LIFESTYLE

Restored: The Hamptons’ First Artist Studio

By Samantha McConnel
March 9, 2018

When it comes to the rehabilitation of important houses in the Hamptons, celebrities come out of the woodwork to help. So was the case this past summer when such local luminaries as Cindy ...

Kiln Confections

By Sophie Overton
February 9, 2018

The clay works of East Hampton ceramicist Anna Clejan are a study in contrasts – both organic yet glossy, delicate yet strong. Very strong, says the artist. It seems odd to say, but ...

Good Enough To Eat

By Sophie Overton
December 8, 2017

While East Hampton sculptor Monica Banks’ works look mouth-watering, on closer inspection they express a dark edge. It is this ...

Some people are fortunate to know their life’s calling from early on. From age three onwards John Haurbrich’s parents set him up with a table and chair in the kitchen where the fledgling artist “drew all day long.”...

Eye Candy

By Alison Daniels
September 20, 2017

In retrospect, painter Don Christensen was always headed for a career in art despite not embracing it as a career till midlife. As a kid, growing up in a small Nebraska farm town, he was ...

HAMPTON HABITUÉS

By Dawn Watson
September 15, 2017

The Hamptons shoulder season is not without its own distinct benefits. With the slightly cooler air comes a few essential, and very welcome, perks. The beaches are just as glorious, and...

Hamptons Original

By HRES Staff
August 23, 2017

When Rick Friedman says, “I have some really nice paintings,” he isn’t making an idle boast so much as an understatement. The founder of Hamptons Contemporary: The Home Design and Décor Show has over three hundred works by twentieth...

Jake Rajs Magical Lensman

By Heather Bryce
August 11, 2017

When Jake Rajs published his 2008 book, These United States, with an introduction by Walter Cronkite, Reader’s Digest wrote: “Not since Ansel Adams turned his lens on the Snake River has a photographer so glorified the American landscape...

Russians Paint Sag Harbor

By HRES Staff
February 14, 2017

This past fall, Sag Harbor’s Grenning Gallery, known for showing the works of classically...

Artists You Need To Know

By HRES Staff
December 8, 2016

One thing that distinguishes the work of Shelter Island artist, Sylvia Hommert, is her use of unusual materials – from crystalline mineral salts to metal leaf. It’s all in her effort to capture the “liquid and fluid nature of light,” she says. “I am...