Contributed by Patrick Neal / Upon entering Daniel Cooney Fine Art, one is immediately surrounded by a colorful crowd of idiosyncratic boys. As portrait subjects, they feel oddly familiar and distinctive, and their haunting visages might stop you in your tracks. With deep, rich colors the portraits radiate a warm glow, each subject is suffused with a stained-glass brilliance and idealized in an almost spiritual aura. The paintings are the work of London-based Helen Downie, who goes by the moniker Unskilled Worker – a tongue-in-cheek reference to her self-taught background….
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Painting of the Week: Lucky (Mr. Torso)
Contributed by Sharon Butler / This week, wandering around Chelsea, I was struck by Andrea Champlin’s gutsy little painting in “Vivid,” an exhibition […]
Literally and figuratively in Houston
“Jackie Gendel and Valerie Hegarty,” CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX. Through Jan. 12. Brooklynites Jackie Gendel and Valerie Hegarty have shipped their paintings off to Houston […]




















