coral, lapis lazuli...and the list goes on. Susan's jewelry will be available throughout the holiday season.




Holiday 2011 Collection:

Monday, October 3, 2011

HELEN CANTRELL: seasons of the saltmarsh

October 5-November 6, 2011
Artists Reception Sunday, October 9 , 1:30-3:30 PM
Gallery Hours Monday – Saturday 10-5, Sunday 11-4
This event is free and open to the public.

The paintings exhibited here are part of an ongoing series of Connecticut salt marshes and rivers, mainly around Helen’s home in old Lyme. She paint on oils and does printmaking. Artists who have most influenced her work include Willem deKooning and many modern painters working in an ”expressionist/realist” way. Helen Cantrell boasts a lengthy list of one man and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, as well as several awards and glowing reviews. We invite you to view a refreshing perspective of the Connecticut saltmarsh.