For 50 years, Dennis Chalkin has transformed chaos and monotony into gripping, decisively-composed images. Through his discerning lens, Chalkin frames a singularly unique body of work, a gritty point of view, and a poignant commentary on the fortuitous and coincidental–and often invisible–minor miracles that comprise the daily world around us....

While running my graphic design business, Fenwick Design Inc. in New York City, I studied watercolor at the National Academy.  I have been painting with watercolor and occasionally oils for 20 years.  I attended workshops in Owls Head, Maine where my husband David and I bought a summer house and...