Artist David Sena "Inevitable Futures" Opening

Inevitable Futures Press Release

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***

Inevitable Futures

On view: December 9-29, 2010

Opening Reception: December 9, 6-9pm

Yashar Gallery - 276 Greenpoint Avenue building 8 ground floor, Brooklyn NY 11222

Encountering David Sena’s works is much like discovering a mystical document, a map pointing to the reason for human existence, or rather the outer limits, the infinite, the space not yet grasped. In the midst of voids, of what once was, and what has been removed by flame, is the substance of being. The work in Sena’s “Inevitable Futures” is mostly figurative, strictly speaking, but what these ‘drawings’ capture is at once fleeting, difficult to grasp in the very least, and infinite—death, galaxies, and the Higgs’ boson, i.e., ‘the God particle.’ Yet, taking in Sena’s work here is reminiscent of laying back upon the solid earth, damp and fragrantly fecund and looking into the fabric of the night sky and seeing layer upon layer of stars and grasping with that perspective what it is to be a tiny blip of humanity in the infinitely tiny moment of now. What is existential and massive becomes intimate and tangible in Sena’s work, the mark of fire transforms paper and the viewer into an infinite being, proof that art can transfigure, and enlighten.

Time and space are recurring tropes in Sena’s work—two concepts that are often used to ascertain if something is real. Does it exist? Do we exist? In what reality do we exist?

One feels as though the fabric of time is shifting as one examines Sena’s work, a vertigo is evoked, an existential crisis is inspired and we are transformed by looking into the abyss of the infinite. There is comfort in the nothingness, as we come to know voids intimately. Death is always looming but so is the possibility of something beyond it. There are the spaces between us that we navigate physically and theoretically and importantly, the potential of connection and understanding held within those vessels of nil, nothingness. To know our outer limits, to map where we end and infinity begins is a promise of safety, a connection to divinity, which is surely all that is unknown but glimmering at us faintly, just beyond our technology, our mental and spiritual faculties’ grasp. The questions that drive us have never been rendered so beautifully as in Sena’s work. To think the charred edge of a circular hole in paper could bring us closer to the divine—truly, there is magic in this art.

-Emily Basa Besa

INEVITABLE FUTURES will be on view by appointment December 10 -29, 2010. To schedule an appointment or for more information please contact

David Sena: senaspace@gmail.com 1-917-554-4299

Inevitable Futures by David Sena

Inevitable Futures
by David Sena
On view: December 9-29, 2010

Opening Reception: Thursday December 9, 2010, 6-9pm
music by Drumone, Lenny Posso


After Party Sponsored by Ketel One Vodka to be followed by RSVP only
8-11pm RSVP to senaspace@gmail.com

Yashar Gallery
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Building 8 ground floor, Brooklyn, NY 11222

Subway: G to Greenpoint Ave. Stop. Walk east on Greenpoint Ave. just
past Newel St. on right

Driving: BQE to McGuiness, exit 33. Follow McGuiness to Greenpoint
Ave. turn right Yashar Gallery is 2 blocks on right between Newel and
Jewel St.

BEDLAM features Brooklyn Art Studio Artists

BEDLAM
November 13, 2010 – January 13, 2011
Opening November 13th, 7 – 10pm
Bank Iran
113 Leroy Street
New York, NY

anthony titus • eric fertman • david sena • john furgason • laura napier • nichole van beek • carlos little • cy amundson • boveda • jeremy williams • rebecca haskins • antonio serna • patricia gaeta • philippe arman • max miller • jeremiah stewart • kim reinhart • serban ionescu • kathryn lynch • erin krause • kora manheimer • brent owens

“BEDLAM” will be on view by appointment November 14th, 2010 through January
13th, 2011.

To schedule an appointment or for reproductions and further information please email carloslittle@gmail.com or call 917‐501‐8274

More info

Amelie Mancini featured in the Greenpoint Star

Excerpt from the Greenpoint Star:

For love of the game

by Holly Tsang Queens Ledger

Amélie Mancini is a huge baseball buff. The New York Mets fan and admirer of baseball greats Keith Hernandez, Hank Greenberg, Roger Maris and Daryl Strawberry even has a baseball-themed skin on her cell phone. When Mancini arrived stateside from France six years ago, however, the beloved American pastime was a complete mystery to her.

