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Family Fun at the Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens!

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens at 1 Green Hill is organizing a couple of fun family events this weekend!

Family Movie Night

Start getting in to the Christmas spirit and stop by this Friday night for a viewing of the family classic Elf.

There will be complimentary beverages, popcorn and pizza. Make sure to bring a blanket and pillow for the floor.

Friday, November 25, 6:30pm

"Families have discovered how funny and how well this little film tells its King-sized holiday message: the only size that counts is how big your heart is." - Joel Siegel, Good Morning America

         Will Ferrell Elf

 

Children's Holiday Crafts

Looking for something creative to do with your kids this Saturday? The Park is hosting an arts and crafts session for the whole family to enjoy. Come create memories and holiday crafts!

Saturday, November 26, 10am-2pm

New Wine Bar in New Preston!

 

 

The Owl Modern Wine Bar Logo

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, go and stop by The Owl!

The owner and executive chef of the Main Street Grill in Watertown, John Bourdeau, has opened a modern wine bar in the center of New Preston. Modeled after an authentic European wine bar, The Owl provides a cozy intimate setting for you to relax with a glass of wine or craft beer. The wine bar features an extensive list of wines including the typical wine by the glass as well as rare wines. There is also a ‘small bites’ menu that features snacks such as nuts and olives, local meats and cheeses chosen to complement the wines and beers available, and various desserts.

Stop by to enjoy this unique experience!

The Owl                                         Hours
18 East Shore Rd.                           Mon/Tues: Closed
New Preston, CT                             Wed-Fri: 4p-10p
860-619-0585                                  Sat/Sun: 1p-10p
owlnewpreston.com 

 

Come Celebrate the Arts in Litchfield County this Weekend!

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Come Celebrate the Arts in Litchfield County this Weekend!

 

A Story of Place

A cocktail party will be held on Saturday September 10 in honor of the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council. Guests are invited to join for cocktails and explore the newly restored 1769 Benton/Anderson Farm studio of artist Michael Quadland.

The tickets are limited so RSVP at ncac9-10-16.eventbrite.com or call 860 618 0075. Tickets are $55, and the event is located at 232 Benton Road, Morris (4:30-6:30 p.m.).

“What can an old house tell us about the past life and times of the people who lived there? And what can its restoration and repurposing tell us about the present and future?"

Old House

 

Support the Arts & Humanities in Litchfield!

The Litchfield Historical Society is holding a Barn Bash Fundraiser on Saturday September 10. The Barn Bash features cocktails, dinner, and entertainment from jazz singer Wanda Houston. Proceeds from the event will support the LHS’s educational programs and their new Tapping Reeve Landscape project, which will recreate elements of landscapes long found in Litchfield.

Tickets for the bash start at $125 per person. The Barn Bash is located at the White Barn at South Farms, 21 Higbie Road, Morris (6:30-11:00 p.m.). For more information visit their website or call 860 567 4501.

 Litchfield Historical Society

 

Bridgewater’s Finest: Art Show & Studio Tour

The Burnham Library in Bridgewater is having a reception on Saturday September 10 to celebrate the opening of a group show, the event includes six artists who have opened their studios for a tour.

This is a free event sponsored by the Friends of the Library. The reception is located at the Burnham Library 62 Main Street South, Bridgewater (4:00 – 6:00 p.m.). The show will be up until September 29. Maps are available at the library and studios. For more information visit their website or call 860 354 6937.

After School Arts Program offers February Fun

 

The After School Arts Program Performance

The After School Arts Program (ASAP) will offer an engaging series of performances, projects and classes throughout the month of February. Their vision and mission is inspiring: "to honor children's imagination, invite them to create, encourage them to take risks, and trust their resourcefulness, they will become the empowered and resilient adults the world really needs." 

Music in the Schools, In School Performance

There will be a 'Music in the Schools, In School Performance' at Shepaug High School this Tuesday, February 9th, 2016. There are two snow dates; Wednesday, February 10th and Thursday, February 11th.

Playing in the Band

Who doesn't want to be a rock star? Playing in the Band for Grades 6-12 will take place on Tuesday, February 23 from 2:30pm – 4:15pm. It will be taught by Joe Bouchard in the Shepaug School Band Room.

