CT ArtList Selections
(Exhibition archive: May / June 2013)
In collaboration with the art web site CT Art List we are very pleased to have selected artworks from the artists hosted on the CT Art List site. These young and very accomplished artists have produced some great pieces which are quite affordable for the art collector or soon to be art collector. Please feel free to call, email or visit to see these wonderful pieces of artwork.
“This will be CT ArtList’s first curated show in a commercial gallery setting. Of the six artists selected 5 have M.F.A. degrees, and 4 attended Connecticut State Universities. This group of artists is a clear reflection of CT ArtList’s mission of providing exposure to working, professional artists in the state who are immensely qualified, yet often under-exposed. We would like to extend our thanks to The EBK Gallery for presenting a professional caliber exhibition of work by CT ArtList artists.” M. Marden
Tracy Powers
About the Artist
Tracy Powers of Wolcott, CT. has an M.F.A. in Painting from Western Connecticut State University, and is a member of First Street Gallery in NYC. Powers is an adjunct professor of Art History at Naugatuck Valley Community College.
“I’ve lived in CT for 15 years, ten years in Wolcott. I’ve live in CT longer than anywhere else in my life! (I grew up in The middle of nowhere in Massachusetts). I just had my first solo exhibition titled “Utopia” at First Street Gallery in September 2012. I won a Weber painting prize at CT + 6, a juried exhibition up now at West Hartford Art League. My work is in private collections in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
My work? I guess I’m a thrill junkie. Translating the chaotic atmosphere of an amusement park into a painting has inspired me for years. The duality of artificial construction and natural environment, of nauseating movement and quiet contemplation, existing in a chaotic atmosphere with horrible music, angry mobs, and fried dough. What’s not to like?
Artist: Tracy Powers
Title: Dumbo’s Dawn
Size: 20 x 26
medium: oil on linen
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Artist: Tracy Powers
Title: “Super Slide”
Size: 48 x 72
medium: oil on linen
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Chris Cox
About the Artist
Chris Cox grew up in Somers, CT and graduated in 2011 from Eastern Connecticut State University. His sculptures are made to imply landscapes and landmasses that create a stage for concepts such as communication, miscommunication, and urbanization. Chris’ inspirations come from the conflicting architecture that exists between rural and urban areas and the interaction between the people and the places they occupy. The majority of the materials in his work are recycled from the institutions in which he works. Chris Cox currently lives in Colchester, CT and works at The Wadsworth Atheneum and Real Art Ways, both in Hartford, CT.
![EBK | Cox [The Sun Peeks Through the Trees in Winter] | medium: wood and acrylic paint | size: 8 x 8 unframed |](http://ebkframing.com/wp-content/gallery/ct-art-lists-eric-playlist/cox.jpg)
Artist: Chris Cox
Title: “The Sun Peeks Through the Trees in Winter”
Size:8 x8
medium:wood and latex paint
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Matthew Best
About the Artist
Born in Manchester, Connecticut based painter Matthew Best received his BFA in Painting from the University Of Hartford Art School and his MFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Formerly a Resident Studio at the Arlington Arts Center and has been in numerous shows on the local and national level. Best teaches at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, CT. He maintains a studio at the Arbor Arts Centers in Hartford, CT.
Best’s work can currently be seen in the show “the New Aesthetic” at Gallery 19 in Chicago, IL. H is work will be included in three upcoming shows in June, first in “Our Expanding Center, Paper New England’s 5th Anniversary Show” at Artspace in Hartford, CT, a second show at Gallery 19 and finally in the group show, “Working it Out” at the Painting Center in New York City.
![EBK | Best [untitled]](http://ebkframing.com/wp-content/gallery/ct-art-lists-eric-playlist/untitled-painting-2013_16-by-16-inches_acrylic-on-panel.jpg)
Artist: Matthew Best
Title: untitled
Size:16 x 16
medium: acrylic on canvas
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![EBK | Best [untitled]](http://ebkframing.com/wp-content/gallery/ct-art-lists-eric-playlist/untitled-painting-2013_18-by-24-inches_acrylic-on-panel.jpg)
Artist: Matthew Best
Title: untitled
Size:18 x 24
medium: acrylic on panel
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![EBK | Best [untitled]](http://ebkframing.com/wp-content/gallery/ct-art-lists-eric-playlist/untitled-painting-2013_36-by-48-inches_acrylic-on-canvas.jpg)
Artist: Matthew Best
Title: untitled
Size: 36 x 48
medium: acrylic on canvas
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Tiffany Johnson
About the Artist
Home town, White Plains, NY.
Received a MFA from Western Connecticut State University in painting. Studied at Chautauqua Institute School of Art, Vermont Studio Center and accepted a Weir Farm Residency for September 2013. Award of Excellence in Painting for Stanley L. Ritcher Arts Association for Spring juried exhibition.
My recent work deals with an ongoing series of my journey in Harlem, New York. These paintings are part of my view of the urban cityscapes around my 103 year old grandmother’s home.
![EBK | Johnson [125th street]](http://ebkframing.com/wp-content/gallery/ct-art-lists-eric-playlist/125th-street.jpg)
Artist: Tifany Johnson
Title: The View from the Station
medium: Oil on Panel
size: 24″ x 23.7″
2013
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![EBK | Johnson [view from the station]](http://ebkframing.com/wp-content/gallery/ct-art-lists-eric-playlist/view-from-the-station.jpg)
Artist: Tifany Johnson
Title: The View from the Station
medium: Oil on Panel|
size: 24″ x 23.7″
2013
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Karen Bartone
About the Artist
Karen Bartone of Clinton, CT. has an M.F.A. in Visual Art from Western Connecticut State University, and a B.F.A. from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. She has completed residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Chataqua School of Art. Her work is represented in public and private collections. She is an adjunct art instructor at Eastern Connecticut State University. This past March, she had a very well received solo exhibition at the Osborne Homestead Museum and Kellogg Environmental Center.
Artist: Karen Bartone
Title: Enchanted Water Series #21
medium: oil on canvas
size: 47″ dia
2013
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Artist: Karen Bartone
Title: Supergirl #1
medium: oil on canvas
size: 21″ eq triangle
2013
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Jana Ireijo
About the Artist
Jana Ireijo of Westport CT. grew up in Hololulu, HI and received her M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Recently she has exhibited in a two-person show at The Mercurial Gallery in Danbury, CT. as well as one of the 2013 SOLOS artists at the Westport Arts Center. She says, “”My paintings are a clash of ’80’s nostalgia and disparate pop images. A posh woman stares out from the canvas; seeking attention, but remaining distant. Bright lights and flashy distractions sooth the chattering voices of her mind.”
![EBK | Ireijo [are you gonna go my way]](http://ebkframing.com/wp-content/gallery/ct-art-lists-eric-playlist/ireijo-are-you-gonna-go-my-way.jpg)
Artist: Jana Ireijo
Title: Are You Gonna Go My Way
medium: oil and sharpie on canvas
size: 24″ x 18″
2013
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