After long consideration Drew Saunders, friend and gallery owner has decided to close Newman and Saunders Gallery after 34 years.

While I am sad to see it go I know the time is right. So if you are in the area on January 2, 2016 from 3-6 stop in to say good by to the Gallery, the artist and to Drew.

I will be there showing work from my latest travels and hope to see a good crowd.

Joe Sweeney

WAYNE, PA –  December 15, 2015 – After 34 years in Wayne, Drew Saunders of Newman and Saunders Galleries is bringing together his premiere area artists to celebrate the gallery’s legacy with a “final show” at its Bloomingdale Avenue location

Harbor Clouds Oil /W.C.Paper 14×17″ framed © Sweeney, Joseph 11/18/2015

The show will include nationally recognized local artists including Valerie Craig, Elaine Lisle, Nancybea Miller, George Rothacker, Joe Sweeney and Mashiul Chowdhury. They will be together for an afternoon event on Saturday, January 2nd from 3:00 to 6:00pm.

“The art community is changing, ” said Drew Saunders, surviving partner of Teddi Newman and himself that set the Main Line on the map in 1981 when they brought American Impressionism, Contemporary French Modernists and important Marine  Art to the Main Line. “We loved the challenges and the risks of what we were doing as we traveled the world in search of relevant art for a new age of collector.”

Morning Stroll Cordes 12 x 9 oil on board Elaine Lisle

We found artists such as Serge Hollerbach, Donald Vogel, DeLoss McGraw, Tom Palmore, John Salminen and numerous French and English painters that are now the treasure trove of the modern collector’s portfolio.

Industrial Highway-5″ . Oil on paper mounted on board and size : 6×6 in. Mashiul Chowdhury

According to Rich Merriman, CEO of Pennsylvania Trust in Radnor which owns some of the premiere work of American regionalism of the 20th and 21st centuries, “Drew introduced us all on the Main Line to paintings and sculpture never before available in this area. Through the gallery’s exhibitions and amazing “stable of artists”, this area was afforded the rare opportunity to procure some of the finest artwork available anywhere.”

The “Last Picture Show” on January 2 will feature new work by some of the prominent artists of the area, and will be the last time that Newman and Saunders will present an exhibition.

Hudson Thaw 16×20″ oil by Valerie Craig

“All of the artists will be there to tell about their past , their motivation and their future,” said Drew Saunders. “Old friends and new will gather as in the day of the salon shows in Paris to meet and greet, talk about their work and the directions of art in the days to come.

The event is on Saturday, January 2, 2016 from 3-6. The gallery is located at 120 Bloomingdale Avenue in Wayne and can be reached at 610-293-1280.  www.newmansaundersgallery.com