“DRINKING SONG”: This oil on linen work is featured in “Sean Mount / New Paintings,” on view December 7 through February 2 at SFA Gallery In Frenchtown. An opening night reception is on Saturday, December 7 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Following up on his successful show in 2023, Lambertville artist Sean Mount returns to SFA Gallery in Frenchtown with “Sean Mount / New Paintings,” on view December 7 through February 2. An opening night celebration is on Saturday, December 7 from 5 to 8 p.m.

A self-taught oil and watercolor artist, Mount is also a keen naturalist, mushroom forager, and bird-watcher. Known for his paintings of fog-shrouded woods and sun-dappled creeks, his work is recognized as fortifying the rich legacy of New Hope School Impressionism.

This exhibit comes on the heels of a major achievement in Mount’s career, the purchase of a very large oil painting, Querencia/Altar, by the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., where it is currently on view.

A Solebury, Pa., native, Mount attended George School in Newtown, Pa., and then Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., where he earned degrees in biology and literature. Mount then found work as a decorative painter and muralist, eventually spending a decade in New York City working in the film and television industry as a scenic artist. During that time, he won three Art Director’s Guild Awards for his work on MR. ROBOT and The Night Of.

More recently, he received a 2019 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

SFA (Schmidtberger Fine Art) Gallery is located at 10 Bridge Street, Frenchtown. Exhibit hours are Thursday through Sunday 12 to 4 p.m., and by appointment. For more information, visit sfagallery.com or call (908) 268-1700.