Monthly Archives: February 2015

Art and Wine at Brooklyn Oenology

My painting “Through the Forest” is featured on the label of the newest release of Brooklyn Oenology’s Motley Cru wine. To celebrate I’m having a solo show at their Tasting Room located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at North 3rd Street and Wythe. The show consists of 12 works in a variety of sizes and mediums including several new pieces that haven’t been seen outside of the studio. A reception will be held in the tasting room of BOE in Williamsburg on Thursday, March 5 from 7-9pm. Drink specials will be available throughout the evening.

Artist’s Reception
Thursday, March 5 from 7-9pm
Brooklyn Oenology Tasting Room
209 Wythe Avenue #106
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.599.1259

About Brooklyn Oenology

Brooklyn Oenology Winery (pron. ‘EN-ology’, or simply ‘BOE’), is a locally focused winery based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn founded in 2006 by winemaker Alie Shaper. BOE works to bridge the creative culinary, agricultural and art worlds by crafting award-winning regional wines from NY State grapes, and by displaying the work of New York City artists on our bottle labels.

http://www.brooklynoenology.com/

About the Wine – Motley Cru

This silky, velvety red exhibits a savory nose with hints of olive, and continues to a core of juicy cherry fruit and spice on the palate. Round and soft with great acidity and fine tannins, it is very much a Rhone-like wine, with a medium body and the texture of a robust Pinot Noir. Petit Verdot provides a robust structure, an inky purple color, and powerful blackberry and black pepper notes, forming the foundation this complex wine. Cabernet Sauvignon lends red-fruited body, Syrah provides nessed spice, and Merlot rounds and softens the palate.

Truly a New York “cult” wine, Brooklyn Oenology’s Motley Cru is inspired by the face of Brooklyn – complex, with fantastic variety!

 

Chroma Is Key at University of Bridgeport

michael-s-chromaiskey

University of Bridgeport’s Schelfhaudt Gallery will host an exhibition called:
“Chroma is Key (freedom from the grey)”
Reception opens on Friday, February 13th

Reception:
Feb 13th-, 2015
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Bridgeport, CT

The Schelfhaudt Gallery will exhibit the work of six artists (Brooklyn, New Haven, Bridgeport) who pull vibrant colors into their work. Color can depict the natural world or express inner feelings of the artist or be a scientific accent. This exhibition celebrates the sensation of color, or its freedom from gray.

The show features, paintings, photos, sculpture, video art, drawing, digital arts, installation. Off street parking is available.

For a detailed look at this show, please visit the “Chroma is Key” page.

Cheres Espinosa
Chris Moss
Michael Sorgatz
Jodi Strmiska
Mark Williams
Evan Desmond Yee

The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibition runs through March 7th.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, 12 to 4 p.m. Call in advance for a visit:203.576.4034

Shintaro Akatsu School of Design (SASD) on the University of Bridgeport campus is located in the Arnold Bernhard Center (ABC), 84 Iranistan Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Off street parking is available.

http://www.schelfhaudtgallery.com/chroma-is-key-freedom-from-the-grey/

Image Credit: “Psychic Waterfall” by Mike Sorgatz