Cultural Alliance of Western CT Presents Artist Collected by Bill Gates ,Opening April 24th

Bill Gate's most well-known acquisition, of art that is, Lost on the Grand Banks, was painted in 1898 by American artist Winslow Homer. Gates bought it for $36 million, the highest price at the time ever paid for an American painting. Tom Wolff, a native of New York and self taught, is also in Gates' collection and will receive a solo show @287 Gallery & Meeting Place, the home of the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, opening Friday, April 24th with a reception, 5:30pm to 7:00pm, at 287 Main Street, Danbury.  Curated by Maureen and Bill McCann, installed by Visual Impact, and entitled Gorillas, Words, and Round Things, the show will run through July 10th. Hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday, and also by appointment. 

Tom Wolff's artistic journey began in 1981. Restless and frustrated, he left an upstate college, loaded a '77 Chevy Vega with camping gear, and headed West. The goal was to see the world untranslated. After crossing the U.S. several times, finding his way to the Caribbean, and eventually to Europe over a period of years, Wolff returned to the Northeast, committed to a career in the Arts. He is a founding partner of Favette & Wolff,  creating original fine art, limited editions, commissions, and murals. His clients include, beside Bill Gates, Chazz Palminteri, Perrier Co., and Jones of NY.  Mr. Wolff’s work over the past 25 years spans acrylics, oils, sculpture, photo-shoots, and the delicate restoration of fine relics. He also writes, with  an illustrated children's story, The Opalescent Fairy, due for publication later this year..