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New Selection of Paintings by Litchfield Artist Jim Laurino at Gregory James Gallery
Gregory James Gallery has a new selection of oil paintings by Litchfield artist Jim Laurino. Laurino, who studied design and color theory at the University of Connecticut, paints both in the studio and en plein air in a bold representational style, producing evocative scenes of rivers, lakes, seascapes, woodlands, farms, historic buildings, and other iconic…
Read MoreNew at Gregory James Gallery: Neufeld Linocuts of Ontario
Gregory James Gallery now has original Woldemar Neufeld linocuts of Waterloo, Ontario, available to collectors. See the Ontario Linocuts on the Neufeld Page “Neufeld (1909–2002) emigrated with his Mennonite parents from Ukraine to Canada in 1924. By the late 1920s, he had begun his lifelong project as documentarist, responding especially to the built environment, whether close to…
Read MoreGiclee Prints of Woldemar Neufeld Favorites Now Available
Gregory James Gallery has represented the artist Woldemar Neufeld (1909 – 2002) for more than 25 years and has an extensive collection of original, signed watercolors and linocuts of New Milford, Washington, Bridgewater, and Litchfield scenes, as well as Watch Hill, Rhode Island, and Stonington, CT. The gallery is now also offering a limited series…
Read MoreSeasons by Thomas Adkins: New Paintings Dec. 1 – Jan. 31
“Seasons by Thomas Adkins,” an exhibit of recent works by the Southbury landscape painter, opens Dec. 1 at Gregory James Gallery in New Milford and runs through Jan. 31. View the paintings in the exhibit Adkins, considered one of the finest landscape artists in the Northeast, is showing plein air paintings of the rural northwestern…
Read MoreThe Allure of Autumn Landscapes
Autumn officially arrived this week—the season of harvest celebrations, shorter days ennobled by golden light and flushed sunsets, and artwork celebrating the colorful landscapes that tug at our emotions and inspire deep reflection as winter approaches. Poets have written odes to autumn throughout the ages, and Robert Louis Stevenson concludes his brief poem Autumn Fires…
Read MoreGregory James Gallery Offering Signature Frank Metz Landscapes
Two of landscape painter Frank Metz’s strongest works from the early 1970s are now on display and available at Gregory James Gallery. Metz, who has a home in Roxbury, CT, and recently turned 96 is known for impeccable draftsmanship that provides the foundation for highly evocative works that have evolved over the years from an…
Read MorePavilion Hall in New Preston: A Motif No 1 for Gregory James Gallery Artists
Historic Pavilion Hall may not have the status of Motif No. 1 in Rockport, Mass., but the stylish building perched at the top of New Preston center is a favorite subject for Gregory James Gallery artists. Jim Laurino recently dropped off a new painting of Pavilion Hall as it looks today under the caring ownership…
Read MoreArtist Woldemar Neufeld’s Summer Scenes of Watch Hill, R.I.
Artist Woldemar Neufeld (1909–2002), originally from Ukraine, lived and worked in the Litchfield Hills from the mid 1940s, and every August he brought his family to a storied summer haven, Watch Hill, R.I. Neufeld’s son, Laurence, fondly recalls the two-week seaside vacations throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s, when swimming and walking on the beach…
Read MoreThe Allure of Seascape Paintings: Regional Masters at Gregory James Gallery
For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif. —William-Adolphe Bouguereau Art lovers and collectors have treasured seascapes for centuries, and for good reason. Landscape painting as a…
Read MoreWelcoming Spring With the Paintings of Ralph Della-Volpe, an Unsung Modern Master
Gregory James Gallery welcomes Spring with the light and brightness of the late artist Ralph Della-Volpe, an unsung modern master, as well our popular regional landscape artists Thomas Adkins and Jim Laurino. A Millbrook, N.Y. artist who died at age 94 in November 2017, Della-Volpe based each painting on his observation of something in nature that…
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