Westport River Gallery

Zheng Portrays the Heartland of Tibet

Original oil paintings by Asian master Zheng are always available. His extraordinary works, portraying the heartland of Tibet, not only illustrate the beauty and simplicity of daily survival in a small village, but they create a vivacious mood that captures the intense emotions of the human experience. Born in Shanghai in 1957, Zheng studied at the Central Arts Institute in Beijing and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Since 1981 he has created over thirty books and was awarded major prizes by the China National Art Preview for his illustrations in "World Literature Anthology" and a Second World War Anthology." His work has sold worldwide, including the major auction houses.

Soft Lense of French Artist Jacqueline Duvoisin

French artist Jacqueline Duvoisin’s paintings are rich with emotion and authentic natural flavor. Her compositions are beautifully balanced with a natural sensibility and intensity of light. This self taught artist has been internationally recognized for her art and is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Her warm countryside palettes punctuated by cool lavender flowers present scenes bathed in pleasantly hazy and warm light to appeal to our softer lenses.

Parisian Life According to Yetvart Kaprielian

Life, fun and color define the unqieu style of internationally-collected French artist Yetvart Kaprielian. Yetvart Kaprielian has been listed in the E. Benezit, the prestigious world-recognized "Who's Who" of artists since 1999. Born in 1959, Yetvart Kaprielian has been painting since 22. He travels throughout the Ile-de-France, Normandy, Brittany, Provence, and the riverbanks of Seine. Kaprielian expresses through touches of luminous and sparkling colors a harmony of reflections. The waterside communities in Kaprielian's paintings are a balance of serenity and bustling activity. He so well captures quaint village life in a sophisticated and detailed way.

Original Oils by French Artist Pascal Dabere

Westport River Gallery and French artist Pascal Dabere is the recipient of countless awards for his extraordinary talent, five Gold Medals from France and one from London for his oil paintings and Gold Medals for his work with pastels. His honorable mentions are many and stem from all over the world. Dabere is in numerous private collections and exhibits continuously, in Holland, Belgium, Britain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Canada. His subjects also includes landscapes.

Mystical Forests by HM Saffer in Westport

Award winning artist HM Saffer has just sent the Westport River Gallery several new works, as you can see here. Both are 20x24 on board. His works on board are full of vibrant color and each is a very focused work of art. Call 203-226-6934 if you may be interested. In 1965, he went to Paris to take economics classes, but wound up becoming a musician with Hugues Aufray, Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. He was hired by Barclay Records as a producer and had several hits during the late 1960s During this time he also was chef/owner of two restaurants in Paris and later a third in Ibiza, Spain. However, all during this era he never stopped painting and exhibiting. He took classes at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and had exhibits in Paris and Brussels before returning to the U.S. in 1970.

Kerfily: France, Venice & European Gardens

Westport River Gallery has many pictures by Kerfily, including the two shown here. Both are offsite right now, measure 31x31 and are original oils. Kerfily is as refreshing and spirited as his paintings. He creates enticing images through bold palettes and captivating compositions. Inspired by the beauty of the landscapes that surround him, Kerfily paints with a bright, pure palette. He is an artist of great talent with a very strong capability of capturing nature at its very best. Kerfily, born and raised in Normandy, showed an early artistic talent demonstrating his ability to create compositions with a unique freshness. Noted for his power to evoke emotion, opulence of light and distinctive color harmonies. Kerfily translates the ordinary moment into the magical, inviting us to be revitalized by the world's simple pleasures. He is recognized for the color schemes of vibrant primary hues. He uses it masterfully to capture the feeling of a majestic burst of sunshine. Both are marked $3,300; originally $5500.

Lelia Pissarro's Delightful Haystacks

The beauty of classic impressionist works by Lelia Pissarro, Offsite are a few works by Lelia, including this extraordinarily dwfined work of art. The art is also encased on a gold leaf frame. Lélia Pissarro has painted since the age of 4, having been educated by her grandfather Paulémile and her father H.Claude Pissarro. From infancy until the age of eleven she was entrusted to the care of her grand-parents, Paulémile Pissarro and his wife Yvonne, in Clécy, Suisse Normandy, where her interest in drawing and painting was nurtured by her grandfather who taught her the fundamental impressionist and post-impressionist techniques. When she returned to her parents in Paris at the age of 11, the role of teacher was taken over by her father and she subsequently studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts. If interested, call us. This is NOT at the gallery.

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Enchanting Originals by Eugene Paprocki

Eugene Paprocki’s paintings at the Westport River Gallery evoke the timeless beauty of nature, a witness to the integration of mankind’s imaginings and natures gifts: a simple brick path, a plain iron gate, sailboats that mirror the contours of the clouds and seas. During visits to many of the great museums in the US and Europe, Paprocki was drawn to the familiar genius of the 19th century Impressionists, and he admired Monet, Pissarro, and Sisley. Through careful study, Paprocki found direction in his own artistic vision. Eugene Paprocki's subject matter evolved from cityscape to the country, the gardens the rural path, distant sailboats, the floral still life.

Burst of Color from France & Greek Islands

Inspired by the Mediterranean, the South of France, Corsica and Greece, Kerfily's enthusiasm for his art is fully evident in his windswept seascapes and timeless, sun-dappled village scenes. Noted for his power to evoke emotion, opulence of light and distinctive color harmonies. Kerfily translates the ordinary moment into the magical, inviting us to be revitalized by the world's simple pleasures. We have originals, and serigraphs. Originals begin at $950 for an 8x10 (see at right).

Energetic Sunflowers by Kate

Nobody does sunflowers like Kate. Full of life, energy, and depth. Kate is an award-winning photographer and painter.  After years of working in the publishing and advertising industry Kate took some time off from the professional world to raise her four daughters. She went back to school to receive her BFA in Fine Arts with a major in painting and photography. She devotes her time to both painting and photography. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, the prestigious Salmagundi Club of NYC, Allied Artists of America, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Southern Vermont Arts Association, and the Ridgewood Art Institute.

Famed Whitney Ten, WPA artist Louis Schanker

An extraordinary new work by Louis Schanker on heavy plexiglass is on display and for sale at the Westport River Gallery. More works to come. Known as one of The Whitney Ten, Louis Schanker became one of the protesters against the Whitney Museum for the museum's unwillingness to exhibit abstract art. From 1940 to 1960, he taught at the New School of Social Research in New York and from 1964 at Bard College. As an artist, his emphasis was on experimentation and breaking away from Regionalism and Precisionism to focus on abstraction and emotional expression. However, he maintained that some element of realism lay at the core of his work. In the 1930s, he was a WPA artist and worked on murals in New York City. Born in 1903, Louis Schanker quit school as a teenager and joined the circus, worked in the wheat fields of the Great Plains, and rode the rails. In 1919, he went to New York and began studying art. He spent 1931 and 1932 in Paris and came back "something of a Cubist", becoming a muralist and graphic arts supervisor for the WPA and a founding member of The Ten, to which he was attached from start to finish. By 1937, however, even the hostile "New York Times" critic conceded that “Mr. Schanker” had “a touch of lyric feeling.” And in 1938, a writer for "Art News" declared that “Louis Schanker’s delightful "Street Scene From My Window" calls forth admiration for its delicacy of color and kaleidoscopic forms in plane geometry.” (Source, Askart)