Now on View in Kent

At The Good Gallery, next to the Kent Art Association on Route 7 in Kent, Conn., gallerist and framer Tim Good has invited New York-based artist Cynthia Crier to exhibit a series of warm-toned cityscape oils and collages titled “New York City And Beyond.” A softer interpretation of the American Ash Can School, which depicted the grit and daily life of the downtown bustle, Crier’s views of The West Village radiate sunlight, capturing even the underground station at Christopher Street with an amber glow. On view through Sunday, July 30.

Dive into the darkness at Kenise Barnes Fine Art at the Kent Barns as Canadian painter Janna Watson, in her third show with the gallery, unveils a new series of chilly abstracts in “The Warmth of Blue.” With titles like “Back Paddles to the Backside of My Own Mind” and “Moon is a Pulse That Runs Itself,” Watson’s broad oil and acrylic hypnotic strokes feel lunar and maritime at once, like crushed oyster shells and pearls reflecting in a kaleidoscope. On view through Wednesday, Aug. 30, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 15, at 4 p.m.

At Craven Contemporary in the Kent Barns Andrew Craven continues the gallery’s summer anniversary showcase with “Five Years Part II” with work that includes past exhibitors like Jeff Wallace, Thomas Fuhs, Will Hutnick, and Jeff Joyce. Returning as well is work by American painter Michael De Feo, whose street art style covers the canvas in a windstorm of pastel petals. His latest book from Poster House New York, “Out of Fashion” continues his conversation with art and advertising with his signature pieces of fashion ads,  taken from bus stops and subway stations and cover it floral brushstrokes — the poised faces of Kate Moss, Kiera Knightley and Gigi Hadid commonly seen in ads obscured, but rebirthed into something one of a kind. On view through Sunday, Aug. 28.

“Christopher Street” by Cynthia Crier Courtesy of The Good Gallery

“Back Paddles to the Backside of My Own Mind” by Janna Watson Courtesy of KBFA

“Walking Into Sunshine” by Michael De Feo Courtesy of Craven Contemporary

  

“Christopher Street” by Cynthia Crier Courtesy of The Good Gallery