The project space

The Project Space at ABFA is a 15 x 15 ft. area dedicated to a rotating program of experimental projects and special exhibitions. The intimate environment challenges perceptions of scale and space through installation considerations and juxtapositions. The space serves as a playground for exhibition ideas which may be outside of our gallery’s central program. The space allows us to invite artists whose work we find compelling and innovative.

Artists represented by ABFA have an opportunity to exhibit smaller bodies of work, a new series, or works from their studio that bring us further into their process; creating a channel of communication that connects artist and viewer. The Project Space is located at the back of our first floor main gallery.

Current Exhibition:

1 march - 25 april 2024

Nature: Precision + Flow

Stephanie Schechter

Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts is exhibiting new paintings by artist Stephanie Schechter in its Project Space, an area of the gallery dedicated to experimental projects. The exhibition will feature some of Schechter’s new nature inspired abstract paintings. Schechter, a painter known for her photorealistic oil paintings of signs and architecture, recently began to explore nature as a subject.

In her Precision Series nature works, Schechter follows a similar process to her paintings of signs and architecture. She looked to WPA posters for inspiration for how to represent nature with a limited palette and limited details. The resulting large oil paintings express the qualities she finds beautiful about a place using “the fewest words.” By focusing on form and color, and refining the composition to its simplest elements, she creates minimalistic, yet powerful imagery.

While she loves every step of her Precision Series process, Schechter felt a craving to create art that is more spontaneous, and where the outcome can’t be predicted ahead of time. She says “I longed to lose track of time, become fully engaged, and enter into a “flow state.” Her new Flow Series paintings are the most expressive works she has ever created. Using new materials and techniques, and following her instincts, she creates richly layered and textured works on paper.

About Stephanie Schechter

Stephanie Schechter is a painter known for her bold, photorealistic depictions of signs and architecture. She is currently expanding her practice to include experimental abstract paintings inspired by nature. A New York native, Schechter graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, where she received a BFA in Industrial Design. Although she began her creative career as a designer, she now uses painting as a means to express the beauty she finds in the world. She lives and works in Providence, RI. Her paintings have been included in numerous publications, exhibitions and collections throughout the United States. She is represented by Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts.