I hope this finds you well, enjoying a cheerful part of your day.
I haven't shared a newsletter for quite some time - 5 years, in fact (see footnote) i.e., it's "been a long time COMING". The reason I'm sharing news, now, is because I am excited to tell you about my GOINGS. Thank you for accompanying me through this email.
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Recently in March, I was an artist-in-residence in a cozy program housed on the "north fork" of Long Island.
The time at The Potato Farm Project challenged me to put hustles on hold and confront a quiet place where I explored my own motivations and capabilities regarding my studio work. It was both clarifying and refreshing. While I normally like to work in a bigger scale, I was delighted to have captured the charm of one particular view from the studio in a mini painting.
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There was something so meditative about lining those beadboard walls with a tiny paintbrush...
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Upcoming this June, I am honored to be an artist-in-residence at Weir Farm National Historic Park in Connecticut.
Weir Farm has deep roots in American art, inspiring artists for more than 140 years and now hosting 6 visual artists per year to spend one month living and working at the Park. I am privileged to be a part of 2025's cohort:
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Weir Farm's A-I-R Program prioritizes thought-provoking approaches to interpreting our world through contemporary visual art practice. So while I'm in residence, I'm going to further explore my pictorial thoughts about human struggle in the environment in which one exists.
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When I think about "landscape painting," I lean towards Romanticism, Hudson River School, and Post-Impressionism - for me, these art history movements are doorways into thinking about relationships to ambition and desire. So at this residency, I am situating myself in a place where influences from the Hudson River School and American Impressionism are directly connected to the landscape.
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My college professor William Bukowski was a big fan of the French Impressionists - and while I couldn't get on the Monet train at that moment, I did visit an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on American Impressionism, and (spoiler alert), became utterly enchanted by the paintings.
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(Upland Pasture, Smithsonian American Art Museum)
JULIAN ALDEN WEIR (b. 1852, d. 1919) was part of a distinguished family of artists, as well as an influential and beloved presence in the art world. While the "short version" of his story leads with him as an American Impressionist, he was actually resistant to (French) Impressionism. But through his experimentations with pastels of his landscape on his Connecticut summer home (spoiler alert) Impressionism made more of an impression on him.
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Video courtesy Trust for Public Land: https://www.tpl.org/our-work/weir-farm-national-historic-site
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I am honored to have been chosen to become part of the many artists who have been inspired by this place - A National Park for Art, am grateful to the jurors of this year's program; and thankful that programs like this exist to serve as guardian[s] of our diverse cultural and recreational resources. (To see more, Weir Farm offers virtual tours at nps.gov/wefa). If you're "in the area" this June - come visit!
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I wanted to include this last note (I guess it's "olds," now rather than "news") in the officialness of a newsletter because I was just so chuffed about it. Since I wrote my last newsletter, I've accomplished other art things - so if you're curious about other un-reported remarkables, see my "News & Notes" on my website.
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Earlier this year (September 14, 2024 – January 19, 2025), my work was curated into a museum exhibition!
The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, NY invited artists on Long Island to submit work engaging with contemporary social, cultural, or political issues. I was honored to have my painting, “InDecision” curated into this exhibition.
Amongst the opportunities in which the Museum invited the Biennial artists to participate to increase accessibility to the exhibition, I and my painting were featured in an “Artists in the Galleries” session, as well as on the Bloomberg Connects app, and the Museum’s YouTube channel.
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Along with these comings and goings, I hope that our paths may cross in the future, too. Until then, may your own journeys be smooth with beautiful discoveries around every corner.
Thank you for letting me share this news with you!
Charis
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FOOTNOTE: The past few years have, I imagine for most of us, been challenging. They have been chaotic for me, so I pulled into my shell and as such my sharing of news has been few and far between. That notwithsthstanding, I am notoriously late with any kind of correspondence - i.e., I've got holiday cards still needing to be sent out...from 3 years ago. Forgive me, my perennial excuse is that I was born two weeks past my due date! 🤷
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