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ART OF THE PORTRAIT

PORTRAYING LIFES
JOURNEYS 64
By Christine Egnoski
THE ESSENCE OF BEING

Collectors Focus: Portraits 68
PORTRAIT SOCIETY
OF AMERICA 78
PORTRAIT ARTISTS
DIRECTORY 80
THE ART LOVERS GUIDE
TO COLLECTING FINE ART 84
IN MAINE
56
FE AT U R E S
MONHEGAN MAGIC
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JUNE STRATTON
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OLIVIER
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Ethereal elements Drawing in paint SUIRE VERLEY
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ALEX BLAS SERGIO ROFFO Orleans, MA
In your room Coastal views ROBERT BOLSTER &
ART NEWS 26
KIM ENGLISH
100 108 Palette performance CALENDAR 32
CO N TE N TS
CALLING COAST TO COAST 34

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JEANNE 116 ART FAIR PREVIEWS 36, 38
Intimate bouquets ROSIER SMITH Orleans, MA UNVEILING 40
Heat wave PATRICK KITSON &
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Transcendent reality ARTIST FOCUS PAGES 118
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NEWS
Anne with an E
Brad Kunkle created original works for the series stunning opening credits.
1
A screencap of the
opening credits
produced by Brad Kunkle
and Imaginary Forces.
Courtesy Imaginary
Forces.
2
Kunkles original painting
of a hummingbird.
Courtesy Arcadia
Contemporary.
3
An oil painting of
Anne, before being
projected onto a 3-D
model. Courtesy Arcadia
Contemporary.
2 3
I
n the opening credits of Anne with Things, Mad Men and more, Brad Kunkle has always seemed to me, ever since early
an E, a seven-episode Netflix series created eight original oil paintings that childhood, amid all the commonplaces of
based on Lucy Maud Montgomerys the Imaginary Forces team then projected life, I was very near to a kingdom of ideal
classic childrens novel Anne of Green onto 3-D models. Kunkle gifted one of the beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin
Gables, viewers are taken through winter, paintings to Imaginary Forces creative veil. I could never draw it quite aside, but
spring, summer and fall, following Anne on director Alan Williams, and at least one will sometimes a wind fluttered it and I caught a
a stunning emotional journey. Collaborating be available for purchase. glimpse of the enchanting realms beyond
with Imaginary Forces, the creative team The titles embody the words spoken by only a glimpsebut those glimpses have
behind the opening sequences of Stranger the series titular character, who said, It always made life worthwhile.

Sharyn Paul Brusie
Figurative and Narrative Painter Oils and Acrylics SharynPaul.com
Free, acrylic on canvas, 48" X 60"
Represented by By appointment at the artists

The Gallery at Somes Sound, studio in Scarborough, Maine
Mount Desert Island, Maine (207) 671-9477
NEWS
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Interwoven, and is on view
he work of Kadir Nelson graces the cover of The New he Crystal Bridges through September 4.
Yorkers July 3, 2017, issue, with a cover story by Franoise Museum of American
Mouly. Nelsons work appears in galleries and museums Art will showcase the
nationwide, including the Muskegon Museum of Art, the National work of Dale Chihuly in the
Baseball Hall of Fame, the International Olympic Committee and temporary exhibition Chihuly:
the US House of representatives. This is Nelsons second New In the Gallery and In the
Yorker cover. In December 2014, Nelsons painting of the late Nelson Forest. The show is the first
Mandela was featured on the magazines cover. indoor-outdoor exhibition for
the museum, and is the first
time Chihulys work will be
on display in a natural forest
setting. The exhibit features
more than 300 objects, 14
bodies of work in the gallery Anastasia Azure, Zenith, 34 x 34 x 15".
and 10 large-scale outdoor On view at Interwoven: Art Meets Nature.
installations, which are placed
P
along the gallerys North
Forest Trail, formerly known as art of the Ringlings
the Dogwood Trail. Chihulys continuing series of
work will be on view through photography, Posed:
August 14. Portrait Photography from the
Permanent Collection features
many preeminent 20th-century
artists such as Richard Avedon,
Cindy Sherman, Diane Arbus,
Edward Weston and Andy
Warhol. The Warhol images
include Polaroids from his
entourage and inner circle
dating from the 1960s and 70s.
Dale Chihuly, Neodymium Reeds and Several recent acquisitions will
Seal Pups, 2012. Chihuly Garden and also be on view, including works
Glass, Seattle.
by Mike Disfarmer chronicling
a generation of people in Heber
I
Springs, Arkansas, during
n Interwoven: Art Meets
The July 3, 2017, cover of The New Yorker. the early- to mid-1900s. The
Nature at Highfield Hall
exhibition will be on view
& Gardens on Cape Cod,
T
through October 29.
he Yale Center for British Art more than 45 works of 21
has acquired a sculpture by diverse fiber artists working
Yinka Shonibare, made for the in weaving, felting, tapestry,
exhibition Enlightened Princesses: basketry, handmade paper,
Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and quilting, silk painting, wire work
the Shaping of the Modern World, and book arts will be on display.
which debuted at the Center in The exhibition examines how
February. Titled Mrs Pinckney and the fiber art pushes traditional
Emancipated Birds of South Carolina, boundaries while exploring
the work offers an interpretation of each artists connection through
the encounter between Mrs. Eliza nature. On view through
Lucas Pinckney, a South Carolinian September 6, the exhibition
slave plantation owner, and Princess includes the work of acclaimed
Richard Avedon (1923-2004), Truman
Augusta. Pinckney brought the artists such as Ashley Blalock,
Capote, 1967, Gelatin silver print. Gift of
princess indigo dyed fabric along with Jan Hopkins, Lanny Bergner, Marc Freidus, 1988.
three live birds native to the Carolinas. Mary Edna Fraser, Sharon
The work is currently on display at McCartney, Mariko Kusumoto
Kensington Palace. and Michelle Sirois-Silver.
A solo show by Dominique
Yinka Shonibare, Mrs Pinckney and the Emancipated Birds of South Carolina, 2017. Ehrmann titled Once Upon
a Quilt will complement

NEWS
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The bar operates daily from 11
he Charleston Gallery Association has announced its
ynsey Addario, a.m. to close depending on the
Summer Wine Bouquet on Sunday, August 27, from 5 to
Pulitzer Prize-winning weather.
9 p.m., on the rooftop of the historic Mills House Grand
photojournalist, will be
Hotel located in the French Quarter of downtown Charleston, South
celebrated by the International
Carolina. Over 300 guests are invited to enjoy a tasting of bouquet
Center of Photography at its
wines and fine art from more than 20 CGA galleries. Attendees will
seventh annual ICP Spotlights
also experience painting demonstrations, music by the Gin House
event on November 7. Addario
Boys, gourmet hors doeuvres and will receive a souvenir wine glass.
regularly works with the
New York Times, National
Geographic and Time magazine
and has covered conflicts in
Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.
American Photo named Adrin Villar Rojas created a custom
menu for his rooftop installation. Photo
Addario as one of the five most by Hyla Skopitz.
influential photographers of
the past 25 years in 2015. Funds
I
raised from the Spotlights event n Hail We Now Sing
benefit ICPs education and Joy, at Milwaukee Art
exhibition program. Museum, new paintings and
sculptures from Chicago-born
The French Quarter of Charleston, South Carolina. artist Rashid Johnson are on
display. The exhibition features
J
14 large-scale works, filling
oslyn Art Museum, located in Omaha, Nebraska, has the museums entire feature
announced a major acquisition of 124 20th-century exhibition space. Johnson
photographs from the collection of Bruce Berman. Bermans uses his signature materials
collection once totaled over 2,500 prints, many of which were of white ceramic tile, red oak
donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum and featured in the inaugural flooring, shea butter, black soap
Lynsey Addario will be honored for
exhibition of their photography galleries in 2007. The remainder of and wax to examine themes
her photography at the International
his collection was dispersed in 2016 to the Getty, de Young Museum, Center of Photography. Lynsey of race, history, yearning and
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Addario. anxiety and investigates the
San Diego and Joslyn Art Museum. Included in the acquisition are relationship between art, society
A
works by Sam Fentress, David Husom and Louise Parsons. and personal identity. Hail
rgentinian artist We Now Sing Joy is on view
Adrin Villar Rojas, through September 17.
who created this years
site-specific installation for the
Mets Iris and B. Gerald Cantor
Roof Garden, has collaborated
with Restaurant Associates to
craft a specialized, sustainable
menu for the Cantor Roof
Garden Bar. On view through
October 29, Rojas The Theater
of Disappearance is comprised
of 16 sculptures that fuse human
figures with replicas of nearly
100 objects from the Mets Rashid Johnson, Antoines Organ,
permanent collection. Rojas 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser
worked with the museums & Wirth.
beverage team to incorporate
all aspects of the bar area into
the installation so there is no
David Husom, Wanimingo Town Hall, Wanimingo, MN, chromogenic development
distinction between the two,
print. Collection of Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, Gift of Bruce Berman and Lea
Russo, 2016. and specialty cocktails named
by Rojas mirror the concepts
explored in the exhibition.

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Calling Coast to Coast
We ask leading galleries from coast to coast what their thoughts
are on the market and where it might be headed.
P R I N C I PA L DIREC TOR OWNER AND DIREC TOR
Richard Demato Christina Franzoso Amy Sidman

RJD Gallery Lotton Gallery Argosy Gallery
Bridgehampton, NY Chicago, IL Bar Harbor, ME
RJD Gallery recently relocated to a space Summer in Chicago is an electrifying The Argosy Gallery on Mt. Desert Island,
three times larger, allowing us to diversify time in the art market. Chicago surpassed home of Acadia National Park, is in
our offering, show larger artworks and add the 52 million mark for visitors to spend historic landscape territory.Boston area
three-dimensional sculpture. Recognizing time in the Windy City. This year, 2017 artist Jana Matusz and our youngest artist,
how dynamic the current market is, we is set to break that record. Tourism is up Nate Ward, paint coastal scenes with an
also recently released the RJD Private and so is the art market here. abstract expressionist slant, and Michael
Collection, with works by master painters We see new faces drop into the gallery Pyrdsas oils are on the ultra-realistic
like Jamie Wyeth, Bo Bartlett and others. everyday this time of year.It is so exciting end.The central body of our landscape
We continue to develop our niche in to have a constant flow of new and collection runs from loose impressionism
the world of realism and have expanded previous collectors that have planned to more detailed realism, still created with
our range of offerings from the brink of trips to come to Chicago from all over the broken brushstrokes. Tighter work also
surrealism into hyper-realism and from globe. We have had new collectors from has a strong attraction for our audience.
painters to pencilartists, and sculptors. South America and Asia recently. Each of our three dozen regular artists
This year weve discovered outstanding Summer also brings us familiar faces of has a strong following. We tip our hat
contemporary realist artists throughout clients who live in the Midwest, who make to Carolyn Jundzilo, Scott Moore, T.M.
the world, from Turkey, Spain and France; their yearly visit to Chicago, which gives Nicholas and Barry Ridlon as having
and witnessed the further development us a chance to reconnect and they can see been with the gallery since day one, 22
and growth of the gallery artists from whats new from their favorite artists. years ago.We are also fortunate to have
Sweden, Italy and England, sharing We have noticed a demand for an unusually diverse collector base with
diverse and unique narratives, which figurative realism; artists Gianni Strino, paintings having been sent to 49 states
provide a welcome contrast to our Aydemir Saidov and Marina Marina and 10 countries.
dedicated American Realists. are highly sought-after and popular in Despite last year being the park
With this diversity, we are thankful this genre. Magical Realism is another centennial with record visitation, there
that our business continues to grow desired style which we have seen a does not seem to be any letdown in traffic
throughonline commerce platforms, social favorability amongst collectors. Artists this year.Spring 2017 was busy and we are
media sites, public and private openings, Yana Movchan, Mary Alayne Thomas optimistic about the heart of the season,
and continued print advertising. Driven and Frank Gonzales have brought many mid-July through October.Besides our
by our passion for supporting the arts, we clients callinglooking to see in person major show this year, the Third Acadia
remain committed to presenting a clear and acquiring their works. New and Invitational, weve added more than 100
vision. We work hard to share information well-seasoned collectors always favor new paintings.Visitors can enjoy these
and focus on offering exceptional service, inspirational and colorful landscapes; works together with our areas wonderful
to create relationships with our artists and two favorites are Dmitri Danish and combination of natural beauty, rich art
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SEATTLE ART FAIR
When: August 3-6, 2017; August 3, 5:30-9 p.m., Beneficiary Preview
Fair Preview Where: CenturyLink Field Event Center,

1000 Occidental Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134
Information: www.seattleartfair.com
Dynamic Happenings
The third annual Seattle Art Fair features on-site
projects as well as citywide public programing.
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S eattle Art Fair, produced by Art Market

Productions and Paul G. Allens Vulcan
Inc., boasts expanded offerings for its third
3 to 5 p.m., followed by the beneficiary
preview from 5:30 to 9 p.m. A portion of
the funds raised during the opening will
Debra Force Fine Art, Forum Gallery,
Joshua Liner Gallery, Michael Rosenfeld
Gallery and more. Other exhibitors include
edition. Taking place August 3 to 6 at the support two organizations: Coyote Central Gagosian Gallery, Jerald Melberg Gallery,
CenturyLink Field Event Center, the fairs and Art Corps. These events mark the first Paul Thiebaud Gallery and 101/exhibit.
art moves beyond the venue into citywide time collectors will view the booths of 88 Seattle Art Fair Artistic Director Laura
public programing. As the event explains, exhibiting galleries as well as the first time Fried curated the programing that includes
these additions spread throughout the they can purchase pieces. talks, films, performances, installations and
neighborhood, with large-scale works by Among the participants for 2017 are experiences. Among the citywide events
local and international artists and daily a number of Seattle-based galleries, are the first public, urban setting, multi-
artist dialogues. This year, the installations including Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, work installation of Jenny Holzers The
and experiences will examine the many Bridge Productions, G. Gibson Gallery, Survival Series at Pioneer Square, and a
ways todays artists engage with architecture James Harris Gallery, Linda Hodges Union Station immersive experience of
and design, public space and the histories Gallery, Shift Gallery and Winston Wchter videos, architectural models and more of
and conditions of social activism. Fine Art, which also has a location in Dylan Mira and Erika Vogts Pool.
Kicking off the fair on August 3 is the New York City. Also from New York City American Art Collector is a proud media
invitation-only collector preview from are ACA Galleries, Allan Stone Projects, sponsor of Seattle Art Fair.
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Seattle Art Fair will take place
August 3 to 6 at CenturyLink
Field Event Center. Photo by
Robert Wade.
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Collectors take in the art
during the 2016 Seattle
Art Fair.
3
Iara Celeste Diaz, The Pink
Moon and Greti, oil on canvas,
72 x 66". Courtesy Amy Li
Projects and the artist.
2 3
Portrait Society of America
1st Place Still-Life: 1st Place Outside the Box:

