RIPE Art Gallery brings the latest work by Gary Kroman to LI!

A New York City native, Gary Kroman began working independently as a freelance illustrator in 1972.  In 1973 he met with the people at Relix magazine and began illustrating for the magazine. Inspired by Rick Griffin, Kelly and Mouse and most of the San Francisco comic and poster artists of the late sixties and early seventies he created volumes of posters, magazine covers, album cover art and tee shirts.

His posters, most notably the 100 Grateful Dead Songs, Sunshine Daydream, Summer of Love 20th year anniversary and Dead Serenade are licensed and sold to various companies in many categories and are still traded and sold all over the world to this day.

After more than 30 years of doing traditional painting and drawing techniques he realized it was getting old and he wanted to experiment with new techniques. Everything seemed so flat. He saw some glass paintings and liked the “floating” aspect of an image seeming to be hanging in space. He has started working with plexiglass, and currently his subject matter is celebrity and what that persona means. The art makes a statement about the particular person. Every new piece goes a little further to enhance the “hanging in space” dimensional view.

He has shown most recently at the J. B. Kline Gallery in Lambertville, N.J. and was spotlighted at the Hard Rock Vault’s 30 Years of Grateful Dead Art exhibition at their gallery in Orlando, FL as well as been involved in higher end rock and roll auction houses such as Guernsey’s 40 Years Of Rock and Roll. He is well published and is featured in the Paul Grushkin book “The Art Of Rock” Vol. 1.

RIPE Art Gallery is committed to presenting new, cutting edge and challenging art, showcasing underrepresented as well as seasoned artists.
Established in the spring of 2004, the mission of RIPE Art Gallery is to inspire, excite and offer original works of art to a new, non-traditional collector base, at the same time creating an accessible and engaging gallery space.
RIPE Art Gallery is also a Custom Picture Frame shop, priding ourselves on providing high quality custom framing with unique designs, and expert craftsmanship. Our selection of frames is unrivaled, spanning from traditional designs to the bizarre, and non- traditional framing options.