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Ep2 Art

Opening a low-key brick-and-mortar gallery in Troy, NY on August 14 — the Strange Art event. Right now: Imaginarium Albany builds, studio work, and a live peek when I’m on air.

Gallery & opening details Live + chat Shop & commissions

Welcome to Ep2 Art

I'm Gino — online as Ep2Art, sometimes signed EPII or Gene on older work going back to 1991. I'm based in the Capital Region: Albany, Rensselaer County, and studio time that often ties back to Troy, NY. I call myself an artistic engineer because that's what it feels like in practice — half invention, half craft, with a wrench never far from the paint table.

This website is my studio out loud. The gallery is organized by album so you can follow a body of work from first sketch to finished piece — leaf prints, cyan-line geometry like Galexy Far, welded scrap-metal figures, giant mushroom builds, and collaborations with other Capital Region artists. The articles go deeper: process notes, pricing honesty, what welding taught me about composition, and the messy middle of making things in more than one medium.

I'm opening a low-key brick-and-mortar Ep2 Art gallery in Troy on August 14 — the Strange Art event. Until the doors are open, you'll find current work here, on the live stream when I'm on air, and through the Misfit Collective — free membership for live chat, movie nights, and a growing crew of artists and makers in the region.

Beyond the canvas: shop & commissions (including Crafts by Randi and the 3D Print Shop), Genius Repair for small engines and automotive work, and Imaginarium Albany builds like Mushy-Lisa — the giant mushroom sculpture you'll see throughout the gallery. Want the personal version? Read the full artist bio.

What makes Ep2 Art different

Most galleries show you the finished piece. Ep2Art shows you the whole story — sketch to weld to wall.

One studio, many languages

Gino (Ep2Art / EPII) has been making since 1991. Paintings, leaf prints, marbling, welded sculpture, festival-scale builds like Mushy-Lisa, custom 3D prints, and commissions — all from the same Capital Region studio. You're not buying from a brand. You're buying from a person who paints, welds, builds, and fixes things for real.

The studio is open

Watch work happen on the live stream. Browse albums that show process, not just polish. Read honest articles about pricing, materials, and how pieces get made. No mystery, no pretense.

A real gallery door

Ep2Art is opening a low-key brick-and-mortar gallery in Troy — work on the walls you can stand in front of, not only scroll past. Strange Art, collaborations, and regional artists alongside studio originals. See Troy events for dates.

More than a transaction

The Misfit Collective is free to join — live chat, movie nights, events, and a crew of makers and fixers in the region. Ep2Art is a room, not a feed.

Honest work, fair prices

Commissions spelled out up front. Genius Repair on the same honest terms — no upsells, straight diagnostics. Equipment pickup & delivery available in the Capital Region.

If your taste doesn't fit one box, you're in the right place.

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Recent work

Fresh from the studio — same pieces you’ll find in the gallery.

Colorful leaf print on black canvas — Leaf Print — Black Canvas

Colorful maple leaf print on white canvas — Leaf Print — White Canvas

Multi-leaf print collage on white canvas — Leaf Print Collage

Studio — current

What I’m working on and what’s coming up in the studio.

Now Working on Imaginarium Albany stuff.
Soon Opening the doors to the low-key brick-and-mortar Ep2Art Gallery August 14th. Details on the gallery page.