Autumn Update
The autumn season at be Gallery begins on Columbus Weekend. However, to whet your appetite, we will have much of the new work in the gallery starting Sunday, September 28. AT LEFT is “Golden Evening” by Gregory Arnett. It is 19″ x 18″ and is an oil on panel. BELOW “8 Windows” by Charles Atwood King, oil on linen, 36″ x 42″ moves the tradition of painting barns from landscape to what feels more like a still life in its composition and detail.
“Chapel Farm Barns,” one of the area’s most well known views, is transformed by the pallet and atmosphere in Laura Coffey’s oil on canvas, 48″ x 60″.
THANK YOU
This update is also an opportunity to thank you for making our third spring and summer such a successful season at the Gallery - our best yet!
Many of you have told me that buying art, and enjoying the ongoing relationship with the artist is the best investment one can make. With the economic downturn in our country, it seems that we are turning inward and paying attention to those things that will have enduring value to us. For many of you, that is art.
I’ve always said, and I am certainly not alone, that we should buy art - first - because we love it or it speaks to us in a meaningful way. As for an investment, most of the art and the work by artists in be gallery, will increase in value over time. Time here is the operative word, and that could be a generation, or several. But our artists are committed to their work, whether they have been working for five years or 25 years, and the response to the quality of be Gallery exhibitions and selections continues to draw you to us.
ART FINDER
I’ve been working more as an “art-finder” or consultant this year, finding works of art that fill a specific need, desire, or even place. I’ve have made so many connections with artists from all over the country (and beyond) that working as a consultant was also a way to avoid being contained by the gallery space - which no matter how large is always overflowing. I find working with clients in their own space to be extremely creative.
We have also responded to requests for commissioned work and have had some fantastic results.
Shown here is a table by Charles Atwood King commissioned by one of our clients. Charlie’s new paintings are in the gallery now, and he has been one of our biggest sellers since his show in October of 2006. His twig furniture and accessories are charming and whimsical. Here, he was commissioned to build a base for an mid-20th century glass top that was originally set in a brass base, very 60s. Charlie combined an Asian Chippendale design with the traditional Adirondack silver birch twig technique which blended perfectly with the collectors’ contemporary home.
I HOPE YOUR AUTUMN is as brilliant and inspiring as the foliage that has begun to turn in this glorious part of the world, and I hope to see you soon.
Barbara (Bobbi) Esmark
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