She picked up some old children’s books about baseball as part of her exploration of America and before long, she was hooked on the sport. The University Paris-Sorbonne graduate, who studied fine arts in college, had found the subjects of her newest series of paintings, titled Sacrebleu! Napoleon Would Have Made A Fine Shortstop!

“Athletes, particularly baseball players, are our modern-day gods and heroes like the Greeks had,” she said. “We look up to them, live through them. They can run faster and hit harder than us.”

Mancini pointed out that just because one embraces a new culture, it doesn’t mean they are getting rid of their old one. Her paintings are those of a French person trying to explore an American thing, which in this case is baseball.

“Every time you come to bat you have the opportunity to do something exceptional,” she said. “That’s sort of what America is like for expatriates.”

‘Sacrebleu! Napoleon Would Have Made A Fine Shortstop!’ is Mancini’s first solo show in New York City. The exhibit opens with a reception on Tuesday, November 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Yashar Gallery, 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn. Visit www.ameliemancini.com for more information and to view paintings from the series.

Link to the complete article: http://greenpointstar.com/printer_friendly/10053799

Sacrebleu! Opens at Yashar Gallery November 2nd

Yashar Gallery is proud to present Amelie Mancini's first solo show in New York City, Sacrebleu! Napoleon Would Have Made A Fine Shortstop, a selection of seven large portraits of exceptional ballplayers. The exhibition will be opening on Tuesday, November 2, from 6 to 9. This newest series of paintings by Amelie Mancini takes its subjects from amongst some of Baseball's most talented figures: Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Jackie Robinson, Ty Cobb, Harvey Haddix, Sandy Koufax and Tom Seaver. Each portrait is made of six small canvases assembled into a larger painting and is a study of a baseball hero at the height of his greatness, hitting a home run, pitching a perfect game, stealing home. But theirs isn't just any baseball field: it is a world of empty houses and ancient arches, built with bright acrylic paint and faux-marble, obeying primal geometry and disturbed by spatial ambiguity, ruled by legends and reveries. A French expatriate and therefore fundamentally an outsider, Amelie Mancini uses this series to probe at the quintessentially American game of baseball from a European point of view. Because she grew up without any knowledge of the game and its history, her attention is first captured by a melancholic face, a bulging bicep, a certain way to wear or lose a hat. Through free-associations and the use of motifs from other eras, she unveils a world marked by a familiar kind of eerieness and an ominous melancholy, unleashing the uncanny ghosts of great things past.

Amelie Mancini was born in Lyon, France in 1982. She studied Art at the Universite La Sorbonne in Paris and received a Master's Degree in Design and Fine Arts in 2005. She went to her first baseball game ever at Shea Stadium in 2007 (Mets lost) and has since become actively obsessed with baseball, in particular with the Metropolitan Base Ball Club of New York. She started painting amazing ballplayers in January 2010. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Read more about the artist in the New York Post

YASHAR GALLERY is located at: 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn
Subway: G to Greenpoint Ave stop. Walk east on Greenpoint Ave to Jewel St. Driving: BQE to McGuinness, exit 33. Follow McGuinness to Greenpoint Ave. Turn right. Yashar Gallery is 3 blocks on the right at the corner of Greenpoint and Jewel.

For additional information: http://www.artcat.com/exhibits/12205
http://www.ameliemancini.com
(718) 715-5671

Many thanks to our sponsor Brooklyn Brewery for generously donating their delicious Brooklyn Pennant Ale '55 for the opening reception.

Allison Maletz in Lost Symbols

Lost Symbols
40 artists in 40 dilapidated rooms.

On view: October 22-31, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, October 22, 6-11pm

Convent of St. Cecilia

21 Monitor St.,

Brooklyn, NY

More info:http://8lost8.wordpress.com/


Listen to a radio interview with the artist:

http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=11744

Next at Yashar Gallery...

Numbers, Letters, Lines

Mixed-Media Art by Jess Benston and George Panagi

Opening Reception: Friday, October 8, 6-9pm

On view: October 8-29, 2010
Viewing Hours: Thurs 5-7pm, Fri by appt, Sat 12-3pm

YASHAR GALLERY

276 Greenpoint Ave, Bldg 8, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY

brooklynartstudios[at]gmail.com

View artwork by Jess Benston and George Panagi:

http://jessbenston.carbonmade.com/

George Panagi @ ArtSlant

Brooklyn Art Studios 1st Annual Group Exhibition

Join us for the opening reception of the Brooklyn Art Studios 1st Annual Group Exhibition, kicking off the Brooklyn Art Studios Fall 2010 Open Studios weekend, featuring paintings, video / sound installations, and mixed-media work by the artists of BAS.

