Structure and Imagery

Jon Cowan Brent Owens Kelsey Renko Both works by Kelsey Renko Work by Jon Cowan Kelsey Renko Kelsey Renko Installation view with work by Brent Owens in foreground. Brent Owens Kelsey Renko and Brent Owens Kelsey Renko Jenn Brehm Mystic Pizza Through July 28, 2019 Kelsey Renko, Jenn Brehm, Brent Owens and Jon Cowan Closing reception: Sunday August 11, 4-6 pm LABspace 2642 NY Route 23 Hillsdale, NY

Inga Dalrymple, #10 , 2012, acrylic on paper, 21x30 cm. Four Loko: Four Solos Under One Roof featuring: Inga Dalrymple, Ellen Letcher, Christina Tenaglia, and Austin Thomas Curated by Julie Torres Opening: Saturday, November 15, 6 - 9 pm Proto Gallery 66 Willow Avenue Hoboken, NJ 07030

Curated by Julie Torres Opening Reception: July 22, 6-8 PM 191 Henry Street New York, NY 10002

White Heat by Julie Torres I Listen to Color A Group exhibition featuring work by Michael Davidson, Robert Otto Epstein, Lauri Hopkins, Anna Kunz, Rob de Oude, and Julie Torres. Opening: July 12, 5 - 8 PM. Through July 26, 2014 Frank Juarez Gallery 1109 North 8th Street Sheboygan, WI 53081

Valerie Brennan is a painter currently based in Nicosia, Cyprus.  In addition to painting vibrant, complex and painterly works, Brennan also edits the popular painters' blog Studio Critical - providing insight into the working methods of contemporary painters in an interview format. She is represented by Apocalypse Gallery in Cyprus and Curating Contemporary Projects: an online platform. Brennan's most recent one person exhibit, in the New York area, was No Chance of Rain at Giampietro Gallery in New haven, CT. She recently participated in Julie Torres' group exhibition, What I Like About You , held in conjunction with Bushwick Open Studios 2013. In this post we follow the development of her 2013 piece Not Yet Titled .   (detail)   (detail)   (detail)  Not Yet Titled , 2013, oil and spray paint on panel, 100x120cm. Valerie Brennan in her studio in Madrid, 2012 To view more of Valerie Brennan's work...

  Karl Bielik   Karl Bielik and Paul Behnke   James Erikson, Karen Baumeister, Dale McNeil, and Julie Torres  My curator's statement from the exhibition catalog :   The Ability of Paint By Paul Behnke “Painting is feeling. There are situations, states of mind, mood which call for some form of artistic expression, because one knows that only some form of art is capable of going beyond them to give us intuitive contact with a superior set of truths.” – Roger Hilton When I was first approached about curating this show I had two immediate thoughts. The first was that I wanted to put together a strong exhibit including the painters I most admire. And the second was that I wanted my role to be more of an organizer rather than a curator.   The term organizer implies, at least in my mind, being one of the gang both literally and philosophical...

  Postcard image: Matthew Neil Gehring, For Whom this Glen is Sacred , 2013, oil on canvas, 78x84 in. (click to enlarge) I am organizing a show for Katheryn Markel Fine Arts and hope you will be able to join us for the opening on January 4th. From the Press Release: Eight Painters Organized by Paul Behnke With Karen Baumeister, Paul Behnke, Karl Bielik, James Erikson, Matthew Neil Gehring, Dale McNeil, Brooke Moyse, and Julie Torres January 4, 2014 – February 1, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 4, 6:00 – 8:00 PM New York, NY (December 6, 2013) – Kathryn Markel Fine Arts is pleased to present Eight Painters , a group exhibition organized by painter Paul Behnke, presenting new and recent abstract work by Karen Baumeister, Paul Behnke, Karl Bielik, James Erikson, Matthew Neil Gehring, Dale McNeil, Brooke Moyse, and Julie Torres. The show will run from January 4, 2014 to February 1, 2014. The exhibit ...

(click to enlarge) The Edge and a Little Beyond: Six Abstract Artists including work by: Valerie Brennan, Jamie Powell, Lorri Ott, Julie Torres, Susan Scott, and Maria Walker September 5 - 28, 2013 Soil Gallery 112 Third Ave S Seattle, Washington 98104

Next in my In Process series, we take a look at two paintings by Brian Edmonds from Huntsville, Alabama. Edmonds allows us a step by step look at two recent works: A Darker Dark and The Brute . Both examples speak to the importance of process and materials in Edmonds' painting as he rethinks and reapplies form and color again and again. This process is made more difficult as Edmonds composes within the untethered format of the tondo, forgoing the comfort and security that a more typical rectangle or square would provide. A Darker Dark , acrylic and pastel on canvas, tondo 12 in. (diameter) On the choice of the round format, Edmonds has this to say : Recently I completed a series of 3 round canvases.  These works were both directly and indirectly influenced by 3 artists, Gerhard Richter, Joan Mitchell, and Vincent Hawkins. A few years ago I visited the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.  Upon entering the museum I was greeted...