Rebecca Ward is a visual artist from the UK who investigates the world of plants as her muse, letting herself be pulled into the detailed tangle of twining leaves, twigs, and branches. A myriad of delicate lines intertwine on the pages, introducing the wildflowers that are so easily overlooked. Ward has traveled and lived […]
Jeff Joyce brings place into his art practice, pulling from his experience of walking through the landscape as the genesis for his drawings and paintings.
When did you decide to become a painter?
I grew up in North Carolina and knew at an early age that I wanted to be an artist, without a clue what […]
When you walk into Rowena Gill’s Millbrook atelier, you are most likely to find her in the garden, at her table, intricately cutting fabrics, sewing silk thread, or attaching 50 small buttons to a boned corset. As she greets you, she tilts her head, sizing you up for an idea of fabric and style. […]
Joseph Clarke’s studio is in an old firehouse in Kent, CT. His immaculate light-filled studio is where he disrupts surface and structure, bringing to life significant abstract works that shift in the light, each angle providing the viewer with an alternate image. Clarke shares this building with an art restoration business and art storage; an […]
I first met Tony Henneberg in 1993 when he was an artist in residence at Mashomack in Pine Plains, NY. His sometimes-life-sized watercolors stand alone as majestically as the subject he has chosen. I caught up with Henneberg in his Pine Plains studio to discuss his current season’s mycology work; given this unusually arid fall, […]
Stepping into Vincent Inconiglios’s light-filled stone barn studio on Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT, reveals multimedia collages, gathered objects, and paintings. His curiosity and passion are infectious. He constantly considers his work and maneuvers pieces of recycled paper, as though he is forming thoughts on paper. Collage is the seed of his practice. […]
What initially brought you to this area?
PP: The connection is a good friend whose family has a house in Norfolk, CT; Lucy and I went to college together. Her father, Pete Anderson, an architect, connected Rob and me. I went on a sailing trip with Pete and his family and was somewhat seasick, so […]
As we embrace the fall, the trees colorfully dress themselves in their final attire before the winter, when their leaves gracefully return to the earth. This season of change, closing one chapter and opening another, is reflected in the current exhibition at Furnace Art on Paper Archive in Falls Village, CT.
This group of artists have […]
Through her multidisciplinary practice, Sara Nesbitt investigates historical places and narratives, touching on the current and the past. Her substantial drawing works depict animals and figures metaphorically dancing and chasing each other through the landscape; these scenes are all influenced by places Nesbitt has lived in in her travels. Ubiquitous architectural sites depict ‘the […]
I was invited to a unique preview of this upcoming show, Contra Naturam, at ICEHOUSE Project Space. For the uninitiated, this is an intimate space where artist KK Kozik invites artists to install, perform, and collaborate with the original ICEHOUSE on her property in Sharon, CT.
This is not just a work of art, but […]