Gerard E. Lehner

Street Artist, Plein Aire Painter, Writer, Theorist, Etchings À la Poupée, Painterly Approach

What is the purpose of a website? One reason may be to respect the art collector, to inform them of historical notes and enchant them with poetic charm.

A diversified artist, specializing in what is unique, one of a kind originals, and/or very very small editions (1-15), noted in Roman numerals, (eg. I/V).  Painting behind the White House.  Growing up near a lake.  Artwork on a Club Med in a bathroom. Collectors sailed to Venezuela on the Symphony.  A sea plane flew in after a storm just to buy Lehner artwork in St. Thomas.  A Brazilian dancer named Jennie.  One day in Nyack, I put a safety pin in my wallet and another day a girl with a broken strap on her dress asked me if I happened to have a safety pin. On another day, Leo Castelli asked me, "Do you know where Soho is?"  Like a bird, I lay eggs (etchings à la poupée).  I once painted the bottom of a yacht called the Dauntless with a drawing of a mermaid, with Wellsely bottom paint for aluminum hulls.  My grandmother left me a small inheritance that went all to loss wax casting – sterling silver and gold – and I still do it.  Sounds confusing? Come to Woodstock and sort it out.

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