Todd Casey Patricia Watwood
1st Place 1st Place Commissioned Portrait:
Non Commissioned Portrait: Evert Ploeg
Elaine Kurie
1st Place Landscape:
TJ Cunningham
Members Only Competition Call for Entries

he Portrait Society of Americas annual members
only competition is open and accepting entries in
the following five categories:
Commissioned Portrait Non-Commissioned Portrait
Outside the Box Self-Portrait Still-Life
The competition will be by subject and members can enter one,

two . . . or all five categories. All winners will be recognized on
the Portrait Societys website, The Art of the Portrait Journal, and
featured in International Artist magazine.
Entry Deadline November 2, 2017

1-877-772-4321 www.portraitsociety.org
A national non-prot 501 (c ) (3)
ART ASPEN
When: August 3-6, 2017; August 3, 5-9 p.m., previews
Show Preview Where: Aspen Ice Garden, 233 W. Hyman Avenue, Aspen, CO 81611
Information: www.art-aspen.com
Mountain Retreat
Thirty fine art galleries exhibit in Colorado for the seventh annual Art Aspen.
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Collectors gather during
a past Art Aspen.
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Patrons take in the art at the
boutique-style fair. Photo
credit: Redmoon Productions.
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Michael Gregory, Hollow
Road, oil on panel, 49 x 41".
Courtesy Nancy Hoffman
Gallery.
4
Kirk Slaughter and Elisabett
Gudmann, Nesting Song,
bronze patina, 48 x 26 x 8".
Courtesy of ten|Contemporary.
3 4
C ontemporary and modern artwork

will be on display at the Aspen Ice
Garden in Aspen, Colorado, for the seventh
vice president of Urban Expositions Art
Group. Aspen has a thriving gallery and
arts scene, and Art Aspen is wonderful
from noon to 6 p.m.
Among the 2017 exhibitors are New
York-based Nancy Hoffman Gallery; Yares
annual Art Aspen fair produced by Urban complement to this environment. Art Projects, with locations in New York,
Expositions. The event, which happens The show kicks off with its opening Santa Fe and Palm Springs; Richard Levy
August 3 to 6, will feature works from the night preview on August 3 that benefits Gallery of Albuquerque, New Mexico;
1950s to present-day in a boutique-style Americans for The Arts, a nonprofit Duane Reed Gallery of St. Louis; Beverly
setting from 30 dealers. organization devoted to advancing the arts Hills, Californias Timothy Yarger Fine Art;
Art Aspen has quickly become the and arts education in America. First Look and Houston-based Cindy Lisica Gallery.
must-attend event of the summer for Black Card ticket holders will have access This year, Art Aspen offers an enhanced
collectors, artists and art patrons looking to festivities beginning at 5 p.m., while caf and lounge area, while the citys new
for modern and contemporary works of general admission to the preview starts at Saturday evening Art Walk will allow
art from prestigious galleries from around 6:30 p.m. The fair will be open August 4 fairgoers to experience the Aspen art
the United States, says Donna Davies, and 5 from noon to 7 p.m. and August 6 scene outside the venue.

Bayview Gallery 58 Maine Street
Brunswick, Maine 04011
800-244-3007
www.bayviewgaller y.com Calm Morning, East Boothbay by Scott Moore, oil on canvas, 30 x 40
Unveiling spotlights a recently completed portrait
commission or figurative work from some of the best and
Unveiling most active members of the Portrait Society of America.

This month Stephanie Vivirito, coordinator of special
programs and communications, interviewed John Borowicz
about his recent painting that will be part of the 38th annual
BP Portrait Award exhibition.
John Borowicz: Finding Truth

on the Canvas BY STEPHANIE VIVIRITO
T he moment when the person starts to breathe

on the canvas is so precious to me and theres
nothing like it. Its magic. Massachusetts-based artist
John Borowicz says that he strives to convey the truth
of a persons being with portraiture. Last year he gained
international recognition for the first time in his career
when he entered and was selected to participate in the
2016 BP Portrait Award exhibition.
After a visit and encouragement from renowned
portrait artist Robert Anderson, Borowicz took
Andersons advice and entered his portrait Tad (Son
of the Artist). It was the first time he had entered a
competition of such caliber and felt honored when
he was notified that he was selected. This prestigious
international competition gets over 2,500 entries from
over 80 countries around the world. Now in its 38th year,
the exhibition is on display each year at the National
Portrait Gallery in London before it travels to Exeter City
Art Gallery, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.
Traveling to London for the opening of the exhibition
and seeing his work hang in the National Portrait
Gallery was a life-changing experience for Borowicz.
He returned to America invigorated with inspiration,
comparing it to how he feels when returning from
the annual Portrait Society conference after being
surrounded by a common passion for excellence.
Motivated by the community of artists honoring
portraiture in London, Borowicz was ready to tackle
an idea that had been in the back of his mind for
many years. Eight years ago, he met his neighbor and
now close friend, Nikki. He immediately felt she had
what he refers to as an uncanny inner sparkle with
a singular beauty. He spoke with her about painting
her portrait but he felt he did not have the skill set he
Nikki, oil, 16 x 12"
needed to portray her in the way he imagined, so he
quickly dropped the idea.
While reflecting back on his experience in London and personality he had come to know so well over the years.
being amazed by Britains deep respect for portraiture, he was Borowicz entered his painting, Nikki, into the BP Portrait Award
reminded of his friend Nikki, who ironically enough, is British, 2017 competition and was selected for the second year in a row.
and it sparked his idea from years before. It was in that moment His portrait will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery
he knew exactly what the next steps would be for him. Borowicz through September 24. Borowicz invites viewers to see and feel
felt the timing was right and he had obtained the expertise the elusiveness of Nikkis inner beauty as if they know something
and sensibility to tackle the portrait of Nikki and portray the about her. He invites us to see her truth.

JAMES HOUGH
New South Wales, Australia
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER
james.hough@bigpond.com | www.jameshoughwildlifeart.com.au
Authentic portrayal
A ustralian birds and international
wildlife have long been the subjects
that populate artist James Houghs
canvases. Each painting relies on thorough
research and is aided by his own resource
material that includes sketches and
photography. Hough is careful to take a
record of the creatures and their habitats
bushes, branches, lichens, leaves, blossoms
and native fruit.
I think the most important thing that a
wildlife artist can do is to collect every bit
of their own reference material, he says.
The inspiration for every painting comes
from my regular field trips. You must get
out there and observe and collect the most
authentic subject matter that you can.
Once Hough finds his reference
material, the real work begins including
a considerable amount of planning and 1
preparation to ensure the painting is as Hough. I take much more time now to flooding around them. In another piece,
authentic as possible. He delves into the consider every paintings color composition Life at Best, Hough wanted to produce a
lighting, the animals posture and the color and harmony. A very ordinary subject can dramatic painting that highlighted the
harmony, which he considers the three be made extraordinary with innovative and beauty of the emerald dovecolor harmony
most important elements of a painting. effective color and light application. I love and light were the keys to making the
Softer suggestive backgrounds allow to use lighting effects to highlight the main ordinary subject have an impact.
more detailed foregrounds and subject subject, particularly backlighting where color
matter to standout. As far as good appears much more vibrant and dynamic. Hough was the Third Prize Winner of
composition is important to a paintings Among the artists pieces is Sharing a International Artist magazines Challenge
success, I think color harmony throughout Limb, where he portrays the kookaburras No. 99, Wildlife.
a painting is just as important, explains with the warm glow of the Australian bush
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James Hough in his
studio.
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Sharing a Limb, acrylic
on clay coated board,
14 x 24"
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Life at Best, acrylic on
clay coated board,
18 x 12"
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MO N H EG A N
MAG I C
COLLECTOR HOME
T H E A R T C O L L E C T I O N O F S T E P H E N F U L L E R A N D S U S A N B AT E S O N
H I G H L I G H T S T H E D Y N A M I C M A I N E L A N D S C A P E S T H AT H A V E
ENTHRALLED ARTISTS FOR CENTURIES.
BY JOHN OHERN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCIS SMITH

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To the left of the Hopkins & Alfred wood movement shelf clock, circa 1820, is Moonlight
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Over Monhegan Rocks, circa 1950, oil on paper, by Joseph De Martini (1896-1964). To the
right is Silvery Day, Monhegan, circa 1895, oil on canvas, by S.P.R. Triscott (1846-1925). Above
the hall table is Fish Houses (Port Clyde), 1951, watercolor on paper, by Emil Eugen Holzhauer
(1887-1986). On the stairwell is Holzhauers Monhegan Fisherman, circa 1931, oil and board;
and Monhegan Island, Maine, ca. 1905, oil on board, by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971).
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G eorge William Sotter (1879-

1953) painted in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, and is known for his
impressionistic nocturnal paintings.
In 1912 he visited Monhegan Island off
the coast of Maine but painted very few
paintings there. In preparing her exhibition
George Sotter: Light and Shadow for
the James A. Michener Art Museum
in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, curator
Valerie Ann Leeds was looking for Sotter
Monhegan paintings. She found one in an
article in the July/August 2016 issue of
our sister publication American Fine Art
Magazine. The article was on the collection
of Monhegan paintings in the Virginia
home of Stephen Fuller and Susan Bateson.
The couple have lent the painting to the
exhibition, which opens July 29 and runs
through December 31.
Bateson remarks, Sharing our art adds 3
a new dimension to our experience. We

started collecting for ourselves. Were Island Inspiration: Monhegans Art Colony, the 33 artists we have, either acquiring
happy to find people who enjoy it as we do. 1895-2000, Selected Artists and Their Work the best available work of these artists or
In addition to the loan to the Michener, from The Stephen S. Fuller and Susan D. complementing them. Were looking to add
they have lent five paintings to the Bateson Collection. It has a narrative by value philosophically.
Monhegan Museum of Art and History Leith MacDonald, an artist and curator and The collection feels like a direct
for its summer exhibition, Reckoning with one-time resident of Monhegan. connection between the couple and the
Nature: Andrew Winter at Monhegan In 2016 they added 12 paintings to the history, artists and residents of Monhegan.
Island, running through September 30. collection. Weve become more selective, They wax poetic about the connections
They are completing work on a catalog, Fuller explains. Were filling in around among the historic artists and about the

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Alice Painting Andy, circa 1944,
oil on board, by Mary Taylor
Winter (1895-1970), hangs to
the left of the window in the
dining room. On the easel is
Rocky Coast, circa 1940, oil on
board, by Jay Hall Connaway
(1893-1970).
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To the right of the desk, from
top, are Crashing Waves,
Monhegan, circa 1930,
gouache, by Alfred Fuller
(1899-1980) and Fullers Fish
House, Monhegan, 1936, oil
on Masonite panel. To the
right is Pine Rocks and Spray,
1946, oil on canvas, by Joseph
De Martini (1896-1964).
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Cobalt Seas, circa 1925, oil
on canvas, by Abraham J.
Bogdanove (1886-1946).
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Above the hall table is Fish
Houses (Port Clyde), 1951,
watercolor on paper by Emil
Eugen Holzhauer (1887-1986).
On the stairwell is Holzhauers
Monhegan Fisherman, from
around 1931, oil and board;
and Monhegan Island, Maine,
crica 1905, oil on board, by
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971).
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people who live there today.
They purchased their Mid-coast Maine
cottage five years ago, the same day they
purchased Cobalt Seas by Abraham J.
Bogdanove (1886-1946). We hadnt been in
the house before we bought the painting but
as soon as we walked in, we knew which wall
the Bogdanove would hang on.
MacDonald writes, In 1918, three years
after visiting Maine for the first time,
Bogdanove came to Monhegan, at the
suggestion of Frederick Judd Waugh, where
he would return every summer until his
death in 1946.
Maine and Monhegan have that draw.
Bateson says, Its a beautiful island.
We love to sail to its ruggedly beautiful
landscape. Monhegan is still a working
fishing village as well as an artist colony.
As opposed to an eclectic collection, we
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want to surround ourselves with paintings
that recall the sense of grandeur in
naturewind, water, rocks, fishermen,
village. It helps us feel like were there. We
do day trips to the island. We dont have
a deeply personal connection; its more
of an aesthetic or visual affinity. She is,
however, vice president of the Monhegan
Museum of Art and History and has
been instrumental in obtaining grants to
improve its environmental stability and its
energy efficiency.
Fuller, a sailor, remarks, Islands have a
mystery about them. Ten artists can paint
from the same place but all the paintings
will be different. The place is constant but
the vegetation has changed over the years.
Leith has taken us around the island and
shown us the spots where many of our
paintings were donesince so many of them
were painted in plein air. Some of the views
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Thomas Edisons son Theodore heard
that the islands land was going to be
divided up into building lots, he continues.
To preserve it he began buying up a good
chunk of the island and gifted it to the
Monhegan Associates in 1954.
Part of the mission statement of the
Monhegan Associates reads that it is
organized To preserve for posterity the
natural wild beauty, biotic communities,
and desirable natural, artificial, and historic
features of the so-called wild-lands
portions of Monhegan Island, Maine, and
its environs, as well as the simple, friendly
way of life that has existed on Monhegan
as a whole.
Some artists visited Monhegan briefly,
some returned summer after summer, and
some became part of its daily life.
Typical of the collectors and his
attachment to the people and the artists
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of the island as well as their stories, Damariscotta, as well as New York dealer Next to the window is chest is Man With Hat,
MacDonald writes, Triscott came to Gavin Spanierman. They also rely on the Moon Streak (Katahdin), Monhegan Sketch Book,
Monhegan in 1892, to nurse a broken heart expert advice of Edward Deci and Robert circa early 1950s, circa 1882, graphite on
following a complicated love affair with a Stahl at the Monhegan Museum. watercolor and Chinese paper, by Gerald Griffin.
ink with charcoal over In the adjoining room,
young cashier at the Parker House. Fuller visited Monhegan in 1978 on
graphite underdrawing from top to bottom and
By 1894, S.P.R. Triscott (1846-1925) had his first sailing trip to Maine. Since then on Whatman paper, by left to right, is Winters
settled on the island as its first resident he has discovered its natural beauty, its James Fitzgerald (1899- Old Fish House, 1936,
artist. He is buried there on Lighthouse people and its artists. He writes, This 1971). watercolor on paper;
Hill, a distinction only given to year- journey of discovery began as a sailing Lobster Traps, Monhegan,
7 circa 1920, oil on canvas
round residents. trip. Since that first visit, this journey On the left is Monhegan board, by Abraham J.
The couple own several watercolors and has been informed by exposure to the Garden, 1912, watercolor Bogdanove (1886-1946);
one oil by Triscott. The oil Silvery Day, islands history and its art. This journey on paper, by Maud and Monhegan, 1937,
Monhegan, circa 1895, hangs over the stone back in time, as seen through the eyes of Briggs Knowlton (1870- oil on board, by Jay Hall
1956), and, from top, Connaway (1893-1970).
fireplace in their living room. Arranged these wonderful artists, has provided an
Boat on Fish Beach, circa
along the mantle are rocks collected from exciting vehicle for learning about life on 1938, oil on board, by 9
the beach seen in the painting. Monhegan over a period dating from the Abraham J. Bogdanove Hauling in the Traps,
With two or three exceptions, the late 19th century. This journey continues (1886-1946), and crica 1940, oil on canvas,
Knowltons Boats in by Andrew Winter
couple have filled out our dance card, today and is refreshed every time I look
Monhegan Harbor, 1921, (1893-1958).
Fuller says. They are trying, as he said at the paintings of these wonderful and oil on canvas board.
earlier, to fill in the gaps and add to the pioneering Monhegan artists.
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philosophical value. Bateson joined Fuller on his journey later 8 The view from the
Although they have cast their net wider, in life and has been equally swept up by the Above the chest is Late couples home.
Afternoon / Winter Light,
they continue to rely on dealers locally islands allure. Monhegan and her artists Gull Rock, Monhegan, 11
who have their fingers on the pulse of the as well as her residents who continue to circa 1940, oil on canvas, The Maine home of
market for Monhegan paintings. They cite do the work depicted in our paintings and by Andrew Winter Stephen Fuller and
specifically Keith Oehmig of Wiscasset who are preserving the cultural and artistic (1893-1958). On the Susan Bateson.
Bay Gallery in Wiscasset, Dennis Gleason heritage of the islandhold a special place
of Gleason Fine Arts in Boothbay Harbor, in our heart. Sharing Monhegans magic
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Geoffrey Robinson of River Gallery in continues to be a joyous journey for us!

