Nadine Robbins exhibits at Mattatuck Museum

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“This initiative aims to both support and acknowledge contemporary art, offering a significant platform for artists to showcase their creativity. MIXMASTER provides an opportunity for both established and emerging artists to present their latest works, created within the past three years. Through this exhibition, artists gain the visibility and recognition they deserve, while art enthusiasts have the chance to experience a wide array of fresh, innovative pieces. The exhibition not only highlights the vibrant art scene in these regions but also fosters a sense of community and appreciation for contemporary artistic expression.”

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Juma Sultan is a jazz musician and percussionist, best known for his appearance at the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, where he played with Jimi Hendrix.

“I dedicated 280 hours to painting his portrait, immersing myself in his story, his music, and Loft Jazz” - Nadine Robbins

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Juma was invited to Nadine’s studio to view the finished portrait where the two got talking, leading to Nadine recording an interview with Juma. In the interview, Juma goes over “fascinating stories about his personal and musical life in California, New York City, and Woodstock.”

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Nadine Robbins pictured with Juma Sultan next to finished portrait.

Fine Art Connoisseur, Nadine Robbins: Painting the Queen of Photorealism →

“From a bold introduction at an awards ceremony to her Upper East Side studio, this story is Nadine Robbins’ year-long journey photographing and painting Photorealism's fearless pioneer- a year of courage, connection, gratitude, and bittersweet farewell.”

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Painting the Queen of Photorealism

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Painting the Queen of Photorealism 〰️

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“I took my time to carefully represent Photorealism’s matriarch with dignity, grace, and a little bit of defiance.”

“Even now, Audrey’s Instagram profile says, ‘Artist, Mother, Teacher, Rebel.’ She personified each of these words… She is the rebel I want to be.”

NFN Kalyan: The Splendor of a Thousand Suns

Pearce’s spread showcases nine of Kalyan’s new pieces, commenting on the intelligence, depth, and sentience of the works; addressing the chaos of a modern, technologically advanced, well-informed society and the ironic juxtaposition of this reality in a war-torn world.

“These are paintings of emergence—the idea that phenomena may arise from great complexity to become unique things, like the movement of a massive flock of starlings in murmuration, swirling
with collective mind, or a swarm of bees buzzing with intelligence greater than the sum of its parts. But the emergent mind that rises from the spectacular complexity of Kalyan’s paintings is uniquely born of the ancient Indian deity, Krishna.”

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“The burgeoning question for young Indian artists is how to emerge from beneath the burden of hundreds of years of convention—to emulate Indian art in the bold new era. The last thing to tip from beautiful Pandora’s jar of horrors was hope, and NFN Kalyan’s canvases are the hope-filled and embodied spirit of this new age of Indian painting, and his is a reinvigorated and emboldened pantheon for a new, emergent era.”

Arjun

2025, oil on canvas, 40 × 72 in.

“The way I’m reacting to describe the world is that we’re inundated with so much information, and it’s juxtaposed against other information which is totally different: 13 dead in Gaza; Kim Kardashian has a baby; buy coca cola. It would not be shocking to see these three things next to each other. So, I’m trying to put everything, because I feel that that’s what the world is right now. It’s everything, all at once, and that’s how I’m trying to describe it.”

— NFN Kalyan

Kalyan’s exhibition will run through November 1, 2025 at Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts.

The Sound of Silence: New works by Eric Green and Hisaya Taira at Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts transcend the genre of photorealism.

The feature spread showcases nine paintings from the two exceptional artists, along with their personal commentary on the methods and key influences behind their quiet subject matter.

“…I want to depict the strangeness I feel in everyday life, the beauty of a moment in the ordinary, and complex situations where sophistication and unrefinedness coexist.”

