Abby Youngs Weir is a contemporary painter based on the north shore of Long Island, New York. Abby’s love and enthusiasm for painting began during childhood. This passion ran parallel to her lifelong appreciation and profound respect for the natural world which is evident in her work. At the age of eleven, Abby studied drawing and painting with Alma Gallanos Stevenson at the Stevenson Art Academy in Sea Cliff, NY. She graduated from Cornell University's School of Fine Arts with a studio concentration in oil painting. Abby went on to work in Manhattan at The Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Though she enjoyed her time working for a nonprofit art foundation, she missed the inspiration of Long Island’s botanicals, landscapes, and seascapes. Abby returned to her roots on Long Island in 2010 to work at her family’s 5th generation vegetable farm and bakery while expanding her painting practice. In 2019 Abby began working toward her MA in Creative Arts Therapy and Counseling from Hofstra University to explore the benefits of creative expression in a therapeutic environment. Abby currently lives in Sea Cliff, and is grateful to be painting in her Locust Valley Studio and working at a private practice as a Creative Arts Therapist.
To read more about Abby's work and inspiration, click here for the January 2018 article from Cove Living Magazine.
EDUCATION
2003: BFA, Painting, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2002: Rome Program, Cornell University, Rome, Italy
1991 - 1995: The Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts, Sea Cliff, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2020: The Manes Center, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
2018: Friends Academy, Locust Valley, NY
2018: North Shore Land Alliance, Oyster Bay, NY
2017: Raynham Hall Museum, Oyster Bay, NY
2017: Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, NY
2014: Ariel Fine Art, Locust Valley, NY
2010: Chase Edwards Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
2009: Rogues Space Chelsea, New York, NY
2008: Exposure, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2003: BFA Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
PRESS