reMAINEiscences
John OHern shares his personal account with the art of Maine.
1 Janice Anthony, Tidal River, acrylic on canvas, 15 x 36". Courtesy Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor, ME.

B
etsy James first took Andrew
Wyeth to visit Alvaro and
Christina Olson in Cushing,
Maine, in 1939. She would
later become Betsy James
Wyeth. The Olsons and their ancient
house would be immortalized in Andrews
paintings until their deaths in 1967 and
1968. Wyeth said, I just couldnt stay away
from there. It was Maine. He was buried
in the tiny cemetery in a field below the
house in 2009.
In her book Andrew Wyeth, art historian
Wanda Corn writes, He is drawn to people
who live on the fringes of modern life,
whose circumstances of life have been
limited, or who, like himself, may not have
traveled far in their lifetime. Without the
knowledge that comes from books or
wider acquaintances, these people impress
Wyeth with their rootedness, individuality
and pragmatic wisdom. He also likes their
country humor, unpretentious pride and
strangeness. And he likes their toughness
in being able to survive.
I moved to Maine in 1968 to work at
Bowdoin College as a staff writer. One
of my first weekend day trips was to the
Olson House with several friends. We sat
out in the field and ate wild blueberries
and blackberries and enjoyed the view
of Maple Juice Cove. Simple pleasures.
The association with Wyeths Christinas
World and other paintings was the initial
draw to the site, but the house itself is what
captured me. It too was unpretentious
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and demonstrated its toughness in being

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able to survive. The houses elegant proportions and skill. I had to take him out of the gift shop curio 2
and simple details are remarkable and worthy of category and put him firmly in the pantheon of great T. Allen Lawson,
Sugar Time, oil on linen
recognition even without the Wyeth connection. Maine artists.
mounted on board,
Driving out we passed a curious site. A huge wood He had been born in Maine but left to see the world, 10 x 9". Private collection.
horse with nails for its mane peered out over the trees making a name for himself creating abstract wood
and more sculptures of found wood and other materials reliefs in New York. Disillusioned with the greater art 3
John Whalley, Leigh,
dotted the grounds around a modest house. Bernard world, he returned to Maine in 1966 and dedicated the
graphite on paper,
Langlais (1921-1977) lived there and was the sculptor. rest of his life to making figurative sculptures by the 16 x 1218". Courtesy
It wasnt until three years ago when I saw an thousands. In 1968 he constructed Local Girl dressed in Greenhut Galleries,
extraordinary exhibition of Langlais work at the Colby pink and lifting herself up from the ground. The local Portland, ME.
College Museum of Art that I learned of his depth girl was Christina Olson of Christinas World.

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I worked closely with the Bowdoin College Museum of Art where Maine is a happy memory, but over the years I have come to know
Richard V. West was director. Many years later Richard promoted many artists there and to admire the work of others.
contemporary realism at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle as I did at Janice Anthony and I went to the Langlais exhibition at Colby
the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, New York. I met Mark Forrester together and posed for a photo, as tourists do, right smack in
Libby through Richard. Mark executed exquisite ink drawings of front of one of his wonderful assemblages. I had shown her work
grasses and weeds often using a crow quill. I often took Mark out in exhibitions and had visited her and her husband David Greeley
to sites to draw while I sat under or in a tree reading a book. One at their farm on a wonderful rainy spring day a few years before.
day as I nodded off I was startled awake by a shotgun blast. A crow Davids cattle dotted the fields and Janices wood-side garden was
fell at my feet. Mark needed a modeland more quills. beginning to bloom.

Maine artists are inspired by the realities
and the mysteries of the land and by the
people who have lived there for centuries.
Janice writes, The content of my
paintings lies beyond the visible features
of woods and rocks and water. My
intention is to convey the sense of a place;
the moving air, the solidity of rock and the
transience of water and the strength of the
ground beneath.
Her Tidal River depicts one of my
favorite New England landscapes that
occurs all along its shores. The marshes are
fecund factories producing the organisms
at the lower reaches of the food chain and
providing habitat for those farther up.
John Whalley is a native New Yorker
who now lives on the banks of the Great
Salt Bay and the Damariscotta River
collecting the stuff of Maine with his
wife, Ellen. Objects from crab claws to
tobacco tins, from old books to farm tools
are meticulously arranged in his studio
ready for his next drawing or painting.
The objects hold the stories of their former
owners. From time to time he portrays the
owners themselves as in this graphite
drawing of his neighbor, Leigh.
Leigh is a retired lineman and exchanges
tips with John and Ellen about their fruit
trees. I love his face, worn hands and
gentle spirit, and capturing this was the
goal of my portrait of him, John says.
Ironically, one of John and Ellens first
outings together before they were married
was to the Olson House. I also love the
house, as one might love the hull of a great 5
wooden ship riding a ridge of sea waves,
he explains. I like to visit it off season, and enjoy the was processed into bottles and poured onto pancakes. 4
peace there, looking over Maple Juice Cove. Every spring I saw the beautiful buckets hung on the T. Allen Lawson,
South Thomaston Church,
T. Allen Lawson is another transplant to Maine. He maple trees as they were tapped, he says. I didnt
oil on linen, 32 x 26".
was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, and now lives on a know that maple sap is nearly crystal clear. It has to Collection of Mr. & Mrs.
farm in Rockport as well as on a ranch in Wyoming. be boiled down into syrup, 10 gallons of sap to 1 quart David W. Alden.
Lawson comments that an artists best work is of of syrup. There are still people there boiling down the
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what they really love and what they want to paint. sap over wood fires. These are things you dont see
John OHern and Janice
In Andrew Wyeths paintings, there is a level of just driving by. Anthony with Eagle,
emotional connection that comes out when I look at Whistlers Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 circa 1964, by Bernard
the work. His love and respect for the Olsons shows is better know as Whistlers Mother. Lawsons South Langlais (1921-1977),
in his paintings. Thomaston Church could as well be Arrangement in at the Colby College
Museum of Art.
Lawson comments on the ability to immerse Grey and Whitea study of the subtleties of warm and
reMAINEiscences
yourself in a subject. The more you go to a site, cool whites and blacks.
the more possibilities you see. Andrew Wyeth only Its almost impossible not to form an emotional
painted two locations for 75 years, Chadds Ford and connection to Maines rugged landscape, the sea, the
Mid-coast Maineand he never repeated himself. You always changing atmosphere, and its people. Paul
need to immerse yourself, to build the connection. Its Theroux noted, Maine out of season is unmistakably
like a relationship. a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty
Observation over time brings discoveries. For years, of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice
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Lawson thought maple syrup flowed from the trees, crystals. Simple pleasures.
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EXPANDED OFFERINGS Gallery artists and guest painters participate in semiannual

exhibition at Arcadia Contemporary this August.
A rtwork in all shapes, sizes and subjects will

be on display at Arcadia Contemporary in
Culver City, California, from August 12 to 31 for its
semiannual Five and Under exhibition. The show,
which includes work by artists on the gallery roster
and guests, is limited by only one thingthe pieces
are priced $5,000 and under. An exhibition like this
is an opportunity for collectors to acquire works
by artists whose price point is typically higher, as
well as pieces by emerging talents that will have art
available at the gallery for this show only.
Alexander Chistov will exhibit Huntington Library,
a 12-by-12-inch painting that shows a hallway of
artwork that is on view at the museum. It was inspired
by his own passion for paintings. I remember
visiting museums as a child and being mesmerized
by the beautiful artwork in front of me. As an adult
I love going to the home of the muses to learn from
the masters and speak to them, says Chistov. The
museum collection not only attempts to capture a
moment in time but it is my way of paying homage
to the previous masters that inspire me every day.
In another figurative piece, Rob Brownings
Copse, a woman is partially lit by the rays of
sunlight as they stream through a forest. Copse
came out of my interest in the relationship between
humans and trees, the artist explains. The woman
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Matt Talbert, At First
Glance, oil on panel,
12 x 28"
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Alexander Chistov,
Huntington Library,
oil on panel, 12 x 12"
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Sarah Bird, Summer
Study, oil on panel,
12 x 16"
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Rob Browning, Copse,
oil on canvas, 18 x 24"
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Richard Morris, The
Waking Dream, graphite
on paper, 26 x 20"
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in the painting is standing within a copse, landing eyes on someone new and having transitional state of consciousness between
a small, isolated group of trees. I imagine an instant attraction, he says. There is wakefulness and sleep.
that she seeks safety, comfort and perhaps something magical about the moment Other artists with works on view include
camaraderie in this oasis. when youre trying to discover a new face Charlie Goering, Sarah Bird and Dan
Composition was the driving force and be discovered at the same time. Quintana.
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behind At First Glance by Matt Talbert, The Waking Dream, by Richard Morris,
who features a close-up of a woman in a is a graphite on paper piece that will be
long, horizontal format. He says the shape in the show. As the artist shares, the work
of the work along with the movement of depicts a subtle gradation of light over the FIVE AND UNDER
the models hand and hair provides the human form in a manner inspired by the When: August 12-31, 2017
initial energy. As I built up the depth in sfumato technique of Leonardo da Vinci Where: Arcadia Contemporary, 9428 Washington
her face, the expression evolved from that and the photography of Richard Learoyd. Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90323
Information: (424) 603-4656,
of a daydream to a more intimate gaze. Form and atmosphere gradually merge
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This painting depicts that first moment of to produce a hazy quality not unlike the
1 Ill Love You Till the End of the World (detail), acrylic on birch panel, 17 x 28"

ILL LOVE YOU
TILL
OF THE WORLD
The End
Josh Keyes first Los Angeles solo exhibition
in a decade focuses on political and
environmental issues. B y R o c h e l l e B e l s i t o
A
n astronaut free floats across the
never-ending universe. Gone are
the tethers and space stations, a
being alone in the atmosphere
just taking in Earth below. It
is a pristine blue-skied Earth, but then the
spacesuit is covered in graffiti. Float plays
with the idea that even in the farthest reaches
of space and the cosmos, we will likely bring
our habitual nature with us, says artist Josh
Keyes, whose paintings touch upon political
and environmental issues.
The astronauts graffiti-covered
spacesuit symbolizes the world below;
like the protective life-supporting suit, the
fragile Earth is also our protection and 2
source for supporting life for everything on
the planet, he continues. Will it eventually
become covered from pole to pole with a
cement grid of highways, strip malls and
coffee shops?
This idea of industrialization
encroachmentis one that reappears
throughout Keyes work. In his newest
series, Implosion, which will be on view
at Thinkspace Gallery from August 5 to
26, it is often symbolized by graffiti that
appears on the body of sharks and on the
sides of glaciers, imprinting itself on the
natural world.
I see graffiti as another form of human
touch on the world. Leaving a mark, like a
road sign, fire hydrant or other man-made
structure, says Keyes. The potency and
difference with graffiti and that kind of
mark is the attitude and personal touch. It
is a voice of the individual and sometimes
the group against the establishment or 3
what is. These images are meant to raise

questions, especially with the wildlife and
icebergs, is anything sacred anymore? The
graffiti is one way of expressing this, but
it also stands for the invisible, aggressive
touch that humanity is unleashing on the
environment, changing the climate.
Frenzythe shark paintingcomments
on how not even the largest predators are
immune to the growing threat of human
presence and activity in the oceans,
says Keyes. In this context, the graffiti
symbolizes a human feeding frenzy,
marking or violating the sharks body. The
painting of the polar bear and glacier, titled
Spray, refers to the release of aerosol and
other chemicals in the environment; in this
context, it also refers to the spray of blood.
Another piece, Tears of the Moon, is a
more visionary response to climate change
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Josh Keyes paints in
his studio.
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Frenzy, acrylic on birch
panel, 12 x 18"
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Tears of the Moon, acrylic
on birch panel, 12 x 18"
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Spray, acrylic on birch
panel, 14 x 18"
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Float, acrylic on birch
panel, 16 x 24"
in the arctic where a polar bear walks its the presence of time, says Keyes. We are metaphorically tears of the moon. A
environment without ice. Its isolated small are changing the world so quickly, and moon that is grieving for its sick or dying
white form could symbolize the moon, these changes have disturbing effects sister, the Earth.
something mysterious and precious. The on ecosystems around the world. The Implosion, Keyes explains, also could be
area of exposed earth looks a bit like the shooting stars could be seen as just that, described as songs for the end of the world.
night sky filled with tiny stars and signifies comets, or perhaps missiles; for me, they They are melancholic, slightly nostalgic
and are intended to have a dreamlike
quality, he says. When brainstorming
new works, Keyes sifts through images and
refers to music as the ideas come together.
In this grouping, some of the pieces were
inspired by songs from the 1980s, including
Ill Love You Till the End of The World.
This painting was inspired by a Nick
Cave song, he says. Its not so much a
specific comment on any issue, but is
more of a poetic expression of the love we
have for our loved ones, and hopefully each
other, and life on Earth, even if the world
goes to hell.
JOSH KEYES: IMPLOSION

