Long Island Pulse: Hamptons Surf Company’s Photo Boards

In the sole curve of a wood grain lies a fluid-like movement akin to the crest of a wave. Separate elements, albeit parallel in impression, have served as both an inspiration and a medium for brothers and Hamptons natives Gregory and Matthew Barton. Inspired by Jackson Pollock and the crew of abstract expressionist painters that became the stuff of art legend, the artists—Gregory a sculptor, Matthew a photographer—created Hamptons Surf Company, a creative collective connected by art, surf and the East End.

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Long Island Pulse: Lifted Spirits

As the viticulture industry continues to spread its roots across Long Island’s fertile soil and each new craft brewery further saturates an unquenchable market, the third component of the holy alcohol triumvirate has long been overdue for its turn in the spotlight. But creating an industry is no easy task, even if you are selling the nectar of the gods. These three operations, which stretch from Brooklyn to the North Fork, have found unique ways to push spirits to the forefront.

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Long Island Pulse: Joey Wölffer Talks Fashion and Wine

Wölffer. The name conjures images of the quintessential Long Island summer experience. Between the family’s winery, restaurants and their world-famous Summer in a Bottle rosé, it’s nearly impossible to experience the season without dipping your toes into the Wölffer pool.

It is all a credit to Christian Wölffer, who was a man before his time. The late winemaker saw where the industry was going: sustainability becoming the standard, embracing an ethical approach that honors the land of a still-young wine region. It’s a mindful and necessary movement that at its roots is simply about making good wine in the best way. This type of creativity and innovation was the inspiration for Christian when he opened his namesake Sagaponack vineyard 30 years ago. Now at the helm are his daughter Joey and son Marc.

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Long Island Pulse: Hampton Sun Bottles the Essence of the East End

When Salvatore Piazzolla had an idea to combine the protective qualities of suntan lotion with the look and feel of an upscale beauty product, he naturally called the man whose name is synonymous with merging practicality with luxury: Michael Kors. Fortunately for Piazzolla, Kors picked up.

It helped that Piazzolla’s partner Grant Wilfley grew up with the famed fashion designer. “When we came up with the idea, we asked Michael if he could come over to our home to run something by him,” Piazzolla said. “Michael was the first person we released the idea to. He was excited and gave us the thumbs up.”

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Long Island Pulse: Adel Gorgy’s Way of Seeing

Art itself abstracts from its surroundings, drawing inspiration from nature, people, places and things. It begins with a concept or an idea, created and crafted to form a piece of work capable of being seen in ways unique to each viewer. But what about art as the subject itself? This is a question artist Adel Gorgy endeavors to answer, daring to touch the sacred thing that should not be touched, to create unique, abstract works from re-visualized fragments of artists like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Andy Warhol. Now on view at the Kellenberg Gallery at Molloy College, “Abstracting Art…A Way of Seeing” showcases 16 of Gorgy’s large scale, innovative photographic works that rethink art itself.

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