From October 2 to November 10, Troika Gallery will host a special featured show of new paintings created by William Storck during a recent renewed direction in his work.
Internationally renowned for his timeless marine paintings of traditional Chesapeake-built schooners and skipjacks still sailing and working the bay, Storck’s maritime paintings integrate water, wind, sky, and sailing vessels into carefully balanced, light infused images. Three years ago, Storck relocated to New Hampshire, where he passionately expanded his portfolio to include stunning landscape paintings and a return to the luminescent still lifes for which he was known earlier in his career.
“Great artists find inspiration in both the past and in change,” says gallery manager Cris Bowser. “This show highlights William Storck’s newly created works inspired by diverse locales of both Annapolis and New England, the artist’s former home and his more recent one.”
After living and working on a waterfront farm on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay for three decades, Storck and his wife moved from Annapolis to New Hampshire. Their remote 60-acre property, named Fine View Farm, is a former sheep farm containing woodland and pasture, and boasting broad views of Lake Winnipesaukee and the White Mountains.
Storck says that, while he misses the Chesapeake region, he is enamored by the amazing vistas and vibrant sunsets displayed at his new home. “It’s like living inside a Hudson River School painting,” he says. “The sunsets are so breathtaking that I describe them as being hyper-real.”
When the sun goes down, one is likely to find this versatile artist in his studio working on vibrant still lifes instilled with color and light. “Still life painting is quite soothing to my artistic sensibilities,” Storck says. “It’s a different, very intriguing aspect to my art.”
William Storck has been painting professionally since 1980. He first studied under the master painter Naoto Nakagawa at Windham College in Vermont before finishing his formal art training at the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore. At age 24 his first solo show sold out completely in Annapolis. He has since had eight solo shows and has participated in several group shows throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
His work is in several permanent collections, including the United States Naval Academy, St. John’s College, as well as numerous corporate collections and over 400 private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
“William Storck is one of Troika Gallery’s most renowned and in-demand artists,” says gallery co-owner Jennifer Heyd Wharton. “The superiority of his art is unparalleled. We are privileged to represent him exclusively in the region, and look forward to spotlighting his magnificent, versatile work.”
Meet the artist and enjoy refreshments during an opening reception October 2 from 5-8pm during First Friday Gallery Walk in downtown Easton. The show will consist of an amazing collection of maritime works, still lifes, and paintings depicting Storck’s New England surroundings.
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