Ishi Art

I was born in Woodstock, New York, USA, on June 22, 1960. Both of my parents were painters/printmakers. My mother’s parents were Dudley Summers, an accomplished painter and illustrator and his wife, Pauline, was also an accomplished illustrator specializing in book plate design. She learned this craft from her father, Wilbur Macey Stone.

I was awarded a scholarship to the Art Students League of New York at an early age. I was fifteen. I studied at the summer school under a number of different Instructors. My father was an Instructor there. My studies continued at the Art Students League in New York City. Again, I was awarded scholarships to study with several artists, perhaps most notably, Robert Beverly Hale, the master artistic anatomist. Later, I returned to Woodstock and continued my education with my father and others at the then fledgling Woodstock School of Art. I recall the apt quote by Pablo Picasso who said “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist”. So I did.

While striving to identify who I was artistically I devoured representations of work by Franz Kline, Andrew Wyeth, Egon Scheile, and Mark Rothko. Rothko really stuck with me.

I have used oils for years but recently started experimen...

The Art Students League of New York Summer School at Woodstock 1976-1978
The Art Students League, New York 1978-1980
The Woodstock School of Art 1977-1979, 1981-1982

2017
The Hudson River School Revisited, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY
Cow Paintings, Gallery Northstar, Grafton VT
Square Art Show, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY
Abstract Visions, Group Exhibition, Mission Gallery, San Francisco CA
Gestalt 4, Group Exhibition, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2016
In Your Dreams, Marin Society of Artists, CA
Group Exhibition, Gallery North Star, Grafton VT
Blue, Group Exhibition, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY

2015
Offerings, Group Exhibition, Gallery North Star, Grafton VT
Group Exhibition, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY

2014
Driven to Abstraction Three Person Exhibition, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY
Summer In The Hudson Valley Group Exhibition, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY

2013
Masters at Work Two Person Exhibition, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY.
The Woodstock Landscape: Then and Now Curated by Kate McGloughlin. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY

2012
Disrobed Group Show, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY
Looking Within Three Person Exhibition, Gallery Wright, Wilmington VT
Small Works Group Show, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz NY
Above the High Water Mark Group Show. Gallery Wright, Wilmington VT

2011
New Work Two Person Exhibition...