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Stephen Palmer was born and raised by artists, and one of his earliest memories is being with his mom while she painted the ocean.

Even though over the years he has worked with a variety of materials and inspirations, Palmer recently came back to the ocean in the form of humorous mixed media fish. Most fish start with a vintage crutch or paddle, are given a tail, fins and teeth, and then filled with antique items and found objects before they are wired.

Because Palmer is an educator, he hopes people will see the connection between his use of things that might otherwise be discarded and the pollution of our waterways. An annual percentage of the sale of Steve’s fish helps support environmental groups.

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A Greenport local since the late ‘70s, Arden Scott has worked primarily as a sculptor, incorporating her lifelong hobby of sailing and the seaport aesthetics of her surroundings into her work. These ice boat inspired sculptures, currently on display in the open field at Greenport Harbor Brewing Company’s 42155 Main Rd. Peconic location, are strikingly minimalist and abstract, evoking the curve and contour of the ships and schooners that once populated the harbors of the East End. Arden’s involvement in the thrilling sport of iceboating here on the North Fork inspired these pieces. When temperatures drop long enough to freeze Hallocks Bay, the Orient Ice Yacht Club gathers to sail these minimal wind-driven vessels. “Transforms” are not replicas of iceboats; the design evolved through the artist’s imagination. The space that surrounds these sculptures are intrinsically important to the piece.

With whimsical dynamism and colorful geometrics, Scott’s vertical sculptures, which she refers to as ‘totems,’ bring a new perspective to abstractionism.  These floor-standing works are constructed from raw steel and some feature objects given to her by close friends and family. They evoke both joy and humor which the artist is known for.

The Gallery at Greenport Harbor Brewing Company, 234 Carpenter St, proudly features Arden Scott’s new works on paper. These highly saturated graphite drawings are according to the artist, “My way of visual thinking, many manifestations are in these set of drawings. The thinking is about shapes and the physical heft of the steel. The large drawings I created on the floor - the very physical act of drawing enhances materiality.” 

Arden Scott was featured in the New York Times when she built a 28-foot, classic wooden schooner from scratch in the 1980s at her home studio in the Village of Greenport. She earned a Guggenheim Fellowship Grant, a Pollock-Krasner Grant and NYS Council for the Arts and NY Foundation for the Art Grants.