June Notes - 2025

Jun 7

SUMMER EXHIBITION LINE UP

I’m heading into a busy stretch, and I’d love to see you at any (or all!) of these shows. Mark your calendars now, whether you catch the full summer spectrum at The Erik Laffer Gallery, a concentrated weekend burst in Greenwich, or a seaside finale in Newport, I look forward to talking color frequencies with you in person.

*"Clouds on Water", 60 inches x 96 inches, oil on canvas*

JUNE 14 - JULY 27, 2025

FREQUENCIES

The Laffer Gallery
96 Broad Street
Schuylerville, New York 12871

Telephone: 518-695-3181

14 June 2025 - 27 July 2025

Opening reception Saturday, June 14, 5–8 pm.

I’m paired with painter Yeachin Tsai for a deep dive into color as vibration.

The gallery is open Thu–Sun, 12–5 pm (closed June 4–13 for installation).

EXHIBITION INFORMATION

JULY 11-13

CURRENT WORK 2025

CURATED by DAN CAMERON

VAROSY STUDIOS

1522 North Road, Greenwich, NY 12834

July 11 - July 13,2025

Reception
Friday, September 5, 5-7 pm

518-677-8872
MAP + Local Information

A three-day pop-up in a converted barn gallery just over the Vermont border.

Reception Fri July 11, 5–7 pm; doors stay open through Sunday at 5 pm. Think of it as an art week-end in the countryside.

EXHIBITION INFORMATION

AUGUST 9 – SEPTEMBER 14

ECHOS OF FORMS

JESSICA HAGEN FINE ART + DESIGN

9A Bridge St.
Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Six-artist show exploring the meeting point of science and poetry in visual form.

Opening Sat Aug 9, 5–7 pm.

I’ll have new canvases alongside works by Tom Deininger, Nicholas Benson, and others.

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HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: AGNES MARTIN

When I stand in front of an Agnes Martin painting, I feel as if she’s trapped light itself inside the faintest veil of color and then asked it to breathe—slowly, like a meditator counting inhales. Her whisper-soft grids and barely-there stripes aren’t really “about” geometry; they’re vessels for quiet luminosity, tuned so delicately that a single pastel wash can slip from peach to pearl as you shift your weight. The longer you stay, the more the surface seems to pulse, coaxing your heartbeat into the same even rhythm. It’s color reduced to its most spacious octave, light stretched thin until what remains is pure stillness—a painted invitation to meditate with your eyes open.

AT THE MOVIES: JAMES TURRELL

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring James Turrell, from the "Spirituality" episode in Season 1 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series. "Spirituality" premiered in September 2001 on PBS. From his Quaker Meeting House to his Roden Crater project, James Turrell has devoted his life to capturing the ethereal properties of light and its powers to evoke transcendence and the sublime. James Turrell was born in 1943 in Los Angeles and currently lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.