Welcoming Spring With the Paintings of Ralph Della-Volpe, an Unsung Modern Master

Ralph Della-Volpe Gregory James Gallery

      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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The Allure of Winter Landscapes at Gregory James Gallery

Looking West Over Lake Waramaug, 16x20, Thomas Adkins

  “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.” —Andrew Wyeth   The arrival of winter occasioned a National Public Radio (NPR) rhapsody about the special bond between artists and the season…

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Chris Magadini’s Litchfield Hills Paintings Extend a Vibrant Tradition

The pretty rural towns of the Litchfield Hills have provided a haven for artists since the late 18thcentury, including painters and sculptors as famous as Cleve Gray, Jasper Johns, and Alexander Calder, as well as members of the vibrant Kent Art Colony in the first decades of the 1900s, and so many others. Christopher Magadini,…

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Bring the Freedom of Flight Indoors With a Unique Work of Art by Bill Rice

Gregory James Gallery New Milford CT Bill Rice avian art

Bill Rice of Warren, CT, has been carving and painting avian subjects for more than 40 years, bringing the freedom of flight indoors for collectors and creating a sense of wonder through dynamic renditions of birds in which he captures their beauty, personality, and even spiritual essence, with fine craftsmanship and attention to detail. Born…

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