Along this walk, you can read descriptions about each artist’s motivations, along with personal information about them. Thank you for taking the time to discover more about these featured artists, their processes, and their dedication to their craft.
Ana Guerra
American, b. Cuba 1952
Murmurations I, II, III 2018
Watercolor, 30 x 40 inches each
I began as a landscape painter, overwhelmed and seduced by nature. Eventually, I understood that my subject was experience, a space where perception, intuition, feeling, ideas, and memory come together to make the internal landscape of being alive.
More about Ana Guerra
Ana Guerra graduated with honors and a degree in painting and printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence in 1974. Prior to RISD, she trained at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, D.C.
Murmurations I, II, III by Ana Guerra. © Ana Guerra, Photo Credit Scott Lapham
Peter Diepenbrock
American, b. 1960
Chaos to Order in Prussian Blue 2018
Welded and assembled stainless steel 36 x 60 x 14 inches
For me, sculpture remains predominantly about spatial reasoning. My practice is an exploration of the various conditions in which a sculptural object may exist while integrating the metaphoric potential of organic geometry. I think of it as a kind of structural alchemy.
More about Peter Diepenbrock
Peter Diepenbrock holds bachelor of fine arts and bachelor of industrial design degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. He has exhibited his midscale work locally and nationally. Public sculptural projects include the 9/11 memorial for the Rhode Island State House in Providence; Torsion III for the University of Rhode Island in Kingston; Torsion IV for the Glass House in Edgewater, New Jersey; Transversion for the Lakewood Public Library in Ohio; and most recently, the monumental rooftop Clock Man for the Foundry in Providence.
Chaos to Order in Prussian Blue by Peter Diepenbrock. © Peter Diepenbrock, Photo Credit Peter Diepenbrock
Alexandra Kehayoglou
Argentine, b. 1981
Long Island Tapestries, Connetquot Water Study 2019
Wool, hand tufted 291 x 78 inches
My aim is to bring nature inside the building. Natural landscapes have a healing effect when experienced by both sight and immersion.
More about Alexandra Kehayoglou
Alexandra Kehayoglou lives and works in Buenos Aires. Her work combines textiles, sculpture, and installation with surplus materials from her family’s carpet factory, which has been in business for more than 60 years. Ms. Kehayoglou explores the relationship between people and nature, advocating for environmental awareness in her work. She brings together her memories of landscapes in Argentina and her desire to preserve them over time. Ms. Kehayoglou has received commissions from around the world, including from artist Olafur Eliasson, fashion designer Dries van Noten, the Onassis Foundation in New York City, and the cultural center Chiostro del Bramante in Rome.
Long Island Tapestries, Connetquot Water Study by Alexandra Kehayoglou. © Alexandra Kehayoglou, Photo Credit Alexandra Kehayoglou
Ana Guerra
American, b. Cuba 1952
Birdsong 2006
Oil on board 48 x 53 inches
I began as a landscape painter, overwhelmed and seduced by nature. Eventually, I understood that my subject was experience, a space where perception, intuition, feeling, ideas, and memory come together to make the internal landscape of being alive.
More about Ana Guerra
Ana Guerra graduated with honors and a degree in painting and printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence in 1974. Prior to RISD, she trained at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, D.C.
Birdsong by Ana Guerra. © Ana Guerra, Photo Credit Scott Lapham
Babs Owen
American, b. 1964
Days of Spring II 2019
Oil on canvas 48 x 66 inches
At the root of my work, I am exploring the formal life of color, shape, and form at its most essential concept, working within the space it occupies through painting on canvas, paper, textiles, wood, plaster, and photographs.
More about Babs Owen
Babs Owen graduated from Bennington College in Vermont with an interdivisional degree in poetry and sculpture. She is currently pursuing a master of fine arts degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Days of Spring II by Babs Owen. © Babs Owen, Photo Credit Babs Owen
Mark Perry
American, b. 1959
Abstract Pattern Green 2018
Oil on canvas 48 x 66 inches
The idea of staying open to chance and stream-of-consciousness painting feels risky and appealing at the same time — striving to forget everything when approaching the blank canvas yet needing all I know.
More about Mark Perry
In 1987, Mark Perry entered the Providence Art Club’s Open Painting Show, winning the Milton Halladay prize for Bonnie, Portrait of a Woman. He worked weekly with a small group of artists affiliated with the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence through his 20s. In 1989, he moved to New York City and continued drawing at the Spring Street Studio. In the mid 1990s, Mr. Perry began splitting time between New York City and eastern Long Island. Today, Mr. Perry makes small- to large-format oil on canvas abstract paintings.
Abstract Pattern Green by Mark Perry. © Mark Perry, Photo Credit Mark Perry
Alexandra Kehayoglou
Argentine, b. 1981
Long Island Tapestries, Connetquot Forest Study 2019
Wool, hand tufted 187.5 x 78 inches
My aim is to bring nature inside the building. Natural landscapes have a healing effect when experienced by both sight and immersion.
