Past Exhibits

A Tribute to the lateThomas S. Buechner1926-2010Born in New York City in 1926, Thomas Scharman Buechner attended Princeton University, the The Art Students League of New York and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He studied old master painting techniques in Amsterdam...

  "I just paint", says Tom. Unpretentious, in fact, anti-pretentious, Tom Gardner is an artist full of both feeling and thought who believes that art should be accessible to everyone without explanation. Like many artists, Tom Gardner paints...

West End Gallery has represented painter, Martin Poole, for more than 40 years. He began working with Tom and Linda Gardner, founders of West End Gallery, in 1979. Poole originally went to the State University of New York, Buffalo, where he majored...

"Finding Light", a group exhibit inspired by light...and hope“Life is certainly a journey.  Along the way, especially in recent years, many people have faced unexpected challenges, uncertainty, loss, and some have found themselves in a dark place....

  Brian Keeler has established himself as one of the preeminent realist painters working in the Northeast today. His distinctive use of color, fine draftsmanship, attention to proportional harmony and compositional relationships have made his work...

“My intention in creating art is irrelevant.  I like to believe that art exists in a state of ‘without why’ and ‘just because’.  Not in the sense that the art speaks for itself as this suggests that the art has to fit into the conceptual space of...

It is with heartfelt appreciation that we thank JoAnn Bonady and Son, Joseph P. Bonady for their unwavering support of the Gallery, the Artists it represents and sponsorship of the the Little Gems Exhibit for 28 years!

  Brian Keeler has established himself as one of the preeminent realist painters working in the Northeast today. His distinctive use of color, fine draftsmanship, attention to proportional harmony and compositional relationships have made his work...

  "I just paint", says Tom. Unpretentious, in fact, anti-pretentious, Tom Gardner is an artist full of both feeling and thought who believes that art should be accessible to everyone without explanation. Like many artists, Tom Gardner paints...

West End Gallery has represented painter, Martin Poole, for more than 40 years. He began working with Tom and Linda Gardner, founders of West End Gallery, in 1979. Poole originally went to the State University of New York, Buffalo, where he majored...

A Tribute to the lateThomas S. Buechner1926-2010Born in New York City in 1926, Thomas Scharman Buechner attended Princeton University, the Art Student’s League in New York and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He studied old master painting techniques in Amsterdam...

“I like history, a lot. Reading and wondering how life went on in supposedly simpler times.  I was fascinated with the family photo albums, looking at these funky, low-tech, faded photos of distant and long gone relatives and their acquaintances. ...

"This past spring, I assigned my design students a project to create a poster for a musician or group. The very best project may have been done by a virtual student that I have never met face to face. He created a fantastic poster for Kanye West and...

“These paintings are a declaration of love and deep admiration for the subjects; it is easy to say that I love birds, but less easy to explain why. Their amazing feathers, voices, behaviors, shapes… the list would be very long, complex and...

“In this series of paintings, I found myself drawn to a subject I know well; that balance of feeling strong yet feminine as a woman in our society today. Attempting to depict a sense of authenticity regarding what this can often feel like, I used...

“I have spent most of my life moving through the trees. The title for my new solo exhibit at the West End Gallery, is Through the Trees. It is a show that focuses on the place of trees, specifically the Red Tree which has been my symbolic stand-in...

   About "Little Piggy"I’m a perpetual still-life collector. While I was in Baton Rouge, LA about ten years ago, a couple had just moved in together and was holding a garage sale to let go of their overflow items. Little Piggy was among the items for...

It is with heartfelt appreciation that we thank JoAnn Bonady and Son, Joseph P. Bonady for their unwavering support of the Gallery, the Artists it represents and sponsorship of the the Little Gems Exhibit for 27 years!

A Tribute to the lateThomas S. Buechner1926-2010Born in New York City in 1926, Thomas Scharman Buechner attended Princeton University, the Art Student’s League in New York and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He studied old master painting techniques in Amsterdam...