Richard Mayhew: Reinventing Landscape
Jan 20, 2022 - Apr 24, 2022
Born in Amityville, NY, in 1924, Richard Mayhew grew up on Long Island, where he formed a deep connection to the natural world. Featuring vibrant landscape paintings created over the last six decades, this exhibition places Mayhew鈥檚 paintings in the context of Long Island鈥檚 diverse cultural history. The show explores how the artist reinvented the genre of landscape painting to express his African American and Native American heritage. Mayhew uses evocative color and diffused form to convey emotion. He explains: 鈥渄esire, ambition, love, hate, fear鈥攖hat鈥檚 my paintings.鈥�
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Born in Amityville, NY, in 1924, Richard Mayhew grew up on Long Island, where he formed a deep connection to the natural world. Featuring vibrant landscape paintings created over the last six decades, this exhibition places Mayhew鈥檚 paintings in the context of Long Island鈥檚 diverse cultural history. The show explores how the artist reinvented the genre of landscape painting to express his African American and Native American heritage. Mayhew uses evocative color and diffused form to convey emotion. He explains: 鈥渄esire, ambition, love, hate, fear鈥攖hat鈥檚 my paintings.鈥�
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Contact details
Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday - Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
2 Prime Avenue Huntington, NY, USA 11743
