Light, Sand, and Sea: Hamptons Artists and Their Studios - Hardcover

by Jaime Lopez (Author), Coco Myers (Author), Mónica Ramírez-Montagut (Foreword by)

A close-up look at 50 artists--their work, their studios, their style--creating a wide variety of art in the Hamptons

It's one thing to admire an artist's work; it's another to get a real feel of the person behind the work. In these pages you'll get a close-up look at 50 painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, and mixed-media artists who are living and working on the famed East End of Long Island, New York.

Photographer Jaime Lopez has captured each artist both in revealing portraits and at work in their studios, and journalist and curator Coco Myers has contributed insightful interviews. Among the well-known artists are Donald Sultan, April Gornick, Mary Heilmann, Caio Fonseca, Bryan Hunt, Joe Zucker, Frank Wimberley, and Paton Miller.

The East End has long been a magnet for artists who are drawn to the inspiring nature of the landscape--the light, the fields, the farms, and of course, the expansive sea. And while the legacy of artists like Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, and others remains strong, the area continues to be rich in talent today.

Lopez's photographs and Myers's text reveal the creativity, intelligence, and humor of these 50 artists as well as the vibe of their workplaces and the tools of their craft.

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Author Biography

Born in Peru, Jaime Lopez studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design. His fashion photographs have been widely published, in Elle, Marie Claire, Telva, Hola!, Woman, and Cosmopolitan, among other magazines. He lives in Sagaponack, in the East End, with his wife and daughters. Coco Myers grew up in East Hampton among the Abstract Expressionists, many of whom were family friends. She earned a BA in art history at Princeton and currently writes for Elle Decor, Martha Stewart Living, and the New York Times, and in 2015 started folioeast, an online gallery and art-consulting business highlighting East End artists. A member of the East Hampton Arts Council, she lives in East Hampton with her three sons. Mónica Ramírez-Montagut is executive director of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York.