Allison Green is an Artist who I admired before I met her, and when I had the opportunity to go to a gallery opening of a solo show of her work in New York City a few years ago I was not only struck by the fact that her work is even more beautiful in person, but she is even lovelier than I imagined she would be. I had thought that she must be wonderful, because everything that I had read about her after seeing her work spoke of someone who truly cared about not only the natural world that she depicts in many of her paintings but also of the kind and caring nature she has toward the people who inhabit the world around her. At the gallery opening on that first evening when I had the chance to experience the garden of the world she creates, I felt so welcomed by her and so warmly brought into the sphere of the joyful life that emanates from her that in a way it seemed that I must have known her for years. The gallery itself was lovely, on the top floor of a brownstone on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and Susan Eley, the Founder of Susan Eley Fine Art is also so warm and welcoming and has created a gallery that anyone can enjoy and feel comfortable in as they experience and learn about art during a visit.
Recently on a visit to Mana Contemporary for the Open House, I had introduced someone who is always interested in meeting the Artists I know to Allison, and when the subject came up of a solo show that Allison had in Susan Eley's gallery in Hudson New York, we started to talk about taking a day trip there. As I wrote in my blog post last week the day trip ended up being a quick overnight, and a visit to the gallery was the reason that trip was planned.
Hudson is one of those wonderful towns where even though there have been lovely updates it feels almost as if time is lost in a very pleasant past. Visiting the gallery there was part of a day that had been a much needed country adventure, and when we arrived in the town late in the beautiful late spring into early summer day and found Susan Eley and her gallery and saw Allison's gorgeous pieces there it seemed like some kind of a magical world we had entered into. This is what Allison does as she begins to craft not only her pieces but the world of the shows they will go into, and Susan Eley has created another lovely space in Hudson that welcomes the visitors into a peaceful and beautiful world to view and explore and enjoy the beauty of art.
This particular show is titled "Malia's Garden" and it is named after Allison's Daughter. There is a very sweet story that I read in a post by Susan Eley on Instagram that when Malia arrived for the opening she walked into the room and stated, "I am Malia and this is my Garden." How wonderful it must be for Malia to know that such a beautiful garden was created for her, and how wonderful that we all can enjoy it. As we look at the world that Allison Green has made come alive for us all, we can find a deeper beauty and joy that reaches back to our own childhood days of exploring the wonder of nature.
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