When: August 5-26, 2017; August 5, 6-9 p.m., reception
Where: Thinkspace Gallery, 6009 Washington
Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
Information: (310) 558-3375,
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World BY M I C H A E L C L AW S O N
ANDREA KOWCH POPULATES HER PAINTINGS

WITH CHARAC TERS AND SYMBOLS THAT REVEAL
TRUTHS WITHIN HER WORLDS AND HERSELF.
P
aintings have a way of offering Locations become recognizable and even
snippets of life, spark-like flashes familiar. The objects arent just renderings
of humanity that glisten within of inanimate items, but ephemera that
the brushstrokes. These pictures show the wear of everyday use and the
are meant to be appreciated on fingerprints of their owners. Suddenly
their own as they hang in a gallery, these flashes of story start filling in a larger
museum or living roomthey picture within a dynamic worlda world
are one-offs, isolated bits of narrative that created and populated by the artist.
require nothing beyond their frames for a For Michigan painter Andrea Kowch, her
viewer to sink their teeth into and appreciate. world is one of personal discovery set within
But line up the works of a single a universe that is continuously expanding
artist and patterns start emerging, as do outward with each new work, with each new
familiar faces. Characters glance back, as wind-swept location. Brick houses by the
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1 if to ask, Where have I met you before? sea, ranches on the edge of vast farms, stark
1 Fetch, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 10" 2 Andrea Kowch in the land that inspires her paintings.
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landscapes dotted with bare trees and desolation, lighthouses rising skies and a tonal haze that hangs over many of her works. Its a
from rocky shores, faded barns in golden fields. These are the places huge compliment when I can be even mentioned with a Wyeth,
where her figures reside, as their eyes gaze out at the viewer or trail even a remote comparison. I found Christinas World my last year
off over the horizon as if lost in deep thought. This is the world she of college, and I loved the feeling of it, she says. There is this
has created, and these are its proud citizens. mood that you cant put your finger onits a mood and a mystery.
[My work] speaks to dualism and universal truths and the It touched me because I could relate to that, and it instilled in me
way such effects are demonstrated and eternally present in a sense that I should always strive for that mood and mystery.
life. The paintings capitalize on the dualities of light and dark, While Maine influenced Wyeth, Kowchs inspiration these days
stillness and movement, male and female, yin and yang, and the is her home in Romeo, Michigan, which has its own character,
quest for harmony and balance, Kowch says of her new work. and its own moods and mysteries. Its an old Victorian village
Symbolically, the series embodies a love story and the universal founded in the 1830s, and its where Kowch has been living for
and personal truths love leads us to discover about the human three years, though she was inspired by it much earlier. Her studio
condition and ourselves. is in the center of town, with views out over adjacent businesses
Kowchs newest workssome of which will include male figures, a and shops in a historic neighborhood. She says her work is very
recent development in her paintingswill be on view in the show Into much a product of her environment. Everything does have a
the Wind, opening August 26 at RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton, New way of influencing everything else, so Im very much a product
York. The title of the exhibition is a reference to a recurring motif in of my surroundings. If I were to leave Michigan, I do believe that
many of the new works and it, like the theme itself, has a dual purpose. it would change my work and what Im painting, she says. But
Wind acts as a sign of spiritual discovery or truth, she says. Wind what I love about where Im at is that it feels so authentic. And
gusting and blowing also symbolizes life force, energy and vigor, as I feel like Im establishing roots around me here. That sense of
well as turmoil and movement into uncharted directions whether place is something that I can really relate to.
we follow it or are pushed on by its force. It reflects changes in ones New works in the show include Flame, a scene of a female figure
path, leading to new lessons and experiences. at a breakfast table turning to look at the viewer as a fire engulfs
One doesnt have to stretch far to make connections from an overloaded wagon in the background, and Fetch, showing what
Kowchs works to those done by Andrew Wyeth at the Olson House might be the same figure holding a fish that has been brought to
in Cushing, Maine, especially his iconic masterpiece Christinas her by a dog as stormy waves spray foam and mist behind her.
World. The two artists works are very different, but they seem to In both pieces, the figures seem unaware of what is transpiring
share spiritual connections, particularly in relation to the bleak around them, yet they are at peace in thought and expression.
setting and mood of the land, which Kowch exemplifies with stormy As humans, we find ourselves on a constant mission, both an
3 inner and outer journey in pursuit of something that
isnt always directly clear. A race toward an unknown
destination, the artist says. This series of work
will revisit and resurrect much of the emotional and
elemental intensity present in some of my earliest
works: fires, cyclones, suspense and danger, as man,
woman, land and sea are roused by the winds of
Mother Natures passionate fury, a powerful energy
that parallels that of the human heart and soulIt is
a testament to lifes all-encompassing road we must
follow, which we travel tirelessly in search of meaning,
in search of ourselves. In spite of our best efforts, we
intermittently vacillate between being both runner
and chaser as we seek to understand and grasp what
life is, what we are, who we are and who we are truly
meant to be.
In Night Watch, Kowch paints a red-haired figure,
her skin so fair it is almost glowing, as she looks
upward to the heavens. Behind her is an open
window, with curtains flapping in the wind. Open
windows can also be seen in Flame and in High
Tide, which shows a woman with several animals and
food items as a window opens out onto a scene of an
empty boat rocking in moonlit waves. Its starts as
a compositional element, but then it kind of relates
to a portal, a part of your mind, this other realm that
it leads you into, Kowch says. The windows make
a bridge from reality into the supernatural. I love it
3 On That Hill, acrylic on canvas, 8 x 8" 4 Flame, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 10" because it can mean so much, and it seems to speak

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to everyone. Another recurring visual always present and often offer interesting
delight is her fabrics, which are rendered
in stunning detailintricate laces, twills
juxtapositions with the human characters.
The locations, enviable by Christina, are
ANDREA KOWCH:
and tweeds, and patterned dresses that haunting and magnificent. And no matter INTO THE WIND
bestow a gentleness on the figures. how dark the skies, light still finds a way to When: August 26-October 1, 2017
In all of Kowchs work there is a feeling illuminate a face. Im an eternal optimist Where: RJD Gallery, 2385 Main Street,
of interconnected harmony. Not only deep down, Kowch says. Even if my work Bridgehampton, NY 11932
has she created a world and populated it, is dark at times, Im always hoping for Information: (631) 725-1161, www.rjdgallery.com
but it is a world many viewers would like a light at the end of the tunnel. And also
to visit or even live in. The people seem growth and renewal and rebirth, transition
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concerned and introspective. Animals are and change. Theres so much to hope for.
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PortrayingLifes
A look at select winners of
Journeys
the Portrait Society of Americas
19 th annual International
Portrait Competition.
By C H R I S T I N E E G N O S K I

A portrait is a painting, sculpture or other This year marks the Portrait Societys 19th annual 1
artistic representation of a person, in International Portrait Competition that draws over Gregory Mortenson,
The Butterfly Effect,
which the face and its expression are 2,000 entries from around the world. The jurors have oil, 14"
predominant. The intent is to display the daunting task of narrowing down the field to the
the likeness, personality and even the mood of the top 50 selections. From these works, a group of 23 2
person. This is the Wikipedia definition of a portrait, but finalists was selected to bring their original artwork David Kassan, Love and
Resilience, Portrait of
in viewing the recent work that was showcased in the 19th for display and final judging at the national conference.
Louise and Lazar Farkas,
annual Portrait Society of Americas International Portrait These works represent some of the finest portrait Survivors of the Shoah,
Competition, you will discover artists that have taken the and figurative work being created today. A common oil, 46 x 42"
portrait much further, reaching beyond this definition, theme among them this year was the personal story
and portraying their sitters life stories. of each sitter and the inspiration their story provided
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to the artist, resulting in works that not
only depicted a likeness but also told the
sitters inner journey.
On Saturday evening, April 22, with
great anticipation in the air, Michael Shane
Neal announced the Draper Grand Prize
winner. As David Kassan made his way to
the stage, his portrait of Louise and Lazar
Farkas was shown on the large screens.
This painting was inspired by their deeply
moving story of love and survival. It is
part of a series of paintings depicting the
survivors of the Shoah.
Kassan says the goal of the portrait is to
represent truth and authenticity: not just a
pretty picture, but one that is a historical
document, a testament to the experiences
and full lives of survivors of the Shoah, to
make something meaningful outside of
myself, to disappear as the artist so as to not
get in the way of the survivors themselves.
Separated during the war, Lazar was
forced into a labor camp and Louise was
deported to Auschwitz. Amazingly, they
were both able to escape and found their
way back to each other. Hearing the details
and hardship of their story, along with the
resilience of their love, Kassan said these
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series of paintings have changed the course
of how he thinks about life and his art. Upon
accepting the award he said, Thank you so
much Portrait Society of America...this was
definitely a dream for me, and I share this
award with the survivors, whom have all
shared their sometimes painful, but mostly
glorious and inspiring lives with me.
Susan Wakeens work, which was awarded
First Place in sculpture, has also had a
profound effect on the artist. Her sculpture
depicts an inquisitive 23-year-old that has
faced her own difficult journey. Marcy has
lived her life working hard to overcome
losing both of her parents at an early age,
as well as the challenges of cerebral palsy.
Wakeen tells the story of the day last
summer when Marcy came to her studio
looking for work: Her intensity, her smile
and her sweet disposition were immediately
engaging. From the moment I met her, my
hope was that she would model for me
but she was a bit shy, always positive and
sometimes tired. The emotional journey
of depicting who she is, and how she has
triumphed over adversities will stay with
me for a long time.
Fourth Place winner, Australian artist
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Paul Newtons self-portrait tells a personal
story of loss and grief. Dark Night of the
Soul is a striking image of him as he 3 5
experienced the loss of his father after a Paul Newton, Self-portraitDark Night of the Soul, Susan Wakeen, Marcy, clay for plaster, 30 x 12 x 13"
oil, 32 x 35"
long battle with emphysema. In the days 6
following his death, Newton caught a 4 Casey Childs, Take These Broken Wings, oil, 48 x 24"
glimpse of himself in the mirror, looking Tracy Ference, This is Marshall, pastel, 21 x 23"

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Greg Mortenson always loved art, but

thought that you worked a regular job
and painted on the side. He majored in
pre-med but then discovered people were
actually making a living as artists. He
immediately changed his major to art and
5 has never looked back. In his portrait The
Butterfly Effect, he wonders about what
haggard with an unshaven face and greasy fighting hard. He has endured two kidney the seasons of life hold for his daughter.
hair. He says, I attempted to capture transplants, hours of dialysis and countless This painting is the first in a series, and
myself in paint as a way of cathartically doctors appointments. When Ferrance he wanted to describe New York City and
dealing with my feelings, by putting them talks about the goal for her portrait, This life through her eyes. Feeling that New
on canvas and objectifying all that I felt. is Marshall, she says, I was compelled to York can be both terrifying and magical
He continues, As the portrait developed capture Marshalls fighting spirit, dressed for an adult, he tried to imagine that
I could see in it something of my father, the in his uniform and ready for game time. magnified through the eyes of a toddler.
way we are struck by our resemblance to a Although he cannot play, his presence is as Mortenson says, In this painting, the last
parent as we age, and also in the forward important as anyones, as he is an integral leaves have fallen as one season changes
leaning posture his illness had forced him and inspiring part of the team. to another. In her imaginings, those same
to adopt toward the end of his life. Newtons Casey Childs, awarded Third Place this leaves turn to butterflies. It has been
POR TR AYI N G L IF ES JOUR N E YS
portrait shares an intimate moment in his year, was inspired to depict that time in our said something as small as the flutter of
life processing the death of a loved one. lives where the path before us is sometimes a butterflys wing can ultimately cause
Twelve years ago, Tracy Ferrance started uncertain. He describes the idea behind his a typhoon halfway around the world.
her journey to become a full-time artist. painting Take These Broken Wings: This I wonder at the thought of all the lives
This year was her first time entering the young woman sits inside a windowsill that my little Lily will touch as she grows
International Portrait Competition, and her looking out toward the unknown. She is through the changing seasons.
pastel painting of Marshall was selected a symbol of heartbreak or neglect, alone To conclude, it is true that a portrait is a
as a finalist and received the First Honor in a dark space. The old, weathered home depiction of a person, often with a focus on
award. She first met Marshall when her contrasts with her youth and innocence. the face and expression, but often it is more
son started playing varsity football. He With time and experience she will realize than that, as these artists have demonstrated.
would be dressed in a football uniform, she can take her broken wings and learn Each one has been able to capture their
running the sidelines, cheering on the to fly, free from the entanglement of past sitters human experiences, one of joy and
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team to victory. Marshall knows a lot about troubles, rising above to a new future. sorrow, of resilience and hope.
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The ESSENCE
of BEING BY JOHN OHERN
T
he portrait of George Washington the artist, not of the sitter. Frida Kahlo manner. Beauty is timeless.
we see on $1 bills is by Gilbert went further, writing to friends to whom Thomas S. Buechner (1926-2010) was
Stuart (1755-1828). It is an she had given a painting as a wedding accomplished in many waysdirector of
engraving from a 1796 portrait gift, I leave you my portrait so that you will the Brooklyn Museum, first director of the
he painted of the first president. Martha have my presence all the days and nights Corning Museum of Glass, and president of
Washington asked Stuart to paint the portrait that I am away from you. Steuben. He was also a fine painter, seeking
because she admired one he had done of her Michael Bergts Flora is an interpretation out and emphasizing the quirkiness of the
husband the year before. Stuart liked the of the Roman goddess of flowers and relationship of objects in a still life or in the
second portrait so much he never delivered spring. The artist explains, When face or body of a sitter. In the portrait he
it and used it as the model for a large number I focus on a portrait, I like to introduce did of menow at the Arnot Art Museum
of replicas he was commissioned to paint. metaphorical or symbolic elements into the he caught a characteristic smirk that will
One critic wrote, Though a better likeness composition. In this case, a Dutch still life live longer than I do. In his portrait of
of him were shown to us, we should reject it; surrounds the subject, and accounts for the Chris Barber he saw and exaggerated the
for, the only idea that we now have of George title, Flora. Flora was a favorite subject in characteristic lanky gawkiness that most
Washington, is associated with Stuarts the Renaissance. I see both the flowers and boys go through.
Washington. theme as a way to simply focus on beauty, Alberto Glvez avoids specificity. His
Portraits embody more than paint and the beauty of the subject, of the flowers, of use of translucent oils gives his straight-
likeness. Oscar Wilde wrote, Every portrait the colors and textures. At the same time, on portraits an inner light from another
that is painted with feeling is a portrait of to do a contemporary subject in a classical dimension. His sitters gaze at the viewer from
1. Thomas S. Buechner
(1926-2010), Chris Barber, oil
on canvas, 36 x 24". Courtesy
Principle Gallery, Alexandria,
VA. 2. Alberto Glvez, Azul
Agave, oil on linen, 76 x 64".
Courtesy Nart Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM. 3. Michael Bergt,
Flora, color pencil, gouache
on toned paper, 14 x 8".
Courtesy Nart Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM.
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eternity as well as from the moment. Their Throughout the pages of this special section RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton, New York,
features are symmetrical, iconic archetypes are timeless and contemporary portraits. offers contemporary figurative works that
of humanity. Their universality and their They embody the physicality of the sitters include narrative portraits. Among their
unmoving gaze invite the viewer to become as well as their essences. There also are artists are Jules Arthur, Margaret Bowland
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the sitter or to enter into a mysterious thoughts from gallery owners and artists on and Odile Richer.
oneness. He calls them faces out of time. the tradition of portraiture today. Working in mixed media, Arthurs
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4. Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), George Washington (The Athenaeum Portrait), 1796, oil on canvas, 48 x 36". National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; owned jointly
with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 5. RJD Gallery, Dandelion, oil on wood panel, 44 x 34", by Odile Richer. 6. RJD Gallery, Randell Horton J" Series 1, oil on linen, 48 x 48", by
Margaret Bowland. 7. RJD Gallery, Muhammed Ali, 5th Street Gym, oil on canvas with mixed media, 65 x 47", by Jules Arthur.
artworks express his curious mind, a explains, By incorporating details such subjects presented in fleeting moments.
very old soul, capturing and portraying as the crown of cotton, the white makeup There is a sensual beauty to her subjects
poignant moments in our history, says and the ballerina dress, Margarets artwork and the objects that she incorporates in her
owner Richard Demato. challenges and awakens our concepts complex compositions, which are classic, yet
Bowland has been painting her subject, about beauty, race and history. resolutely contemporary, the gallery says.
J, for more than seven years and continues Richer is inspired by her emotions, New Jeresey-based artist Suzanne
to capture the soul of the child. The gallery experiences and history, with her female Anan finds her muse in feminism, poetry

