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Jim Condron
Jim Condron is an American artist working in painting and sculpture. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Baltimore, MD. Early life and education Originally from Long Island, NY and Connecticut, Condron earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art and English from Colby College in Waterville, ME. He then began a career in investment banking, but resigned his position to attend New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, The New York Studio School. Condron relocated to Baltimore and went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts at the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004. Painting and sculpture Condron works in a "bold abstract style" referred to as "contemporary Dada" that fuses painting and sculpture. J. Susan Isaacs has noted: "Through his combination of the absurd with the sublime, Condron explores narratives not only specific to being an artist but also those shared by all of us. The balancing of the serious with the comedic is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Island, NY
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th-most populous in the world. The island begins at New York Harbor approximately east of Manhattan Island and extends eastward about into the Atlantic Ocean and 23 miles wide at its most distant points. The island comprises four counties: Kings and Queens counties (the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) and Nassau County share the western third of the island, while Suffolk County occupies the eastern two thirds of the island. More than half of New York City's residents (58.4%) lived on Long Island as of 2020, in Brooklyn and in Queens. Culturally, many people in the New York metropolitan area colloquially use the term "Long Island" (or "the Island") to refer exclusively to Nassau and Suffolk counties, and convers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
