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Old Lyme

Press Releases tagged with Old Lyme

A Perfect Day, 30" x 22" acrylic, paper, graphite

Dream Houses, Jacqueline Dee Parker, June 23-July 21, 2012

Released: June 19, 2012

    Jacqueline Dee Parker’s work cross-pollinates the artist /painter and poet psyche, she calls these art forms a visceral construction of space. Dee Parker teaches at the College of Art & Design at Louisiana State University, she is a mixed media painter and published poet. She was awarded the juror’s prize in the 2009 Rauschenberg Tribute Exhibition (Museum of the Gulf Coast). The work on paper is two dimensional with a topographic surface made up of collected ephemera, paper, canvas, music, and cloth book spines. The exhibit consists of 12 large works on ...


Henry Cooke White (1861 - 1952) Moonrise, estate stamped lower left, pastel on paper, 10" x 14 1/4"

The Cooley Gallery Proudly Announces: “The Subtle Genius of Henry Cooke White (1861-1952);” An exhibition and sale of pastels; June 26th- August 7th, 2010

Released: June 2, 2010

  The Subtle Genius of Henry Cooke White (1861-1952) is an exhibition and sale opening at The Cooley Gallery Saturday, June 26th.  Inspired by last summer's exhibition, Visions of Mood, at the Florence Griswold Museum, The Cooley Gallery is very pleased to announce the exhibition and sale, The Subtle Genius of Henry Cooke White, by the beloved Connecticut artist. Until the recent museum show, this collection had been under the care of the artist's family for over fifty years.  Pastel paintings of Old Lyme, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, Hartford and Venice will be on view and avail...


Clark Greenwood Voorhees (1871 - 1933) Chadwick House, Old Lyme, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 28" x 36".  $110,000

The Cooley Gallery Proudly Announces: The Light Lies Softly in Old Lyme, The Paintings of Clark Greenwood Voorhees (1871-1933)

Released: June 2, 2010

The Light Lies Softly in Old Lyme, the Paintings of Clark Greenwood Voorhees marks the return of Voorhees’ paintings to their birthplace of Old Lyme in an exhibition at The Cooley Gallery on June 3rd, 2010.  The first exhibition opened in New York at Hawthorne Fine Art in the winter of 2009 with paintings by the artist of Bermuda, Newport and Old Lyme. The Cooley Gallery, in conjunction with Hawthorne Fine Art, is proud to present a selection of impressionist paintings Clark Voorhees made during his many happy years in Old Lyme.  Clark Greenwood Voorhees is often credited with c...


Aaron Draper Shattuck (1832 - 1928) Evening in the River Valley, stamped lower left, oil on canvas laid down on board, 12" x 19 7/8" $24,000

Close to Home: The New England Landscapes of Aaron Draper Shattuck (1832-1928)

Released: June 2, 2010

The Cooley Gallery is pleased to announce its newest exhibition and sale, Close to Home: The New England Landscapes of Aaron Draper Shattuck (1832-1928). An opening reception will be held on June 3rd, 2010 from 5-8pm. The exhibition will run through July 17th, 2010. Intimate, precisely rendered pastoral landscapes celebrating New England are the hallmark of Aaron Draper Shattuck’s work. The paintings in this exhibition are newly discovered and represent a range of subject matter, including his earliest known dated painting. Considered a highly successful Hudson River School pain...


Clark Voorhees (1871-1933), The Cliff Walk, Newport, RI c.  1916, Oil on board, 18 x 24 inches.  Signed lower right.

Rare Works by Clark Voorhees to be Shown at Hawthorne Fine Art

Released: November 2, 2009

Hawthorne Fine Art announces a landmark exhibition of the rarely seen paintings of Clark Greenwood Voorhees, the originator of Old Lyme Impressionism. Running December 15, 2009 through February 27, 2010, The Light Lies Softly, The Impressionist Art of Clark Greenwood Voorhees will be the first full-scale show of the artist's work in three decades. Held closely by his family for generations, the paintings of Clark Voorhees have traditionally been hidden from the public eye. In this exclusive showing, scheduled to run for 3 months, Hawthorne Fine Art will highlight 30 significant paintings by...