I’m not a big fan of Charles Webster Hawthorne’s paintings, but » Read More
Deceased Artists
Aldro Thompson Hibbard
Aldro Thompson Hibbard just may be America’s greatest snow painter… » Read More
Bruce Crane: Tonal Impressionist
I find it to be a curious fact that many artists of the past to whom I am attracted produced work that was » Read More
Robert Hale Ives Gammell
I want to briefly introduce you to Robert Hale Ives Gammell. » Read More
Remembering Rudy Colao
In the mid 1980’s, I had the privilege of meeting Rudy Colao while » Read More
Jean-Francois Millet
Just one month separated the deaths of two of my favorite artists. One died wealthy and highly esteemed in the eyes of the public, art critics and fellow artists…the other » Read More
The legacy of Paul Strisik
“I feel that God’s sunlight on a single blade of grass is such a miracle and so difficult to capture in paint, it is worth a lifetime of trying”- Paul Strisik » Read More
Corot: Figurative works
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) is one of history’s greatest landscape painters. He attained that honored position, and public acceptance, rather late in life. In fact » Read More
Corot: Later landscapes
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) was one of the most important artists of his generation. » Read More
Corot: Early landscapes
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) in his day was considered one of the premier landscape painters of all time. Claude Monet said of him, » Read More
The best plein air painter of all time?
The rooms were softly lit and human voices were as whispers…distant and subdued…yet the sound was deafening. Despite the noise, there was present a prevailing sense of awe and respect…maybe even reverence. I was standing in the presence of greatness…a giant. » Read More
Pompeo Coppini’s words resonate still
“Art is the human thermometer of virtues, and those who will not try to utilize it for the best that it should register will be unmasked by history” » Read More