AAF Recap

We are back from the Affordable Art Fair NYC! Thank you to everyone, NYC and DC friends, who stopped by booth A-300. I thought I’d share some pictures of our little corner. Do you know how challenging it is to hang a 120 square foot space with the work of seven artists?

Left side of the booth showing the work of Laurel Hausler, Ellyn Weiss, H. Wesley Wheeler, Anna U. Davis, and Mary Chiaramonte

Right side of the booth showing the work of Sondra N. Arkin and Molly Brose

The scene at the Preview Night Party

Anna. U. Davis with her work

Molly Brose and her mother with her work

Laura looking lovely with Sondra Arkin’s “Plumbing My Inner Pink”

The big excitement for the weekend was a visit by a certain celeb who tells people what not to wear. She walked away with a Mary Chiaramonte painting under her arm. We still have quite a bit of work that we exhibited at AAF, so if something catches your eye, don’t hesitate to contact us.

A special thanks to Nora Weiss, daughter of the talented Ellyn Weiss, for helping us out for the weekend while yours truly was in FL.

NYC Bound

We are loading up the truck (minivan) and heading to NYC for the Affordable Art Fair next week. Here is a sneak peak of what you can see at booth A-300 by the seven talented artists that we will be exhibiting.

Sondra Arkin, “Dialogue”, 2009, encaustic on dibond, 12” x 16”

Molly Brose, “Quiet Evening”, 2009, watercolor and acrylic on paper, 10” x 10”


Mary Chiaramonte, “Statuette”, 2008, mixed media on panel, 21” x 14”


Anna U. Davis, “Russian Deli”, 2009, paper and acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20”

Laurel Hausler, “Temporary”, 2009, digital print

Ellyn Weiss, “Pure Nerves”, 2008, monoprint, 15” x 11” (paper)

H. Wesley Wheeler, “Four Play”, 2008, oil on canvas, 48” x 36”

The fair will host more than 60 galleries from the US, Europe, Asia, Canada and South America. Come see Nevin Kelly Gallery at booth A-300 and then stop next door at Bethesda’s Fraser Gallery. For more information on fair location and hours, please visit the AAF Web site.

Artist Feature 11 : Molly Brose

Local artist Molly Brose is best inspired while engaged in the making of her art, taking chances along the way. Molly started out as a jewelry maker after college, and gradually returned to her childhood love of making art. The subjects chosen for Molly’s lyrical pieces consist of anything that speaks to her intuitively, from an old photograph to a phone conversation. According to Molly, “it’s gotta be worthy of a song.”

NKG has two new pieces by Molly on view right now. Both “Good Together” and “The Girl He Chose” [pictured below] feature Molly’s meticulous drawings on a smudged background of watercolor and conté. “The Girl He Chose” allows the viewer to see the subject through a zoomed-in lens. “Good Together” shows two people on horseback inside a more defined diamond shape, with a red circle overlapping the picture plane. Both backgrounds are scratched more than her previous works, and greater emphasis is given to the paintings’ linear properties (done in watercolor and graphite).

Molly’s new work continues to sparkle like precious jewels, worn as a personal ornament to remember where they came from, and where they are headed. Stop by and see them if you haven't done so already!