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and the thrill of travel. She creates diverse Mae, is currently on view in an international Arrangement in Gray, Portrait of Robert, I felt
and distinctive figurative compositions exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. his choice of wardrobe; gray sweatshirt, gray
with women as her primary subjects. She September 9 through November 4, coat and gray scarf, was a telling reflection
works in all mediums, but prefers the approximately 50 paintings by Lisa Kovvuri of his no-nonsense New England character.
unpredictability of painting and the humility will be on view at the Whistler House She adds, In Nancy, her wise yet
and vulnerability required in every stroke of Museum of Art in Lowell, Massachusetts, for approachable character called for a simple,
oil onto canvas. Her images are gloriously the solo exhibition The Portrait Experience. straightforward design to allow those
human, revealing the evocative expression Among the works are Arrangement in Gray, qualities to come through.
of her thought-provoking subjects. Portrait of Robert and Nancy. Michael Del Priores obsession with the
Anan is an award-winning artist, with her Portraits are a way of connecting with misty, romantic era of the late 19th century
painting Hard Work Never Killed Anyone people, and of expressing something about exudes from his richly colored oil on canvas
receiving the Presidents Award during the our shared humanity, says Kovvuri. I find portraits that capture the personality and
National Womens Arts Exhibition From Our inspiration in what the sitters of my portraits staggering likeness of his subjects. He
Perspectives. Another painting, Tamamo no bring to the paintingFor example, in boasts national acclaim with over 800

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8. Suzanne Anan, Tamamo no Mae, oil on canvas, 29 x 22" 9. Suzanne Anan, Hard Work Never Killed Anyone, oil on canvas, 30 x 20" 10. Suzanne Anan, Aint I A Woman?, oil on
canvas, 30 x 20" 11. Lisa Kovvuri, Nancy, oil on panel, 14 x 11" 12. Lisa Kovvuri, Arrangement in Gray, Portrait of Robert, oil on wood, 18 x 24" 13. Michael Del Priore, Maestro,
oil on canvas, 40 x 30" 14. Michael Del Priore, Sisters, oil on canvas, 40 x 30" 15. Susan Boone Durkee, Woman with a Pearl Necklace, oil on linen, 18 x 14" 16. Susan Boone
Durkee, The Redding Mark Twain, oil on linen, 20 x 16" 17. Johanna Spinks, Brexit Last Day, David Cameron, oil on linen via palette knife, 11 x 9" 18. Julia Klimova, Blue
Portrait, oil on canvas, 40 x 40"
portraits in his more than 35-year career, portraiture is my lifelong commitment. the past.
and his distinguished subjects include Bill I envision each new portrait as an Originally from England, Spinks spent
Gates, Ronald Reagan, Strom Thurmond opportunity to record for posterity the time there before the Brexit vote and watched
and Henry Hyde. His works can be found in unique spirit of an individual for future with interest from afar when the results came
CO LLE C TOR'S FOC US PO R TR A I TS
many state capitols, state supreme courts, generations. An oil portrait, unlike a in. My American writer-daughter who lives
universities, banks, hospitals, boardrooms photograph, has so much more room for in the U.K. was very frustrated. I felt rather
and private collections. expression, passion and life. A portrait lives sorry for her pain but also for former Prime
You have to have the desire to forever and is a timeless expression of love Minister David Cameron, says Spinks, who
immortalize someone, to bring someones and honor. hoped to show the conflict of the man and
life to the canvas, and that is an incredible She adds, In an age that seems to the turbulent times in her piece Brexit Last
responsibility, says Del Priore. I am trying discourage tradition and permanency, Day, David Cameron.
to paint their life, so I always want to put great portraiture stands out as one of the The Homecoming is a painting of Spinks
them at their best. You want to bring out ways we still have of making sure future daughter from when she first came home,
the warmth and gratitude in someone, to generations know what and who was and they were chatting into the evening
find their best side. important to us. when a particular expression struck her
Susan Boone Durkee, who works from Johanna Spinks believes that as a daughters face. She says, I told her she
Mark Twains The Lobster Pot Studio in portraitist her goal is to reflect the world wasnt going to bed anytime soon, and
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Redding, Connecticut, says The art of and times she lives in currently, rather than started the portrait enjoying the play of
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19. Carol Smith Myer, Ruby, oil on panel, 16 x 12" 20. Chuck Weber, Viva II Papa, oil, 28 x 23" 21. Ann Watcher, Charlotte, oil on canvas, 30 x 24" 22. Nersel zur Muehlen,
Noor, oil on linen canvas, 18 x 18" 23. Emiliya Lane, Memory Lane, oil on linen, 30 x 30"
warm and cool light form the living room. I want to catch something unreadable in days, early in my teens, I had some training
Most of Julia Klimovas figurative works my portraits, a reflection of what sparks me, painting in oils; and more recently, Ive
are inspired by her search of beauty and something that makes a model special, an enjoyed valuable workshops with Rob
observing different people. She strives eternal voice, Klimova says, and to me they Liberace. But my portraiture is the result
to convey various aspects of the female are defined by their emotional message. of being largely self-taught, learning by
character: illusive, strong, sensual, powerful, Annapolis, Maryland, artist Sandy doing. So if my artwork appeals to you, that
vulnerable, free. Even though she works with Cohen was inspired rather late in life by is my most significant credential.
live models, her goal is to create a new visual her grandchildren to turn to an easel an Residing in Charlotte, North Carolina,
personality with a certain mood, sometimes start painting portraits. In approaching Ann Watcher says her inspiration for
idealistic. Her recent paintings are a portrait subject, my aim is to capture in painting portraits can be summed up by
imaginative, vulnerable, visually compelling an artful way some aspect of the persons a quote from Van Gogh that says painted
and powerfully expressive. unique presence, Cohen says. In ancient portraits have a life of their own that comes

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24. Johanna Spinks, The Homecoming, oil on linen via palette knife, 12 x 9" 25. Julia Klimova, Dream On, oil on canvas, 36 x 24" 26. Chantel Lynn Barber, The Dreamer Next
Door, acrylic on panel, 12 x 6" 27. Julia Klimova, Bright Intentions, oil on canvas, 30 x 30" 28. Sandy Cohen, Mijnheer Tomas, oil on canvas, 20 x 16"
from deep in the soul of the painter. She If you can dreamand not make dreams so is my painting style and subjects.
says collectors should buy based on their your master;/ If you can thinkand not I strive to create ever-changing, intangible
personal response to a painting, adding, The make your thoughts your aim. emotions in a human face and fuse them
expression of a face well painted is as rich as Although Emiliya Lane enjoys painting with a narrative of modern stories.
any subject matter. in all genres, portraiture holds a special Chuck Weber says his portraits celebrate
Chantel Lynn Barber has loved poetry place in her heart, as shes been painting life with energy, color and pow. He is first
from an early age, and after reading a and drawing portraits since the age of 7. and foremost a colorist, and his objective
favorite poem she would sit and ponder All my relatives, neighbors and their kids is to show energy and emotion through
over the meaning. Her painting The have been my models, and they still hold movement and color. Weber adds, My
Dreamer Next Door was inspired by a those portraits dear, says Lane. As life signature oils are typically narrative,
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portion of Rudyard Kiplings If that reads: itself is constantly changing and evolving, presenting sunlit subjects captured in a
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moment of timeevocative and intended
to pull the viewer into the story.
For Nersel zur Muehlen art is about going
to places without leaving your home or studio
and portrait painting is meeting new people
every time you paint someone. It is like
hearing peoples stories, learning about their
lifestyles and backgrounds, their traditions,
the artist says. I love looking at portrait
paintings and cant help but wonder who that
person is, what he/she is thinking, where do
they live. There are so many emotions and
unsaid words in the eyes. I love to paint those
emotions and unsaid words, lives that were
and lives that could have been.
Carol Smith Myer paints luminous
portraits, and her hope is that her paintings
vibrate with an individuals essence. I use
color and brushwork to breathe life onto
the canvas, says Myer.
A fascination with human nature compels
Kristin Grevich to paint the figurative 29. Kristin Grevich, Under the Sun, oil on canvas, 24 x 36"
portrait. She is motivated by the mystery
and magic that is in every character she use of brushwork and her delight of colors, the story is told and she has completed her
creates. Something stirs her soul when she Grevich will lead her observers through work. Grevich has studios in both Medina
can capture the essence and magic of a her work. There comes a moment when the and Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where she
spirit. With her infatuation for interesting painting seems to take on a life of its own, works and displays her paintings.
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Charlotte, NC, (704) 488-5950 contact@juliaklimova.com 2385 Main Street, Bridgehampton, NY 11932,
www.annwatcher.com wp.juliaklimova.com (631) 725-1161, www.rjdgallery.com
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www.chantellynnbarber.com Whistler House Museum of Art 23 Mark Twain Lane, Redding, CT 06896
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THE PORTRAIT
SOCIETY OF AMERICA:
Celebrating Two Decades of Portraiture
and Figurative Art in America by Christine Egnoski
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N ext year the Portrait Society of America will be

