Nine Local Artists Featured at new Gallery Oak & Oil in Katonah

Nine local artists will have their beautiful work featured at a new gallery in Katonah called Oak & Oil. The artists, all based in Westchester, were recently featured in Bedford Magazine and gallery owners Michael Kearns and Maxine Ganer decided to invite them to showcase their work together as the first major exhibit for the gallery, titled “Under the Radar.”

“The only one we couldn’t accommodate was Naomi Press who creates large outdoor sculptures,” stated Maxine Ganer. “The others are amazing artists, each with their own style and focus which will make for a very eclectic show,” she added.

An opening will take place Thursday, January 29th from 6 - 9pm and Saturday, January 31 from 2 – 6pm. The exhibit will run through February 22th.

“Our goal is to provide an eclectic collection of art and furnishings, showcasing local artists and craftsmen. We intend for the gallery to be organic, ever-changing and dedicated to the local community and its artisans,” stated Michael Kearns.

The artists to be featured will be:

Julie Testwuide
Based in Bedford Julie Testwuide’s current work focuses on huge photographs of horses, emphasizing their beautiful lines and free spirits.

Sally Burlingham Frank
​North Salem artist Sally Burlingham Frank is a master with etchings, woodcuts, and printmaking and relies on nature as her source of inspiration. She is also currently working in a new method called solarplate intaglio. Her work has been exhibited at Weir Farm National Historic Site, the Katonah Museum, and the Hammond Museum, among others.

Duston Spear
​Dustin Spear has had her films featured in the Metropolitan and Brooklyn Museums of Art. She tells stories through original music, dance and art and creates the papier-mâché objects used in her films from her Bedford studio.

Amy Drucker
​Based in Katonah, photographer Amy Drucker uses life to inspire her work. She began by documenting her own family and then created a business taking powerful family portraits.

Christopher E. Green
Chris Green, originally from Great Britain, crafts his unique and beautiful work from stainless steel among other materials. The Katonah artist is the winner of the Manhattan Arts International Award for his sculpture, “Healing Power of Art” rendered in Italian Portoro marble.

Henry Bismuth
North Salem artist Henry Bismuth was born in Paris and has a medical degree but found a different sense of satisfaction from painting and has been exhibiting internationally for over 20 years.

Dan Cohen
With a background in graphic design, Dan Cohen based in Bedford Hills, enjoys the humor and provocative nature of combining things that are unexpected. His work may be photographs, paintings or drawings.

John Whitton Bria
Pound Ridge artist John Whitton Bria paints landscapes of places familiar to him including Scotland, the Adirondacks and the Pound Ridge Reservation.

Vivian Pyle
Another Pound Ridge artist Vivian Pyle, uses clay as her medium of choice. Pyle says she has no particular philosophy and focuses on “everything and anything I feel like doing.” Some of her work is now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Urban Sculpture in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Located in the heart of Katonah Village, at 89 Katonah Ave, Katonah, NY, Oak and Oil is only minutes from I-684, the Saw Mill Parkway and a short walk from the Katonah train station. Private consultations can be arranged to view art and furnishings at the gallery. More information can be found at www.oakandoil.com or by calling 914-232-8100.

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