Fin & Feather - June 2010

LBGE is pleased to present "Fin & Feather" a joint exhibition by Connecticut artists Patrice Nelson and Kat Murphy. The exhibition promises to bring a smile to your face with fun and whimsical art pieces created with summer spirit in mind. The show will include fish, birds, bathing beauties and beach-themed works done in encaustic, collage, print ans mixed media. Find the perfect work of art for your home or summer cottage!

Show runs from June 2nd - June 30th

Artists Reception

Saturday, June 5th from 4-6pm

LBGE welcomes James Duval!

Photographer James Duval has just joined LBGE! Come in to view black and white ultrachrome prints of stunning New England locations including, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard and the Connecticut River Valley.

James Duval - North Light - Ultrachrome Print

James Duval - Dock on Harbor Pond - Ultrachrome Print

James Duval - Colt Park - Ultrachrome Print

new work from Whitney Heavey

Each of the above pieces are 12x12. LOVE these!

Blue Sky

New Works by Chris Karpinski

May 1st - 31st 2010

Artists Reception: Friday, May 7th from 4 - 7pm.

During the month of May, left Bank Gallery Essex will hold a solo exhibition for experienced plein air painter Chris Karpinski. "Blue Sky" will be on view from May 1st - May 31st 2010 featuring over 30 paintings ranging in scale and price point.

The artist's work surrounds the theme of luminous skies and serene landscapes conveying atmosphere, space, and eternal expanses. Voluminous clouds, clear blue skies, or diffused sunsets dominate the canvas, often grounded by thin streaks of distant horizon.

The artist's aim is to share her experiences and love of the outdoors and to uplift the viewer:

"The landscape is a sensual feast. Painting outdoors helps me to explore this experience, and to record it for my own and others enjoyment. If the light, color and atmosphere of my paintings stimulate the viewer's memory of a time and place - a peacful retreat, then I have accomplished all I could have hoped for."

Karpinski is an award winning artist. Her work has been shown throughout the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Karpinksi is an alumus of Rhode Island School of Design and the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.

Paul Batch: Fleeting Light

During the month of April, Left Bank Gallery Essex is honored to feature the work of young Connecticut artist Paul Batch. Batch creates traditional landscape paintings in oil, poetically capturing the fleeting and ephemeral light cast by the passing sun or rising moon. The artist focuses on transition, painting times of day or changing weather conditions and their dramatic effects upon the natural and uninhabited landscape. Batch says he is, "drawn to the beauty of transitional moments in time....twilight, a passing storm, the moon rising. The beauty comes in part from our awareness that these moments of transition are fleeting." Batch is an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Art and has won numerous awards inculding a Gold Medal from the Connecticut Plein Air Society.

"Paul Batch: Fleeting Light" runs from April 1st-31st

Meet the Artist : Saturday, April 10th from 4-6pm.

Artist Larry Horowitz joins Left Bank Gallery Essex

Larry Horowitz, an important and internationally collected artist, will be featured in a solo show for the month of July at Left Bank Essex. We are currently exhibiting 6 of his new works to provide our clients "a taste" of Larry's breathtaking work before this summer. We had the great pleasure of visiting Larry and his family at his studio and home outside on NYC yesterday. While in his studio, surrounded by works of all sizes and colors I felt like a kid in a candy store. Saturated colors, captured moments of fleeting light, the relationship of water and sky...I was in heaven. Larry can transport the viewer right into the painting and I left yearning for the Cape, beach, sunsets and the magic of summer. He paints all over, literally from coast to coast, and in all seasons. The paintings selected to show in Essex are mostly of the east coast in summer. Is there any other place to be in the summer?

Spring Workshops at LBGE

We are offering artist-led workshops for those looking to learn about art or test out their artistic skills. If you are looking for a relaxed morning of great company and creativity, sign-up for what will be a fun-filled and informative lesson in art techniques. No experience necessary. Beginners are encouraged to join.























Lori Lenz will lead three WATERCOLOR classes.
Wednesdays from 11 to 12:30
March 24th - March 31st - April 7th

1st class - Watercolor Basics
2nd class - Still lifes and florals
3rd class - Landscapes and Skies

You may sign-up for all 3 classes for $75
or $25 per class. Materials Included.


























Tracye Chin Mueller will lead a NEEDLE-FELTING workshop.
Create miniature sculptures out of wool!
Learn the art of needle-felting while creating a new project each week.


Thursdays from 11 to 12:30
March 25th - April 1st - April 8th

$75 for all three classes.
Material fee is $15 per person.


For more information or to sign-up,
please call the gallery at 860.767.0449.
Deadline is March 22nd.