celebrating our 20th anniversary. Founded in
February 1998, after a group of artists identified a need
They have provided the resources for the Portrait
Society to have a far-reaching impact in the art world.
We invite you to join today, as our members enjoy a
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Michael Shane Neal
addressed the unique
challenges that occur
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PORTRAIT ARTISTS DIRECTORY
Welcome to American Art Collectors 9th annual Portrait Artists Directory. There are nearly 30 artists in
this comprehensive portrait directory. To make this directory user-friendly, we have listed the artists
by where they reside. All you need to do is locate the portrait artists listed from your state or country,
find a style and price range that suits your needs, and then contact them to get started. Finding a
portrait painter has never been so easy and accessible as it is now.
California California
ROSALINDA TAYMOR CRISTIAN
It is my aim as a portrait artist to connect STRITTMATTER
with my subject in such a way that it Member of the Portrait Society of
resonates with an important aspect of America, Cristian Strittmatter has studied
myself. drawing and painting in Florence, Italy.
Price Range: $1,000 He uses classical techniques to capture
culture through modern portraiture.
Contact Information
rtaymor@comcast.net Price Range: $15,000-$50,000
www.rosistudio.com Contact Information
cristian@stritart.com
www.stritart.com
California Connecticut
LORETTA MCNAIR KARL SODERLUND
I have been routinely praised by art critics, Karl Soderlund is well known for his
patrons and aficionados over the span portraits. His repertoire includes
of my career for my ability to intuitively corporate presidents, judges, professional
capture the spirit as well as physical athletes and children. Other examples
likeness of my subjects. I apply traditional have been included in the Heisman Trophy
color and value techniques in three layers. portrait collection, corporate and private
Price Range: $1,500-$2,500 per subject collections.
Contact Information Price Range: $4,000-$12,000
portretts@gmail.com Contact Information
www.lorettamcnair.artspan.com karlsoderlund@hotmail.com
www.karlsoderlund.com
California Connecticut
BRIANNA LEE SHERYL SHAKINOVSKY
Brianna Lee is a classically trained artist Intuitively, with great passion and
based out of California. Influenced by joy, I endeavor to capture your unique
the Dutch masters, her award-winning personality and inner essence, to create
portraits are distinguished by glowing a realistic likeness, whether sculpted
illumination, subtle lifelike detail and or painted. Prices vary depending on
harmonious compositions. medium - charcoal/pastel, relief sculpture
or complete 3-D.
Price Range: $5,000-$45,000 depending
on scale, subject and medium Price Range: $1,750-$15,000
Contact Information Contact Information
blleefineart@gmail.com sheryl@portraitsbysheryl.com
www.briannaleefineart.com www.portraitsbysheryl.com
WHERE TO FIND A PORTRAIT ARTIST STATE BY STATE
Florida Kentucky
DAVIA DEPLANCHE RHONDA MCENROE
A portrait is for me a portal allowing the Capturing the heart and the soul of my
viewer to perceive the essence of a soul, subjects while telling a story on the
its true nature, its true beauty! It is a way canvas reaffirms my lifes purpose using
to immortalize an emotion, a memory! I my God-given talents. Clients are offered
like to use different mediums such as oil, a choice of oils, watercolor or soft pastel,
charcoal, pastel and sanguine. size desired, prices vary.
Price Range: $3,500-$30,000 Price Range: $6,000-$40,000
davia@daviafineartstudio.com rhonda@enroestudio.com
www.daviafineartstudio.com www.enroestudio.com
Florida Louisiana
LI DEYANG JANET MAINES
Through my works, I paint the relationship With graphite as my preferred medium,
we have between each other. I always Ive learned the importance of value,
paint my work from life in natural with texture and the need for accuracy in every
new designs and interesting ideas. detail. The twinkle in the eyes or twist to a
Price Range: $50,000 grin is what gives a portrait its visual and
spiritual likeness. It must radiate life.
Contact Information
lideyang1234@gmail.com Price Range: $1,200-$5,000
www.artand.cn/lideyang Contact Information
portraits@janetmaines.com
www.janetmaines.com
Illinois Massachusetts
JULIA WANG SISSI SNEVE-
I am very interested in capturing the inner SCHULTZE
emotions and feelings through portraits Sissi Sneve-Schultze, a resident of Cape
as well as figurative paintings. My art Cod, seeks to capture more than physical
intents to depict the subjects in a realm likeness in her portraits. For her, ones
of peace and tranquility, with subtle personality and demeanor share center
expression of individual human heart stage in defining the essence of a person
and mind. in paint. Her paintings are treasured
Price Range: $700-$2,500 works of art.
Contact Information Price Range: $1,000-$6,000
zwangart@gmail.com Contact Information
www.juliawangfineart.com info@gallery31capecod.com
www.gallery31capecod.com PO R TR AIT AR TI STS D IR EC TO RY
Indiana Massachusetts
TAMARA FRANK INTERRANTE
SCANTLAND ADAMS Franks expressive portraits are part of a
I fell in love with watercolor painting over permanent collection at the Massachusetts
30 years ago when I saw it demonstrated Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical
in my first painting classes. I love the way School and Massachusetts General
it shows the luminous layers of color and Hospital. His work has been exhibited in
light shining through. My work is full of the Worcester Art Museum, DeCordova
light, life, color and emotion. Museum and Museum Villa Gamberaia.
Price Range: $250-$2,000 Price Range: $3,500-$17,000
tamarasadams@msn.com frankinterrante@aol.com
www.frankinterrante.com
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www.tamarasartwork.com
PORTRAIT ARTISTS DIRECTORY
North Carolina New York
SUSAN CASEY DONNA ROLLINS
SCHARLING I like that painting! is the intended
Dramatic lighting and rich layers of color response to my work. Why, I am looking
bring the subject to life. My portraits are to achieve this response? Because once
more than a true likeness, but works of art my artwork is in your possession I want
with personality. Choose a watercolor or your friends, family and colleagues to pay
oil painting to capture your loved one and you the compliment by saying, I like that
tell their story for generations. painting!
Price Range: $1,000-$10,000 Price Range: $1,000-$1,500
susancaseyscharling@gmail.com donnarollins@earthlink.net
www.susancaseyscharling.com www.ilikethatpainting.com
North Dakota New York

DAPHNE CLARK LIN MEI
Daphne thinks of her drawings and Professional with more than 40 years
paintings as capturing a moment in time portrait painting experience. Lin
whether that would be the disappearing has painted from photos and live for
lifestyle of the rancher, a beautiful day commission and non commission to bring
or the essence of a loved one. Her work is you and your family alive in oil paintings.
primarily in oils and pastels. Member of Portrait Society of America.
cleogecko@hotmail.com meilin08@yahoo.com
www.daphneclarkart.com www.linmei-artist.com
New Hampshire New York

MICHAEL GUARINO MAX GINSBURG
I enjoy representational art and love I mostly work from life, but in my painting
portraits and figurative painting. I work here, I worked from photographs. I made
in oils mainly, but enjoy graphite and compositional layouts and proceeded to
charcoal as well. I strive to capture the paint from photos. I have received many
emotion of the individual with a strong awards including the William Draper Grand
emphasis on the characteristics of the Prize Award in the 2015 Portrait Society of
person. America International Portrait Competition.
michael@mguarino-art.com maxginsburgstudio@gmail.com
www.mguarino-art.com www.maxginsburg.com
www.ginsburgillustration.com
New Mexico Pennsylvania

JIM ANDERSON JOSE MANUEL
New Mexico artist Jim Anderson paints LUCENA
portraits of both adults and children in oil Somebody told me once, photographs lose
on canvas. His works often place the figure shine and color, computer documents get
in a narrative setting, such as the baseball corrupted, but a portrait and the model
players seen here. on it, may last for centuries. I do not copy
Price Range: $6-$8 per square inch photos I explore a human being and re-
create it on a canvas.
Contact Information
(505) 865-7870 Price Range: $500-3,500
www.jimandersonart.com Contact Information
jeyemel@yahoo.com
joezluc.wixsite.com/artsyeye
WHERE TO FIND A PORTRAIT ARTIST STATE BY STATE
South Carolina Washington

LIB MASON REBECCA LUNCAN
Lib is a contemporary portrait painter. Through the collaborative process, I start
Lib has mastered the art of oil glazes to see my subject through my patrons
over grisaille. This technique creates eyes, and that inspires me. No subject
a delightful luminous effect in her captivates me more than the human face,
contemporary paintings, giving them an and its a special honor when the subject is
air of an Old Master. also the patron.
Price Range: $2,400-$5,2000 Price Range: $500-$8,000
liberstein@aol.com studio@rebeccaluncan.com
www.libmasonportraits.com www.rebeccaluncan.com
Tennessee Quebec
LIZ LINDSTROM ALEX KASYAN
As a second-generation portrait artist In each work Alex Kasyan describes both
based out of Chattanooga, Tennessee, physical and psychological portrait of the
Liz Lindstrom travels internationally to sitter. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Kasyan
meet with her clients. Lindstrom uses her travels around North America to meet his
work in portraiture to portray the inner clients. Portraits can be done both from
person of her subjects, as well as their life and from photo taken by the artist.
appearance. Price Range: $3,000-$10,000
Price Range: $3,200-$8,800 Contact Information
Contact Information info@alexkasyan.com
liz@lizlindstrom.com www.alexkasyan.com
www.artistlizlindstrom.com
Texas United Kingdom

PHILIP TAYLOR ALASTAIR ADAMS
A portrait must create a likeness of the PPRP
sitter. This is a given. The more elusive I travel internationally, and have portraits
part is the portrayal of visual elegance in the U.K., California and Connecticut
within what is essentially a craftsmans (Yale) including Tony Blair for the National
process. The goal that keeps me forever Portrait Gallery, London. I am a past
driven to paint people is this aesthetic president of the Royal Society of Portrait
element. Painters. Distinctive portraits with a
Price Range: $400-$6,000 depending on flexible, engaging process.
size and complexity Price Range: $9,500-$35,000
philiptaylor@poka.com alastair.adams@virgin.net
www.philiptaylorart.com www.alastairadams.co.uk PO R TR AIT AR TI STS D IR EC TO RY
Utah
JONATHAN LINTON
Highly sought-after award-winning artist
Jonathan Linton creates sensitive and
powerful portraits for discerning patrons.
Contact the studio to inquire about
commissioning a portrait.
Price Range: $6,500-$24,000
Contact Information
info@jonathanlinton.com
www.jonathanlinton.com
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The streets of Kennebunkport.
Courtesy Maine Office of Tourism.
The Art Lover's Guide to Collecting Fine Art in
Maine
T
he storied coast of Maine has been captivating in 1910. Patrons can take in the views that are forever preserved
artists for centuries with some of the most sought- on Homers canvases as well as see furniture, artwork and
after American art masters having been associated photographs.
with the region. Luminaries such as Marsden Hartley, Wyeth painted many of his masterpieces in Maine, but
Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Andrew Wyeth and perhaps one of his most iconic works, Christinas World, came
Winslow Homer were drawn to the diversity of the regionits from the Cushing home that sister and brother Christina and
mountains, rugged shorelines, harbors and fishing ports. Today Alvaro Olson inherited from their mother, Kathe Hathorn, in
there continues to be a call to the state with countless galleries 1929. Today the Rockland-based Farnsworth Art Museum owns
and artists setting up permanentor seasonalstorefronts and and operates Olson House and offers tours of the property.
studios throughout the major art destinations. Fine art museums throughout the state also connect
Collectors to the area can begin with a bit of art history connoisseurs with the art of the region, including eight that are
by visiting the studios and oft-painted locales of Homer and part of the Maine Art Museum Trail. Spread across 200 miles,
Wyeth, located in Prouts Neck and Cushing, respectively. these institutions offers diverse exhibitions of historic and
Homers studio, which was declared a National Historic contemporary artwork, as well as more than 73,000 combined
Landmark in 1966, was bought and renovated by the Portland pieces across their permanent collections to explore.
Art Museum in 2006. They offer guided tours of the artists Along with Portland Art Museum and Farnsworth Art
residence where he lived and painted from 1884 until his death Museum, visitors can stop at Bates College Museum of Art

in Lewiston, the Bowdoin College
ART SPACES Museum of Art in Brunswick,

Monhegan Museum of Art &
History on Monhegan Island,
1. NORTH LIGHT 7. BARBARA PREY
GALLERY PROJECTS Waterville-based Colby College
256 Penobscot Avenue Port Clyde, ME Museum of Art, Ogunquit Museum
Millinocket, ME 04462 (207) 372-8087
Ashland of American Art in Ogunquit and
www.artnorthlight.com www.barbarapreyprojects.com
the University of Maine Museum of
2. WENDILEE 8. CAROLYN GABBE Art in Bangor.
HEATH OBRIEN Nobleboro, ME
There are also art walks galleries
whopaints Studio & Gallery www.carolyngabbeartist.com
316 Main Street and artist studios participate in
9. EVELYN DUNPHY
Winter Harbor, ME 04693
West Bath, ME Millinocket throughout the art-rich cities
www.whopaints.com
www.evelyndunphy.com
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of Maine. At each, visitors can
3. ARGOSY GALLERY 10. BAYVIEW enjoy expanded business hours,
110 Main Street
GALLERY exhibition openings and other
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
www.argosygallery.com
58 Maine Street special events. Among them is
Newport
Brunswick, ME 04011 the Bath Art Walk & Trolley Tour,
4. GINNY LANE www.bayviewgallery.com
82 Bernard Road which happens the third Friday of
11. JOHN BRYAN
Bernard, ME 04612 the summer months from 4 to 7
John Bryan Fine Art
www.ginnylane.com
198 Milliken Road Seasport p.m. The Art Walk Bar Harbor is
5 2 Winter Harbor
5. PETER YESIS North Yarmouth, ME 04097 3 another, taking place on the First
Bar Harbor
Searsport, ME www.bryanart.com Camden 4
Bernard
Friday of the month from 6 to 9
www.peteryesisart.com Rockland
12. SHARYN Nobleboro 8 6
Thomaston
p.m. Portlands First Friday Art
6. THOMASTON PAUL BRUSIE 7
Port Cycle
Walk, monthly from 5 to 8 p.m.,
PLACE AUCTION Scarborough, ME Brunswick
GALLERIES www.sharynpaul.com
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9 is a self-guided tour of galleries,
West Bath
51 Atlantic Highway
North Yarmouth 11
studios, museums and alternative
13. MARK
Thomaston, ME 04861
PETTEGROW
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Scarborough art venues.
www.thomastonauction.com More details on upcoming
45 High Tide Road 13
Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport, ME 04046 events around the state can be
www.pettegrowstudio.com
found throughout the pages of
this destination, which features
galleries and artists calling this
dynamic state home.
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Ginny Lane,
Quietside
Marsh, oil,
24 x 36"
2
Ginny Lane,
Ripples, oil,
10 x 20"
brushstrokes and a looseness art out of her own gallery, will be held in 2017 on July
GINNY LANE gives her paintings a painterly Ginny Lane Art Gallery, in 29 and 30 and August 12 and
82 Bernard Road, Bernard, ME 04612 whimsical feel. She creates the Bernard. She will be opening 13 in Southwest Harbor. Lane
(678) 978-5551, ginnyplane@gmail.com mood, energy and light best the Quietside Art Gallery and enjoys sharing her knowledge
www.ginnylane.com when she is painting outside Studio this fall in the city, and expertise in classes and
Ginny Lanes passion in plein air when one is forced where she and her sister and workshops she teaches both in
for painting the Maine to paint quickly. other local artists will sell and Maine and her winter location
Coastal Sea began during Lane is mostly self-taught, show their art. Marietta, Georgia. Collectors
her summers growing up but has taken numerous She is a member of the can view her paintings on the
in Seal Cove, Maine, on workshops to improve her Coastal Fine Art Alliance of Art Collector Maine online
Mount Desert Island. Her skills and techniques. In the Maine, where she shows and gallery through Portland Art
style is expressionistic and summer, she lives in Bernard, sells her art each year with Gallery or on her website,
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impressionistic. Her vivid Maine, and paints almost the organizations juried fine where a list of classes and
daily. Presently, she sells her art shows. The exhibitions workshops are also available.
DESTINATION MAINE
1
Thomaston Place
Auction Galleries,
Glacier, by Marguerite
Zorach (1887-1968).
2
Thomaston Place Auction
Galleries, Landscape, oil on
canvas, by Marsden Hartley
(1877-1943).
3
Thomaston Place Auction
Galleries, Monumental
painting depicting two
women in a French Riviera
apartment, by Waldo Peirce
(1884-1970).
Another highlight will be

THOMASTON a monumental work by
PLACE AUCTION legendary artist Waldo Peirce
GALLERIES (1884-1970) depicting two
womenPeirces second
51 Atlantic Highway (US Route 1)
wife, Amy Troutman, and
Thomaston, ME 04861
Ernest Hemingways first
(207) 354-8141, (800) 924-1032
www.thomastonauction.com wife, Elizabeth Hadley
Richardsonin a French
In Maine, summer is the time Riviera apartment. Peirce and
when many wonderful works of Hemingway were close friends
art discovered in local estates who met while driving an
and attics come to auction ambulance in France during
creating the perfect opportunity World War I.
to acquire locally sourced art Artwork by members
for home or collection. A fixture of the renowned Zorach
on the Maine summer calendar, dynasty will also be featured.
Thomaston Place Auction These include two works by
Galleries August salethis modernist Marguerite Zorach
year on August 26 and 27 (1887-1968); three drawings by
always includes a large fine art William Zorach (1887-1966);
collection, with emphasis on and five charming paintings
works by Maine artists, along by daughter Dahlov Ipcar
with marine items, antiques (1917-2017).
and decorative arts. Thomaston Place Auction
Featured art will include a Galleries, one of Maines
painting by Marsden Hartley premier auction and appraisal
(1877-1943) titled Landscape; companies, is located on US
two ship paintings by Percy Route 1 in Thomaston. Their
Sanborn (1849-1929); Chicken leadership in discovering
Market, New Orleans, a work by Maines fine art and antique
Stephen Etnier (1903-1984); plus treasures has earned them
a large selection of paintings by worldwide respect from
contemporary Maine artists. buyers, collectors and experts.