Performance with the Inter-District Project and Communith Dance Project

ASAP will Present Pilobolus on Friday, February 19th and Saturday, February 20th at 7 pm. The performances with the Inter-District Project and Communith Dance Project will take place at Pomperaug Regional High School, 234 Judd Road, Southbury, CT 06488. The snow date is Sunday, February 21st at 2 pm. Tickets are selling fast so make sure to register for this spectacular event!

Children in Cooking Class

Calling all child chefs! Anne Gallagher will teach a Pre-K cooking class on Wednesdays, February 17th through March 2nd from 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm. The class will take place in Wersebe Hall.
 

About The After School Arts Program:
ASAP is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing?young people with opportunities to create beautiful and meaningful works of art in a creative?and collaborative environment. By inspiring the next generation to discover and embrace?their own creativity.ASAP hopes to not only enrich lives, but to change them forever.

For more information about these programs and about ASAP, please click here.

KMR Arts Holiday Event with Artist Beth Rundquist

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tech <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Chachi.jpg" style="width: 288px; height: 371px;"></p> <p>Just in time for the holidays, <a href="http://www.kmrarts.com/">KMR Arts</a> presents Beth Rundquist, an internationally recognized portrait and landscape painter, who has created a specialty niche with her Silhouettes body of work. Beth will be at KMR Arts to exhibit her work and accept commissions Friday, December 4, from 10-5pm and Saturday, December 5, from 10- 5pm. The Silhouettes are a fab, fresh, modern take on the Victorian cutout silhouette. Rundquist’s pieces are available in modern color combinations: think turquoise blue on chocolate brown, acid green on lemon yellow, or hot pink on pale lavender...They are available in a range of sizes from 8 x 8 inches to 24 x 24 inches.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Pair.jpg" style="width: 288px; height: 322px;"></p> <p><br> McCarver Root says, “When I saw Beth’s work at a friend’s house, I was enchanted by these groovy, modern interpretations of the Victorian silhouette. Beth’s art is personal yet it reaches beyond portraiture.”</p> <p>In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, silhouettes became popular as cheap, quick ways of capturing likenesses. Often created by amateurs, especially women, they are now known as sentimental keepsakes of the Victorian variety, sweet mementos of anonymous everyday people from the past memorialized in ink, paint, or cut paper, and even painted onto porcelain. In the 19th century a silhouette artist was often times a woman, an amateur, who wanted to create a souvenir of her beloved. Pliny the Elder, writing around the 1st century AD, told the story of a 5th century Corinthian girl, Dibutade, who traced her lover's shadow, cast by candlelight, because he was leaving on a journey and she wanted to keep his image with her.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Charlotte.jpg" style="width: 252px; height: 351px;"><br>  </p> <p>Another modern artist whose work incorporates the silhouette is Kara Walker. Walker’s rich, beautiful and disturbing work depicts silhouetted scenes addressing the historical legacy of violence, mistreatment and revenge between blacks and whites. Using the silhouette, a black-and-white medium popular during the era of 19th century American slavery, Walker brilliantly subverts the sweetness of the form, updating it into something too urgent and incisive to be anything but modern.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/aka%20silh.jpg" style="width: 332px; height: 300px;"></p> <p><br> Appealing to both the established collector and the first time buyer, <a href="http://www.kmrarts.com/">KMR Arts</a> continues to celebrate photography. Kathy McCarver Root is a photography dealer, working with individual and corporate clients to purchase and install fine art photography. McCarver Root gained her experience over two decades while working as a photography editor for books (Lillian Bassman, Bulfinch, Weekend Retreats, Rizzoli) and prestigious magazines (Esquire, US Weekly, and InStyle). Kathryn McCarver Root named one of Litchfield County’s 50 Most Influential People by Litchfield Magazine. For more information, call: (860) 868-7533, email: info@kmrarts.com or visit their website by clicking on the link <a href="http://www.kmrarts.com/">here</a>.</p> <p> </p>

