Title: Back Roads & Bygone Engines: Nostalgic Americana in Oil

In this new exhibition of figurative oil paintings, Vermont-born artist Brian Jude Reardon explores the enduring poetry of vintage vehicles, rural industry, and New England landscapes. Featuring meticulously rendered works such as Fiat, Ford 9N, JD 720, BMW R75/6, Teal Splitty, and Honda 750  the show brings together classic car paintings, tractor portraits, and motorcycle art alongside serene coastal scenes like Up At the Lake, Walk In, and Kennebunk River Club. Each oil on canvas composition blends precise draftsmanship with painterly energy, transforming iconic subjects—VW Bugs, farm tractors, microcars, and working waterfronts—into timeless studies of light, memory, and design. Rooted in nostalgic Americana art and New England realism, Reardon’s paintings celebrate the sculptural beauty of mid-century industrial forms and the quiet grandeur of the rural Northeast.

Drawing on influences from Winslow Homer to John Singer Sargent, Reardon builds each composition from life studies and color sketches before layering luminous oil paint with expressive vitality. The result is a cohesive body of contemporary representational art that bridges fine art oil painting with automotive art, coastal landscape painting, and rural American scenes. From birch tree studies and cathedral architecture to blueberry fields and vintage Subaru and Ford tractors, the exhibition offers collectors of contemporary realism and classic Americana painting a compelling vision of shared cultural memory. Held in private collections across New England, Reardon’s work resonates with admirers of figurative painting, vintage car art, and nostalgic New England imagery—inviting viewers to reconnect with the objects, places, and landscapes that shape our collective history.