The Quiet Life
17 South Main Street
Lambertville, NJ 08530
United States
ph: 609.397.0880
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past exhibitions
Midwinter Passage
Roger M. Smith, Misty Morning, oil on canvas, 18"x 24".
Amy Ely O'Carroll, The Way & The Road, oil on canvas, 18"x24".
These are two relatively unknown Delaware Valley artists whose paintings have a story to tell. Each paints in oil in a muted palette, each having an atmospheric quality to their paintings.
Roger Smith paints en plein air and in the studio, capturing familiar Lambertville-area sights as well as views closer to his home. Roger Smith is a psychiatrist, a US Navy veteran, and an artist living in Bucks County, PA.
As the self-described “slowest painter on earth”, Amy Ely O’Carroll paints solely in a studio, working with images in her mind. She jokingly describes herself as both Emily Dickinson and Jan van Eyck.
Amy Ely O’Carroll is a lifelong resident of New Jersey, living in a rural village near the Sourland Mountain.
Daniel Watts
From Stillness
Our Attention Is, oil on canvas, 30"x30".
The new series, titled From Stillness, by Pennsylvania artist Daniel Watts is featured at the gallery until November 20. Watts is an accomplished painter whose work combines abstraction and depth of colour.
André Paradis
Illuminated Landscapes
Mont Royal 3, Acrylic on canvas, 14"x28"
Twenty years ago, André Paradis discovered one of his primary and arguably most important media: recycled glass powder. He uses the recycled glass as a medium, which when combined with pure pigments, and other materials, has a marked effect on the light conveyed in each painting.
This series consists of paintings that were inspired by Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Parc du Mont-Royal in Montreal. Paradis regularly bicycles this mountain and Olmsted-designed park, just outside his door, in Montreal.
Terri Amig
Speak To Me
Sisters, Oil on Linen, 48"x60"
Terri Amig’s paintings bring the intensity of Renaissance portraiture to her animal paintings, with the intention of rekindling of recognition of a kindred spirit or a reflection of ourselves. Stately heroic portraits of animals stare warmly back at the viewer. These creatures are not images in a distant scene but engage directly, emotionally, and psychologically with the viewer. There is something reassuring about these paintings; a view into a world wholly different and wild, yet at the same time familiar and safe.
Born in Harrisburg, PA, Terri Amig is a full-time artist living in a rural area near Cape May, NJ.
John Schmidtberger
In The Moment
Frenchtown Afternoon, Oil on linen, 14"x14"
John Schmidtberger paints en plein air in locales along the Delaware River, in Hunterdon County, and (in the summer) on the coast of Maine. Street scenes of Frenchtown and Lambertville, a new subject for this artist, are featured in the exhibition. For example, in his painting of a Victorian storefront in Frenchtown, the sense of light is amplified by the use of bold shadows and saturated color. His work has a distinct rhythmic quality, evident in both the brushwork and composition. Schmidtberger does not use photography, and completes his paintings on site, with little or no re-working. Above all, he wants his work to be fresh, and “in the moment”.
Richard Gombar
Disappear
Barnstorm, Oil on canvas, 24x30.
The expressive oil paintings of New England-based artist Richard Gombar offered a fresh take on a familiar subject.
Winter Fest
Ether,Terri Amig. Oil on linen, 36"x36".
An assortment of wonderful paintings, brought to you by some of our great artists, such as: Terri Amig, Andre Paradis, and John Petach.
Markus Hartel
The Americans 2010
Chapter One: The Northeast
From Nov. 5th to Dec. 19th, images by renowned Manhattan-based street photographer Markus Hartel were exhibited.
Having travelled the eastern USA for three months, Hartel unveiled part of his collection of images from the series "The Americans 2010".
Photographs from this series are still available for purchasing. Each image is in a signed limited edition of 25. Contact the gallery for more details.
Adèle Blais
Les Ombrelles
Les Possibilities, Acrylic and collage on canvas.
From Sept. 10 until Oct. 31,the figurative paintings of Montreal-based artist Adèle Blais were exhibited. This was a recent series titled "Les Ombrelles".
John Petach
Recent Paintings
New World Order Pepper, 60"x 48", Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas.
From July 23rd until Sept. 5th, the works of John Petach were exhibited.
These original paintings might be described as abstract landscapes,but the results are much more involved.
Impressions are made employing existing elements of the trees and plants.Leaves and bark are embedded
and become part of the painting.
Terri Amig
New Works
Follow and Away, oil & mixed media on linen, 42"x42".
Richard V. Brown,Tom Byrne & Alicia Milosz
Presenting Three Photographers
From April 2 until May 16, the works of three photographers were exhibited.
Please visit their individual websites for more information.
Adèle Blais
Famille Recomposée
"La La Presentation, Acrylic and collage on canvas, 40"x40".From February 5th until March 28th, the figurative paintings of Montreal-based Adèle Blais were on exhibit
André Paradis
Residencies
Orange Koi, Acrylic & Mixed Media, 36"x36".
From November 27th, 2009 until January 17th, 2010 the works of Montreal-based artist Andre Paradis were exhibited.
The Quiet Life
17 South Main Street
Lambertville, NJ 08530
United States
ph: 609.397.0880
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