Balthus

Balthus

I’m grateful for the positive responses I’ve received from sharing representative works by artists I admire. This French painter styled himself Count Balthusar Klowsinski de Rolla (even the spelling thereof is disputed), but he’s most known as simply...
Susan Jane Walp Blueberries

Susan Jane Walp Blueberries

“Blueberries with Tulip and Apricot.” Oil on linen by Susan Jane Walp. Her tender little still life paintings break my heart. The color, the composition, the delicate brushwork. Gentle, quiet.
Eyvind Earle Quiet Solitude

Eyvind Earle Quiet Solitude

Eyvind Earle painted the backgrounds for the Disney classic, “Cinderella,” plus other animated feature films of the era. Later he found success as a fine art painter of imaginative landscapes built upon the color, design and pattern foundation he...
Still Life by Bruce Cohen

Still Life by Bruce Cohen

Still Life by Bruce Cohen, a California painter whose work I admire. I don’t know the title of this painting, I just love it. His compositions are geometric and architectural, while the mood he expresses is intimate, spacial and atmospheric. You feel as though...
A Little Meadow by Mark Blaney

A Little Meadow by Mark Blaney

“A Little Meadow,” by Mark Blaney, an Arkansas artist now living elsewhere in pursuit of love and family. I love this painting. The dramatic light makes the trees actors on a stage.
A Fresh Coat of Gesso

A Fresh Coat of Gesso

A friend of mine in art school would look at a painting he disliked and say, “That could use a fresh coat of gesso.” I thought the same of the previous version of this website. For years I’ve put off switching to a WordPress blog format, but now is...