Linda Etcoff: New Drawings

From June 8 through July 9, 2007, The Drawing Room in East Hampton is pleased to present an exhibition of large pastel drawings of amaryllis, sunflowers, French tulips and other plants by Linda Etcoff. Etcoff, whose early shows in New York and Boston in the mid-1970s established her reputation as a still life painter, has turned her attention exclusively to the art of drawing during the past decade.

For the works in this exhibition, Etcoff devotes her exceptional drawing ability to the challenge of making heroic drawings of potted plants and cut flowers. Defined by her articulate gesture and the searching action of her erasure marks, the lush media of charcoal, pastel and watercolor, and the subjects she loves in the flower market, Etcoff’s new work is startling for its botanical truthfulness.

See below for full press release and selected works.