GREGORY THIELKER STUDIO

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Finished! Testing a new idea with road and movement. Find it at 'Finally' @castorgallery new group exhibition Thursday, 6-9 pm. 548 W 28th St, 2nd Flr.

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New painting in progress...

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Remnant of the Oak

A moment of lasting history can be glimpsed from the remnant of the Treaty Oak, which stands on the edge of the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum property.  This black ink on paper drawing, done on site, reveals a view of a mature tree surrounded by an iron fence enveloped by layers of dense foliage.

At this location, Siwanoy American Indians signed an agreement granting lands to Thomas Pell in 1654.  Through the treaty, Mr. Pell acquired territory that includes Pelham, New Rochelle, portions of the Bronx and land east of the Hutchinson River, New York.  Examining the site itself can, therefore, can raise questions about the possession / dispossession of land in colonial history.

The ink drawing is heavy with brush marks and the scene seems to fill up with dark shadows.  On site, the flush of natural growth nearly obscures this protected location, and it is not immediately clear that the current elm tree in the center is actually a replacement for the original white oak that was burnt in a fire in 1906. We can only understand the physicality of the historic site from illustrations and photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries.  As such, this observation painting remains a vital link to our experience of this history today.    

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"Remnant of the Oak" 2016 India ink on paper 36 x 32 inches (painting) with wood stand 82 x 44 x 40 inches

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The site of the Treaty Oak, currently occupied by an elm tree which is grown in the same place as the historic oak tree.

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Beginning a project at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in Pelham Bay, Bronx.

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Road drawings 11 x 14 inches graphite on paper

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Through the gallery window, installing at Castor Gallery, NYC.

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Hold still in the studio with Hi-Fructose Magazine.

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Studio Visit: Gregory Thielker’s Paintings of Roads Through Rainy Car Windows

Gregory Thielker creates paintings which combine realism and aspects of abstraction by obscuring the views of his surroundings. After studying Art History at Williams College in Massachusetts and g…

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Michael Kagan’s “Light’s Out” @joshualinergallery.

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Feature on ‘Under the unminding sky’ by Kathryn Bromwich in The Guardian, January 16, 2015.

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Oh that glow! Dark and deep paintings by Trevor Young at Addison Ripley Fine Art. 

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Vilhelm Hammershøi paints gorgeous interiors.  Painting Tranquility @Scandinavian House. 

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“Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India" From the series “Highway”. Graphite on paper.

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Small studio and drawings.

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Underground.  Belgrade in lamp black watercolor.