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Oil paintings on exhibit through May 31, 2019.

Works are for sale.

Artist’s Statement:

Stumbling upon the Ridgewood Art Barn some years was the beginning of my passion for oil painting. The fellow artists and friends I met there are of the same passion, and there is great camaraderie and support.

While at The Barn, I have had two very special teachers. Danielle Wexler’s beautiful still-life set-ups, her taste, her eye for the beauty and dignity of the light falling on a simple object, was continually inspiring. Painting “en plein-aire” with John Phillip Osborne is a privilege. He is an endless source of learning about how to really see a place and moment in time, and to be able to capture all the information that you can from that moment, before it all changes (or before you are eaten alive by pesky insects). Painting makes me stop and consider the wonder of it all.

I especially love to paint collections of personal objects that tell the story of someone’s life, or career, or child, or relationship. These faceless portraits fascinate me, and are my favorite commissions.

-Kathel Brennan

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