Surreal paintings of the American West at Harper鈥檚 and meditative images of abandoned structures in Haifa, Israel, at SLAG&RX reveal artists with keen sensitivities to place.
Set against mountains, desert plains, and the cobalt blue skies one finds at high elevations, Chloe West鈥檚 striking oil paintings merge Dutch Golden Age iconographies with both mythic and everyday motifs of the American West.
I鈥檓 Happy You鈥檙e Here, a solo exhibition of oil paintings by Marc Dennis at Harper鈥檚聽Chelsea 512.聽The exhibition opened January 9, 2025, with a reception attended by the artist.
Marc Dennis draws on this 17th-century tradition as he refashions the still life for a contemporary audience. In a recent oil painting, 鈥淗appily Ever After,鈥 hordes of honeybees and hornets descend on a lush bouquet.
Finnish artist Iria Leino (1932鈥2022) completed a degree at Helsinki鈥檚 Academy of Fine Arts in 1955 and subsequently relocated to Paris, where she enjoyed a successful career as a fashion model.
Word is we鈥檙e heading into a supercharged hurricane season that could yield six to ten storms driving up the coast, but nothing can stop artists from returning to the city to mount fresh exhibitions.
Hyegyeong Choi is a painter who uses personal experiences and social observations from growing up in two diverse cultures as an entry point to creating lavish landscapes with voluptuous figures.
For over a decade, Delcy Morelos has immersed herself in the realm of earth, crafting expansive environments filled with geometric abstractions and scattered formations.