186 State Street Binghamton NY, 13901
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Urban/Rural: Landscapes from Contemporary Realists An Online Virtual Exhibtion April 10 - May 10 2020
Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts is pleased to feature our second in a series of online/virtual exhibitions, Urban/Rural: Landscapes from Contemporary Realists. This exhibition will feature works by 14 Contemporary Realists from our gallery’s program who masterfully approach the landscape through the medium of drawing and painting. Among the body of work included, we observe thoughtful execution, a keen sense of visual acuity, a heightened understanding of atmosphere, and deeper look at the qualities of time and place. The images within are bound by a sense of verisimilitude, a term that describes their likeness and truth in drawing and painting. Truth, however, is sometimes suspended and re-interpreted, such as in the two mirrored landscapes by Eric Green. Both views allow us to access a continual, mirrored panoramic view of a small town American landscape. At first glance, they seem completely possible as natural extensions from left to right, or vice versa, however upon closer examination, as we meander our way back and forth through the subtle shifts in Green’s manipulations, we slowly call into question reality and similarity These works are about slowness, not only in their execution with several layers of impeccably rendered colored pencil, but slowing down our awareness as viewers and spending time looking. The small, postcard sized hyperrealist micro-paintings by Ron Weis are carefully painted gems whose subjects tug at the nostalgia of 1950’s technicolor travel postcards. The landscapes appear on the surface as likely renditions of existing places from a bygone era, but upon further examination, we notice unlikely distortions of depth, as Weis collages elements from different found postcard subjects into his own re-creations and paints them meticulously using quadruple aught brushes and antique binocular glasses. Scott Prior’s hauntingly beautiful landscape paintings bring us to familiar dream-like places of small towns in the Northeast, which are constructed using several different reference photos from Scott’s familiar environments in New England. Their intrigue and sense of reality seems as if it were held within reverie, resting on a thin wafer of memories or dreams transcending the place itself. Drenched with light and atmosphere we feel a unique sense of presence and belonging when we stand in front of a painting by Prior. Hisaya Taira’s silent, hyperrealist cityscapes of New York City call us deeply into a sense of time and place, when the city that never sleeps has fallen silent for that split-second. As the observer, Taira, moves through these urban environments and waits for that quiet moment. For some, the works are snapshots of silent meditations; the in-between moments we don’t often experience in the day to day of urban life. For others, they are a haunting, post-apocolyptic views; ones that feel more familiar than ever in our current, quarantined COVID-19 world. All of the works within are leading examples of contemporary landscape painting from our family of artists at Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts. They all celebrate the moments of our deeper connection to time and place and our roots in Urban, Rural, and Suburban environments that we navigate daily. These works are also about our sense of humanness; about being present, consciously and subconsciously in the dwellings we all call Home. John Brunelli, Gallery Director April 2020
Joseph Q. Daily Horseshoe Bend Park Study 2, 2018 oil on linen on panel 9 x 12 in.
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Joseph Q. Daily View of the Natural History Museum, Vienna, 2019 oil on linen on panel 9 x 12 in.
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Joseph Q. Daily Philly Tracks, 2013 oil on linen on panel 12 x 9 in.
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Bruce Evans Three Keys, 2020 acrylic on cradled hardboard 16 x 20 in.
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Bruce Evans Three Mile Hill, 2008 acrylic on board 22 x 24 in.
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Bruce Evans Rocky Mountain Vista, 2003 acrylic on hardboard 8 x 10 in.
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Stephen Fox Early Morning Blues, 2018 oil on panel 24 x 24 in.
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Stephen Fox Tidal Transition, 2018 oil on canvas 19 x 35 in.
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Stephen Fox Spring Field, 2018 oil on panel 24 x 48 in.
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Eric Green, Mirrored Landscape for Hakken, 2018, graphite, colored pencil and acrylic with UV varnish on panel, 11 x 36 in.
Eric Green, Mirrored Landscape for O. Winston Link, 2018, graphite, colored pencil and acrylic with UV varnish on panel, 11 x 36 in.
Charles Hartley Light on Dark, 2017 oil on panel 22 x 24 in.
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Charles Hartley Forest Walkway, 2010 oil on canvas 36 x 24 in.
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Charles Hartley Sienna Dusk, 2011 oil on linen 15 x 15 in.
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Richard Heisler, After the Rain - Lancaster, 2013, oil on linen, 20 x 60 in.
Richard Heisler Somewhere Near Woodhull, NY, 2007 oil on canvas 18 x 42 in.
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Andreas Orosz Olive Garden, 2019 acrylic on board 12 x 16 in.
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Scott Prior Cows at Sunrise, Petluma, CA, 2019 oil on panel 18 x 12 in.
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Scott Prior Abandoned Amusement Park, 2019 oil on linen 28 x 48 in.
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Scott Prior Community Garden in Autumn, 2019 oil on panel 15 x 13 in.
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Scott Prior Beach Bonfire at Sunset, 2015 oil on panel 14 x 20 in.
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Scott Prior Sunset at the Beach, 2015 oil on panel 12 x 12 in.
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Hisaya Taira Black Seed, 2019 acrylic on board 23.9 x 35.8 in
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Hisaya Taira Closed No. 2, 2018 acrylic on canvas 19.68 x 28.75 in.
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Hisaya Taira, Parking, 2002 acrylic on canvas over panel 25.66 x 39.37 in.
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Seth Tane Parallels (diptych), 2019 oil on panel 48 x 72 in. ea.
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Seth Tane Nevada Highway, 2014 oil on panel 6.75 x 10 in.
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Seth Tane Newark, 2014 oil on panel 6.75 x 10 in.
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Daniel K. Tennant Early Morning Stillness gouache on museum board 7 x 13 in.
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Ernest Viveiros Autumn, New Hampshire, 2000 oil on canvas 50 x 96 in.
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Ernest Viveiros Stream and Boulder, N.H., 2003 oil on canvas 48 x 84 in.
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Roger Watt East Side, 2018 graphite on Bristol board 10.25 x 14.5 in.
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Roger Watt West Side, 2015 graphite on Bristol board 10.25 x 14.5 in.
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Roger Watt 7th Avenue, 2013 graphite on Bristol board 20 x 9.25 in.
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Ron Weis Wish You Were Here (Golf Course), 2014 oil on paper on aluminum 5 x 5.8 in.
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Ron Weis Wish You Were Here (Hikers), 2014 oil on paper on aluminum 5 x 5.75 in.
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Ron Weis Wish You Were Here (Garden), 2014 oil on paper on aluminum 5.38 x 5.5 in.
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Gallery : 186 State Street Binghamton NY, 13901 tel. +1 607 772 0485 www.anthonybrunelli.com
Cover: Seth Tane, Parallels