Jim Kempner is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent prints and unique works on paper by Charlie Hewitt from June 2 through July 7. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 2 from 6-8 pm. The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street (entrance on Tenth Avenue). Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6, and Sunday by appointment.

Charlie Hewitt’s recent prints and paintings are physical, complex and layered, yet elegant and restrained. Hewitt has a strong graphic sensibility along with a poetic visual language. A painterly approach is apparent in these works, infusing the surface with evidence of the artist’s hand.

Featured in the exhibit will be “Grass Harp” 1, 2 & 3, a tour-de-force of aquatint, etching, and drypoint. “Grass Harp” is a richly colored, boldly rendered triptych that references nature as a celebration of life. The exhibition will include the original working drawings executed in oil, varnish, drypoint and collage.

This past year, the Whitney Museum acquired two major Hewitt prints for their collection: the large-scale, colorful “German Music I”, and the extraordinary drypoint “Heartland”.

For more information please contact us at 212-206-6872 or [email protected]