All Together

GROUP SHOT
of the MLG, taken last Friday. We were getting together to plan our annual group painting trip to Maine. Many of the MLG members go to Maine at various other times, but we are trying to keep up the tradition of a yearly group visit, as well. So far so good!

Front Row left to right:
Carla Tudor, Mary Walsh, Diana Ansley
Back Row left to right:
Eliza Auth, Alex Tyng, Nancy Bea Miller

Opening night at Fischbach Gallery

Eliza Auth with star of the evening Alexandra Tyng: Lawrence DiCarlo, Fischbach gallery director, in the background.



Diana Ansley and Nancy Bea Miller share a light-hearted moment.



Peter Trippi, editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, Brad Marshall, another Fischbach artist, and Nancy Bea Miller, in animated conversation.



Eliza Auth, Carla Tudor, Diana Ansley and Nancy Bea Miller.


The MLG turned out in almost full force (minus Mary Walsh, who had a previous commitment) at my opening last Thursday. Thanks to them, and all the other friends, fellow artists, and others who came in to see the work, there was a great turnout. I also want to thank gallery owner/director Larry DiCarlo and the gallery staff who created a festive atmosphere. It is a wonderful space and the work was hung beautifully.

I'm posting some photos which, I think, speak more eloquently than words.

Tyng Show at Fischbach

The Fischbach Gallery in New York City will be showing my recent Maine landscapes beginning January 8th. Here is the info:

ABOVE AND BEYOND

January 8 - 31, 2009

Reception for the Artist: Thursday, January 8, 5 -7 p.m.

Fischbach Gallery
210 Eleventh Avenue at 25th Street
New York, NY 10001

Tel: 212-759-2345
Email: info@fischbachgallery.com

A catalog of the show will be available for $20. It contains 16 color images and an essay by Suzette McAvoy, former Chief Curator of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.

Three to Watch!

Breaking news! An article BY a Maine Landscape Guilder, ABOUT a Maine Landscape Guilder, is hitting the newsstands about now.

Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine has featured Alex Tyng's work in an article "Three To Watch:Artists Making their Mark", in the January-February issue. The text is by Nancy Bea Miller. Wow, that's teamwork!

The subject of the featured painting is Isle Au Haut, a lesser-known section of Acadia National Park.

Currently on Exhibit

Four Seasons
Eliza and I are both in this group show
Jan 7-31, 2009
Sherry French Gallery
601 West 26th street
New York City, NY 10001

For more info on the show click here.

This is another of my plein air pieces from September's stay on Monhegan Island. While there we got lashed with the tail end of Hurricane Hannah. After one gray stormy day the weather started clearing towards sundown. There was an eerie, exhausted calm: dark sky, rosy sunset and the water of the harbor looked like glass. I painted as quickly as I could before the light went.

Monhegan Harbor study, oil on canvas laid to board, 8 x 10 inches, 2009

Murder on Monhegan

Just been reading a murder mystery set on Monhegan Island! Came across it by chance. It's not bad, certainly not great literature or anything. And somehow I don't get a real sense of the island, but many of the familiar landmarks do get mentioned. And for somebody hungry for Monhegan, that's a plus.

An interesting detail: digital cameras must have been new when this book came out and there are several fun and fascinating references to people trying to get their heads around this new technology! On the other hand, one of the main protagonists is an artist but the author does not seem very conversant with the visual arts. At one point she mentions the whole Wyeth-Helga thing and manages to get Helga's hair color wrong as well as misunderstand the whole nature of that exercise. But I digress...

Just thought it was worth a mention and a read for the Monhegan-starved! Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews.

After such an intense week in a place like this, it takes a while to process the experience and start planning major paintings. Here is a tiny study for a possible large painting. It's the view from the house we rented. I believe we all leaped up from dinner and scrambled for our cameras when we noticed  the dramatic fading light that evening.