October Exhibit at the Geary Gallery in Darien, CT

DARIEN, Conn. - Oct. 1, 2014 - PRLog -- This October, the Geary Gallery of Darien proudly presents “Connecticut Coastline” featuring the marine and landscape art of Greenwich, CT painter, James K Ryan. His exhibit runs October 1 – 31 at the Geary Gallery located at 576 Boston Post Road in Darien.

Featured Artist, October:

James K. Ryan

James K. Ryan, Jr. is a Greenwich native who pursued a 20-year career in surveying and map-making prior to returning to his first calling of marine and landscape art.

Ryan studied painting at the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts, Storrs, CT and has continued his studies on his own.

His awards have included Best in Show in the 2011 Mavis Fenner Memorial Juried Exhibition at the Rowayton Arts Center; First Place Acrylic in the 2012 and 2014 Rowayton Arts Center Marine & Coastal Exhibition; Second Place Acrylic in the 2014 Art Society of Old Greenwich Open Juried Art Show; the Fleet Bank Purchase Award; Second Place Oil/Acrylic in the 2012 Art Society of Old Greenwich Spring Awakenings Show; Second Place Acrylic in the 2012 33rd Community Sponsored Awards Exhibition at the Rowayton Arts Center; First Place Acrylic Award at the Art Society of Old Greenwich, and Honorable Mention at the New Canaan Society for the Arts Spectrum 2008 Juried Show.

He has been accepted by the Screening Committee of the Greenwich Art Society to hold one-person exhibitions and by the Screening Committee of the Rowayton Arts Center as a full exhibiting member. Ryan spends a good deal of time traveling the Connecticut coastline in search of subject matter. When a promising subject is found, he will sketch and photograph it in the field. This information is later used in his studio to produce the small, detailed, acrylic paintings on which he is currently concentrating. In addition to the area around Greenwich his favorite sites are in Stonington and Mystic, CT.

Ryan is a member of the Art Society of Old Greenwich, and the Rowayton Arts Center. He has works in private collections in San Francisco, CA, Southampton, MA, Greenwich, CT and London, England. His paintings have been shown in galleries in Nantucket, MA and Annapolis, MD.

To view James Ryan’s work, visit our online gallery: http://www.gearygallery.com/?artists=james-k-ryan-jr

His exhibit runs October 1 – 31 and his paintings are available for acquisition. All are welcome, and admission is free.

Geary Gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and is located at 576 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT 06820. For more information, call (203) 655-6633 or visit www.gearygallery.com.