Washington Art Association Barn Dance at Waldingfield Farm

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tech <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/IMG_2692.PNG" style="width: 360px; height: 640px;"></p> <p>Love a good old-fashioned barn dance and country harvest festival? Then you don't want to miss this fantastic evening put together by <a href="http://www.washingtonartassociation.org/home">The Washington Art Association</a> and hosted by the well-loved <a href="http://www.waldingfieldfarm.com/">Waldingfield Farm</a>. There will be finger-lickin' barbeque, grilled foods, fresh garden salads, a pie contest and dancing for all!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/564055_10150951200115888_801728962_n.jpg" style="width: 556px; height: 319px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Waldingfield Farm in Washington, CT</p> <p>During the festivities, The Washington Art Associations invites you to take "a break from dancing, enjoy the art exhibition on the walls of the barn. Featured will be scenes from farm life: landscapes of barns and fields, portraits of chickens and cows, and much more!"</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/images.jpg" style="width: 280px; height: 180px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">The Washington Arts Association is located in the Center of Washington Depot, CT</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/drawing.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 397px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Drawing Classes at the Washington Arts Association</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/web-new-education.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 350px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Education and Promoting the Arts is at the Heart of The Washington Arts Association</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/waldingfield-15.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 309px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">A Lovely Entry to the Farm Stand at Waldingfield Farm</p> <p>Enjoy The Wool Hats band who will be playing your favorite reels and square dances! Family, friends and kids are welcome to enjoy this great night.<br><br> Place: Waldingfield Farm, 24 East Street, Washington, CT<br> Date: Saturday, September 26<br> Time: 5:30 - 10 pm<br> Price:<br> Adults -- $40 per person<br> Couple -- $75 per couple<br> Children -- $10 per child<br><br> Registration is required, please click <a href="http://www.washingtonartassociation.org/events/barndanceoldfashio/"> here</a>.<br><br> For more information, please contact The Washington Art Association by telephone at 860.868.2878 or by email at washingtonart@snet.net.</p> <p> </p>

Brendan O'Connell Art Installation at Emory University

Brendan O'Connell at The Matthews Group Office

Brendan O'Connell at The Matthews Group Office (photo courtesy of Mike Yanin)

Brendan O'Connell, whose work is currently being shown in our Washington Depot office, has recently finished a spectacular art installation at Emory University. You can view the time lapse of this project by clicking on the link here.

Brendan O'Connell and Pels Matthews

Brendan O'Connell and Pels Matthews (photo courtesty of Mike Yanin)

Brendan and Pels have a common connection as mentioned by the artist, "Pels and I both have coincidental history with Tucker, GA, where I grew up... His Grandfather had the famous roadside dive Matthews' cafeteria."

Abstract Paintings by Brendan O'Connell

Abstract Paintings by Brendan O'Connell (photo courtesty of Mike Yanin)

The abstract work that graces the walls of the Matthews Group office evokes emotions with a combination of bold palettes and strong composition. These collections look impressive singly or in groups as featured above. It is an amazing opportunity to purchase paintings by this truly talented Ameican artist. Stop by the office during our open hours from 9 am to 5 pm or call 860-868-0511 for more information.

Painting by Brendan O'Connell

Painting by Brendan O'Connell

Brendan O’Connell is best known for his paintings of iconic brands and the aisles of Walmart. O’Connell infuses these modern day environments with a magical quality that transforms both shoppers and products into art. His artistic interpretation of the superstore had some in the media crowning him the “Warhol of Walmart’. Though the concept and subject matter is similar, Warhol put a literal focus on the brand as is seen in print advertisements. O’Connell, on the other hand, infuses his paintings with human warmth paying tribute to everyman and daily life.

 Trio of Brendan O'Connell Paintings

A Trio of Brendan O'Connell Paintings on view at the Matthews Group Office (photo courtesty of Mike Yanin)

Brendan O'Connell has been featured in the New Yorker, Time Magazine, The Boston Globe as well as his work being reviewed in Art in America. Brendan also appeared on the quintessential Pop American show, Comedy Central’s, ‘The Colbert Report’. O’Connell’s work is collected by celebrities such as Alec Baldwin and Darrell Crate, the former chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party and in 2012 he was honored with a Rubin Foundation Award.

For more information about the artist, Brendan O'Connell, please click here.

 

