Our current special feature is Marc Cato, the son of a fashion model and a very talented artist. He grew up out here during the 60's immersed in a musical and very artsy environment. No small wonder that his creative abilities developed in the direction of the arts in a very broad sense. Painting, writing and filmmaking are all a part of his history and we are happy to feature Marc's most recent work.

Recently we debuted American Waters, a selection by Alex Kirkbride from his latest work. In 2002, Alex Kirkbride set out on a three-year journey across the United States living in an Airstream trailer and travelling over 100,000 miles to photograph water images from every state. Alex's unique travels inspired an imaginative collection of photographs. The result is his book, American Waters, Foreword by Jean-Michel Cousteau, available now (ISBN# 978-0-7153-2751-7) at bookstores or www.alexkirkbride.com. An exhibit of the work was recently held at Hammer Galleries in New York. Jean-Michel Cousteau says, "Alex has pushed us to appreciate all water on Earth, no matter how simple or small. He shows us grandeur in the easily overlooked".

Another feature artist is Dora Frost. For the past year she has been working directly from nature on over size pastels of peonies. She is working on these in her studio in Manhattan and opening a stuido here in Southampton on Windmill Lane. Simultaneously, in her studio on Long Island, she is working on a narrative installation revolving around Proust's character, the Duchesse DeGuarmantes. Ms. Frost believes that for her, living inside of two or three completely different bodies of work allows for a sense freedom, eliminating the controlled idea of the limiting style identification /personality implicit in being identified with predominately one thing...beckoning in once again the thingness of the made object. To see how her art has evovled please have a look at her past exhibit which debuted with TheHamptons.com in 1995.

A prominent local artist is Brian Farrell, who is exhibiting his newest work for the first time in three years. His basis of physics and interpretations of the metaphysical layers of our universe are expressed in the surreal elements of his warm, colorful paintings which range from very bold to ethereal in nature. A substantial list of commissions include the Clinton Administration for the White House, Nato's 50th Summit, Henry Buhl, Governor George Pataki and his list of collectors and exhibitions is no less impressive.

The photography of Herman Emmet is priced according to its category. Magazine and newspapers and all press inquiries will be given the magazine and newspaper rates. The rate for collectors is $850.00 for an 16 x 20 image. Prints from the renown Fruit Tramps series will be available upon request. Stockhouse and CD buyers will be given market rates. His photographs span the globe but are blended with a good selection of local color as well.

We are showing samples from the work of another commercial photographer, Renate, an extraordinarily talented woman artist whose work is well known both in the Hamptons and in Germany. She can be reached at 631.725.9865 for studio appointments. Another exceptional exhibition in TheHamptons.com Fine Art Gallery is comprised of two series of paintings by Sheila Isham from both her Cosmic Earth Bull and Cosmic Myth series along with some of her earlier works from the exhibition of Wild Animals.

A recent feature were portraits byJim Ceravolo who was commissioned to create six large scale portraits for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City. In addition to these, his portraits are in many influential corporate and private collections, including: Elton John, Rod Stewart, Hugh M. Hefner, David Brenner, Monique Van Vooren, Warner Bros., RCA Records and Schenley Industries to name a few. Ceravolo's portraits combine abstract and realistic work on the same large scale canvas.

Another prominent, local artist is Jo-Ann Corretti who specializes in Land & Seascapes and House Portraits. She is soon to be President of the Southampton Artist Association, and her paintings are on display in many places across Long Island. She also works on product design. Giclee' prints are available for all original paintings on archival, museum quality, watercolor paper, or canvas, stretched on stretcher strips, with certificate of Authenticity. If you are interested in purchasing any of her paintings or seeing more of her work, please go to her web site at www.joanncorretti.com.

Quite a bit of the art in our gallery is for sale and certainly work can be commissioned by each of these artists. If you are interested in more information on how to order or to obtain prices, please email lizi@thehamptons.com