Regina Silvers

Drawing is vital to my work, which often begins with on-the-scene, line-and-color studies. I pare down to essentials, intensifying patterns and color interactions, which heighten the dynamics of the composition. In my large-scale close-up views, based on the small studies, I bring the viewer right into the action of the painted piece, enabling him or her to notice and appreciate the structure and complexity of the patterns in nature. To maintain immediacy and vitality, the final painting is done fairly quickly, after many, many, large, painted studies. So a “quick” painting may have actually taken months of studio time to achieve. In my years of walking and hiking, I became more and more drawn to the “close” looks at ordinary vegetation, rather than long, picturesque views of the surrounding landscape. In my nature-based paintings I share what awes me about their “ordinary” beauty. Although we know that each of us sees differently, becoming conscious of my own vision has been a long process. While the way I see is my own, the way I express it is a product of my experience and of many artistic influences. My “heroes”, whether ancient or contemporary, affirm my enthusiasm for line and color to build rhythm, space, and structure....

i have been involved with fine art my whole adult life- as a visual artist and an art organizer. Originally trained as a NYC art teacher, my varied career includes jewelry designer, gallery director, curator, art consultant, museum publicity/advertising manager, and always, practicing artist.

I was a founder and President of TOAST, the TriBeCa Open Artist Studio Tour (2000 to 2010), and co-founder and Director of the Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, NY (1976-84). I have maintained a studio in TriBeCa for more than 20 years and, until recently, one in in Woodstock, NY.My work appears in corporate and private collections throughout the United States, and I have participated in more than 40 exhibitions nationally.

2019 Small Works.Carter Burden Gallery, Chelsea NYC
2019 Connexions White Space Gallery,
TriBeCa, NYC
2019 Stillness NYArtistsCircle.com
2018. A Shared Interest. Carter Burden Gallery, Chelsea NYC
2018 Artists for World Peace Saloman Art Gallery, TriBeCa, NYC
2018 Waging Peace, Florida State U Museum of Fine Arts. Talahassee FL
2016   New York City ArtFair, Osaka Japan 
2016 Invitational, M55 gallery Chelsea, NY
2016 Through the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2017-18 Observations & Variations. Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NJ
2015,14.The Affordable Art Fair, NYC. ValdezStudio,
2015 SIdeshow Gallery Annual. Brooklyn, NY
2013 Solo Exhibition Art Meets Activism: The Granny Peace Brigade.Saint Peter’s Church, Citicorp Cntr, NYC
2013,2012Hullaballoo Collective,Fountain Art Fair, NYC
2012 Art of Democracy, Sacred Gallery, Soho NYC
2012 Activist New York Museum of the City of New York
2012 Women Artists Represented Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
2012 It’s a Small, Small World. Family Business, Chelsea, NYC
2012 Women:Realizing Perspectives One Gallery, Newark, NJ
2009 Eye on Wall Street Federal Hall, NYC
2009 Regina Silvers Paintings,.Synagogue for the Arts, Tribeca, NYC
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