North Fork Artist Charles Wildbank
Opens his Art Studio to Public Memorial Day Weekend
ARTIST: Charles Wildbank
WHEN: Saturday, May 26 and Sunday May 27, 2018, from noon to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Henry Lewis Lane toward end at cul-de-sac in Jamesport, a hamlet of Riverhead Town, set on the North Fork.
DIRECTIONS: from Riverhead, take Sound Avenue east to Pier Avenue and make right turn onto Henry Lewis Lane toward end at cul-de-sac, follow signs inside.
CONTACT: [email protected]
Scale is the key for this artist Charles Wildbank who loves to fly and dive, saying, “I take flight for vision, and dive into the depths of the spirit.”
Memorial Day Weekend, Wildbank is opening his studio in Jamesport, NY to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Visitors will have the opportunity to view his towering seascapes, still life and portraits while visiting both his home and Studio set upon his landscape grounds.
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Artist Charles Wildbank. Courtesy of the artist.
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At the main entrance, one is greeted by a massive Golden Wave painting, awash with abstract references to the highly decorative forms of Gustav Klimt. Encrusted with gold leaf, it floats colonies of geometric shapes, a looming tsunami in the making.
Nearby stands Luvin’ Wave resonating in its sensuously cosmic design, a luminous red wave teeming with yin yang summoning the dualities of the male and female, water and fire, chaos and calm.
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"Top of the Wave" by Charles Wildbank. Acrylic on canvas, 38 x 120 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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Onlooking the surrounding visual poetry of nature stand these towering portraits in the open loft overhead, capturing the very subjects in the artist’s life, contemporary folk, children and grownups alike. In the next room, a bedroom, is a collection of sleeping portraits a fitting cure all for insomniacs.
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"Portrait of Abby" by Charles Wildbank. Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 51 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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In the next salon, reserved for dining, the walls have that effect of sweet bombardment of delectable desserts painted to whet one’s appetites: ice cream, cake, petit four cakes swarming with picnic ants…
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Charles Wildbank Residence Interior. Courtesy of the artist.
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The house tour is followed by a glimpse into his adjacent studio a short step down and facing the Moon Garden outside the glass doors. There will be a display of small prints and giclees for the browsing.
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At Henry Lewis Lane cul-de-sac. Courtesy of the artist.
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Charles Wildbank's Moon Garden. Courtesy of the artist.
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For anyone who cannot make it out to Wildbank's neck of woods, the following weekend, June 2 and 3, 2018, he will be exhibiting his art at the Westhampton Beach Art & Craft Fair, held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Main Street and Mill Road in Westhampton Village, NY.
Wildbank will open his studio again on the weekends of July 14 & 15, 2018 and August 18 & 19, 2018.
For more information, click here.
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