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SHARYN PAUL Sharyn
BRUSIE Paul Brusie,

Reverence, oil
Scarborough, ME, (207) 671-9477 on canvas,
sharyn@sharynpaul.com 36 x 36"
www.sharynpaul.com 2
From early on, Sharyn Paul Sharyn Paul
Brusie felt the need to create. Brusie, The
Goats of Bass
She received a BS from the Harbor, acrylic
Maine College of Art and a on canvas,
BFA from the University of 40 x 60"
Southern Maine. Whether
3
it has been teaching art or Sharyn
directing films, shes been Paul Brusie,
led down many eye-opening Guardian
paths. In 2015, she took a Angel, acrylic
on canvas,
break from filmmaking so
36 x 48"
she could immerse herself
back into her love for
drawing and painting.
Shes primarily interested
in painting people and
animals in narrative scenes.
What I find compelling is
whats going on inside my
subject and how honestly
I can convey that emotion,
even subtly, she says.
My sensitivity to their 1
environment plays a role connect to the greater whole. American series titled Blood The Gallery at Somes Sound
in the mood of the piece as Theres often a depth and a Sister and Brothers that was in Mount Desert Island,
well. Revealing whats behind lightness to my work. inspired by a childhood Maine, represents Brusie.
someones eyes, mixing in As a proud Maine friend from the Penobscot Presently the gallery is
a touch of whimsy, having painter, Brusies artwork Nation in Maine. My aim showing an exhibition of
fun with composition, color also represents people is to show the beauty, the her work through August
and light, all add to the who live near the sea and boldness and the soul in each and September. Collectors
storytelling. I like leaving the the surroundings of her of my subjects, she says. Its also can view her art by
viewer with the opportunity home state. Currently she a privilege to shine a well- appointment at her home
to wonder, to look within is working on a Native deserved light. gallery in Scarborough.
themselves and hopefully
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Invitational, well over 100 time shortly after starting his

ARGOSY GALLERY new paintings will have been JOHN BRYAN career. His original designs
110 Main Street, Bar Harbor added to regular inventory John Bryan Fine Art, 198 Milliken Road and modern approach to this
ME 04609, (207) 288-9226 before the gallerys busiest North Yarmouth, ME 04097 art process has brought new
info@argosygallery.com season from July through late (207) 829-6447 curiosity to woodcarving and
www.argosygallery.com October. These include works jbryan@bryanart.com a heightened expectation of
Argosy Gallery specializes by longtime as well as newer www.bryanart.com what a modern woodcarving
in fine Maine landscapes by gallery artists. Woodcarving artist and should be. Using hand-
award-winning artists from Events this year, in sculptor John Bryan has forged English chisels that
every region of the country. addition to the Third Acadia been creating special things are more than 200 years old,
For 180 years artists have Invitational, include the yearly in wood professionally Bryan creates mantelpieces,
traveled to paint Mount Fathers Day Art on Deck show since 1978. Trained as a bas-relief wall panels and
Desert Island, now home of at Galyns Restaurant, and fine furniture maker in sculptures.
Acadia National Park, which five first Friday Bar Harbor college where he majored As an avid sportsman,
marked its centennial last art walks from June through in environmental design, much of Bryans portfolio
year. In addition to the 90 October. he started woodcarving full reflects his longstanding
paintings in this passion for the outdoor
years major lifestyle and heritage in
show, the Third 1 Maine. In recent years, he
Acadia
Argosy Gallery, has created a number of
Corner on Main
limited-edition bronzes
Street, oil on canvas,
16 x 20", by Scott with edition sizes kept to 10
Moore. to 30 piecesof some of his
favorite woodcarvings. Bryan
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is an independent artist, with
Argosy Gallery in
Bar Harbor, Maine, his artwork available directly
represents award- through him.
winning artists from My best pieces typically
across the country. sell quickly so the best way
3
to engage is through the
John Bryan, commission process, says
Falcon, limewood, Bryan. New work is posted
30 x 14 x 11". Photo in my new online gallery
by Warren Roos.
as it becomes available so
4 checking there frequently to
John Bryan, Jungle see what Im up to may pay
Cock, Swiss pear dividends.
wood, 16 x 6 x 5".
Photo by the artist.
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Bayview Gallery features
the work of more than 40
painters and sculptors.
2
Bayview Gallery, Schoodic
Granite, oil on panel, 24 x 24",
by Jon Allan Marshall.
3
Evelyn Dunphy, Dawn
Breaks, watercolor, 32 x 42"
(framed)
4
Evelyn Dunphy, Skies Over
Coulagh Bay, watercolor,
18 x 19" (framed)
1 2
Leve to the near photorealist rocky coasts, the north woods beautifully evocative.
BAYVIEW GALLERY florals of Helen Rundell. This or Mount Katahdin. Ive been Through September 4, her
58 Maine Street, Brunswick, season, Ron Di Scenza joins blessed to be able to use my artwork will be included in
ME 04011, (800) 244-3007 the gallery, providing a series work to help save wilderness American Artists Abroad at
art@bayviewgallery.com of blithe, willowy figurative areas, she says. My emotional the Bennington Center for the
www.bayviewgallery.com work. Also among its artists are response to a place is the story Arts in Bennington, Vermont.
Bayview Gallery is a fine Doug Zider, who has always behind each painting. August 3 and 4 she will be the
art gallery specializing in turned to water for inspiration, Collector W. Sivitz says, speaker and tour leader with the
American impressionist and and Jon Allan Marshall, a Visual and emotional Appalachian Trail Conservancy
realist paintings. It focuses self-described regional painter uniqueness and depth, a sense Symposium, Colby College,
on the work of mid- to late- who is conscious of his New of unfolding positive mystery, Maine, where the topic is
career artists who are all England roots. all reward me each day when Valuing the Aesthetics
accomplished professionals, I look up from my work of Nature: The Role of the
with its roster including more EVELYN DUNPHY and see my Evelyn Dunphy Visual Artist in the American
than 40 painters working painting. The late Thomas Conservation Movement.
West Bath, ME, (207) 449-7057
in oil, acrylic, pastel and Sgouros of the Rhode Island Then, beginning August 26,
artist@evelyndunphy.com
watercolor. The gallerys School of Design said, The her work will be on view at
www.evelyndunphy.com
sculptors offer work in bronze, range of the interpretation the North Light Gallerys
Evelyn Dunphy paints the exhibition in [her] series is anniversary exhibition for the
wood, steel and stoneware.
places she loves in Maine, very exhilarating. And it seems Katahdin Woods and Waters
Bayview Gallery spans
whether it is beaches, coves, the more complete thought is National Monument.
two floors and its building
accommodates extensive art
storage, which they make
available to visitors. Given
the seasonal nature of coastal
Maine, the gallery exhibits all
of its artists during the summer
season. Every artist always has
available work in the gallery.
The gallery website is a
current virtual catalog of pieces

in the gallery. In addition to
the traditional landscapes,
seascapes and marine paintings
one expects to find in a Maine
gallery, Bayview also exhibits
still life paintings in styles
ranging from classic Boston
School paintings of Gayle
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DESTINATION MAINE
been an exhibiting artist since

CAROLYN GABBE the 1980s and stumbled upon
Nobleboro, ME, (215) 499-6268 the storied Katahdin because
carolyngabbeart@gmail.com her new husband, Wayne,
www.carolyngabbeartist.com had a camp in Millinocket.
Born in the Western United North Light Gallery currently
States, Carolyn Gabbe had represents 17 contemporary
the honor of being an Air artists following that landscape
Force child. She traveled over tradition, but has represented
much of the U.S. experiencing as many as 75 artists since
firsthand the breadth and the gallerys inception in
depth of what makes America 2004. With affordable custom
so uniquethe vastness framing, North Light Gallery is
and variety of people and a full customer service gallery.
places, landscapes and faces. Artist as conservationist is
Painting was something an important part of painting
Gabbe dreamed of, but never in Maine. Artists have traipsed
expected to be doing. into the wilderness for causes
Now a graduate of such as saving Katahdin
the four-year Advanced Lake (where Hartley painted
Fine Art Program at the Katahdin) and exploring and
internationally recognized documenting a potential new
Studio Incamminati in 1
national park, now Katahdin
Philadelphia, founded by Woods and Waters National
at the Haggett Building in
Nelson and Leona Shanks, NORTH LIGHT Monument, for which Donahue
Wiscasset, Maine, runs August
Gabbe paints every day in got a leadership award. The
8 through September 1. GALLERY first anniversary of the national
and around her studio in Gabbe is a member of 256 Penobscot Avenue, Millinocket, monument will be the subject
mid-coast Maine. She is Oil Painters of America, the ME 04462, (207) 723-4414 of an exhibition opening
always seeking to describe Portrait Society of America artnorthlight@gmail.com August 26 and running
the feelings and glimpses and American Women www.artnorthlight.com through October. Featured
of souls and beauty that Artists. Her work may be
surround us if we are paying Artist Marsha Donahue, will be art produced either in
found in Gleason Fine Art
attention. a native of central Maine, or of the area and is open to
in Boothbay Harbor, Maine,
Her upcoming solo show, established North Light Gallery any artist, with works to be
and at Manitou Galleries in
Home Is Where the Heart Is, in 2004 in Millinocket after 35 submitted by email by August
Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well
celebrates the 10th anniversary years of education and work 17. On view concurrently is a
as in private collections in
of her relationship with paint. in the arts in Washington, D.C. revolving show of new works
Pennsylvania, Maine, New
The show, which takes place and Portland, Maine. She has by gallery artists.
Jersey, Florida and California.
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Carolyn Gabbe,
Home Is Where
the Heart Is, oil on
canvas, 36 x 36"
2
Carolyn Gabbe,
Blue Hubbard, oil on
board, 14 x 11"
3
North Light Gallery,
Snapping Turtle
Pond, oil on canvas,
48 x 65", by Marsha
Donahue.
2 3
1
Mark Pettegrow,
Leap of Faith, bronze
with steel base,
MARK 36 x 32 x 12"
PETTEGROW 2
Peter Yesis, Neighbors,
45 High Tide Road, Kennebunkport, oil, 30 x 40"
ME 04046, (215) 327-9505
mpsltd@comcast.net 3
www.pettegrowstudio.com Peter Yesis, Sea Barn,
oil, 24 x 30"
Brought up in the typical
nomadic childhood 4
of a service family, Mark Pettegrow,
Tidal Series: Cycle,
Mark Pettegrow bronze with steel
discovered a love of base, 34 x 20 x 16"
travel to new places
2
and the lure of new
ideas and experiences.
No matter where the family
was stationed, he was
always taken home to Maine
each summer where it was
impressed on him, These are
your roots, this is your home.
Through his adult years,
Pettegrow returned frequently
to Maine, visiting the family
home in Machiasport, and
eventually settled in
Kennebunkport
where he maintains
a summer studio.
He also has a studio
in Point Pleasant,
Pennsylvania. 1 3
Working primarily in wind. Discovering objects that convey the energy of the
wax, plaster and clay for crafted for purposes unknown, sea, and he is experimenting
bronze casting or direct the forms, simple and clear, with the palette knife to
metal fabrication, evoke a past in the patina that emphasis texture and
Pettegrows sculpture years of use, wear and rust achieve richer color.
is often commissioned give to the forgotten tool. This Yesis recently exhibited a
on a site-specific is the lyric I now pursue, the flower painting collection at
or project basis and forms I explore. the Roux & Cyr International
has been produced Gallery in Portland, Maine.
for numerous corporate His upcoming juried events
and private collections, PETER YESIS include the Mount Desert
and in many residential ArtWorks! in support of the
Searsport, ME
architectural installations. Land & Garden Preserve,
www.peteryesisart.com
As an artist I mine the Cape Elizabeth Land
memories to distill them into Peter Yesis paints in oils in Trust Paint for Preservation
new forms, says Pettegrow, a style that is realistic with and the Long Beach Island
whose childhood on a Maine a touch of impressionism. Foundation Plein Air Plus
coastal farm allowed him to His varied landscapes of Paint Out in New Jersey.
view unused outbuildings. the great Maine outdoors Yesis is represented by these
There I found beauty in include the rugged coast, Maine galleries: Camden
decay, in wood silvered, harbor-side villages, sea Falls Gallery, Gallery at
4 slivered and split, layers of crafts, mountains, wildlife Somes Sound and Roux &
paint peeled by 200 years of and flowers. His current Cyr International Gallery.
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summers sun and winters focus is larger seascapes

DESTINATION MAINE
pastel and oil, with the various

WENDILEE mediums being guided by her
HEATH OBRIEN artistic vision.
whopaints Studio & Gallery I mostly use the Eastern
316 Main Street, Winter Harbor, ME 04693 composition goals, as the
(207) 963-2076, who@whopaints.com Asian artist is trying to bring
www.whopaints.com the viewer into the picture
rather than staying outside
Wendilee Heath OBriens
and having the eye move
whopaints Studio & Gallery is
around it, says OBrien.
a place where art is created,
When using the diverse
experienced and enjoyed. Her
mediums, she is always
general vision is holding up
trying new techniques. With
and the witnessing of what
watercolor she will paint
can be, what is good and what
without a brush to capture the
to steward, she says. Having
organic shapes caused by the
lived in a small Japanese
water moving the pigment.
fishing village and in one
For oil on copper and gold
in Maine, her artwork is a
leaf, she works in thin layers
marriage of the two cultures.
letting the warmth come
Many of her paintings are
through the pigments to try
done in the Japanese gold
and create the pulsing setting
leaf tradition of kinpakku.
sun on rocks. Goop layered
She also works in watercolor,
2
1
in oil to build relief so the image
Wendilee Heath OBrien
shares the process of her changes as the viewer moves around
painting gold leaf painting the picture. With kinpakku, she tries
Raw and Sublime, kinpakku. to find new ways to move the pigment
on the gold and see how different golds
2
Wendilee Heath OBrien, take the pigment. The multiple golds
Tide and Wind, pastel on create the underlying abstract patterns
sandpaper, 24 x 39" of a landscape.
On July 21 and August 18 at 5 p.m.,
3
whopaints Studio & Gallery
OBrien will play in an Okoto concert at
features the artwork of the whopaints garden.
Wendilee Heath OBrien.