Friday, October 1^st, 5pm - 9pm

Yashar Gallery, 276 Greenpoint Ave, Bldg 8, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY

2010 OPEN STUDIOS - OCT 2+3

Brooklyn Art Studios and Yashar Gallery are hosting the 2nd annual Open Studios event on the weekend of October 2nd and 3rd, 2010. Over 70+ artists in two buildings working in a variety of media will open their doors to the public, and Yashar Gallery will present a salon style group exhibition of the artists of BAS. Art, music, refreshments, performances, film screenings...

SAVE THE DATES!

Brooklyn Art Studios and Yashar Gallery
2010 OPEN STUDIOS

Saturday, October 2nd, 12-6pm
Sunday, October 3rd, 12-6pm

B.A.S. - 276 Greenpoint Avenue
Bldg. 8 - Ground Floor + Building 1 - 3rd Floor
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

(G train to Greenpoint Avenue)

Carla E. Reyes in Artisphere Magazine

Kenneth Browne featured in two exhibitions...

IN NY Magazine highlights Kim Luttrell

Let It Rock

- from IN New York Magazine

“Lizard King” (2010) by Kim Luttrell

In her current series, Artist Kim Luttrell creates striking images of rock stars and Hollywood icons.

A trained graphic designer originally from Kentucky, artist Kim Luttrell moved to New York in 1991 and has expanded her oeuvre to include bold, striking paintings. Her latest series focuses on rock music legends and Hollywood celebrities. Among the vivid pieces is “Lizard King” (above, 2010), an acrylic on canvas illustrating musician and songwriter Jim Morrison, the late lead singer of the classic 1960s band The Doors.

» Susan Eley Fine Art, 46 W. 90th St., 1-917-952-7641

http://www.innewyork.com/this_month/eclectic_collector.html

Installation by Kathleen McDermott on View

Articulations

An installation by Kathleen McDermott in conjunction with the 11bc Community Garden

Opening Reception:

Friday, September 10th

5-9 pm

626 E. 11th St., between Avenue B and C

Joe Morales Closing Reception September 10th

W H O? Brooklyn Painter/Designer, Joseph Anthony Morales.

W H A T? Closing reception for solo show: “Who the Hell is Joe Morales?” Paintings, video and original Morales Designs Artwear on view.

W H E R E? Yashar Gallery, 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Bldg 8, Ground Floor, Brooklyn NY, 11222

W H E N? Friday, September 10, 8pm-12am.

W H Y? To show “the progression of a painting style influenced by the melodic improvisations of jazz music, surrealistic painting, stained glass, Chinese calligraphy and graffiti. To introduce the community to this artist's creative voice, which eventually led to the launching of a brand.

Also on view..."BRAINCRASH-THE HEAD OF GOD," a video where the viewer is taken on a visual and sonic trip inside a space representing the brain of the artist. The piece is accompanied by the abstract musical stylings of "777 THEORY," a local, experimental group.

Read an interview with the artist at:

ALPHABET PONY: NYC's Art & Literature blog

Kim Luttrell in Divas Divos & Deities

For more info click this link: Susan Eley Fine Art

Work by Kim Luttrell on View

"The Art of Captivity," Part Two: Curated by Susan Eley

Susan Crile,
Ayakoh Furukawa,
Barbara Bashlow,
Kentaro Hiramatsu,
Jessica M. Kaufman,
Kim Luttrell,
Fernando Molero,
Carolyn Monastra,
Anne Sherwood Pundyk, Heather Boose Weiss,
and Elizabeth White

Susan Eley Fine Art
46 West 90th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10024

October 26 to December 3, 2010
Opening reception October 26, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
With panel discussion date to be announced

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, and by appointment


For information please call: 917-952-7641
or visit: http://theartofcaptivity.blogspot.com/2010/07/press-release_22.html

Rosa Parks, digital bus tickets on panel, by Kim Luttrell (above left)
In Hiding, Photo Etching on Stonehedge - 2004 - 7.5in x 9.5in - 1/1, by Kim Luttrell (above right)

Next at Yashar Gallery...

