Holiday Show 2012

Now through January 3, 2012

 

Holiday Show 2012

Six Local Artists

 

Rose Tannenbaum

Richard Thomas Weber

Caren Kinne

Sherry Steiner

Peggy Reeves

Erik Callahan

 

 

Join us on December 8

from 4 to 7:30

Reception

 

 

Flowers: Photographs by Stephanie Blumenthal at Art On Main, the Gallery at Barnbrook Realty

All are welcome to

join us on Wednesday, September 12th from 5 to 7 for a

reception for the artist

 

“Most people photograph flowers when they are in full bloom. I discovered that flowers past their prime had a unique beauty to them.  As the flower dries/dies it goes through altered positions before the ultimate loss of petals. Petals twist and curl or some even look windblown, stems bend and curve over. It¹s these states that I find intriguing; the flowers are frozen in a graceful gesture or dance; there¹s a brush stroke quality to them. I photographed them individually and against a neutral background in order to accent their simplicity and gracefulness.”

~Stephanie Blumenthal



Photographs by Stephanie Blumenthal

ART ON MAIN

Presents

 

Flowers

Photographs by Stephanie Blumenthal

 

September 1 to Oct 26, 2012

Reception: Wednesday, September 12th

  5 to7

 

271 Main St.

Great Barrington, MA

 

 

 

 



Forte's Passion for Painting

Painting is Forte's passion; however, the road to this exhibit has been direct nor readily foreseeable. A Columbia graduate with a Harvard Law degree, Robert Forte has had a successful and very busy career in law, but he has also studied art. He attended the Art Students League and a variety of painting workshops over the years. "Indeed it was not that long ago that I was hard at work briefing a major case before the US Supreme Court? In other words, I practiced law, a life far removed from the life of a painter. The artistic 'seed,' however, was planted at a very early age, when I literally drew everything in site. I grew up on (for those who remember), Jon Gnagy's TV art lessons and, subsequently, attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City. Toward the end of my legal career, I decided to cultivate that dormant seed. In the intervening years, I met and studied with two New York artists, Minerva Durham and Cornelia Foss, each supreme in her craft-Durham's wizardry drawing the figure and Foss's incomparably beautiful paintings. These artists formed the foundation of my art." Now living and painting in his studio in New Marlborough, Forte has a new life devoted to painting. This post is reprinted from The Artful Mind

New Paintings by Robert Forte
July 7 to August 31, 2012

Reception for the Artist: July 21, 2012 from 5 to 7

All are welcome.  Please join us

Unique Approaches to the Still Life

                                    Shaker Pails by Sharon Lips

Around the House: Still-life by the Berkshire Photography Group

May 12, 2012 to July 6, 2012

The theme for this show is the still-life which presents the challenge for the artist to transform the mundane, everyday objects from around the house into an artistic photographic statement.  Stylistically, the members of this group are as different as onions and oranges.

Generally, still-life refers to any image containing one or more inanimate objects either in an outdoor or interior setting.  In contemporary photography circles, the subject matter has expanded beyond fruits and vegetables on a table though these are still perfectly acceptable objects to photograph.  Light is the subject in all photography but it usually has the starring role in the still-life.  Some still- life compositions speak with heavy undertones letting us see into the holes and intimacy that resides in the home and in the frame.  Some set a mood of airiness and simplicity and act as portraits of the inhabitants themselves. The figure may be present but is not the main idea of the image.

The mission of Art On Main is to bring art into the daily lives of our community and this show provides a glimpse of how the artist’s approach to their everyday surroundings can be elevated to something new and sometimes sacred.

Art On Main is positioned in the center of town at 271 Main Street at Barnbrook Realty.  The gallery is open during regular business hours, 10 – 5, including Saturday and Sunday.

Around the House: Still Life by the Berkshire Photography Group

Coming Soon

Around the House: Still-life by the Berkshire Photography Group

Art On Main, the gallery at Barnbrook Realty, 271 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230

May 12, 2012 to July 6, 2012

Great Barrington, MA –May 2012– Art On Main is pleased to present the photographic work of nine members of the Berkshire Photography Group opening on Saturday, May 12, 2012 with a reception for the artists from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

The theme for this show is the still-life which presents the challenge for the artist to transform the mundane, everyday objects from around the house into an artistic photographic statement.  Stylistically, the members of this group are as different as onions and oranges.

Generally, still-life refers to any image containing one or more inanimate objects either in an outdoor or interior setting.  In contemporary photography circles, the subject matter has expanded beyond fruits and vegetables on a table though these are still perfectly acceptable objects to photograph.  Light is the subject in all photography but it usually has the starring role in the still-life.  Some still- life compositions speak with heavy undertones letting us see into the holes and intimacy that resides in the home and in the frame.  Some set a mood of airiness and simplicity and act as portraits of the inhabitants themselves. The figure may be present but is not the main idea of the image.

The mission of Art On Main is to bring art into the daily lives of our community and this show provides a glimpse of how the artist’s approach to their everyday surroundings can be elevated to something new and sometimes sacred.

Art On Main is positioned in the center of town at 271 Main Street at Barnbrook Realty.  The gallery is open during regular business hours, 10 – 5, including Saturday and Sunday.

Opening on Saturday, March 31

Please join us for the opening reception of
Feather and Flora: A Mother and Son Photography Exhibit
at Art On Main, the Gallery at Barnbrook Realty, 271 Main St. Great Barrington.

Reception is from 5 to 7 pm.  All are welcome.

Sarah Nicholson creates intricate and complex images in a mandala form from her nature photographs.  Simple everyday objects take on an ethereal quality when transformed into her digitally manipulated images.  Sarah studied photography in high school and has recently taken up the camera again to create these sensual and engaging photographs. 

 Kai  Reed, her 21 year old son, has just returned from a 7 week trip to Chile and Argentina where he has trekked the landscapes in search of birds, a passion he has nurtured since the age of 6.  Last year he toured New Zealand, the year before, Peru  and a criss-cross America 10,000 mile road trip, and in 2009, Ecuador.  His extensive knowledge of and insight into the avian world enables him to capture intimate details of their behavior, form and habitat.  Kai shoots with a Canon 7D and a 500 mm lens for many of his images. 

Barbara Winters at Art On Main

Having had an opportunity to travel extensively as part of my work, I got involved with photography. This was my diary. Being very visual, I meditate with my eyes.

Retirement and freedom from the commercial restraints opened my eyes wider to the commonplace and frequently unnoticed beauty. I addition, I learned to appreciate how fleeting are the moments of being there at the right time and place, to capture the sight, that will never be the same - not the same flower and not the same ray of light. Not the same barn - it collapses in decay. Not the same ice storm seen early in the morning.

I cherish the fact that I am able to share these moments with some kindred spirits.

- Barbara Winters