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N A T H A N I E L   F O O T E

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Outermost House" oil on canvas, 24 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Terra Recognita" (sold) oil on canvas, 36 x 60"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "On the Dunes" oil on canvas, 36 x 60"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Lucia" oil on panel, 9x12"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Harbor Lights" (sold) oil on panel, 15x48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Goldenrod" oil on canvas, 24 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Riverside Nocturne" (sold) oil on canvas, 12 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Connecticut River Delta" (sold) oil on canvas (diptych), 24 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Misty Delta" (sold) oil on canvas, 24 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Baker's Way" (sold) oil on canvas, 24 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Scottie's Way" (sold) oil on canvas, 24 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Philo's Way" (sold) oil on canvas, 12 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "A View to Shelter Island" (sold) oil on canvas, 18 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Vernal Equinox" (sold) oil on canvas, 12 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Breached Lagoon - Long Island Sound" (sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Opal Shine" (sold) oil on canvas, 14x18"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Brainard Homestead" (sold)(East Haddam) oil on canvas, 6 x 18"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Avalonia" (Thimble Islands) (sold) oil on canvas, 38 x 84"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Old Lyme Waterway" (sold) oil on canvas, 18 x 28"

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Nathaniel Foote "Chrissy's Way" (sold) oil on canvas, 12 x 16"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Gold Point" (sold) oil on canvas, 12 x 24"

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Nathaniel Foote "Watch Rock" (sold) oil on canvas, 18 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Hamburg Cove" oil on canvas, 18 x 24"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Middle Cove, Essex" (sold) oil on canvas, 15 x 60"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Morning with Mary E" (sold) oil on canvas, 20 x 60"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Goodspeed and East Haddam Bridge" (sold) oil on canvas, 18 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Onrust" (Steamboat Dock, Essex) (sold) oil on canvas, 24 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Bright Star, II" (sold) oil on canvas, 24 x 48"

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Nathaniel Foote "Dauntless at Dusk" (sold) oil on canvas, 18 x 24"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Corinthian Yacht Club"(sold) oil on canvas, 36 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Goodspeed at Haddam," (sold)oil on canvas, 18 x 24

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Essex Main Street" (sold) oil on canvas, 15 x 30"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Essex Junction" (sold) oil on canvas, 12 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Overlook" oil on canvas, 18 x 36"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Daybreak" (sold) oil on canvas, 36 x 60"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Fenwick & Ferry" (sold) oil on canvas, 24 x 48"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Dan" (sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Eric" (sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Jonathan" (sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Brandon" (sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "John" (sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Rick" (sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Michael"(sold) oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

Cooper & Smith Gallery

Nathaniel Foote "Sweetboy" oil on canvas, 16 x 20"


RECENT PRESS
 
Art & Museum Magazine, Autumn 2025

"His paintings unfold like 'stories within stories,' where every ripple, reflection, and fragment of debris tells its own tale."

 
INFLUENCES
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   Movements
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    The Hague School
    Pittura Metafisica
    Expressionism
    Realism
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    People
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    J.M.W. Turner
    Giorgio De Chirico
    James Lord
    Joan Mitchell
    Rackstraw Downes
    Chuck Close
    Margaret Morton
    Stanley Lewis
    Dore Ashton
    Stephen Westfall
    Tina Barney
    Robert Bechtle
    Jennifer Packer
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EDUCATION

BFA, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art


AWARDS

Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction and Production Design
 
Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design 
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PUBLICATIONS
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Art & Museum, “Terra Recognita: The World as Seen by Foote,” Autumn Issue 2025

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Art & Museum, “Nathaniel Foote,” Winter Issue 2022

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American Art Collector, “Collectors’ Focus: Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes,” April 2021

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American Art Collector, “On View,” January, 2014

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The Day, “Old Lyme Art Scene,” October, 2013

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SOLO SHOWS

Cooper & Smith Gallery, Essex, CT
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George Billis, Essex, CT

River Tavern, Chester, CT
 
First Light Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
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Galerie 65, NYC

L'X, Paris

Toit de Passy, Paris


GROUP SHOWS

Cooper & Smith Gallery, Essex, CT
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George Billis, Essex, CT
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Slater Museum 71st Annual Exhibition, Norwich, CT

Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

Mill House Gallery, Chester, CT

Jonathan Shorr Gallery, NYC

Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT

Houghton Gallery, NYC


MUSEUMS

Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT


COLLECTORS
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Advent Software

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AVANGRID

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Goldman Sachs

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Greenleaf & Burleson 

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Infinia Group

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Inverness Counsel

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Living Works Ventures

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Quiming Venture Partners

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Royal Caribbean International

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Willis Group

 

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