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“ A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in – what more could he ask?” Victor Hugo, Le Misérables

Twin Angels oil on boards 26 x 29 inches

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Above: Blue Field oil on panel 21 x 24 inches Left: Carp and Water Lillies oil on canvas 43 x 42 inches

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Orange Zin oil on canvas 44 x 55 inches

“Idyll Gaze is about what you see when you’re not really looking—things you come upon, that take you by surprise, and the imaginary things you see but only when the eyes and mind wander.

Right: Violet Zin oil on canvas 44 x 55 inches

“My own garden is a highly structured backyard urban oasis whose most rebellious and delightful aspects are two unruly beds of zinnias. It’s not just the wildly varied architecture but also the life the zinnias conceal. That is, until you look closely...

“We live in a city in the country­­—ten minutes in any direction will lead you to farms and open spaces. I wanted to work this into the show—the juxtaposition of the minuteness and the immensity. A visual yin and yang.”

David Konigsberg, 2016

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Moth and Tablecloth I and II oil on panel 20 x 26 inches each

Headland II oil on canvas 44 x 46 inches

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“Idyll Gaze is all about what you see when you’re not really looking, the things you come upon, that take you by surprise, and the imaginary things you see, but only when the eyes and mind wander – today, a luxury.”

“As ever, a specific environment serves a set for the work. In this case, the environment is my garden, a highly structured urban oasis whose most vibrant and delightful aspects last summer were three unruly beds of zinnias and sunflowers. The beds became my focus as I grew aware the life within them – a life I represent here through a group of expeditionary sprites. These characters were suggested by the presence of thousands of moths and bees plus hummingbirds; I spent many hours with them last summer, watching how they moved around, above and through things. Other times, it was the floral architecture in its intricacy and variety that caught my eye. It pulled me out of myself and, in so doing, brought me to an unexpected and much more interesting place.”

Angels in the Backyard oil on canvas 55 x 58 inches Detail, right

David Konigsberg

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Sprites and Sunflowers oil on canvas 44 x 55 inches

Goldfish oil on panel 16.5 x 12 inches

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Thunderhead oil on canvas 45 x 60 inches Descent oil on boards 26 x 29 inches

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Bed of Pinks oil on canvas 36 x 50 inches Right: White Zin (detail) oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches

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david k o n igsb e r g Mixed Media, Block Island RI Brooklyn on the Block, curator, 2001

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont NY 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008

Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY Mixed Monotypes, co-curator, 2000

Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC 2009, 2007, 2005

Hammond Gallery, Lancaster OH Contemporary Figurative Work, 1992

etherston Gallery, Seattle WA F 2008, 2006, 2004

Mid Hudson Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY Art Imitates Baseball, juried by Ivan Karp, 1992

eber Fine Art, Scarsdale NY W 2004, 2003

Windham Gallery, Brattleboro VT, Works on Paper, juried by Wolf Kahn, 1991 TWO-PERSON AND GROUP SHOWS

Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont NY Memory is a Metaphor, 2011 Another Fine Day, 2007

Amos Eno Gallery, New York Small Works, 1990

Carrie Haddad, Hudson NY New Work, 2015, 2013, 2011 Almost Real, 2006

RESIDENCIES

Fetherston Gallery, Seattle WA Backroads, 2010 Recent Work, 2009

PUBLICATIONS

The Painting Center, NYC, Grand Allusions, 2006

New York Times review, Where the Island Begins,

by Helen A. Harrison, 2004

Hofstra Museum, Hempstead NY, Where the Island Begins, curator, 2004

Brooklyn Journal review, 4Sight,

by Carl Blumenthal, 2003

Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica CA, FreshstART, 2005, 2004

New York Times review, Artist’s Choice,

by D. Dominick Lombardi, Weber Fine Art, 2002

Weber Fine Art, Scarsdale/Chatham NY Floating Dreams and Flying Machines, 2005 Recent Work, 2004 Artist’s Choice, 2002

New American Paintings, 1999

Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY 4Sight, Realism to Abstraction, 2002 9-11/Artists Respond, 2001 Small Works, 2001

David Konigsberg lives and works in Hudson, NY.

Artist in Residence, MacDowell Colony, 1998

Chronogram, review of Almost Real,

by Beth E Wilson, 2006

David Findlay Jr. Contemporary, NYC Contemporary Realism, 2000 Private Visions, 1999

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Angel in a Bell Jar oil on boards 23 x 29 inches

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