Death of the Musicians, oil on canvas, 6 1/2' x 6'

WHO THE HELL IS JOE MORALES???
On view August 19- September 10, 2010

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 19, 6pm-10pm

By appointment Monday-Saturday, contact 347.418.1840

YASHAR GALLERY @ Brooklyn Art Studios
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Bldg. 8, Ground Floor
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

View artwork: www.josephmorales.com

Purchase artwork: www.popprintsny.com

Affordable Prints+Reproductions by Carla E. Reyes

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Texture Garden - Flora I - Framed Print by Carla E Reyes

Carla E. Reyes is pleased to announce the availability of affordable prints and reproductions of selected artworks online at Fine Art America .com! Now art lovers can purchase images of Carla’s mixed-media paintings on greeting cards around $5, giclee prints starting at $20, and prints on stretched canvas starting at $50, in a variety of sizes and finishes, and available with customized matting and framing!

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Shop for prints by Carla E. Reyes now: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/carla-e-reyes.html

David Sena in Benefit Art Show

MATTY NO TIMES ART BENEFIT

On September 9, 2009, Matty No Times (Three Kings Tattoo) noticed that his legs had become severely swollen. He went to an emergency room and three hours later, after multiple blood tests, was informed that he was in liver failure (see details below). Now, about 8 months later, Matty is on his way back but is in severe financial debt.

A group of all star artists, including Brooklyn Art Studios own David Sena, have joined together for a remarkable show to help Matty pay off his medical expenses. The show will be at the YES Gallery (http://yesgalleryyes.com/) located at 147 India Street and Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint (Brooklyn) The exhibition will run from July 17th to July 23rd with a special opening reception on Saturday, July 17th from 5 - 10PM at YES Gallery with special Guest DJ Jesse Jones (Yuppicide).

ALL ART IS $350 OR LESS, and raffle goodies from KCDC Skate Shop, Tattoo Elite International, Waverly Color Company and more. The goal of this exhibition is not only to support Matty No Times, but to also present a spectacular array of noted artists, allowing our friends and peers, art lovers and collectors to view and obtain works that are both affordable and of exceptional quality, and to do this while we help out our friend and colleague. This is going to be an amazing, HUGE art exhibition with some incredible artists donating art. Don’t miss it!!

Contributing artists:
Chris O’Donnell -- Scott Campbell -- Eddie Deutsche -- Florian Bertmer -- Timothy Hoyer -- Regino Gonzales -- Kelly Krantz -- Robert Atkinson -- Henry Lewis -- Grime -- Gillian Goldstein -- Mike Rubendall -- Michelle Tarentelli -- Scott Sylvia -- James O’Brien -- Fernando Lions -- Chad Koeplinger -- Jesse Jones -- Todd Noble -- JK6 -- Phil Holt -- Troy Denning -- Jon Mirro -- Seth Ciferri -- John Breiner -- Kristen Ferrell -- Nick Caruso -- Dennis McNett -- Thomas Hooper -- Nikki Balls -- Adam Patterson -- Jamie Ruth -- Dawn Cook -- SINNED -- Amanda Lynn -- Kevin LeBlanc -- Horitaka -- Daniel Albrigo -- Juan Puente -- Steve Byrne -- Ethan Morgan -- Danielle Distefano -- Kiku Iioka -- Oscar Garcia – AKO -- Josh Lord -- Stephanie Tamez -- David Cavalcante -- Daniel Mirro -- Matt Greenhalgh -- Jeff Srsic -- Steve Huie -- Tomas Garcia -- Zoe Sonenberg -- Seth Wood -- Sweety -- Diego Mannino -- John Reardon -- Chris Conn -- David Sena -- Erick Reith -- Marina Inoue -- Chuck Daly -- Jason Kundell -- Marcus Kuhn -- Brad Fink -- Adam Hays -- Charlie Foos -- Dima Drjchuin -- Brad Stevens -- Jen Lee-- Levi Polzin -- Patrick Conlon -- Dan Taylor -- Zam -- King Ron -- Eric Zona -- Beua Brady -- Jason Flanell -- Becca Roach -- Matt Vancura -- Gianna Maria Galli -- Trevor Bittinger -- Kelly Vetter -- Andre Malcolm -- Aaron Coleman -- B.J. Betts -- NORM -- Byron Velasquez -- Rodrigo -- Melo -- Armando Rascon -- Jeremy Swed -- Adam Suerte -- Duane W. -- Peter Caruso -- Alex Mcwatt -- Myles Karr -- Mohawk John -- Paul Bosch -- Annie Lloyd -- Dan Trochio -- Josh Egnew -- Dan Sinnes -- Steve Burlton -- Alex Wuillot -- Jeff P -- Jason June -- Rude Waterzooi -- Sarah Eave -- Brian Montuori -- Nille -- Eric Jones -- Magie Serpica -- Polly Hatter -- Sue Sattler -- Christopher Rini -- Mark Harada


