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Madeline Donahue at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

A mother’s body becomes a playground for her baby, whose sense of curiosity and play ignores boundaries in Madeline Donahue’s humorous paintings at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects.  Shifts in scale turn a mom into a giant as baby uses her hair like climbing rope; in other pieces, Donahue creates curving or angular geometric compositions from the antics of her exploring offspring.  Through it all, the paintings charm with their sense of humor, patience and stoicism.  (On view on the Lower East Side through Oct 5th).

Madeline Donahue, Untitled, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches, 2019.

Susan Lichtman at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

The canvas barely manages to contain an angled view of a screened window by painter Susan Lichtman, reflecting an outdoor scene from her Massachusetts home. With one window panel opening toward viewers, the painting appears to project itself into Steven Harvey Fine Art Project’s narrow gallery space, an arresting and dynamic move that belies an apparently tranquil domestic scene. (On the Lower East Side through July 15th).

Susan Lichtman, Cookout, oil on linen, 64 x 58 inches, 2016.

Sedrick Huckaby at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

Though the central figure of Sedrick Huckaby’s genre-bending painting/sculpture ‘Frederick’s Family’ is surrounded by relatives, their crossed arms and stony looks suggest deep discord. With downcast eyes and drab-colored clothing, Frederick begs the question of what went wrong and how things are to continue. (At Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects on the Lower East Side through April 23rd).

Sedrick Huckaby, Frederick’s Family, oil on panel and celluclay, 2016.

Paul Resika at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

Paul Resika’s current solo show, ‘Empty’ at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects defies its title by engaging color field abstraction and also representational painting. A rich blue night sky and curiously intimate sailboats invite enjoyment of saturated color and the beginning of a narrative. (On the Lower East Side through March 19th).

Paul Resika, Blue Nights 2 Boats, oil on canvas, 40 x 31 ¾ inches, 1990.

 

Eleanor Ray at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

In her typically understated manner, Eleanor Ray treats the dramatic Icelandic landscape of Isafjordur as almost secondary to its town’s orderly buildings. Long shadows suggest a day drawing to a close or just beginning yet Ray’s painting argues for the importance of this solitary moment. (At Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects on the Lower East Side through Jan 8th).

Eleanor Ray, Isafjordur, oil on masonite, 7 ¼ x 8 3/8 inches, 2016.
Eleanor Ray, Isafjordur, oil on masonite, 7 ¼ x 8 3/8 inches, 2016.