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JOHN FALATO, DAISY CRADDOCK AT FISCHBACH GALLERY, JAN. 10

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NEW YORK CITY — The Fischbach Gallery will present “Landmarks” by John Falato and “Heavenly Blue,” drawings by Daisy Craddock, both opening January 10 and on view through February 9. A reception will take place Thursday, January 10, from 5 to 7 pm.

Painting with a detailed eye, Falato works to allow the delicate ambience of nature’s scene to go undisturbed. “Landmarks” offers a portrayal of rural Connecticut landscapes.

Born in 1940, Falato attended the Paier College of Art and University of Hartford. He teaches at the Paier College of Art and lives in Northford, Conn. This is his second exhibition at the Fischbach Gallery.

In “Heavenly Blue,” Craddock turns her close study of the colors of the natural world to the depiction of morning glories in her recent series of diptychs. The show takes its title from the same species.

Drawn from life, each pair depicts a portion of the flower’s petal on the left and its transition to stamen on the right. What appear to be abstract blocks of color become, on further inspection, focused records of specific surfaces and hues caught in shifting light. The subtle palette changes over time as the pale blues of early morning give way to full noonday sun before deepening in the violet tinges of late afternoon.

The works continue to display a modulated and detailed complexity that grows out of multiple layers of scumbled oil pastels burnished by the artist’s hand. Craddock says that they are as much about the joy of being intensely in the moment as they are about the process.

Craddock was born in Memphis, Tenn. She received her BA from Rhodes College in Memphis in 1971, and her MFA in painting from the University of Georgia, Athens, in 1973. She lives in New York City.

The Fischbach Gallery is between 24th and 25th Streets at 210 Eleventh Avenue. For information, 212-759-2345 or www.fischbachgallery.com.