For further information please contact Jesse Lee at: jesseleed1@gmail.com

Allison Maletz Featured on Artist Daily!

Read all about Allison Maletz's painting technique and artwork in the ArtistDaily blog.

Artist Megan Cedro Featured Online!

Brooklyn Art Studios artist Megan Cedro is featured online in "the gamine" Art+Fashion blog!

Check it out: http://www.thegamine.com/

And don't miss her upcoming exhibition at Yashar Gallery opening this Friday, July 9, from 6-9pm:

A Wonderful Tragic Life - Recent Works by Megan Cedro

FEATURED ARTIST: Christopher Paquet

Christopher Paquet was born in Marlton, New Jersey, 1975. He earned an M.F.A. from Goldsmiths, London, in 2003. He was one of 16 young painters to be included in the 2007 Goldsmiths survey at the White Box gallery in New York. His work is widely collected in the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe.

Artist statement (excerpt):
“The works selected for Into the Void are investigations into the power of language. They employ a subjective departure into fantasy or hysteria as a strategy to address the forces at play behind semblance. They endeavor to explode the heroic, the pathetic, law and fairy tales alike, in the interest of understanding that which underlies human endeavor. To know language, first one must be willing to crash it into the wall. Only when we are picking through the debris of the old can we formulate the new. Each of us reaches out though the dark primordial void to become active agents in our worlds.” -Christopher Paquet

To learn more about the artist and his most recent exhibition "Into the Void," at Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, visit: http://www.hoffmanlachancefineart.com

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Next at Yashar Gallery...

Artist Megan Cedro was born in the southern swamplands and began her exploration of drawing during high school in New Jersey. It was at this point in time Megan crafted her signature style that has resonated throughout her entire current collection of work - drawing herself and her friends as "cartoons' in awkward teenage situations. To this day, the personal grasp for human identity and self-awareness in a constantly changing and amorphous body is the dominant motif in her work. The cartoon-like images are highly expressive, symbolic and often anthropomorphic perceptions of the people around her. While attending Fort Lauderdale's Art Institute for Fashion design, Megan's drawings took on an entirely new dimension - the once out-of-place awkward creatures became mature and beautiful beings - seamless elements of design in human form, entirely unique in their own disproportional beauty. Megan's paintings of stretched, stringy, and solemn young ladies and prophet-like portraits of men with beards composed of birds remind us of Tim Burton's early paintings of eccentric characters, mixed with a grace of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Behind the expressive, large eyes of her characters a Gothic Tale of unspeakable beauty emerges. Her mademoiselles and other imaginary friends are on view at Yashar Gallery, July 9th-29th.

A Wonderful Tragic Life - Recent Works by Megan Cedro
Opening Reception: Friday, July 9th, 6-10pm
(With treats from Sixpoint Craft Ales and Mast Brothers Chocolate)

On view: July 9th-29th

View artwork by Megan Cedro: http://www.megancedro.com/

FLOWER POWER! Closing Reception, Wed., June 23

Flower Power! Mixed-Media Floral Art by Carla E. Reyes

Closing Reception: Wednesday, June 23, 6-9pm
On view: Thursday, June 3 - Thursday, June 24
Viewing Hours: Fridays 1-6pm and by appointment: brooklynartstudios@gmail.com

Texture Garden: Flora Series is a group of textural, mixed-media, floral paintings by Carla E. Reyes, exploring the cycles of nature and the human desire to capture and possess it. All of the paintings are inspired by actual images of man-made objects that were created from a variety of materials (clay, metal, stone, etc.) depicting a floral motif, set in a natural environment and undergoing the natural and chemical processes of aging and weathering. Carla’s artwork explores the color, texture, and character of natural and man-made surfaces, particularly in a state of change or interaction; which she finds both profound and beautiful. Flowers in particular, are cherished objects of nature that humans seek to preserve, but their seasonal appearance in nature, and short life span in unnatural environments, remind us of the fleeting and precious nature of existence. The work is meant to bring attention to the cycles of life, nature, and change, and the beauty of the processes that take place at any given moment.

