Studio: Saira McLaren

Here are some pics of some really great new, experimental works from McLaren's studio. She's gone through quite a change since her previous body of work, but some of the same imagery pops up. Also see her website here.

J.J. Garfinkel

Chapel Furrow, 2007, oil, acrylic, enamel on panel, 54" x 48"

Terra Spectra, 2008, oil, acrylic, abalone on panel, 48" x 62"















Conjured A Sample, 2008, oil on panel, 40" x 34"
Untitled, 2009, watercolor, gouache, flashe and pencil on paper, 10" x 8"



Channel #3, 2009, oil on canvas, 45" x 45"

Landmine Spring, 2004, enamel, foam, plastic on panel, 24" x 24"

Aura of Nights, 2009, oil on canvas, 52" x 78"

Aura of Lights is part of J.J. Garfinkel's renewed interest in oil painting on a larger scale...it and Channel #3 are especially nice in person. I'm liking the way he moved from works like Landmine Spring into this more sophisticated and mysterious grouping of nature's objects. His works have been seen at Hogar Collection (among other spots) and you check out more here.

Kaveri Nair

Hydrometry, 2007, acrylic on paper, 11" x 14"

Untitled, 2009, acrylic and oil on canvas, 15" x 11"


Lagoons, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"


Untitled (Grey Clouds), 2007, acrylic on panel, 9" x 12"

Messy Machine, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 55" x 43"
Untitled, 2009, acrylic and oil on canvas, 20" x 19"

Untitled (Yellow and Copper Sun), 2007, acrylic on panel, 7.5" x 11.5"

Green Drapes, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

I was happy to get to do a studio visit with Kaveri Nair recently...here are a few pics I took and some others from her site. I really like how many of these refer to and borrow from to landscapes, but they don't go all the way there.

This Saturday night Kaveri's work will appear in Thingy @ Occasional Projects: 1182 Flushing Ave. 3rd Fl, 7-9 PM, Brooklyn. Also see her website here.

Studio: Letha Wilson

Partially Buried, 2009, c-print on wood, 24" x 24" x 3"

Untitled View, 2009, c-print, aqua resin, paint, 16" x 20" x 8"
Sailor's Delight, 2009, c-print, wood, aqua resin, paint, 48" x 10" x 45"

Prism-Pyramid, 2009, xerox transfer, graphite, c-print on paper, 22" x 22"

Stained Glass Acadia, 2009, c-print, 24" x 20"

Golden Cairn, 2009, spray paint and c-print, 14" x 11"

Walden Pond Advent, (in progress), cut and folded c-print, 11" x 11"

I had the chance to stop by Letha Wilson's studio and check out what's she's been doing lately. Here a a few pics from my visit. Check out her show Lines Through the Wilderness, which opens at Hofstra University's Rosenbeg Gallery on Nov. 11 and runs through Dec. 14. Also see her website for more.