The Harts Gallery brings Groundbreaking Contemporary Art to Litchfield County

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tech <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Storefront%20Harts%20Gallery.jpg" style="width: 560px; height: 420px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">The Harts Gallery Window Front</p> <p>Artists, collectors and enthusiasts who love painting, sculpture, mixed media and creativity have been eagerly anticipating the debut of the Harts Gallery this summer. The inaugural exhibit, 'Love and Sacrifice', will have an opening reception this Saturday, August 1st from 5- 9 pm and the show will run through September 30th.</p> <p>This provocative collection of work will feature six local artists many of whom have exhibited in New York, Los Angeles or London and will be shown for the first time in Litchfield County. These talents include photographer Evan Abramson, mixed media/installation/sculpture artist Lauren Booth, photographer Tealia Ellis-Ritter and painter Sebastian Tillinger as well as local renowned mixed media artists Elizabeth MacDonald and Peter Wooster.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Evan%20Abramson.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 367px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Evan Abramson</p> <p>Evan is an award-winning filmaker and photographer born in New Yrok City. Together with his wife Carmen Elsa Lopez, he writes, directs, shoots and produces films including their 2011 documentary Carbon for Water which has won nearly 20 festival awards. </p> <p>Evan’s photography has been published in National Geographic Adventure, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian Weekend Magazine, FT Weekend and The Sunday Times.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/colt%2Bpistols%2B(reduced%2BHue-Sat)-NEW%20Ritter.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 432px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Tealia Ellis Ritter</p> <p>Tealia Ellis Ritter is an American photographer born in Illinois, who now lives and works in rural Connecticut. Ellis Ritter views photography as an explorative process, often examining personal experience, family history and photography's layered relationship to time and memory.</p> <p>Her work has been exhibited internationally, most recently by Aperture, The New Yorker, at PRC: Exposure, on Women in Photography, by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, at Catherine Edelman Gallery, by Taschen NYC and at the Humble Arts “31 Under 31” exhibition.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Peter%20Wooster.jpeg" style="width: 550px; height: 436px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Peter Wooster</p> <p>Peter Wooster is renowned for design and renovation work for such luminaries as Stephen Sondheim and James Taylor. He has redesigned extremely successful venues such as the restaurant Orso in Manhattan and its sister locations in Los Angeles and London.</p> <p>More recently, after a stroke, Wooster sought alternative methods of creative expression. He drew in charcoal and dabbled in watercolor and made dazzlingly colorful pictures in colored pencil. Emerging from a fascination with playing with colored paper and overlapping them, his artistic expression was channeled into intensely soulful collages.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Elizabeth%20MacDonald.jpeg" style="width: 500px; height: 767px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth MacDonald</p> <p>Potter and sculptor Elizabeth MacDonald of Connecticut and New York works in clay. Her most intriguing designs are rectangular slabs with an archaeological or geological effect. <br><br> Earth-toned layers and striations of these shapes give the effect of a mountainous landscape and geode like beauty. This artist strips aways the most basic layers to reveal the haunting, gorgeous details under the earth.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/orange-2white_neon%20Lauren%20Booth.jpg" style="width: 566px; height: 494px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Lauren Booth</p> <p><br> Lauren Booth's professional life in the visual arts took root in London of 2001 where she opened her first studio and began selling and showing her work. In 2011, she relocated to rural Connecticut where she currently lives and works. She collaborates with other talented people, creating works in neon, resin, bronze and other media.<br><br> Her most recent work with light and resin has taken on a more experiential quality as the pieces react to the changing light around them. These pieces have come together over several months of sketching, pouring resin, polishing, working with fabricators and re-inventing them.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Tillenger.jpeg" style="width: 550px; height: 562px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Sebastian Tillinger</p> <p>Sebastian Tillinger grew up in Roxbury, CT and now lives in Washington, CT. He sees this part of the world is very special. Influenced by emotion, he struggles with impermanence, and within that search he stumbled upon a state of being that transcends time.</p> <p>The artist voices his truth, " I paint because I'm alive and I am vibrating color. My eyes have always sensed a veil of color in front of all the images I see. These paintings hold moments in time. The intention is important. I work every day to make sure I'm not living anyone's life but my own."</p> <p>One of the gallery owners, Pilar DeMann told us the impetus for opening the Harts Gallery, "Carmen Abramson and I started the gallery because both our husbands are artists and we know so many artists. Modern art is not strongly represented in our community and it seems you have to go to New York or other areas for it. We thought the community would love to see some unique art from local artists (to start) and we also thought that this is just what is missing from Bank Street."</p> <p>The Harts Gallery, the first contemporary art gallery of its kind in Litchfield County, is located in the town of New Milford, Connecticut at 20 Bank Street, a historic 5,000 square foot storefront. Don't miss this wonderful new exhibit of local artists works which opens August 1st and will be shown through September 30th.</p> <p>For more information on the Harts Gallery, please click on the link <a href="http://www.thehartsgallery.com/">here</a>.</p> <p><br><br>  </p> <p><br>  </p> <p> </p>

