OFF-SITE
THE HAMPTONS AND BEYOND: An Artistic Journey
selected by Irwin Levy
Great Neck Plaza Municipal Building
Opening Reception, Wednesday 21 October 2009, 6:30-8:00 pm
EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 2010 (Mon-Fri, 9 am - 4:45 pm)
Private viewings with the curator available during regular hours, by appointment

Historically, artists have been drawn by the special quality of the East End’s light. For me, that light illuminates a place unmatched in physical beauty anywhere in the world. Seamlessly, dune scape meets forest, farmland meets shore. A world class resort in Summer transforming back to the country in Autumn. A profound sense of place, where families here for generations live on streets named for their ancestors. The three artists in “The Hamptons and Beyond: An Artistic Journey”,Terry Elkins, Grant Haffner and Dalton Portella, were not born here, but do call it home. Their work illustrates a lasting respect for both the beauty and unique quality of life this place represents. This is our East End. This is our Hamptons.