— Hisaya Taira

“I don’t like to paint much from photographs. For one thing I find it astonishingly boring; I feel like a pixel pimp…Everyone thinks I draw with such detail—I don’t—it’s all hieroglyphics. All those carpets are faked, they’re just a bunch of squiggles but the mind receives that weight. I learned this from Vermeer, everything’s out of focus. When you hard-edge everything, the mind accepts it less, the eyes accept it less as realism. That’s why I get a little annoyed at the photorealism tag, because that’s not what I’m doing. It’s realism, but it’s actually the way things look. It takes into account the space and the air, and the texture…there are so many things to draw beside the topical map of a photograph.””

— Eric Green

Both artists are the features of the upcoming Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts autumn exhibition, New Mystical Realism: Works by Eric Green & Hisaya Taira.

Eric Green: On the Spectrum of Reality

Gallery artist Eric Green was recently featured in a recent article by Mutual Art magazine, written by Michael Pearce. The article highlighted Green’s journey as an artist both figuratively and literally, commenting on the personal and complex nature of his work.

2022, Mirrored Landscape with Smudge Pots, 14 x 36 in.

Stephanie Schechter: Spring Exhibitions in New York

From Precision to Flow, Two Exhibitions Feature the Evolving Work of Artist Stephanie Schechter 

Two exciting art exhibitions in the southern tier of New York are featuring paintings from artist Stephanie Schechter. The Arnot Art Museum and Anthony Bunelli Fine Arts are highlighting different series of Schechter’s bold, evolving work. From her photorealistic depictions of signs and architecture, to her nature inspired abstract works, viewers have the opportunity to see Schechter’s striking work up close.

3 Americans  |  Arnot Art Museum

February 17 - April 26, 2024  |  235 Lake Street, Elmira, NY

The Arnot Art Museum is presenting Schechter’s precise, photorealistic oil paintings of signs and architecture in its current 3 Americans exhibition. Schechter’s sign and architecture series grew out of a love of typography and design, as well as a desire to document history. Schechter began her creative career as a designer. As she noticed some of her favorite old buildings being demolished, she felt compelled to use art as a medium to document the places she loved. She uses her “designer’s eye” to create powerful compositions that articulate the beauty she finds in her subjects.

The “3 Americans” exhibition highlights the evolution of Schechter’s work from 2015-2022. The museum will be exhibiting her works alongside exquisite drawings and textiles by Melissa Conroy, and classical landscape paintings by George Wellington Waters.

Nature: Precision + Flow  |  Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts Project Space

March 1 - April 27, 2024  |  186 State St, Binghamton, NY

Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts is exhibiting new paintings by artist Stephanie Schechter in its Project Space, an area of the gallery dedicated to experimental projects. The exhibition will feature some of Schechter’s new nature inspired abstract paintings. Schechter, a painter known for her photorealistic oil paintings of signs and architecture, recently began to explore nature as a subject. This exhibition highlights the results of that exploration from two very different angles.

In her Precision Series nature works, Schechter follows a similar process to her paintings of signs and architecture. She looked to WPA posters for inspiration for how to represent nature with a limited palette and limited details. The resulting large oil paintings express the qualities she finds beautiful about a place using “the fewest words.” By focusing on form and color, and refining the composition to its simplest elements, she creates minimalistic, yet powerful imagery.

While she loves every step of her Precision Series process, Schechter felt a craving to create art that is more spontaneous, and where the outcome can’t be predicted ahead of time. She says “I longed to lose track of time, become fully engaged, and enter into a “flow state.” Her new Flow Series paintings are the most expressive works she has ever created. Using new materials and techniques, and following her instincts, she creates richly layered and textured works on paper.

About Stephanie Schechter

Stephanie Schechter is a painter known for her bold, photorealistic depictions of signs and architecture. She is currently expanding her practice to include experimental abstract paintings inspired by nature. A New York native, Schechter graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, where she received a BFA in Industrial Design. Although she began her creative career as a designer, she now uses painting as a means to express the beauty she finds in the world. She lives and works in Providence, RI. Her paintings have been included in numerous publications, exhibitions and collections throughout the United States. She is represented by Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts.