The Laffer Gallery

Featuring the artwork of Gyula Varosy and Robert Gullie.  

Featuring the artwork of Harry Orlyk.  

Featuring the artwork of Allen Grindle and Mary Pat Wager.  

Featuring the artwork of Peris Carbonell and John Van Orsouw.  

Featuring the artwork of Audrie Sturman, Celeste Susany, David Hill, Karen Elem, Kate Edwards, Leslie Peck, Mikel Wintermantel, Nancy Magnell, and Takeyce Walter.  

Featuring the artwork of Anne Diggory, Janice Medina, and Russell Serrianne. These distinguished artists were honored with last year’s 4th Annual Upstate Artists Best In Show Award, juried by John Van Alstine, and invited to exhibit their works in this dynamic new exhibit at The Laffer Gallery.  

Featuring the artwork of: Alex Waters, Andrea Hersh, Annea Francey, Audrie Sturman, Catherine Wagner Minnery, Channing Lefebvre, Cheryl Horning, Chris Duncan, Christopher Murray, Cyndy Barbone, Dan Greenfeld, Darcie Abbatiello, Deborah Bayly, Dolores Thompson, Fern Apfel, Gary Larsen, Gary Maggio, Gretchen Kelley, Ian Creitz, James Coe, Jenny Hutchinson, Kathryn Kost, Kevin Cleplensky, Laura Cannamela, Lori Lawrence, Mary Pat Wager, Matt Chinian, MiChelle Vara, Nicholas Warner, Regis Brodie, Robyn Morgan Giddings, Sonja LaPointe, Susan Hoffer, Susan Williams and Virginia McNeice Artwork for…

Featuring the artwork of: Josh Smith, Gary Zack, Zack Lobdell and Elisa Sheehan.  

Featuring the artwork of: Ann Larsen, James Coe and Virgina McNeice.  

Featuring the artwork of: Erik Laffer and John Van Alstine.  

Featuring the artwork of: Charles Bremer and Leslie Ferst.  

Featuring the artwork of: Harry Orlyk and Regina Wickham.    

Featuring the artwork of: Andrea Hearsh, Christopher Murray, and Regis Brodie.  

We are excited to officially announce the featured artists for our 6th annual juried group show entitled "Upstate Artists" for the 2017 Holiday Season. "Upstate Artists" will run from December 2, 2016 through January 7th, 2018. Please join us for an opening reception on Saturday, December 2nd from 5pm until 8pm for an opportunity to meet the artists and view their amazing work. Featuring the artwork of: Anne Francey, Cheryl Horning, Compton Eden, Dan Greenfeld, Dana Matthews, Gail Nadeau, Gary…

Featuring the artwork of: Rob Longley, Jordan Becker, Teri Malo, Jae Schalekamp and Valerie Craig.      

Featuring the artwork of: Leslie Parke, Jeri Eisenberg and JoAnn Axford.  

Featuring the artwork of: Wendy Ide Williams, Victoria Crowell, and James Paterson.  

Featuring the artwork of: Bruno LaVerdiere and Connie Saddlemire.  

Featuring the artwork of: George Van Hook, David Lussier, Jim Rodgers and Liz Vigoda.  

Featuring the artwork of: Julie Branch, Anne Francey and George Dirolf.  

Please allow us to introduce and congratulate the artists chosen for this exciting new exhibit: Anne Sutherland, Audrie Sturnman, Betty O’Brien, Chris DeMarco, Dan Greenfeld, David Painter, Deb Hall, Dorothy Englander, Fern Apfel, Ian Creitz, James Flosdorf, Janene Bouck, Judith Plotner, Karen Elem, Leslie Parke, Linde Caughey, Lori Lawrence, Patricia Collins, Randi Kish, Rob O’Neil, Robert Gullie, Robyn Morgan Giddings, Rusell Serrianne, Steve Rosenzweig, Susan Hoffer, Tom Crowell and Tracy Helgeson. Artwork for this show was juried by Laura Von…

Featuring the artwork of: Anne Sutherland, Tracy Helgeson, Dan Greenfeld, and Robert Moylan.  

Featuring the artwork of: William McCarthy and Harry Orlyk.  

Featuring the artwork of: Rachel Baxter and Beverley Mastrianni.  

Featuring the artwork of: James Paterson, John Van Alstine, Robert Gullie, Zack Lobdell, and Erik Laffer.  

Featuring the artwork of: Mikel Wintermantel, Leslie Peck, Kate Edwards, Jacob Houston, Clarence King, Jill Fishon-Kovachick and Ann Larsen.  

Come visit us at The Laffer Gallery during this year's Fall Festival.

Featuring the artwork of: Fern Apfel, Robyn Morgan Giddings and Audrie Sturman.

Featuring: Abraham Ferraro, Andrea Hersh, Barry Lobdell, Carol Caruso, Channing Lefebvre, CherylHorning, Doretta Miller, Eden Compton Clay, Elisa Sheehan, Gary Glinski, Gene Greger, George Dirolf, Jeff Wigman, Jenny Hutchinson, JoAnn Axford, Joe Putrock, Laura Von Rosk, Linda Bacon, Mary EllenRiell, Niki Haynes, Pat Collins, Randi Kish, Rob Longley, Robert Gullie, Robert Coppola, RussellSerrianne, Steve Rein, Susan Hoffer, Klacsmann and Yeachin Tsai. Jon Gernon is guest juror for the 8th Annual Juried Group Show. Gernon is a painter, printmaker and independent…

Featuring the artwork of: Constance Kheel and Chris Duncan. For inquires on art or to make an appointment for a private showing click here.  

Our upcoming exhibit scheduled to open Saturday, April 18, is postponed due to COVID-19 and will be rescheduled for a later date. However, The Laffer Gallery will host the show online from April 18 – May 31. This exhibition features the work of regional artists Rita Dicaprio, Eden Compton Clay, Corey Pitkin and Patricia Collins. For inquires on art please click here.

The Laffer Gallery is please to announce we will reopening June 13 with “A Cultivated Vision,” featuring artists Robert Moylan, Tracy Helgeson and Regina Wickham. Due to COVID-19, there will not be an opening reception; however, we will resume our normal operating hours, Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5p.m. We’re excited to inch toward a new normal and look forward to showcasing new work and seeing each of you soon. We will take the required measures to disinfect the gallery. Face Coverings…

This dynamic exhibition features artists, Cheryl Horning, T. Klacsmann, and Doretta Miller, last years "Best in Show" recipients from the Laffer Gallery's 8th Annual Upstate Artists Juried group show, generously juried by Jon Christopher Gernon. Due to COVID-19, there will not be an opening reception; however, we will resume our normal operating hours, Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5p.m. We will take the required measures to disinfect the gallery. Face Coverings will be required for entry. If you would like a private…

This exhibition features artists, Nick Patten, Leslie Peck and JoAnn Axford. Due to COVID-19, there will not be an opening reception; however, we will resume our normal operating hours, Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5p.m. We will take the required measures to disinfect the gallery. Face Coverings will be required for entry. If you would like a private showing, please email or call to schedule a time.  

This exhibition features artists, Harry Orlyk and Julie Branch. Due to COVID-19, there will not be an opening reception; however, we will resume our normal operating hours, Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5p.m. We will take the required measures to disinfect the gallery. Face Coverings will be required for entry. If you would like a private showing, please email or call to schedule a time.  

We are excited to officially announce the featured artists for our 9th annual juried group show entitled "Upstate Artists" for the 2020 Holiday Season. "Upstate Artists" will run from December 12, 2020 through January 17th, 2021. Please allow us to introduce and congratulate the artists chosen for this exciting new exhibit: Alice Manzi, Ann Larsen, Barb Lennox, Carol Caruso, Channing Lefebvre, Chris Avril-Green, Colleen  O'Hara, Daniel Schroeder, David Brickman, Fern Apfel, Fredda Merzon, Gary Larsen, Jae Schalekamp, Jennifer Harvey, Jon…

Due to COVID and an extended closure in 2020, The Laffer Gallery will not be taking our annual winter hiatus. Instead, we will hold a special exhibit featuring all artwork in our inventory. The show will run from January 30 – March 14. Exhibited artwork will be offered at a 20 percent discount. More the 70 artists are participating, hundreds of paintings, sculptures, and pottery will be featured. The artists are as grateful for your support as we at the…

This exhibition features artists, Matt Chinian, Patricia Collins, Eden Compton Clay, Valerie Craig, and Robert Niedzwieck. Due to COVID there will not be an opening reception. We are still prioritizing the health of our team and clients. Face coverings are required for entry.  

This exhibition features artists, Charles Bremer and Mary Pat Wager. Due to COVID there will not be an opening reception. We are still prioritizing the health of our team and clients. Face coverings are required for entry.  

A Solo Exhibit by Wendy Ide Williams. Opening Reception: We invite you to join us on opening night, Saturday, July 10, from 5pm – 8pm, for our first in person reception in over a year. We hope you are as excited as we are. Not Fully Vaccinated? Wear a Face Covering! This simple action will help the spread of COVID-19  

A Solo Exhibit by David Miller Opening Reception: We invite you to join us on opening night, Saturday, September 4, from 5pm – 8pm. Important: Face masks are once again required for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status. Please Note: The Gallery will be closed August 26 – September 3 for installation. We will resume normal business hours on Sunday, September 5.  

Featuring: Jon Gernon, Phyllis Kulmatiski and Susan Stuart Opening Reception: We invite you to join us on opening night, Saturday, October 16, from 5pm – 7pm. Important: Face masks are once again required for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status. The Gallery will be closed October 7 – October 16 for installation. We will resume normal business hours on Sunday, October 17.  

