Carrie Haddad Gallery is pleased to present Weathered, an exhibit that examines the visible and invisible effects of time on people, places and memory. Whether through depictions of architecture of a bygone era, narratives that echo nostalgia, or the use of patinaed materials, the work in this exhibit explores how time can leave its mark. Featured artists include Shawn Dulaney, Donise English, Scott Nelson Foster, Arthur King, Ricardo Mulero, and Ryan Rusiecki. The exhibit opens Friday August 1st and will remain on view through September 21st. All are welcome to join the artists for an opening reception on Saturday, August 2nd from 5-7 pm.

Shawn Dulaney’s paintings on Venetian plaster conjure atmosphere. Existing in a space where horizon lines dissolve, her compositions retain a grounded physicality inspired by the skylines in Colorado where she spent her childhood. Earth tones and vaporous blues pulse beneath translucent layers, suggesting erosion over time. Each painting becomes its own terrain — at once vast and intimate – with surfaces that feel shaped as much by elemental forces as by the artist’s hand. Shawn Dulaney’s work has appeared on the cover of Architectural digest magazine (2022), has been reviewed in ArtNews and The New York times, and has been featured in Parabola and New American Paintings. After traveling and educating herself in Canada and England, Dulaney now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Donise English unveils a collection of organic sculptures shaped from weathered wood stumps, hollowed tree limbs, and hand-woven natural fibers. Drawn to what nature leaves behind, English collects trunks hollowed by rot and then transforms them into intricate, meditative works of art. The inherent qualities of the existing forms serve as her guide – the weight, the natural lean. Using tea- or ink-dyed sisal and twine, each piece is carefully woven around the curves and cavities of the wood, honoring its natural contours while subtly reanimating it. English will also present a smaller selection of new paintings on panel and paper that reference a long-held preoccupation with maps and architecture. Donise English received her MFA in Painting from Bard and is now a Professor Emerita of Studio Art at Marist College. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting.

Ryan Rusiecki’s large scale photographs offer a poignant visual study of the Hudson River, tracing the enduring impact of weather and erosion on the land and surrounding towns. His mode of observation is quiet and meticulous. Rusiecki is known to pack a cooler and settle on the banks of the river in a chair for hours, observing the same stretch of river, waiting for the precise moment when light, atmosphere and composition converge. As a result, the beauty of his work is found in fleeting moments; mist rising from the water, storm clouds rolling in over the hills, an abandoned row house engulfed in fog by the Rondout in Kingston. Vivid color reproduction and large-scale presentation enhance the immersive quality of the work, allowing viewers to experience the subtle drama of the river’s moods as if standing at the water’s edge. Born and raised just north of New York City, Rusiecki graduated from Bard College in 2020 and is now settled in Kingston, NY. This marks his first exhibit with the gallery.

Scott Nelson Foster captures the stark poetry of the American roadside. Mom and pop motels, liquor stores, gas stations—these familiar scenes are rendered in greyscale watercolor with such precision that they could, at first glance, be mistaken for photographs. Without calling attention to what makes each location unique, Foster hones in on the iconic. Clean lines and bold, architectural clarity reveal familiar midcentury modern designs popularized in the ‘50s and ‘60s. “My paintings are reflections of changing ideas about the societal relationships to the land, the American experience, and the American dream,” he explains. In capturing these fading architectural touchstones, Foster quietly laments the loss of regional nuance and idiosyncrasy in American life, as distinctive places give way to generic, mass-produced spaces. Scott Nelson Foster has an MFA from Utah State University and is Department Chair and Professor at Siena College in Albany, NY.

Few cities have had their personality so shaped—and reshaped—by time as New York City. Photographer Arthur King presents a series of black and white silver gelatin prints documenting the city as it truly was from 1955 – 1958 —alive with texture, tension, and above all, humanity. As a young student at Pratt Institute, he roamed the streets with his camera, compelled to capture the ephemeral moments that defined daily life. “The stark, raw reality of life, rich and visceral, made it seem imperative to capture quick images before they disappeared—a fleeting memory, never to be repeated,” he writes. While today’s image of New York is often abstracted into a global monolith of culture and finance, these photographs return us to the people who shaped the city with their presence—workers, neighbors, passersby. Dark, lyrical, and intimate, his images offer rare and tender glimpses into a place where history is etched into every street corner. Born in Pittsfield, MA, King had a long career in Design and Communications and currently lives with his wife, Sarah Barton-King, in Philmont, NY.

Ricardo Mulero turns his gaze quite literally to the world just outside his window. These small architectural paintings depict the landscape surrounding his studio—fields, trees, shifting skies—sometimes framed by the window itself, grounding each scene in a deeply personal sense of place. His love of the natural environment is evident in the way he renders light and atmosphere in an unconventional palette, capturing not just what is seen, but what is felt. Using a traditional Venetian method of layering thin, translucent oil glazes, Mulero creates surfaces that feel both luminous and timeworn, echoing the slow changes of season and the patina of age. Strong geometry and visible brushwork reflect meditations on the quiet beauty of the everyday, shaped by time and light. The artist was raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He has a master’s degree in Historical Preservation from Columbia University and has pursued training at Parsons and the New York Academy of Art.