Doug Reina is a two time Pollock-Krasner grant recipient whose studio is in Setauket, New York.
Reina is a full-time artist who creates paintings both on location, as well as in his studio of the unique landscapes and people and structures that are part of his life.
Reina is also a cartoonist, whose work has appeared in the New Yorker magazine as well as with King Features Syndicate. He has recently published a book called
“Doug Reina, Under the Covers” which is available on Amazon and features cartoons and sketches pulled from the past 25 years of his sketchbooks.
For the past several years, he has held weekly painting lessons for adults in his studio.
In addition to painting, Reina enjoys collaborating with fellow artists. In 2021 he created a recurring zoom "Art-Hang" meeting with several regional artists to discuss art related topics. He also co-created and produced "Face to Face - Artists Painting Artists" an exhibition that was presented by the Long Island Museum in 2019. It featured approximately 60 works by more than 30 contemporary artists who sat for studio portraits of one another.
Reina's artwork has been exhibited in galleries, museums and public and private collections on Long Island, with some exposure in New York City, Connecticut and Florida as well. Galleries and museums that have exhibited his work include: • Reboli Center for Art & History, Stony Brook, NY • Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY • Ashok Jain Gallery, New York, New York • The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York • The Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York • The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, New York • Peter Marcelle Project, Southhampton, New York • Karen Mannix Contemporary, Watermill, New York • Gallery North, Setauket, New York • The South Street Gallery, Greenport, New York • Ripe Art Gallery, Greenlawn, New York • 9 East Contemporary Art, Huntington, New York • M&M Gallery, Southampton, NY • Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Reina's artwork is in both public and private collections including; • Renaissance Technologies • Stony Brook Medical Center • The Bay Shore Brightwaters Library • The Sebonac Golf Club
ARTIST STATEMENT
What I'm trying to do is to create a painting that operates on two levels.
On one level, the painting must have a subject that I find original and compelling, one that invokes a feeling in me that I am excited to share with the viewer.
On the other level, the painting must have a unique arrangement of forms, values and colors, in order for the work to have the appearance of an abstract painting.
One of the methods I use to achieve this is to begin the work on a blackened canvas. That gives me the ability to leave sections of black areas to be part of the composition. It's my opinion that these black sections of the painting are much more interesting than if I had painted in whatever was supposed to be there. The black creates a mysterious, dreamlike mood, which I welcome.
In addition, by painting color over the black canvas, the color is often influenced by the black color coming through the paint. This is particularly useful if I'm trying to portray something that is old and weathered. If I scrape through the paint with the back of my brush, I can create a line. One last thought about painting over black; color really pops off of a black surface.
Prolonged Perception, Gallery North, Setauket, NY 4/7/2022
Doug Reina - A New View, Solo show at Woodbine Collection, Montauk, NY 9/30/2017
Solo show, RIPE Art Gallery, Huntington, NY 6/2015
“R & D with Doug Reina” at RIPE Art Gallery, Greenlawn, NY, 11/2010
“Doug Reina – New Works” The South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY, 8/2010
Group Shows
“Bloom”, Gambit Works, New York, 4/25/24
“Take to the Skies” Lucore Art Gallery, Montauk, NY 4/27/24
"Ebb & Flow: Picturing the Power of Water, The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY, 6/2023
"On the Other Side", Haco Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 9/2021
83 Annual Guild Hall Members Show, East Hampton, NY 3/2021 "Best Representational Award"
East End Collected 6, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY 2/2021
Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, 10/20
Contemporary Realism, Mills Pond House, St James, NY 8/2020
Town & Country, M&M Fine Art Gallery, Southampton, NY 6/2020
Dan's Papers Show, Reboli Center, Stony Brook NY 2/2020
Springs Invitational, Ashawagh Hall, Springs NY 8/2019
Face to Face; Artists Painting Artists, Long Island Museum, NY 7/2019
4 Person Show, Jamie Forbes gallery, Center Moriches, NY 7/2018
Artistic Dimensions, 3 person show, Reboli Center for Art and History, Stony Brook, NY, 5/2018
Works on Paper Holiday Show, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY 12/2017
In Bloom, Reboli Center for Art and History, Stony Brook, NY 5/2017
A Sense of Place, Reboli Center for Art and History, Stony Brook, NY, 11/2016
Arthamptons, Artblend Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, 6/2016
“2015 New England Landscape Invitational”, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT 11/2015
“Local Color: Then & Now”, Gallery North, Setauket, NY 10/2015
“Landscapes: Wish You Were Here”, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY 6/2015
“In the Narrative Tradition”, Peter Marcelle Project, Southampton, NY 12/2014
“Sight Specific”, 3 person show, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Oakdale, NY, 8/2014 “Paper/Clay”, Ashok Jain Gallery, New York, NY, 7/2014
“REDO REINA x 2”, 9 East Contemporary Art, Huntington, NY, 8/2013
“NYFA MARK Alumni Exhibit”, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY, 6/2013
“Vernacular”, Karyn Mannix Contemporary, Water Mill, NY, 5/2013
“Daydreams & Cigar Boxes”, RIPE Art Gallery, Greenlawn, NY, 5/2013
“Winner’s Circle”, Gallery North. Setauket, NY, 1/2013
“REINA x 2 at Ashawagh Hall”, East Hampton NY, 8/2012
“Long Island Biennial”, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, 4/2012
“Body of Work Vll”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY, 7/2011
“32nd Annual International Marine Art Exhibition”, The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, CT, 9/2011
“Brushworks”, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY, 7/2011
“55th Exhibition of Long Island Artists”, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY, Award of Excellence, 2011
“Dan’s Papers – 50 Years – 50 Artists” Art Auction, Southampton, NY, 8/2010
“Deep Blue Water”, Gallery North. Setauket, NY, 7/2010
“Winner’s Circle”, Gallery North. Setauket, NY, 2/2010
“53rd Exhibition of Long Island Artists”, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
Two Person Show, Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Jamesport, NY, 5/09 – 8/2009
“52nd Exhibition of Long Island Artists”, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY 9/2008, Award of Excellence
“Juried Fine Arts Show”, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL, 4/2008
“The Madeline Show”, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY, 3/2008
“Petite Art Exhibition”, LaMantia Gallery. Northport, NY, 4/2007, First Place Award
“Translations of Reality”, Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY, 1/2007
“Landscape at 40”, Gallery North, Setauket, NY, 9/2005
“Art Cache”, Hecksher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, 10/2004
Commissions/ Collections
Renaissance Technologies, New York, NY
Stony Brook Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
Sebonack Golf Club, Southampton, NY
Bayport - Brightwaters Library, Bay Shore, NY
Oceans Atlantic Agency, Delaware, MD
Private Commissions
Awards
2021 Pollock-Krasner Grant Recipient
2014 Pollock-Krasner Grant Recipient
2013 New York Foundation for the Arts S.O.S Grant
2009 New York Foundation for the Arts MARK Program
Board of Trustees Member
The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY 9/2021
