Senior & Shopmaker is pleased to present works by a selection of gallery artists including Siah Armajani, John Hilliard, Robert Lobe, Georgia Marsh, and Ellen Phelan.  In addition, abstract paintings by Caio Fonseca, Robert Kelly, and Colin Thomson are also on view, along with a sculpture by Joan Levinson.

Siah Armajani is represented by a large colored pencil on mylar drawing for a recently completed outdoor commission, titled Poetry Garden at Beloit College in Wisconsin.  Also included is a balsa wood model for a Garden Gazebo which may be commissioned for a private residence.

Robert Lobe’s recently completed aluminum sculpture of intertwined tree forms balances gracefully on a base of rough granite.

Georgia Marsh is represented by a multi-panel pastel and watercolor drawing which juxtaposes geometric bands of color over a profusion of graceful wisteria vines. References to Asian art abound in her work; the panels are in fact arranged to form a kimono-like shape.

Ellen Phelan continues to explore the genre of flower still life painting in her work entitled Mantel. Also on view is a newly published group of five pigment prints derived from the artist’s photographic studies of flowers.

The abstract paintings of Caio Fonseca and Robert Kelly are distinguished by rich painterly surfaces filled with a plethora of gestural markings.   Fonseca’s work is characterized by layered color and widely spaced abstract motifs.  The luminous surfaces of Kelly’s paintings arise from collaging rice paper to canvas, and applying layers of paint and varnish. 

Colin Thomson paints small colorful abstractions that allude to the landscapes and seascapes of such early American modernists as Milton Avery and Marsden Hartley, while extending the long tradition of eccentric abstraction of Philip Guston, Carroll Dunham, Elizabeth Murray, and Tom Nozkowski.

Joan Levinson’s sculptures combine found objects with original text.  Frequently the text inspires her choice of object, which she then transforms with paint or other media.  In other instances the objects become the point of departure for her writing. 

Summer hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  For further information, please call (212) 213-6767.