At The Horizon – studies and paintings, an exhibition of works by painter Ian Torney, on exhibit at the First Parish in Milton Church Gallery from November 9th through December 22,2014. Evolving out of his longtime practice as a traditionalplein-air landscape painter, Mr. Torney has recently moved his process into the studio to produce more contemplated images. His new works abandon the conventional horizontal landscape format in favor of the iconic square, with the distinct horizon line fading in greater atmospheric ambiguity, as he experiments with the tension between realism and abstraction in works as much about paint as about subject. Critic James Stroud recently wrote of Mr. Torney’s work:_“The artist displays a passion for the materiality of the medium – paint and image coalesce into one despite the suggestion of an observed motif….”_ The exhibition will feature a series of older and smaller studies along with a few more recent and larger finished paintings.

Mr. Torney is a graduate of Bowdoin College, and holds an M.A.Ed. from the Rhode Island School of Design, and an M.F.A. from the Art Institute of Boston. He has traveled extensively to study and to paint throughout the United States and Europe, including Art Residencies at the New York Studio School in New York City, the Anderson Ranch Art Center of Snowmass, CO, the Humberside School of Art and Design in Hull, England, and Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy.Mr. Torney actively exhibits his paintings, and is represented by the Millbrook Gallery and Sculpture Garden of Concord, NH.  He has been commissioned to paint several significant works, and his paintings are included in several private and corporate collections. A longtime teacher, he currently serves on the faculty at Milton Academy, both as Chair of Visual Arts program and Director of the Nesto Gallery. To learn more or to purchase works see_www.iantorneyart.com._

The Gallery is located at 535 Canton Ave, Milton, MA and is open weekdays and Sundays – Thursdays 10am to 1pm (closed Friday and Saturdays). For more information call 617-698-6329.