The Big Painting, Officially Unveiled

If you weren't able to make the unveiling event, here's a little video of what it was like. The Jackson Historical Society and Museum of White Mountain Art was packed to capacity with spectators. Some folks had to look in at the veil drop from outside the window. It was an incredible event, and I'm so honored by the incredible level of community support that has accompanied this project. The painting was commissioned for permanent display as the centerpiece of the Museum of White Mountains Art's collection. In addition to the Jackson Historical Society, more than 65 private donors have contributed to the project, and will be named on a plaque to be hung beside the painting.

Here are some photos of the painting and from the unveiling event.

Erik Koeppel "Autumn in the White Mountains" 78 x 135 inches. Oil on canvas

The Following day, there was a 10 page story in the Conway Daily Sun 

Link to article:

https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/the-big-picture-monumental-painting-in-jackson/article_667543b8-f042-11e9-a4ed-fbde947663dd.html

This week I also gave a talk to the local 7th grade art class about the painting. They were great kids, and had excellent questions. 

with the 7th graders

The BIG Unveiling

Behind that drape is my framed and finished 78x135 inch painting in its permanent home at the Jackson Historical Society & Museum of White Mountain Art. Titled “Autumn in the White Mountains," the painting depicts the Northern Presidential Range. This massive artwork, the largest White Mountain painting ever created, will be unveiled at a reception on October 18th at 6:00 pm. Open to the public, with a suggested entrance fee of $5 per person.

This event will coincide with the Annual White Mountain Art Show and Sale. Here are some of the pieces that will be available at the sale. If you'd like to contact the Society about any of these, or see the other works available, CLICK HERE

Erik Koeppel "Mt. Adams in Autumn" 21x36 in. Oil on panel $11,500
(this is one of the preparatory works for the giant painting) 

Erik Koeppel "Mt. Adams in Spring" 14x18 in. Oil on panel $4500
(also in preparation for the large painting)

Erik Koeppel "The Ellis River" 16x12 in. Oil on panel $3800
(This painting has a black bear hidden in it.) 

Erik Koeppel "Tuckerman Ravine" 14x24 in. Oil on panel $4800

Here again is the link to the Jackson Historical Society's website, and listing of my work: CLICK HERE

Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you at the unveiling reception! 

Artist Talk Saturday, August 24th in Bethel, ME

At the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, 10 Broad St., Bethel, Maine. Saturday, August 24th, 2019 at 2pm.

Their Description:

Join us for a special presentation by award-winning plein air artist Erik Koeppel of Jackson, New Hampshire, as our major summer exhibit, “Art as Antidote: White Mountain Landscapes,” comes to a close. This free event will begin in the Twitchell Education Center, where Koeppel will share his thoughts on the influence and power of art as an antidote to our times using several of his recently completed art works (which will be for sale) as examples. A visit to the "Art as Antidote" exhibit will follow.

Erik Koeppel (b. 1980) was born in Oregon, and spent his childhood moving with his family through many of the most beautiful landscapes of North America—from the Rocky Mountains, to Southern California, to the Appalachian Range. At the age of ten, his family settled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where he drew obsessively from nature, and began to develop a love for the expressive potentials of traditional representation. Erik received his formal training from the Rhode Island School of Design followed by the New York Academy of Art, and an annual apprenticeship in Wiscasset, Maine, with his professor and friend, Seaver Leslie. After copying extensively from the Italian Masters, he developed a body of work that has been exhibited and collected internationally, and represented across the United States. Koeppel’s mastery of traditional techniques has led him to become one of very few young contemporary artists whose work is regularly exhibited with historic masters of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. His work has hung beside Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Edgar Degas, John Frederick Kensett, and George Inness, and he has had the distinguished honor of entering permanent collections including artists of this caliber. American Artist, PleinAir Magazine, and other respected publications have covered his progress. Koeppel is a member of the esteemed Guild of Boston Artists.

Facebook link to event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/499526530814858/

Exhibitions

Boston, MA 
The Guild of Boston Artists
162 Newbury St.

Annual Members Exhibition
May 4th - June 8th, 2019

Bethel, ME 
Museums of the Bethel Historical Society
10 Broad St.

Art as Antidote
June 6th to August 31st, 2019

An exhibition of works from a private collection, that will not be for sale.

I'll give an Artist Talk on Saturday, August 24th, 2019 at 2pm

New York City, NY
Rehs Galleries
5 East 57th St. 8th Floor

Group Landscape Show
June 10th - 28th, 2019

Milford, NH
New Hampshire Antique Coop
323 Elm St.

The New England Landscape
April 13th - September 10th, 2019

Jeffersonville, VT 
The Bryan Memorial Gallery
180 Main St.

The Legacy Gallery 2019
and

Then and Now
June 27th - September 2nd

Long Island City, NY 
Eleventh Street Arts
46-06 11th St.

Escape: Celebrating the Great Outdoors
June 27th - September 5th

Jackson, NH 
The Jackson Historical Society
23 Black Mountain Rd.

Ongoing White Mountain Art Show and Sale


Also if you're visiting Jackson this summer, please feel free to make an appointment to visit my studio at erik@erikkoeppel.com






More announcements soon! 

