The Byrne Gallery in Middleburg, Virginia is pleased to announce our show for the months of July and August, “Ocean Song”. Sweeping water vistas and peaceful shores will be on display starting July 1st and continuing through August 30th.
The show’s artwork will include oil paintings by local artists Gerald Hennesy, Shawn Hennesy, Katie Flack, Jeff Kibler, and Victor Nizovstev. Their paintings transport the viewer to serene ocean views from up and down the East Coast, including the Chesapeake Bay, and Atlantic Ocean. We invite you to come to the gallery and enjoy a scenic walk alongside our “Ocean Song”.
About the Artists
Katie Flack's work evokes feelings of nostalgia. Painted en plein air, she strives to capture the fleeting moments of the landscape. Her colorful palette and richly painted scenes invite the viewer to experience the moment. A worldwide traveler, she keeps her paints nearby to capture sights that enchant her. Katie studied fine art at Clemson University and was introduced to plein air painting at a workshop in NYC shortly after. While participating in plein air events she has received awards including Second Place at Paint Great Falls.
Gerald Hennesy painted in an impressionistic style, working both in plein-air and in his studio. He passed away in March 2022, and was one of our most beloved artists and an inspiration to all who knew him. A master of composition and plein air landscape, it was important to Gerry that subject he chose for the painting was exciting to him, so it was then also exciting and interesting to the viewers of his completed work. Once a scene was selected and the composition sketched in, Gerald painted rather rapidly, while attempting to achieve a freshness of color and expressiveness in his brushwork. He was particularly concerned with depicting the effect of light on his landscapes.
His work has been exhibited widely in commercial and museum galleries including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Georgia Museum of Art, The Corcoran Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Museum. His paintings are in numerous private, corporate and public collections, including the U. S. House of Representatives, the State Department, the Maryland State Mansion, the DAR Headquarters, and the American Legion Headquarters. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art.
Shawn Hennesy, a native Virginian, travels up and down the East Coast in search of his subject matter. He renders his paintings in a realistic style, but with a romantic mood, and the detail in his work reflects a knowledge of both art and nature.
Shawn learned to paint under the guidance of his father Gerald Hennesy and brother, Paul Hennesy. He comes from a family of artists that goes back generations. Working in the traditional medium of oil on canvas, Shawn has spent decades perfecting his talents. His award-winning paintings can be found in many private, corporate, and public collections. He has been featured in numerous group and one-person shows, has been a participant in the Art in Embassies program, and was twice a Top 100 Finalist in the international Arts for the Parks competition. He is a past president of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters.
Jeff Kibler is an award-winning designer that has been in the graphic arts field for 47 years. He graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1975. Working at ad agencies and design studios in the New York Metropolitan before moving to Washington, D.C., in 1994 as a Senior Art Director with The Magazine Group. Working on a wide variety of magazines, book design and corporate collateral material. Retired since February 2020, now focusing on fine art primarily in oils, in a contemporary realistic style. Kibler possesses a deep familiarity with the subtle textures and shifts of the ocean due to his lifelong love of the water and part time residence at the beach. He conveys that knowledge of the sea and its changes in each of his oceanscapes.
Victor Nizovtsev is a masterful oil painter of theatrical figurative composition, fantasy, landscapes, and still life. His art is inspired by Greek mythology, Russian folklore, childhood memories, great Masters of the past, and routine daily life. Victor breathes life into each work inviting the viewer into the painting as a separate universe, one filled with boldness, energy and rich hues.
Victor studied at the prestigious Vera Muhina University for Industrial Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia. Upon graduation in 1993, he returned to Kotovsk and began painting professionally. In 1997, Victor moved the United States, where he continued pursuing his art career and he now resides in Maryland with his family.