“Landscapes of America: Joseph Orr” at Eisele Gallery
As leaves of autumn transition in our try-state region, Eisele Gallery presents twelve descriptive plein air paintings by Joseph Orr. Orr’s contemporary depictions of rural American landscape are executed in acrylic, a medium he has championed over 40 years. Orr, along with his wife Rita and two other artists, founded the National Oil & Acrylic […]
“Metamorphosis,” Kennedy Heights Art Center, through Dec. 23
Kennedy Heights Art Center’s holiday exhibition is “Metamorphosis.” Featuring artists from the Kennedy Artist Collective, Mallory Feltz, director of exhibitions and public art, explains that the show’s title, was chosen because of its meaning of change–either personally, professionally, and/or artistically. This year has brought about a lot of change for many of us, and some of that is […]
Fotofolio: John Chakeres
“Planar” John’s statement and bio: I see the world as an image from which I choose parts to create my photographs. For me, a wall begins as a canvas, a two-dimensional surface, a foundation on which to build an image. Each wall is like a found object, filled with the information I incorporate into my […]
“Cold Millions” by Jess Walter
Among the finest historical fiction of 2020, Jess Walter’s novel “The Cold Millions” is one of the very best (the other two I’ve read this year that are as excellent as Walter’s novel are “The Pull of the Stars” and “An Elegant Woman”). Walters examines a relatively little known aspect of the development of The […]
“Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez’s new novel, “Afterlife”, is one of those relatively short but nearly perfect novels that I used to associate so strongly with the late Anita Brookner’s fiction. It’s beautifully written, and its tone subtle and elegant, just pitch perfect. The narrator/protagonist, Antonia, has just retired from teaching in a small college in Vermont (in […]
“Shuggie Bain” by Douglas Stuart
“Shuggie Bain”, by Douglas Stuart, just won the prestigious Booker Award for fiction; I read it a couple of months ago, and it is an astonishing first novel. The narrator/protagonist is a young boy named Shuggie, for his father Shug, a cab driver married to the boy’s mother, Agnes. The relationship between Agnes, who’s increasingly […]