Winter Solstice: Hudson Valley, Grant Collier

Oil on canvas. Black painted wood fame.

Measures: 24″ x 20″

Grant Collier is a contemporary painter based in Garrison, New York, whose work points to impressions beyond the image itselfwhat begins in the real world often ends somewhere more elusive. As the poet Billy Collins puts it, the journey starts in Kansas but ends in Oz. Beauty emerges through stillness, distortion, and the unexpected. The paintings are meant not to describe, but to evokeinviting a quiet, emotional response.

He has exhibited in galleries across the country, and his current work is on view at Nickey Kehoe. These recent paintings offer impressions of landscapesboth observed and rememberedwhere perception and memory converge.