IDOLINE DUKE
Trees of Life

Including Artworks by Erica-Lynn Huberty, Julia Yensho, and August Whitney

January 11 - March 1, 2025

Idoline Duke: Trees of Life

The Tree of Life is "a ubiquitous symbol in art, religion, and mythologies throughout the ages...common as an evocative reminder that we're all after the same thing; harmony within ourselves, harmony with each other, and the recognition that we are all connected and part of something much greater than ourselves.

"Making art is my greatest form of escapism. Although often hard work, it is for me like a portal into another world where I envision a better place than where we are. Whether working on an abstract landscape, the details of an intricate leaf, or on a fantastical tree of life, I get to be in that place of beauty for as long as I’m painting." -Idoline Duke

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Erica-Lynn Huberty

Julia Yensho

August Whitney

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Autumn 2024

October 11 - December 1, 2024

PATON MILLER

SCOTT BLUEDORN

Paton Miller, a highly respected New York and eastern Long Island artist was born in Seattle and raised in Hawaii. After traveling through Asia and Europe at the age of 20, he settled in the Hamptons in 1974, as he received a scholarship to Southampton College from the drawings and paintings he made during his Asian travels. Early in his career, Miller spent over 20 years painting in Fairfield Porter's studio. Known for his dreamlike paintings of animals, figures, and symbolic objects, Miller's earthy palette and palimpsest techniques create a blend of the primitive and contemporary. He has had over 25 solo exhibitions, numerous group shows worldwide, and his work is included in important private collections and museums. A graduate of the Honolulu Academy of Arts and a Presidential Scholar at Southampton College, Miller has taught at Long Island University and the Art Barge, founded the Paton Miller School of Painting and Drawing, and curated the East End Collected Series since 2002. His work has been reviewed by The New York Times and Art Forum, and he remains a passionate advocate for fellow artists.

Scott Bluedorn, born in Southampton, NY, holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He has exhibited extensively across the East End of Long Island, including at venues such as the Southampton Art Center, Parrish Art Museum, and galleries in Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Amagansett, New York City, Nantucket, and Miami. His work is part of the Edward Albee Foundation collection and numerous private collections in the US, Canada, Ireland, France, and Portugal. Living and working in East Hampton, NY, Bluedorn draws inspiration from the natural world, cultural anthropology, and nautical tradition. His practice spans painting, drawing, printmaking, and found object assemblage, exploring the intersection of nature and modern society with an emphasis on myth and visual storytelling, which he terms "maritime cosmology."

An oil painting of a black man wearing a hat and sitting next to a wheelbarrow.

Oil painting of a dog, a kangaroo, and a porcupine staring at what looks to be multiple TV screens on one big screen.

Oil painting of a room with a table and many drawings and paintings on the wall behind; on the table, there is half of a loaf of bread with a knife sticking out of it and a coffee pot.

Blue, cream, and brown oil painting with random, undiscernible objects painted in the foreground.

A blue, brown, and orange oil painting of a bear standing atop several waterfalls.

A grey canoe sitting on a grey beach with aqua blue water and a background that looks like a wall covered in various drawings.

An oil painting of a man in a hat in a canoe with an animal that looks like a dog. In the background it looks like a large wall covered in drawings of various animals.

An oil painting of a serious-looking man wearing a blue shirt and a blue beanie.

An oil painting of a man and a mule walking through a green valley towards a bright aqua blue ocean.

A man with a large brimmed man stands on a rock in silhouette against a blue sky and sea while his dog stands behind him, higher on rock.

Oil painting of a man with a beard and a fez cap on.

Oil painting of a man on a sail boat sailing through a rough sea.

A graphite drawing a mathematical compass, with a bridge drawn in blue pencil beneath.

A graphite drawing of 5 people, 3 men and 3 women, talking to each other and laughing.

On the left side, a pencil drawing of a man with a basket on his back with a dog in front of him and a porcupine behind him, and a tree trunk in the background. On the right, a colored pencil drawing of a man wading through snow up a mountainside.

A graphite drawing of a man and a woman and a horse or donkey walking away from a small tent.

A colored pencil drawing of a fish flying over the water of the ocean against a blue sky.

Three graphite drawings, the left being a tree with two small horses on it with green backghround, the middle a man with pots and pans hanging off of him on a blue background, the right an orange background with a squat tree.

Two graphite drawings of people boating in canoes.

A graphite and colored pencil drawing of a man in a hat pushing a cart along a hillside.

Both graphite drawings, on the left side there is a demonic-looking entity with a bare tree in the background and a dog sniffing his tail, and on the right side a water bird is about to eat a worm.

A bright turquoise river runs between two hillsides with cypress trees on either side.

The left side is a pencil drawing against a blue and white background of the top of a cathedral dome with a goat standing on top, and the right side is a pencil drawing against a pink and white background of a demonic, devil-looking entity tapping his fingers together.

An acrylic painting of a house built of grey stones with a tree growing through and out of it, with water in the background.

A white tree with no leaves sits against a muted teal background, in the midst of muted teal water.

A watercolor of a Gannet bird flying through white, grey, and aqua blue marbled patterns.

A watercolor of a Tern flying through a blue and yellow marbled design.

A watercolor of a Bluefish swimming through blue and grey marbled patterns.

A watercolor painting of a grey sky and a glacier receding between two mountainsides.

A watercolor painting of a Tahitian mourning costume, consisting of a headdress with straw sticking out of the top of the head in a half-circular shape, a long robe with various geometric patterns, and a coconut necklace.

A watercolor painting in shades of brown and gold of several types of knots with various fishing lures.

A white acrylic painted outline of a small rowboat painted on a piece of dried kelp in varying shades of brown and gold.

A watercolor painting of a rusted boiler washed ashore on a beach with blue-grey water in the background.

A watercolor painting and pencil drawing of a large oak tree with no leaves surrounded by a grey and pale yellow marbled design.

A watercolor of a Scoter bird flying through a grey, white, and yellow marbled pattern.

A watercolor of a Cormorant bird flying through a pink, grey, and white marbled design.

Summer 2024

August 16 - October 5, 2024

With every piece she produces, Shana Frase challenges our notions of what watercolor paintings can be.

After an education in fine art and interior design brought her to New York, London, and Rome, Shana returned to her native California in 2010 and soon became known for her paintings of objects both commonplace and iconic. Rendered with an elevated sense of realism by Shana’s brush, these objects became totemic, creating a playful narrative of wonder and whim, shared cultural languages and unsent love letters. Her line of prints, stationery, and specialty items was born soon after.

In recent years, Shana has also sought to create new benchmarks for boldness, vibrancy and physicality with her work. While watercolor can sometimes require fussy precision, Shana chooses a more improvisational, expressive style, working wet-on-wet, choosing color instinctively, and frequently incorporating metallic inks for a surprising play of light. While her abstract process is freer, the effect is the same: an honest connection, made through emotion, color, and gesture, that brings a bit of beauty to the world. Shana lives and works in Los Angeles.

Some of Shana Frase’s paintings feature gold and silver inks. These inks are formulated from a series of soluble dyes in a superior shellac solution, have a brilliance of color, and have been used by calligraphers, illustrators, and artists since their introduction in the 1890’s.

IDOLINE DUKE Trees of Life