Kathryn Lynch at Drawing Room
“Islands,” a show of new paintings by Kathryn Lynch, is on view at the Drawing Room in East Hampton through May 24. Ms. Lynch paints vistas, some from the Brooklyn waterfront, some from the beaches of Shelter Island or coastal Maine, all of them imbued as much by memory as observation. “I am painting the poetry of place rather than the place,” she has said.
Over the past year the artist has taken daily walks along the Brooklyn Heights promenade with a sketch pad and charcoal. She later recreates the geography on canvas in her Gowanus studio with a swift painting technique and the use of large, soft brushes and feathered small ones that preserve the transparency of her gestures.
Three at Studio 11
Studio 11 at the Red Horse Plaza in East Hampton will reopen for the season on Saturday afternoon with a reception from 1 to 5 for “Spring Forward,” an exhibition of paintings by Eva Faye, Jane Martin, and Amy Wickersham. The show will run through May 31.
Inspired by the observation of nature and her own inner self, Ms. Faye creates organic, abstract patterns in oil paint on cut vellum. Ms. Martin became attuned to the power of nature after moving to East Hampton in 2004, and her abstract paintings suggest that force without depicting it. Ms. Wickersham’s mixed media abstract paintings are inspired by random debris such as trash on the street or peeling paint on a wall.
At Firestone in Manhattan
“13 American Artists: A Celebration of Historic Work” will open today at the Eric Firestone Gallery, 40 Great Jones Street in Manhattan, with a reception from 4 to 8 p.m. and continue through June 26. The show is in keeping with the gallery’s mission to showcase the ever-expanding canon of post-World War II American art.
The exhibition includes work by Elaine Lustig Cohen, Charles DuBack, Martha Edelheit, Shirley Gorelick, Mimi Gross, Howard Kanovitz, Jay Midler, Daphne Mumford, Joe Overstreet, Pat Passlof, Reuben Kadish, Miriam Schapiro, and Thomas Sills.
Artists Alliance at Ashawagh
“Spring Inspirations,” an exhibition by members of the Artists Alliance of East Hampton, will be on view from tomorrow through Wednesday at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.
While the alliance has been exhibiting members’ artwork online, “Spring Inspirations” is its first in-person show since the onset of the pandemic. Consisting of painting, sculpture, photography, and works on paper by 47 artists, the exhibition is meant “to plant seeds of hope through art,” according to a release. Packets of flower seeds will be distributed to all visitors.
The gallery will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for Wednesday, when it will close at 4.
Bereavement and Art
The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center will present “Picturing Loss: Bereavement and Art,” a virtual program inspired by renowned artists who have expressed feelings of loss through art, today at 4 p.m. via Zoom.
Joyce Raimondo, the center’s education coordinator, will discuss how Lee Krasner expressed herself in paintings following the loss of her husband, Jackson Pollock. Ms. Raimondo, who lost her brother as a teenager, will then lead a tour of the artists’ studio and a discussion during which participants will be invited to share their own creative responses to loss.
New Residents at The Church
The Church in Sag Harbor, which celebrates and nurtures creativity on the East End through exhibitions, artist residencies, and performances, has announced the arrival of two new artist residents, Claude Lawrence and Leslee Howes Stratford.
A saxophonist as well as a painter, Mr. Lawrence’s abstract work, which has been influenced by his background in music, incorporates strong colors and expressive brushstrokes. Ms. Stratford uses new technology, photographic research, and drawing to create digital images, painted canvases, and printed silks.
Mr. Lawrence and Ms. Stratford will be at The Center through May 23.