ASAP! Workshops and Events enrich Washington Community

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tech <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/ThreeBeast1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 179px;"></p> <p>The After School Arts Program's mantra is 'enriching lives through the arts'. This non-profit organization enhances the lives of young people by providing the opportunity to express themselves in music, the visual arts and in creative writing.</p> <p>Founded in 1999, ASAP' has continued to expand programs and workshops offering them to more age groups and in more Connecticut towns. This March, a variety of workshops will begin; from fashion to maple sugaring and the art of making masks.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/maplesugaring1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 216px;"></p> <p>Workshops:</p> <p><strong>Fashion Fun with Lesley Neilson-Bowman</strong> (Grades 3-5)</p> <p>Washington Primary Art Room, Washington</p> <p>Begins Wednesday, March 11th</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Maple Sugaring</strong> (All Ages! A Family Special!)</p> <p>Flanders Nature Center, Woodbury</p> <p>Saturday, March 14th</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sing! Shout!</strong> (Pre K)</p> <p>Sari Max</p> <p>Wersebe Hall, Washington Green</p> <p>Begins Wednesday, March 18th</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/missionASAP.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 234px;"></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Magnificent Masks</strong></p> <p>Lesley Neilson-Bowman</p> <p>Burnham School Art Room, Bridgewater</p> <p>Begins Thursday, March 18th</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Potions & Lotions</strong> (Grades 3-5)</p> <p>Jessie Mayer</p> <p>Burnham School Art Room, Bridgewater</p> <p>Begins Thursday, April 23rd</p> <p> </p> <p>It is also time for submissions for the tenth annual Celebration of Young Writers which will take place at The Gunnery School on May 30th. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 23rd and you can obtain more information by clicking on the link <a href="http://afterschoolartsprogram.org/asap-events/celebration-of-young-writers/"> here</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/young_writers_montage1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 259px;"></p> <p>In celebration of the 10th anniversary, there will be a special event at The Gunnery which will honor <a href="http://denisleary.com/">Denis</a> & <a href="http://annleary.com/">Ann Leary</a> and <a href="http://www.susannasalk.com/">Susanna Salk</a>, all of whom were instrumental is the shaping, staging and development of this event from the very start.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/DenisLearyandYoungWriter1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 346px;"><br>  </p> <p>The Frank McCourt Prize for Excellence in Teaching will also be presented there will be a Benefit Auction, which allows ASAP to continue its mission of providing artistic and cultural opportunities for all children.</p> <p>To read more about the wonderful work of the After School Art Program or to register for workshops, please click <a href="http://afterschoolartsprogram.org/">here</a>.</p>

An Exhibit of the Abstract Works of Iconic American Painter Brendan O'Connell at The Matthews Group

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tech <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/abstract%2B24.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 300px;"></p> <p>The Matthews Group proudly announces the opening of its latest art show featuring the paintings of Brendan O’Connell. A significant collection of the artist’s abstract works will be shown for the first time in Washington, CT. The exhibition opened on January 31st and will continue through the spring.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/Candyaisle96x60acryliconmasonitesold.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 308px;"></p> <p>Brendan O’Connell is best known for his paintings of iconic brands and the aisles of Walmart. O’Connell infuses these modern day environments with a magical quality that transforms both shoppers and products into art. It has been written about the artist that, “his interests vary widely between popular culture and mystical traditions.” His abstract work, the focus of this exhibition, makes a statement with bold palettes and strong composition.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/image009.jpg" style="width: 338px; height: 332px;"></p> <p>After graduating from Emory University, O’Connell moved to Paris to teach languages and write a novel about artists. Once there, he picked up a pencil and discovered that he had a natural affinity and talent for drawing and painting. His artistic interpretation of the contemporary shopping experience has brought him much acclaim including a visit to Comedy Central’s, ‘The Colbert Report’. O’Connell’s work is collected by celebrities such as Alec Baldwin and Darrell Crate, the former chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. In 2012 he was honored with a Rubin Foundation Award.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.usmre.com/5739/blog/IMG_1076.JPG" style="width: 324px; height: 432px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">The paintings of Brendan O'Connell exhibited at The Matthews Group</p> <p>The abstracts in this collection are all available for sale. The individual paintings are stunning and they also make a strong statement when displayed as a group.</p> <p>Presently Brendan works out of a barn in rural Connecticut where he lives with his wife, landscape painter, Emily Buchanan, and their two children. To read more about the artist, click <a href="http://www.brendanoconnell.com/">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
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