Lambertville, N.J., fine artist Eleanor Voorhees is exhibiting a selection of her oil and mixed media work at the new Schott New York City flagship store at 32 Howard St. in SoHo.
This is the first time in the 110 years that Schott NYC, producer of classic outerwear, has been in business that it has exhibited fine art. An artist reception is scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9.
One serendipitous summer afternoon, Jason Schott, COO, and his design director, Charles Edmundson, wandered into Voorhees’s open studio during a trip to Lambertville and discovered her cityscapes of downtown New York City. The art complemented the Schott brand so perfectly they decided to make Voorhees their first artist-in-residence to adorn their new lofty SoHo walls. All of her artwork, consigned to Schott NYC, is for sale.
“My work has evolved beyond oil paintings on canvas featuring the cityscapes of New York City to also embrace the three dimensional and textured medium of mixed media,” Voorhees said. “My latest sculptural mixed media paintings are the result of true experimentation. I build the cityscapes out of found objects such as wire, jewelry, wood, fabric and more and then they’re entirely painted in oils. I’m so thankful to Schott NYC for giving me the opportunity to display my art in their new SoHo location, and I look forward to sharing my work in what I truly believe is the greatest city in the world.”
Voorhees’s permanent open studio is on the third floor of The People’s Store at 28 N. Union St., Lambertville, where she shows her paintings, wearable art apparel and a small selection of vintage home furnishings.
Founded in 1913 in Manhattan’s Lower East Side and now run by the third and fourth generations of the Schott family, Schott NYC produces classic outerwear by hand, out of Union, N.J. Irving Schott, who was the first designer to use a zipper in a jacket, designed the iconic Perfecto motorcycle jacket. The first of its kind in 1928, the jacket was a favorite of all American rebels like Marlon Brando, James Dean, The Ramones and Bruce Springsteen.
For information, visit Voorhees and Schott online.
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