Exhibition in Vermont

Erik Koeppel, "Falls in the Brush Brook" 14x11 in. Oil on panel

Erik Koeppel, "Winter Sunset" 7 x 12 in. Oil on panel  

These two paintings will be on display as part of the Land, Light, Water, and Air exhibition at the Bryan Memorial Gallery at 180 Main St. Jeffersonville, Vermont. 

I'll be at the gallery Sunday, September 9th, speaking as part of the Artist's Roundtable from 1-2pm, and also the opening reception from 2-4pm. 

The exhibition runs from September 4th to November 4th. The paintings are for sale. 

Artist's Demo and Q&A Sept. 14th, 2-4pm

Summer Exhibitions

Following are some places to see my paintings this summer. Enjoy!

The Museums of the Bethel Historical Society in Bethel, ME

An extensive collection of my paintings celebrating the 100th anniversary of the White Mountain National Forest.

May 29th through October 19th, 2018

Open Monday thru Friday 10am to 4pm, and Saturday 1 to 4pm in July and August.

10 Broad St., Bethel, ME

more info click here

New paintings at Rehs Galleries in NYC

I have a number of new paintings at Rehs Galleries in NYC which can be viewed all summer in there normal hours all summer.

Monday to Thursday, 10am to 5:30pm or by appointment.

5 E 57th St. 8th Floor, New York, NY

more info click here

New Paintings at Hildt Galleries in Chicago

I also have a number of new paintings At Hildt Galleries in Chicago.

In the Drake Hotel Arcade

140 E Walton St., Chicago, IL

more info click here

Group Exhibition, The Luminists, at Mark Gruber Gallery in New Paltz, NY

July 7th to September 8th, 2018

Opening reception July 7th, 5 to 7pm

17 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY

Summer Light, Group Exihibition at the Cynwyd Club in Bala Cynwyd, PA 

Hosted by Era Contemporary.

Reception: June 28th, 2018, 6 to 9pm

332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA

catalog click here

The New Hampshire Antiques Coop in Milford, NH

A selection of works are always on display in the art gallery.

323 Em St., Milford, NH

Open Daily 10am to 5pm

more info click here

The Guild of Boston Artists in Boston, MA 

A selection of works are always on display in the art gallery.

162 Newbury St., Boston, MA 

Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30 to 5:30

more info click here

New Paintings at Quidley and Company in Naples, FL 

A selection of works are available at the gallery. 

375 Broad Ave. South, Naples, FL 

Open Daily, 10am to 7pm 

Museum Opening Sunday, May 27th, 2-5pm

Erik Koeppel "Clouds in the Moat Mountains" 26 x 53 inches. Oil on canvas

White Mountain National Forest Exhibit & Art Show Reception

at The Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, 10 Broad St., Bethel, Maine

Reception: Sunday May 27th, 2018, 2 to 5pm (this Sunday afternoon!) 

Exhibition Dates: May 29th to October 19th, 2018

You can find details on the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society's facebook page at this link, or read on below: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/641859352825599/

Description: 

The Museums of the Bethel Historical Society will host a special preview reception of this season’s newest displays, “White Mountain National Forest: A Centennial Exhibition” and “The White Mountains: Alps of New England” (an art exhibition & sale of paintings by Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq), on Sunday, May 27, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Refreshments will be served, and the event—at the Society’s Robinson House on Broad Street—is free and open to all.
Visitors to the White Mountain National Forest exhibit will learn how the forested highlands of northern New Hampshire and western Maine came to be appreciated by millions for their scenic and health-giving qualities during the 1800s, only to be devastated by uncontrolled commercial logging and widespread fires in the final decades of that century. The story of how a large portion of the White Mountain region of New Hampshire and Maine was eventually saved and set aside in 1918 for the public’s benefit is told in the exhibit through paintings, historic photos, artifacts, and moving images.
“The Balancing Act: The Story and Legacy of the Weeks Act” will be shown continually in the newly-renovated theater space at Robinson House; the ten minute-long video describes how one of America’s earliest environmental disasters sparked a nationwide movement to purchase, protect, and manage threatened and damaged forest lands for the public good. The forest conservation legislation forged by Congress under the leadership of John Wingate Weeks struck a balanced approach that addressed both environmental and economic issues. The video explores how successful that balancing act has proven to be in the White Mountain National Forest and other eastern national forests established under the Weeks Act.
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the White Mountain National Forest, “The White Mountains: Alps of New England” art exhibition and sale will feature the return of award-winning landscapes by nationally-recognized plein air artists Lauren Sansaricq and Erik Koeppel of Jackson, New Hampshire. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, numerous artists—including many from the Hudson River School—captured the awe-inspiring summits and verdant glens in the White Mountain region of northern New Hampshire and western Maine. Today, Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq create masterful works in the Hudson River style based on their love for the expressive potentials of traditional representation. Their extraordinary paintings recapture the lost techniques of the Hudson River School painters, whose works were characterized by a sense of air, dramatic light, distance, and luminosity.
The White Mountain paintings in the art exhibition will be available for purchase over the duration of the show (paintings will be added on a regular basis), with a portion of each sale helping to support public programming at MBHS.

