Current Work
Jim Fenzel is a Connecticut-based painter who uses bold color, crisp lines, and geometric shapes to depict architecture from urban to rural, grand to mundane. In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs explains the lack of illustrations in her book by imploring readers to look at real cities, and “[w]hile you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.” Jim uses architectural works and human characters in his paintings to depict scenes of power, loneliness, comfort, and wonder. A former English teacher, Jim takes some rules ( “omit needless words”) and philosophies (such as Hemingway’s “iceberg theory” of omission) he taught in class and applies them to his compositions using a straightforward style with pop art elements.
Jim earned a Master’s of Architecture from Pratt Institute in 2011. His work has appeared in juried shows throughout New England. Jim is an Associate member of the Kingston Gallery, Boston. He had nine pieces featured in the January-February show “Interlude” at the Arts Center of Yates County. Read more here. His work can be found in private collections in Groton, CT, West Hartford, CT, New York, NY, and East Hampton, NY.
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Midtown Interlude (2022)
acrylic on canvas. 60x48.
SOLD 3200.
Flatiron Interlude
acrylic on canvas.
1800
farm house on a hill
Vertical lines, empty rocking chairs, a low angle p.o.v. enhance the loneliness of the farm house
acrylic on canvas
24x18
900.
Georgetown Rowhouses
Timeless Georgetown row houses depicted using faded pastel color and a dotted sky
24x24
1100.
Picket fences
First in a coming series contemplating suburban life
24x36
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Georgetown Row Houses
SOLD
Private Collection
april friday on harrison ave
acrylic on canvas
30x40
1600.
Queensboro No.2
Fitzgerald wrote of the view from the Queensboro Bridge but exchanging your typically street-level p.o.v. to look down upon the bridge from the dangling tram is also captivating.
900.
*3rd place ACYC National Juried Show
Mansard no.4
acrylic on canvas.
16x20
700.
Mansard no.1
Simple lines and benday dots define this architectural pop art piece
Private Collection
Albany & stoughton
24x36
1600.
Yellow Hartford House
Bold colors, pop art sky
36x24
SOLD
1000.
heublein
SOLD
Subterranean
acrylic on canvas. 48x36
1600.
approaching m st
acrylic on board. 36x24
770.
LOWER EAST SIDE
High morning sun of summer casts shadows upon a closed restaurant and store for rent.
12x9
900.
55 Pope Place
12x12
400.
looking up
Looking up as you emerge from under the 59th Street Bridge—acrylic and chalk board paint on canvas
acrylic on canvas. 36x12
660.