Welcome to the December issue of the Geary Gallery Guide. The Gallery is in festive spirits leading up to the holidays. Through December 24, we present “The Little Treasures Holiday Show,” a collection of more than 150 unique and affordable pieces — all 9” x 12” or smaller — from more than 20 different artists. This month we also have on exhibit, the works of three wonderful local artists Kathleen Lee, Murray Smith, and Daphne Cochran.

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Featured Artist, December 2012
Kathleen Lee

Kathleen was born and raised on Long Island. She began her formal art training at The Stevenson Academy of Traditional Painting in Sea Cliff, NY while attending Long Island University. Lee worked in publishing for many years after receiving her degree in art history. As Director of International Product Development, she traveled the world marketing Sesame Street products. In 1990, Lee resumed her art training at The National Academy of Design and The Art Students League of New York. Lee works primarily with oils and enjoys a wide diversity of subject matter, from marine paintings to pastoral scenes and portraits. She has painted on location in the southwest, Mexico, Ireland, France, Greece and throughout New England. In addition to her easel paintings, Lee also paints murals.

To view Kathleen Lee’s work, visit our online gallery.

Featured Artist, December 2012
Murray Smith

Murray Smith from upstate New York is a graduate of The High School of Art & Design and attended both The Art Students League and The School of Visual Arts. For the past 10 years, Smith has studied with John Philip Osborne, who teaches the prismatic palette developed by Frank Vincent DuMond. Smith’s use of the prismatic palette and it’s principles of light can be clearly seen in his convincing still lifes and landscapes.

Smith has won numerous juried awards, including The Kuhn Oil Painting Award for Floral, The Ridgewood Art Institute Regional Open Juried Show in 2006, 2007 and 2009, The Ruth Beekman Award for Floral, The Jane Peterson Still Life Award from The Hudson Valley Art Association, and The Salmagundi Club Award in 2005. Murray is also an award-winning artist and has created campaigns and posters for more than 200 films, including "Star Wars", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” "Apocalypse Now,’ "Taxi Driver," "Superman," and "All the President’s Men.’

To view Murray Smith’s work, visit our online gallery.

Featured Artist, December 2012
Daphne Cochran

Daphne Cochran is a native of Connecticut and presently lives in Rowayton. She studied drawing, pastel, watercolor, oil and acrylic painting at the Silvermine Guild of Arts in New Canaan, and currently works privately with Carey Parks Schwarts at her studio in Stamford.

Cochran works primarily in pastels, doing commissions for families in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Her most recent paintings are done in oil and acrylic on various surfaces such as wood, paper and canvas. She has won prizes at the Spectrum Art Show in New Canaan for her dog portrait, “Face of a Friend,” and at the YWCA Art Show in Greenwich for a graphic drawing of her son. Her work can be seen at her studio in Rowayton or at the Geary Gallery in Darien.

To view Daphne Cochran’s work, visit our online gallery.

“The Little Treasures Holiday Show” runs through December 24. To see a full list of the artists participating in this event, please visit our website (www.gearygallery.com). The Kathleen Lee, Murray Smith, and Daphne Cochran exhibits are on display through December. Their work is available for acquisition. Everyone is welcome and admission is free. The gallery is open to the public Wednesdays – Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and is located at 576 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT 06820. For more information, call (203) 655-6633 or visit www.gearygallery.com.

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This year for the holidays, give your loved ones a special gift to treasure forever. Geary Gallery’s portrait service makes it easy and affordable to commission a portrait of a family, individual, pet, home or even favorite vacation spot. Individual portraits are available in oil, pastel or graphite. Houses in pen & ink or acrylic, and pet portraits are available in oil. The artists were chosen due to their mastery of their particular subject and medium, and their portfolios are available to view at our portraits gallery.

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To help parents with babies and small children who are unable to easily leave their car, we recently announced Curbside Pick-up, which allows customers to call from their car when they’re in the gallery parking lot to pick up their work, and a gallery employee will bring it to them. Call (203) 655-6633.