by Gary | Apr 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Loitering in Mystery,” Rick Stephens. Landscapes aren’t easy, they’re difficult, if you really LOOK. I’ve followed this Stephens guy, and he has his own way of doing things, of seeing things. He speaks his own language, but he never...
by Gary | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Will Barnet often portrayed people in their homes with their pets, usually cats. Cats are arguably the most aesthetic, the most fierce, yet the most vulnerable and endearing of our furry domesticated companions. When a beloved feline goes missing, our hearts bleed. My...
by Gary | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Road Into the Valley, Moonrise,” Eduard Steichen, 1906. Another love of mine seldom attempted by most painters… a “nocturne,” a painting of a nighttime scene, preferably absent artificial light. (Nocturne is also a musical term.) If you...
by Gary | Apr 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Adoration of the Artist,” John Lasater IV, oil. John is a northwest Arkansan known for his award-winning plein air landscapes. But here is a studio portrait. So soft and quiet. All low chroma, tertiary colors. Compressed value range, middle tones with no...
by Gary | Apr 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Rico Lebrun (Italian/American), “Crucifixion,” ink, 1958. “After Christ was taken down and the Golgotha scaffold scrubbed with whitewash, someone discovered that without the irrelevant trivia of blood and pain, the Cross made a composition of...