Carla E. Reyes is a professional fine and decorative artist, exhibiting and selling her artwork in NYC and along the East Coast in commercial galleries, non-profit, and alternative spaces, since 2000. She received her B.F.A. in Restoration and Fine Arts from F.I.T., NYC. Carla also works as a decorative interior finisher, theater scenic artist, muralist, and art educator. Carla’s artwork has been featured in a variety of publications and media including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, BBC World News, The Queens Chronicle, and more. Her complete portfolio can be viewed at: http://www.carlaereyes.com

Flower Power! Mixed-Media Floral Art by Carla E. Reyes features new works from the Texture Garden: Flora Series, as well as other textural collage paintings from previous bodies of work that explore a floral motif or theme. The exhibition is on view from June 3 - 24, 2010 at Yashar Gallery.

YASHAR GALLERY @ Brooklyn Art Studios
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Bldg. 8, Ground Floor
Greenpoint, Brooklyn


View and/or purchase artworks from the exhibition: Flower Power! @etsy.com

Kiyomi Yamagishi Art Jewelry Show

Kiyomi Yamagishi Art Jewelry Show

at Gallery Wats

Jun 21st - 26th, 2010

10:00am - 6:00pm

Gallery Wats

5-44-4, Minami- aoyama, #103

Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

tel 03-3499-2662

www.wa2.jp

www.kiyomiyamagishi.com

Kim Luttrell Featured in Group Exhibition

FEATURED ARTIST: David Sena

Exciting announcements from "Senaspace"...

David Sena is currently in Rome, Italy, and will be doing a performance piece with his fire drawings on Wednesday, May 26th, at ROMA - The Road to Contemporary Art Fair 2010. He will be creating a live drawing measuring 5 x 9 feet as part of the BangArt Magazine party during the international art fair. The event will be completely documented on video and on view at http://www.senaspace.com soon, along with additional videos and new fire drawings and tattoos.

Check out some of his new work, created at Brooklyn Art Studios, in a recent write-up by the guys at Coolhunting.com. David is also taking appointments for studio visits and will have an open studio event in the coming months...

Links to more info about all of the above:

http://www.romacontemporary.it/

http://www.bangart.it/we-are-the/beast.html

http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/david-sena.php

Flower Power! Opens June 3rd at Yashar Gallery

Flower Power! Mixed-Media Floral Art by Carla E. Reyes

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 3, 6-9pm

View photos from the Opening Reception

Closing Reception + Viewing: Wednesday, June 23, 6-9pm

On view: Thursday, June 3 - Thursday, June 24

Viewing Hours: June 3-June 24, Fridays 1-6pm and by appointment - brooklynartstudios@gmail.com

View and/or purchase available artworks from the exhibition online

Texture Garden: Flora Series is a group of textural, mixed-media, floral paintings by Carla E. Reyes, exploring the cycles of nature and the human desire to capture and possess it. All of the paintings are inspired by actual images of man-made objects that were created from a variety of materials (clay, metal, stone, etc.) depicting a floral motif, set in a natural environment and undergoing the natural and chemical processes of aging and weathering. Carla’s artwork explores the color, texture, and character of natural and man-made surfaces, particularly in a state of change or interaction; which she finds both profound and beautiful. Flowers in particular, are cherished objects of nature that humans seek to preserve, but their seasonal appearance in nature, and short life span in unnatural environments, remind us of the fleeting and precious nature of existence. The work is meant to bring attention to the cycles of life, nature, and change, and the beauty of the processes that take place at any given moment.

Carla E. Reyes is a professional fine and decorative artist, exhibiting and selling her artwork in NYC and along the East Coast in commercial galleries, non-profit, and alternative spaces, since 2000. Her complete portfolio can be viewed at: http://www.carlaereyes.com

YASHAR GALLERY @ Brooklyn Art Studios
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Bldg. 8, Ground Floor
Greenpoint, Brooklyn