KENT—Kenise Barnes Fine Art is presenting an exhibition, “Point of View,” featuring contemporary landscape paintings and drawings by Andrea Kantrowitz, David Konigsberg and Thomas Sarrantonio, through Nov. 24.
The three artists live and work in the Hudson River Valley and continue the legacy of other artists who have painted and immortalized the region that has served as a rich source of inspiration, in particular the forests, mountains, and vistas.
Kantrowitz’s work features a new series of large-scale ink and brush artworks on Mylar.
Hovering on the threshold between drawing and painting, the artists describes them as capturing the forest’s intricate forms—twisting branches, layered foliage, vernal pools, and light filtering through the canopy above.
Rather than literal representations, these pieces, six and seven feet tall, convey the immersive experience of being “among the trees,” as the poet Mary Oliver once wrote.
Kantrowitz’s work has been exhibited throughout the world and is in many public and private collections. Her research has been widely published and she is a sought-after educator and speaker.
Konigsberg, an inveterate hiker, depends on the natural world for the captured and imagined drama in his paintings.
The artist lives in the upper Hudson Valley, which is still rural and agricultural. The environment of mountains laced with foot trails can be seen in his works.
Konigsberg’s art has been exhibited throughout the United States and has been featured in the New York Times, Chronogram, Wall Street International and Brooklyn Journal, as well as numerous art and culture blogs.
He has been represented by the gallery since 2007.
The paintings of Sarrantonio seek to mediate between realms of external perception and internal reflection.
They present themselves as meditations on nature and self. Small oil paintings are produced directly from nature while large paintings are studio productions that utilize memory, experience, imagination and conceptual ideas to negotiate the terrain of contemporary painting.
Sarrantonio’s paintings have been exhibited widely and he is the recipient of numerous honors. He lives and works in Rosendale, NY.
The gallery, located at 7 Fulling Lane, is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
For more information, call 860-592-0220.
