The Works of

Barbara Groot
Adriana Barone
Patricia Hadley

September 3 - September 24, 2026
Reception: Saturday,  September 5, 5-6:30 PM

Patricia Hadley
Sag Harbor Delight

We are pleased to present the works of Barbara Groot, Adriana Barone, and Patricia Hadley. The exhibition runs from September 3 through September 24, with a reception for the artists on Saturday, September 5, from 5-6:30 PM.

 Barbara Groot grew up in Southern California, where the radiant light of the landscape shaped her early sensibilities. After studying costume design at UCLA and opening a custom beachwear store in Santa Monica, she embarked on a yearlong journey around the world. It was an adventure that deepened her openness to chance and change, qualities that continue to shape her art. She later worked in Manhattan’s fashion industry before turning more fully toward painting, a practice that she describes as fueled by “happy accidents” and the surprises that emerge when she lets go of control.

 The distinctive light and natural beauty of the East End have long been an important influence on Groot’s bold, lyrical canvases. Her sweeping brushstrokes carry the rhythm of musical phrasing, while her inventive layering of color offers fresh and unexpected perspectives on the natural world. Lines weave through her compositions like scores of modern music, vitalizing the surface and creating a sense of spatial freedom. With boundaries that blur or dissolve altogether, her paintings invite viewers into a world of movement, luminosity, and breathless openness.

 For Groot, painting is as much about discovery as it is about expression. “The best things,” she notes, “come from somewhere else.” That embrace of serendipity, honed across a life that has taken her from California fields to European road trips and from Manhattan’s fashion world to the landscapes of the East End, gives her work its vitality and an immediacy that captures both the ever-changing moments of nature and the spark of surprise that makes art, and life, luminous.

 Adriana Barone graduated from Pratt Institute with a major in Fine Art and a minor in Art History. After stepping away from art making early in her career, she moved from New York City to Sag Harbor in 1994, shifting her focus from art direction to energy healing. In time, she returned passionately to the studio, where painting once again became a central part of her life.

 Her work embraces spontaneity, intuition, humor, and the inevitable struggle of the creative process. Through expressive mark making and imagery, Barone seeks to bring freedom and life force to the canvas. “I paint to paint,” she says, “and I relish the breakthroughs when they come.”

 Over the past decade, Barone has studied with Nicholas Wilton, Linda Capello, John Haubrich, and Melora Griffis, whose encouragement and support have helped shape her continuing artistic journey.

 Patricia Hadley creates uplifting artwork filled with vibrant color and a strong sense of place. Many of her paintings and mixed-media works evoke the sea, boating, and life along the beach, sometimes incorporating her own photographs, found imagery, and objects to celebrate the beauty of the natural world.

 Hadley holds a degree in Studio Art from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has continued her studies at the Art Students League and with numerous artists and educators. Her work has been exhibited throughout New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, including extensively on the East End at Guild Hall, the Watermill Museum, East End Arts, and Kramoris Gallery. She has also worked as a gallery director and curator, organizing exhibitions on Long Island.

 Having made art for most of her life, Hadley draws particular inspiration from the East End, where she has maintained a studio in Southampton and photographed the landscape while sailing in Sag Harbor. Her philosophy is simple: in a world with enough stress, she seeks to create art that brings positive energy, beauty, and a sense of joy to both the artist and the viewer.