Here are a few more paintings that I'll be including, but the show will be extensive. Come see it in person! 

Erik Koeppel, "The Great Gulf" 22x29 in. Oil on canvas 

Erik Koeppel, "Autumn Storm on Mount Washington" 16x27 inches. Oil on canvas

Erik Koeppel "Glen Ellis Falls" 23.25 x 19.5 inches, Oil on canvas

I look forward to seeing you Sunday! 

Award Winners Panel Discussion at the Guild of Boston Artists, Saturday, May 12th, 2018 2pm

YOU'RE INVITED Join The Guild of Boston Artists this Saturday May 12, 2018 for a Panel and Q&A with the Award Winners of this year's Members Juried Exhibition 2018 Members Juried Exhibition

AWARD WINNERS PANEL Saturday May 12, 2018 2pm 162 Newbury St., Boston, MA  Erik Koeppel "The Maine Coast, Mt. Desert" 14x24in. Oil on panel, R.H. Ives Gammell Award Here's a list of the Awards:  Charles Movalli Memorial Medal for Excellence in Painting: Kelly Carmody - The Poppy Dress Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Landscape: Harley Bartlett - Old New England Edmund C. Tarbell Award: Stapleton Kearns - Snow and Barns in Cambridge, VT Frank W. Benson Award: Jean Lightman - Hydrangeas, Pincushion Flowers, and Berries R.H. Ives Gammell Award: Erik Koeppel - The Maine Coast, Mt. Desert North Shore Arts Association Award: Joshua O'Donnell - Ribbon Peel Awards of Merit: Alberta Geyer - The Mink Stole Michael Graves - From Hogback Road, VT Sergio Roffo - On Lake Winnipesaukee Many of the Award winners will be at the Guild to discuss their work.  Hope to see you there!

Article in the NYC Epoch Times March 30th, 2018

Erik Koeppel, "Clouds in the Moat Mountains" 24 x 53 inches. Oil on canvas

Very excited to have an article by Milene Fernandez in the Epoch Times newspaper in NYC today covering my visit with Lauren Sansaricq to the Thomas Cole show at the Metropolitan Museum.

Here is a link to the online version of the article if you'd like to read it...

https://www.theepochtimes.com/thomas-coles-influence-across-oceans-of-time_2471819.html

Here are some photos of the print version:

Had a teaser on the cover.

Thanks for reading! 

White Mountain Art Show and Sale 2017

Erik Koeppel "Autumn Storm on Mt. Washington" 16 x27inches. Oil on canvas 

$5500

It's that time of year again. The Jackson Historical Society will host their 15th Annual White Mountain Art Show and Sale. Additionally the Museum of White Mountain Art in the same building will open it's new exhibition, The Earliest White Mountain Paintings: 1800-1850 Thomas Cole and other Hudson River School Artists. 

The opening reception of both the sale and exhibition will be Friday, October 13th, 2017 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Jackson Historical Society, 23 Black Mountain Road, Jackson, N.H.

The Show and Sale, includes predominantly 19th Century paintings of the White Mountains, and contemporary White Mountain Art from selected artists, Lauren Sansaricq and myself are included.

To view the online catalogue or purchase work click these links:
Contemporary:
http://www.jacksonhistory.org/artshow/reports/WebCatalogContemporaryPage2.html
19th Century:
http://www.jacksonhistory.org/artshow/reports/WebCatalog19thcen.html

Here is a selection of the works I'll have for sale:

Erik Koeppel "Mt Washington in Winter from Jackson" 16 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas $5600

Erik Koeppel "Eagle Cliff" 11 x9 inches. Oil on panel $2900

Erik Koeppel "Autumn in Jackson, Wildcat Brook" 16 x12 inches. Oil on panel $4200

Erik Koeppel "Autumn on the Ellis River" 10 x 8 inches. Oil on panel $2600

Erik Koeppel "The Old Apple Tree, Black Mt. Road, Jackson" 16x13inches (oval) Oil on panel $4500

Erik Koeppel "Storm on Mt. Washington from Jackson" 18x24inches. Oil on panel $5800

Erik Koeppel "Mt. Washington in Autumn" 8 x12 in. Oil on panel SOLD

Erik Koeppel "Nancy's Brook" 14 x18 inches. Oil on panel $4600

To inquire about the work feel welcome to contact Warren Schomaker at the Jackson Historical Society by phone or email, 603-383-4060 warren@jacksonhistory.org

 Here's a preview of the museum show upstairs:

A Thomas Doughty painting

An Alvan Fisher painting

My Painting of the Willey Slide

 If you can't make the opening reception Friday, Oct. 13th 5-9pm, the  sale will continue into early November, and the museum exhibition will remain until March 31st, 2018.

Thank you for reading and I'll see you at the opening!

P.S. I had a painting in USA Today recently in an article on the best plein air painting spots. My painting is number 8 of 18, "Kaaterskill Falls"
Here's a link:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/10greatplaces/2017/08/25/10-great-places-plein-air-painting/598020001/