Greg Mort and Jon Mort: Object Lessons
November 19, 2021 - December 18, 2021
Read MoreJust in time for the holiday season! "Earthbound" Special Release Limited Edition Signed Lithograph by Greg Mort.
Finding Light. 1 | Gallery Artists
May – June 2021
Collector’s Preview from May 2nd.
Exhibition opens May 15th.
Greg Mort, Katherine Cox, Claire McArdle, Grace Mitchell, Heidi Fowler, Zemma Mastin White, Catherine Kernan, Elizabeth Casqueiro, Kathryn O’Grady, Peter Guttmacher, Kenneth Schiano, Eve Stockton, Carol Rowan, Jon Mort, Simma Liebman, Blake Conroy, Shelley Robzen, Vicco von Voss, Jason Patterson
Although we have increased to 10 the number of guests visiting the gallery, we are still requiring masks, and strongly suggest you make an appointment.
Preferred appointment times are: Friday 11-3, Saturday 10-4, and Sunday 12-3.
As always, we are happy to accommodate your schedule mid-week by appointment only.
Opening November 22, 2019
Opening Reception November 22nd, 2019, from 5:30 to 7:30
Exhibition: Friday, November 22, 2019, to Saturday, December 21, 2019
The title PANORAMAS was chosen to represent this collection because the word evokes more than a single or narrow view; it can mean a combined perspective of respective but interwoven journeys. In our case, it acknowledges the particular experience of a father and son who are creating and reflecting on each other's work in real-time. And because the word can define more than the reach of a view of the landscape, it includes the idea of a narrative panorama, further emphasizing a connection between the past and the future.
The collection of work in the exhibit reflects that variety, encouraging participants as partners in that reflection. In that sense, the title touches a deep and central motivation of the artistic process: to examine the past and question the future, and thus generate analysis and dialogue in and of the present.
LIGHT Water + Stone Exhibition
Open Reception - Saturday March 30th, 12 to 3 PM.
203 High Street Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-7330
Thoughts from Greg Mort
With each exhibition, an artist strives to explore and discover
an unfamiliar set of parameters or inspirations. LIGHT Water + Stone has offered a most thought-provoking and rewarding challenge. The pure simplicity and distillation of the concept demand extreme focus and scrutiny. Subtleties take on greater importance even rising to the level of the sublime.
The LIGHT Water + Stone paintings have come to life with each watercolor presenting itself in a dreamlike mode. I strive for each image to balance on the very edge of the elements of pure
light and at the same time feel a connection or cohesiveness drawn from my favorite subjects in vivo. My quest is to understand the multitude of infinite tones and nearly imperceptible colors that dwell in what we often describe as the colorless pigment "white". Every painting seeks a full understanding of the play between shadow and transparency as well as direct and reflected light in this understated realm.
With each new image, my subconscious is now able to reveal the once invisible apparent form, which is paramount and equally profound and focus on the more elusive refinements. The final quest: to paint the invisible elements of Light. My hope is that the Water Light +Stone collection unveils this interplay in a universe that is confined but in its own way infinite. It is, as it should be, an experiment in perception, a quest for revelation and a sojourn into the heart of human emotion.
Read MoreArtist Greg Mort and his Art of Stewardship Project is honored with the 2018 Maryland Champion Award
Read MoreThe Camden Yacht Club will open the 2018 Sunset Seminar Series on Wednesday, July 11 at 7:PM with artists Greg Mort and Jon Mort who will reflect on the powerful influence Maine’s natural wonders and mysteries have had on their artistic development.This father and son artistic duo work together in their Port Clyde summer studio but each creates in a very separate universe.
Greg Mort is a widely recognized American contemporary artist whose unmistakably modern creations have the classic feel of the Dutch Masters juxtaposed with startlingly modern designs. His signature images combine his twin passions for science and nature. Founding The Art of Stewardship Project (TAOS) he took this effort to a higher level, encouraging other artists to use their talents to collaborate and support environmental organizations.
Mort’s artwork is in many prominent collections including the Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art, Boston Museum of Science, Delaware Art Museum, Farnsworth Museum, Academy Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Brandywine River Museum and the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. The United States
Department of State’s Art in Embassies program has selected many of his paintings for their cultural diplomacy efforts including an exhibition at The White House. Mort’s artwork has been exhibited in over one hundred museum and gallery shows around the world.
Millennial artist Jon Mort has received broad acclaim for his startlingly realistic colored pencil and large-scale graphite images and is also a highly sought-after portrait artist. Captivated by design and drawing since childhood, Jon received Fine Art and Classics degrees from Franklin and Marshall College and his Masters in Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design
Jon’s creations have been shown in exhibitions at the Phillips Museum, the Portsmouth Museum of Art, and recently in a one-person exhibition titled “Living Legends” at the Sandy Spring Museum in Maryland. He has participated in twenty one-person or group museum and gallery exhibitions. His 2017–18 winter show “New Horizons” at Somerville Manning Gallery is featured in November 2017 American Art Collector Magazine.
This presentation is the 1st in a series of 8 hosted by the Camden Yacht Club and is free of charge and open to the public. Donations at the door will be gratefully accepted, to benefit the non-profit Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program (CAYSP). For more information, please contact the CYC office at 207-236-7033 or visit our web site: camdenyachtclub.org.
68 Bay View Street, Camden, Maine 04843 • 207-236-7033 • camdenyachtclub.org
Read MoreAmerican Art Collector Magazine features the work of artists Greg Mort and Jon Mort in their November 2017 issue. Father and son artists will present their latest creations in NEW HORIZONS at the historic Somerville Manning Gallery on the Brandywine River.
Breck’s Mill, 2nd Floor
101 Stone Block Row
Greenville, DE 19807
P 302.652.0271
F 302.652.1946
Somerville Manning Gallery is wheelchair-accessible
Visitors with special needs are encouraged to call in advance
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm
Or by appointment
The American Visionary Art Museum opened their 2017-2018 THE GREAT MYSTERY SHOW highlighting the artwork of artist Greg Mort on their web site.
The October issue of Baltimore Magazine features a full page image of Greg Mort's "Return to the Moon" oil painting to highlight the opening of The American Visionary Art Museum's THE GREAT MYSTERY SHOW exhibition.
Greg Mort’s Dusk Till Dawn Open Studio August 5th & 6th, Fieldstone Castle, Port Clyde, Maine 10am to 5pm will celebrate his forty summers of painting in Maine. Greg will make a presentation during the Open Studio on Saturday at 1PM sharing reflections on the influence Maine has had on his art and life.
Read More