We are excited to officially announce the featured artists for our 10th annual juried group show entitled "Upstate Artists" for the 2021 Holiday Season. "Upstate Artists" will run from December 4, 2021 through January 9, 2022. Join us for an opening reception on Saturday, December 4th from 5pm until 8pm for an opportunity to meet the artists and view their amazing work. Juried by Richard & Stephen Cutting-Miller. “Upstate Artists” features a diverse cross section of the Upstate New York…

Featuring: Robert Moylan & Jill Fishon-Kovachick Opening Reception: We invite you to join us on opening night, Saturday, March 5, 5pm – 8pm. Important: Face masks are required for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status.  

Featuring: Ann Larsen, Clarence King, David Lussier, George Van Hook, Harry Orlyk, James Coe, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Leslie Black Vogel, Margaret Horn and Mikel Wintermantel. Opening Reception: We invite you to join us on opening night, Saturday, April 23, 5pm – 8pm. Important: Face masks are required for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status.  

Featuring: Featuring: Mark Del Guidice & Tracy Helgeson. Opening Reception: We invite you to join us on opening night, Saturday, June 18, 5pm – 8pm. Important: Face masks are optional.  

John and Teri present their visions of environment and place uniquely—both in aesthetic and medium. Yet both explore their relationship with nature and time with shared passion, depth, and skill. John Van Alstine is an American sculptor living and working in New York’s Adirondack region. Best known for stone and metal abstract sculptures exhibiting exceptional balance and poise, John’s works are often multi-level with references to figure and classical, nautical, celestial, and western mythological themes. “In contrast to the timelessness…

This dynamic exhibition features the work of Deb Hall, Emily Prosper and Linda Bacon, last years "Best in Show" recipients from The Laffer Gallery's 10th Annual Upstate Artists Juried group show, generously juried by Richard and Stephen Cutting-Miller. Important: Face masks are optional.    

The Laffer Gallery Presents: 11th Annual Juried Group Show "Upstate Artists" We are excited to officially announce the featured artists for our 11th annual juried group show entitled “Upstate Artists” for the 2022 Holiday Season. “Upstate Artists” will run from December 3, 2021 through January 8, 2022. Join us for an opening reception on Saturday, December 3th from 5pm until 8pm for an opportunity to meet the artists and view their amazing work. Please allow us to introduce and congratulate…

To view this exhibition online, please click here. In Harry's words: "A quarter century of painting has been an act of the imagination to determine who and what I am with respect to the earth and sky. Process, rather than product oriented, searching for the daily painting, has become a way of living in relationship with the earth. To become a human being, a part of nature rather than someone separate observing it from the outside, like hunter-gathers, I am…

To view this exhibition online, please click here. David Eddy creates semi-abstract figurative paintings, full of raw energy and emotion, exhibiting a sophistication of color, marks, and composition. There is an obvious and seductive physicality in the process, with a complexity of texture and line. The artist's interest in exploring the relationship between abstraction and figuration is evident in each of his paintings, offering a very unique, very personal vision. In creating sculpture, John Greenhut takes great influence from his…

To view this exhibition online, please click here. Constance Kheel's abstract paintings celebrate the interaction between drawing and color, juxtaposing the controlled discipline of geometrics with the spontaneity of poured colors. At the same time, the heavy texture of Kheel's work focuses on the materiality of painting. Primary shapes, such as circles and squares emerge and retreat and expand and contract like astral objects in infinite. The paintings have an explosive, volcanic movement, as well as a sense of infinite…

To view this exhibition online, please click here. Drawing, painting and ceramics form the artistic base for Troy, NY native, Wendy Williams. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Ms Williams began exhibiting across the Northeast United States beginning at the Cutler-Stavaridis Gallery in Boston, MA and has been the recipient of several grants through the years, including the Elizabeth Foundation and Yaddo. Collections of her work include The Albany Institute of History and Art, University at Albany…

To view this exhibition online, please click here. The Saratoga Springs and Adirondacks area in upstate New York is widely known for the near picture-perfect natural views that range from calming farm lands and meandering rivers and creeks to the dramatic backdrop of the High Peaks region in the Adirondacks. Autumn is arguably the best time of year to experience the landscapes that New York offers and as we creep into the early Autumn season of 2023, The Laffer Gallery…

To view this exhibition online, please click here. More often than not, the less of something we have, the more beautiful it can appear and the more it's appreciated. The serene and calming light of Autumn's golden hour is no exception. As the days become shorter and the shadows get longer, we welcome the light every morning with a strong inhale and send it past the horizon every evening with a sigh: The Power of Light, presented by The Laffer…

To view this exhibition online, please click here. On behalf of The Laffer Gallery and Juror, Robert Gullie we are excited to officially announce the featured artists for our 12th annual juried group show entitled "Upstate Artists" for the 2023 Holiday Season. "Upstate Artists" will run from December 2, 2023 through January  7th, 2024. "Upstate Artists" features a diverse cross section of the Upstate New York arts community. Exhibited work was chosen from 130entries in response to an Open Call for…