Southampton Arts Center: Curator Tour of East End Collected7, 2.19 | Artist Highlight | Figure Drawing Workshop …

Elaine Grove was born in 1943 in Oklahoma City and earned her BFA in 1965 at the University of Dallas, Texas. She is a former faculty member of Parsons School of Design. She is the widow of abstract painter, Dan Christensen. Grove has enjoyed a successful career in set design and illustration and her illustrated works have appeared in various magazines and books, winning notable awards. Her theatrical sets have appeared on national and international television. 
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Elaine Grove’s move to New York City was led by part serendipity jobs in art and acting. Though she was a trained as a painter the large focus her work has been welded steel sculpture. She works in classic constructivist tradition, with roots in the work of Julio Gonzales, Picasso, David Smith and Anthony Caro. These artists have influenced the development of her artistic language. Elaine incorporates “found objects” into her work and her intention is for the viewer to lose the sense of original purpose of the object, and to focus rather on its form in relation to the overall sculpture.

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“It is my belief that art can elevate the human spirit and bring about a connection to nature

and to inner peace. We need that now more than ever”.

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Join us this Sunday, February 19 @ 11 AM as curator and artist Paton Miller takes us on a tour of the East End Collected 7. You don’t want to miss this immersive experience to get an inside scoop about the local artists, their stories, and curatorial insights from one of the most widely respected artists on the East End of Long Island.In the early days in his life in the Hamptons, Miller found himself in the studios of Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers and Frank Stella ” a great experience for a young artist”. The East End Collected is the celebration of our artistic community. 
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“For an arts center to thrive it must be loved and to be loved it should reflect its artistic territory”. – Paton Miller