Artists: F
Alanna Fagan
About
Alanna Fagan is a painter and printmaker whose work has been widely exhibited in national and international shows and has won awards in several media. Her work has been shown in Central Falls Gallery in New York, Galerie du Musée in Paris, La Galerie in St. Barts, and in ten solo exhibitions.
Commissions include portraits for The Center For Creative Leadership, Wilmington NC; Cohen & Wolf P.C., Bridgeport CT; The Harvard Club of New York City; Istituto Geografico de Agostini, Novara, Italy; and The New England School of Law, Boston MA.
She is listed in Who’s Who in America, from 2006, and in Who's Who in American Art, from 1993. Her work is represented in many private collections in the USA, the Caribbean and Europe.
An elected member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists and New Haven Paint & Clay Club, she is also a member of the Center For Contemporary Printmaking and the Westport Arts Center in Connecticut.
Fagan lives and maintains a studio on the Housatonic River in Milford, CT. She has studied with painters, sculptors and printmakers, and has taught painting at the Silvermine Guild School of Art in Connecticut.
Artist Statement
Art is about making marks – on paper, canvas, printing plates or some other surface. Those first marks begin the exciting, frustrating, angst-ridden, driven, joyous journey that is art-making. The first marks become the drawing, a spontaneous response to some idea, and from there the process begins. I never know for sure where the journey will end, or if it will end well, but obsessively persevere in the hope that what is first conceived in my mind's eye, will come through my hand to a satisfying conclusion.
Monotype 10 x 7 1/4 inches $600
Monotype 10 x 7 1/4 inches $600
Monotype 10 x 7 1/4 inches $600
Monotype 10 x 7 1/4 inches $600
Monotype 10 x 7 1/4 inches $600
Monotype 10 x 7 1/4 inches $600
Susan Fehlinger
About
Susan Fehlinger had to be content to be an occasional painter during her 30+-year career as a Television Producer in New York City. She attended art classes at The School of Visual Arts, and painting workshops on Cape Cod but for the most part she is a self-taught artist.
When she quit her job in NYC in 2003 and moved to Cape Cod she began painting more seriously. She discovered the palette knife and created large still life oil paintings. She joined the Chatham Art Gallery on the Cape, and was also represented by Sheldon Fine Arts in Newport RI, later at Art Essex in Essex CT, and now at Southport Galleries, Southport CT.
In 2014 she relocated to Black Rock CT and branched out to other themes such as coastal architecture and cityscapes. Fehlinger’s paintings depict familiar, yet abstracted scenes. Her painting style emphasizes her interest in texture, color and light; and she applies her paint thickly with a palette knife to highlight structure, form and shadow. Visit www.susanfehlinger.com
Artist Statement
Light changes everything. It transforms everyday objects or simple buildings into important objects and architectural structure. It changes colors. It changes moods. It’s the play of light and shadow --negative and positive--that I strive to see, understand, and capture in my paintings.
Oil on canvas, 36 X 36 $2,200.
Oil on canvas, 30 X 30 $1,900.
Oil on canvas, 30 X 40 $2,500.
Oil on canvas, 30 X 40 $2,500.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 36, $1800
Oil on canvas, 24 x 24, SOLD
Jane Gilman Fleischner
About
Jane received a BFA in Painting with a Psychology Minor from the University of Bridgeport. Jane has worked on her art since then,along with receiving a Culinary degree from the CIA and her current project, raising her three kids. She recently finished a '100 paintings in 100 days' project to insure art would have a place in her daily life, however busy.
Artist Statement
My acrylic paintings depict color, light, shadow and their interplay. Favorite subjects are nature and flowers. I have brought people back to my studio after a long break and will be working on compositions from street scenes to meadows. I photograph as I go, and return to my studio to paint from my photographs.
Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 inches $1,800
Acrylic on canvas 12 x 16 inches $400
Acrylic on canvas 24 x 18 inches $650
Acrylic on linen panel 4 x6 inches $150
Acrylic on canvas 18 x 24 inches $650
Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 inches $1,800
Cecilia Moy Fradet
About
When asked the question “what do you like to do outside of art?”, the first thing that came to Cecilia’s mind was “more art!”. Whether it is viewing, reading, or talking about art, Cecilia Moy Fradet is constantly creating and curating ideas for her projects to come. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Lower Manhattan, Cecilia was fascinated by the differences in ideologies such as perceived beauty and the question “what do we hold sacred?”
She graduated with a fine arts degree then had a second career as a fashion designer. Cecilia is currently a mixed media artist and has a studio at Firing Circuits in Norwalk, Connecticut. She is a member of the Silvermine Guild Arts Center, a member of the Artist Collective of Westport, and an educator at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum..
Artist Statement
My practice encompasses the beauty of translating memories into objects sometimes using remnants of discarded materials to create a series of unique artwork. Because my process is intuitive, I often use different mediums and colors to best express my vision at the time.
Art has always been in my life. I was drawn to art at an early age, as my grandfather was a painter of Chinese landscapes and my father was a calligrapher. As a visual learner, I am influenced by interactions, first impressions, and instant judgements stemming from people, places, and colorful patterns. These moments are imprinted in my memory and create stories in my head that I make visible in my art.
Collage with organic matter, altered paper 15.5 x 9.5 inches $600
Monotype and collage on paper 16 x 16 inches $750
Collage with organic matter, altered paper and glitter, 10 x 8 inches $500
Monotype, graphite on paper, 16 x 16 inches $750
Acrylic on wood 15.5 x 122 inches $2,200
Monotype, graphite on paper, 16 x 16 inches $750
Herm Freeman
About
Herm Freeman studied Painting at Queens College (NYC) and earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting from Indiana University in 1971. He taught art in Connecticut schools since 1973, and exhibited works throughout the northeast New England/NYC area and in Europe for over 40 years. Herm was represented by Phil Demise’s ‘a gallery’ in NYC, and he maintained a working studio at The Knowlton in Bridgeport.
He was awarded ‘Best in Show’ at Silvermine’s ART OF THE NORTHEAST USA Exhibition. His work is in many collections throughout the northeast.
Artist Statement
Herm Freeman’s landscapes have been inspired by Cezanne, Soutine, Picasso and the magic villages of the south of France. “These days, I’m not so sure where the villages I’m painting come from. In fact, that seems to be the point: I let the paint go where it’s going...it leads and I follow where it goes. Sometimes I feel I’d like to live in one of those paintings,” says Herm. “…but those are places I will never be…that’s art for you…”
Rebeca Fuchs
About
Rebeca Calvo (now Rebeca Fuchs) was born in Madrid, Spain, where she graduated in Fine Arts Faculty from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with a master in Design. She developed a professional career as furniture designer, creating numerous collections for the retail and contract markets and working for major hotel projects (for further information, please visit: rbk-design.com).
Artist Statement
I paint, I find silence, and listen to the words of life around me. I try to find the common thread that runs through it all: colors that repeat themselves, shapes that multiply, curves and gestures that talk of pain or laughter, of dreams and of life. May my paintings bring you silence as well. May they allow you to stop and ponder, to feel deeper, to listen clearer, to see brighter.
... shh... quiet, let the painting talk now [Rebeca Fuchs].