More about Alexandra Kehayoglou
Alexandra Kehayoglou lives and works in Buenos Aires. Her work combines textiles, sculpture, and installation with surplus materials from her family’s carpet factory, which has been in business for more than 60 years. Ms. Kehayoglou explores the relationship between people and nature, advocating for environmental awareness in her work. She brings together her memories of landscapes in Argentina and her desire to preserve them over time. Ms. Kehayoglou has received commissions from around the world, including from artist Olafur Eliasson, fashion designer Dries van Noten, the Onassis Foundation in New York City, and the cultural center Chiostro del Bramante in Rome.
Long Island Tapestries, Connetquot Forest Study by Alexandra Kehayoglou. © Alexandra Kehayoglou, Photo Credit Alexandra Kehayoglou
Karen Tompkins
American, b. 1947
Messier 111 2017
Oil and gesso on board, 48 x 96 inches
The grandeur of the night sky moves me to investigate the luminous objects whose light fills the universe. These objects, from star clusters to nebulae, were cataloged by astronomer Charles Messier in 1771 and reflect the complexity of an infinite cosmos in which everything is interconnected. The Messier series of paintings is meant to connect the viewer with the ecstatic pulse of nature that is within all of us.
More about Karen Tompkins
Karen Tompkins studied at the Pratt Institute in New York City, the Academy of Fine Art in Rome, and the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her work has been in numerous exhibitions in New York City and collectors include Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa.
Messier 111 by Karen Tompkins. © Karen Tompkins, Photo Credit Karen Tompkins
Lisa Perez
American, b. 1967
Sonic Seconds 2019
Cut and powder coated aluminum 30 x 55 inches
I make objects and sculptural paintings where materials meet, overlap, unify, and resonate. What captures our attention? How is our understanding of the nature of reality and the elasticity of our perception evolving? As astrophysicist Janna Levin writes, “There is no limit to space that we can see, but maybe that’s because we don’t yet know how to look.” Each moment offers pivotal insights if we look openly and embrace uncertainty.
More about Lisa Perez
Lisa Perez’s work has been exhibited nationally at such venues as the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University in Providence; the Drawing Center in New York City; Marquee Projects in Bellport, New York; Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Miami; and the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California. Her work can be seen at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Providence and the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island, as well as in private and corporate collections. Perez received a master of fine arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and currently lives and works in Rhode Island.
Sonic Seconds by Lisa Perez. © Lisa Perez, Photo Credit Lisa Perez
Mark Perry
American, b. 1959
Abstract Pattern Blue II 2018
Oil on canvas 48 x 66 inches
The idea of staying open to chance and stream-of-consciousness painting feels risky and appealing at the same time — striving to forget everything when approaching the blank canvas yet needing all I know.
More about Mark Perry
In 1987, Mark Perry entered the Providence Art Club’s Open Painting Show, winning the Milton Halladay prize for Bonnie, Portrait of a Woman. He worked weekly with a small group of artists affiliated with the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence through his 20s. In 1989, he moved to New York City and continued drawing at the Spring Street Studio. In the mid 1990s, Mr. Perry began splitting time between New York City and eastern Long Island. Today, Mr. Perry makes small- to large-format oil on canvas abstract paintings.
Abstract Pattern Blue II by Mark Perry. © Mark Perry, Photo Credit Mark Perry
Georgia Nassakias
American, b. 1959
Rising 2017
Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
In my paintings, I explore the intersection of the abstract and the representational. I focus on the elemental lines, shapes, and colors that define the core of the natural world. The resulting calm, luminous quality of my compositions urges inner reflection and outward preservation of the earth’s beautiful balance.
More about Georgia Nassakias
Raised on the Rhode Island coast and classically trained in art and design in Boston and Florence, Italy, Georgia Nassakias works out of her studio in McLean, Virginia, creating reflective modern images in wax and oil. Her work is in private and public collections in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Her work was selected by the US Department of State for the Art in Embassies Program.
Rising by Georgia Nassakias. © Georgia Nassakias, Photo Credit Georgia Nassakias
Penny Ashford
American, b. 1963
Island Sand, Wave, Water 2018
Color photograph 33.5 x 60 inches
I am passionate about documenting our changing world but in an abstract way. I capture patterns, shapes, and motion in unpredictable ways. Nature is in constant motion, so seeing and experiencing the split second of stillness adds to the drama of our beautiful planet.
More about Penny Ashford
Penny Ashford graduated from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and studied at the International Center of Photography in New York City.
Island Sand, Wave, Water by Penny Ashford. © Penny Ashford, Photo Credit Penny Ashford
Community Art Gallery
In the Community Art Gallery at MSK Nassau and at other MSK sites, the Ambulatory Care Arts Program strives to provide patients and their loved ones with a calming, engaging distraction from their everyday experience.
Working with area artists, this program offers rotating exhibits that bridge treatment and care at MSK with the local landscape. These displays aim to reflect the communities that many of our patients and staff work in or call home.
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Community Art Gallery at MSK Nassau, located on the Concourse level.