Raw and Sublime, Kinpakku, 24 x 60" In Liquid Mass, Watercolor, 18 x 27" Glory and the Sea, Oil on Gold Leaf, 24 x 48"
whopaints
Studio & Gallery
Stories In Color of Life in Downeast Maine
in Oil, Watercolor, Pastel and Kinpakku
(Traditional Japanese Gold Leaf)
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY
Wendilee Heath OBrien
Birch Trees, Multiple Golds on Panel 48 x 6" Barrens of Acadia, Pastel, 28 x 36"
Moon Over Canada, Oil on Copper Leaf, 48 x 12"
PHYSICAL ADDRESS MAILING ADDRESS
316 Main Street PO Box 315

Winter Harbor, ME 04693 www.whopaints.com 207-963-2076 who@whopaints.com Winter Harbor, ME 04693
Robert Lange Studios
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / CHARLESTON, SC
2 Queen Street | Charleston, SC 24901
August 4-31, 2017
(843) 805-8052 | www.robertlangestudios.com
JUNE STR AT TON
Ethereal
elements
I n her dreams, June Stratton often finds
herself surrounded by water. Shes
surrounded by water in real life, too. In her
home in Georgia, there is a river on one side
and a saltmarsh on the other. In Aquamarine,
her latest show at Robert Lange Studios,
in Charleston, South Carolina, all of her
paintings include water features.
In Rainfall, Stratton balances landscape
with the theater. The landscape came from
this place called Jacks River in northern
Georgia, where I last went backpacking many
years ago, Stratton says. Its nice to have the
landscapes creep back into my painting.
Though Stratton doesnt consider
her paintings to have an overtly
environmentalist message, the changing
2
landscape is regularly featured in her
paintings. I am concerned with water rise,
because I see it every day. Thats something
that comes through in my paintings,
she says. My inspiration comes from my
dreams, and I think my dreams are inspired
by the environment.
Stratton has used the same set of
1 2 3 4
Resemblance, Atlantic, oil and silver Music, oil and silver Sea of Pearls, oil and silver
oil and silver on on Arches oil paper, on Arches oil paper, on Arches oil paper,
Arches oil paper, 8 x 8" 20 x 20" 8 x 8" 12 x 12"
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3
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models, twins, for over a year and a half, and Stratton shot from above. She had a difficult
she often finds inspiration in their actions. If time capturing the shot she wanted, and the
my models happen to strike an inspiring pose, wall behind the model kept making its way
I have to paint it even if it doesnt fit my theme, into the shot. The resulting painting features
she says. Theres something to be said about the model twice, with the wall separating the
painting the same models over and over again. two figures. It ended up being a metaphor for
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You get to know each other, and they really artistic angst, Stratton laughs.
5 understand what Im trying to do. Aquamarine will open at Robert Lange
Rainfall, oil and silver Studios on August 4, with a reception from 5 to
While photographing for a large piece called
on Arches oil paper,
The Wall, her model laid on the ground while 8 p.m., and runs through August 31.
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48 x 30"
Lotton Gallery
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / CHICAGO, IL
900 N. Michigan Avenue, Level 6 | Chicago, IL 60611
August 4-31, 2017
(312) 664-6203 | www.lottongallery.com
FRANK GONZALES
Simple beauty
T he process Frank Gonzales uses in
his nature-themed art is organic
letting the composition come together
as he paints. Often this begins with a
background color painted on the canvas,
and then his main subject matter, a bird
or flower, drawn in on top without any
preliminary sketches. He continues by
adding complementary elements, building
a cohesive and eye-catching design. The
animals and flowers themselves are true to
their species in color and form.
I like to contrast the background and
the colors of the natural elements that Im
painting, says Gonzales. That creates a
visual tension that is exciting.
August 4 to 31, Gonzales will exhibit new
pieces in this ongoing exploration at Lotton
Gallery in Chicago. The works will have
bolder colors or will be pieces that have
presented unique challenges for the artist.
Its interesting because I like using
bold colors anyways, but I think there is
something about [this series] that I cant
explain, Gonzales shares. They seem more
optimistic this time; they seem happier.
This could be because Gonzales has
focused on paring back the composition
to the simplest forms of beauty, as seen
1
in his painting Blue Jay and Oleanders.
The work highlights the complementary
1
Grey on Gray, acrylic color combinations through the primaries
on panel, 12 x 12" of yellow, blue and red. Another work,
Amarillo Azule is a flip of the first piece,
2 with the background a bright blue and the
Purple Honeycreeper
and Golden
birds yellow. Its still complementary, but
Trumpets, acrylic on the composition and the feel of the work
panel, 16 x 16" completely changes from this bright sunny
piece to this kind of cooler, more calming
3
Blue Jay and
feel of [Amarillo Azule], he says.
Oleanders, acrylic on Another of the works in the exhibition
panel, 20 x 16" is Grey on Gray, which Gonzales says
was a personal challenge for him, as it
required painting a gray subject on a
gray background. He elaborates, Im
still making [the bird] pop on a gray
background instead of it being bland
and getting lost in the gray. Theres an
intentional play of that.
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Frank Gonzales songbirds and flowers of spring and summer create an

enchanting combination, giving a warm affection toward the beauty of the
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natural world. Christina Franzoso, director, Lotton Gallery

George Billis Gallery
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / LOS ANGELES, CA
2716 S. La Cienega Boulevard | Los Angeles, CA 90034
September 8-October 14, 2017
(310) 838-3685 | www.georgebillis.com
ALEX BLAS
In your room
A lex Blas immigrated to the U.S. from

Mexico in 1988 and settled in Los
Angeles. He later moved to rural Northern
fashion and vice versa.
His latest paintings will be in the exhibition
In Your Room at George Billis Gallery in Los
I kept meeting these people and becoming
friends, he says. We met at parties or
shows and I was attracted to the way each
California to continue his careers in both Angeles, September 8 to October 14. The person has this positive energy about
painting and fashion. He is currently theme of In Your Room is central to my themthe way they carry themselves, they
working on a childrens book about me at workprivacy and personal space. know who they are and theyre young and
7 and how I discovered the word passion Preparing for a previous exhibition, confident. I liked the way they displayed
and discovered the word artist and realized his home, studio and all but one of his their friendship for each other and for me.
that art is my passion. Pressed on what paintings were lost in the 2015 Valley Blas likes to have his paintings of people
passion means he replied, Its something Fire that destroyed over 1,300 homes. His in rooms displayed in different rooms
you have to do no matter what. You find a passion for his work and for his circle of someone in the kitchen hanging in the
way to do it. You cant think of anything creative friends kept him going. living room, one persons living room
else. When Im painting Im thinking about When I moved to Northern California displayed in another. He set out to paint

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his friends in their own rooms in available

light. The funny part is they never thought
[Blas] shows a great mastery of technique, a stunning
of themselves as models or somebody who sense of light and space, and a great appreciation for
anybody would want to paint, he says.
I see them as people I would love to paint. the small details of the material world we inhabit.
He sometimes takes 500 photos at a shoot Tressa Williams, director, George Billis Gallery LA
but when he sits down to edit them, the
perfect shot jumps right out. He calls the
1
works fly on the wall paintings. Tyler G. Wilson, oil on
Many of his subjects are shown with their canvas, 30 x 40"
laptops or cellphones. When were apart,
2
even though were in an intimate places
Chris Duty, oil on canvas,
by ourselves, were still communicating, 40 x 30"
he says. Paintings arent a big part of his
friends lives. They know its what I do, 3
that its my passion, continues Blas. And Esteban Hurtado, oil on
canvas, 40 x 30"
they know its hard work. It can take me a
month to complete a painting. They see the 4
constant dedication, and they love seeing Alex Blas in his studio.
the layers of the painting build up.
In Tyler G. Wilson, Tyler has an aura of
waiting. When Blas was painting the portrait,
texts and messages began circulating, Has
anyone seen Tyler? The next morning Blas
learned that his friend had died in a car
accident. Blas took the painting to the wake
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and funeral as a remembrance.

His portraits, done traditionally of
untraditional subjects, are intimate
moments that the viewer can quietly be
099
part of.
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George Billis Gallery
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / NEW YORK, NY
525 W. 26th Street, Ground Floor | New York, NY 10001
Through August 16, 2017
(212) 645-2621 | www.georgebillis.com
PEGGIE BLIZARD
Intimate bouquets
1 2
F or the better part of the past 10 years, Peggie Blizard

has focused her paintings on the same theme: cut
garden- and wildflowers in Mason jars. Her fascination
Through August 16, Blizard will exhibit new paintings in
the series at George Billis Gallery in New York City.
Included in the show is Nectarine Blossoms, which is
1
Mixed Flowers II,
oil on panel,
30 x 24"
with the subject matter is as much about the jars as it is based on one of the first pieces she created in the grouping
the flowers. but depicts nectarine blossoms instead of apple blossoms. 2
She explains, One of the questions I get repeatedly is, Having turned up empty handed when wanting to paint a Ranunculus and
a Ball Jar, oil on
How do you paint water? The answer, of course, is that second version of the first painting, Blizard when to a local panel, 30 x 24"
you dont paint water; you paint the reflection of objects in nursery and found the small subjects for this work.
water. The raised letters on the jars catch bits of color and When I put the blossoms in the jar, I was intrigued 3
help to convey the illusion of reality. By using flowers, the by the way the wooden stems were ridged and did not Nectarine
Blossoms, oil on
slight distortion of the stems in the water helps to create bend gracefully as flowers on thinner stems usually do, panel, 30 x 24"
the Trompe lOeil effect. she describes. But then I noticed they cast a delicately
Blizard also wants to portray intimacy and create the patterned shadow on the wall to the right of the still life
illusion of space in the paintings. The works should draw and I took up the challenge.
in the viewer and, because of the fine detail work in the The paintings Mixed Flowers II and Petunias and
flowers and the jar, they should not stop looking. Often, Cosmos in a Jar were inspired by flowers growing in her
the flowers depicted come from Blizards garden or they garden. Blizard says, I picked a bunch in both cases and
are from nurseries, which highlights the knowledge she tried a variety of arrangements until I hit on something to
has of their forms. which I responded. The petunias are fun to paint because

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they are fluid and soft and very much like time in our area. I bought a number of the seasons, she says. Although this picture
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fabric. They remind me of dresses Ive plants and put them in the ground. One is darker than I usually work, this painting
worn to dances. was the most beautiful soft pink with a is meant to be fun. I focused on painting
Another work is Ranunculus and a Ball brownish tint; but because I am working the composition both inside and outside of
Jar. Ranunculus are one of my favorite with flowers from my garden, the seasons the jar, in order to emphasize the illusion of
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flowers, but it only shows up around Easter dictate what I can paint during different the space and atmosphere.
Quidley & Company
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / NANTUCKET, MA
26 Main Street | Nantucket, MA 02554
Opens August 4, 2017
(508) 228-4300 | www.quidleyandco.com
HUNT SLONEM
Drawing in paint
H unt Slonem paints bunnies, birds
and butterflies in a more than
30,000-square-foot studio in Brooklyn,
describes the process like drawing
in paint. He then adopted metallic
paints followed by a crosshatching that
New York, that he shares with dozens suggests netting or a cage. He says,
of exotic birds. His work is in important Its like weaving. Im making colors
private collections around the world and bleed into each other. Im revealing the
in the collection of the Metropolitan underpainting. Im making these marks
Museum of Art. His recently published to allow the light to come through,
272-page book Birds is a follow-up to his basically. So youre seeing about five
earlier 256-page book Bunnies. levels of paint, instead of one. His latest
Single bunnies proliferateas experiment is mixing diamond dust
bunnies dobecause Slonem warms with the paint to create a shimmering
up in the morning by ritually painting experience. Violeta is an example of his
them in his characteristic wet-on- shimmering surfaces and his revealing
wet technique. Often a simple line of the underpainting.
indicating the bunnys face and ears, An exhibition of his paintings will
they are framed by the artist and his be held at Quidley & Company in
collectors in elaborate frames and hung Nantucket, Massachusetts, opening
salon style in large groupings. August 4.
Slonems wet-on-wet technique S l o n e m s j o y f u l l y g e s t u r a l
was adopted after a trip to India. He brushstrokes are in evidence in his 3-by-
1
2
3
1
Violeta, oil on canvas,
40 x 30"
2
Lunas, oil on canvas,
29 x 49"
3
Come on In, oil on
canvas, 36 x 60"
4
Magnificent Seven,
oil on panel, 30 x 52"
4
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5-foot painting of black bunnies on gold, student to Nicaragua, an experience His birds, which he refers to as his family,
Come on In. In Lunas, which is 4 feet wide, that had a great impact on his work. sometimes sit on his shoulder when he
the ephemeral green moth is rendered in Today, in his studio, he has created an paints. A large garden of large potted
a rich impasto of green. atmosphere similar to the exotic nature plants shares the studio with the artist
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When he was 16 he was an exchange he was surrounded with in Nicaragua. and the rest of his family.
Julie Nester Gallery
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / PARK CITY, UT
1280 Iron Horse Drive | Park City, UT 84060
July 28-August 29, 2017
(435) 649-7855 | www.julienestergallery.com
CAROL OMALIA
Jumping for joy
1 2
C arol OMalias thesis work had male figures in

it. She was advised that nudes wouldnt selllet
alone male nudes. I literally put the idea aside, she
bring their own stories to the paintings.
OMalia recalls going out in into the snowy fields
with her snowshoes when she was younger. There
1
Find Myself Some Wings,
confesses. was just the quiet and cold and the mesmerizing light 2
Her work has encompassed tightly framed, and shadows shifting across the snow. The feeling of Might as Well Jump,
untouched snow-covered fields, piles of pillows and being alone in the woods, isolated from the world was oil on canvas, 48 x 48"
paintings of her daughter as she was growing up. Since a positive thing, she says. Her fascination with light
3
nothing in art proceeds in a linear way, she began to and shadow led her to a series of paintings of pillows
Jump Start, oil on canvas,
include her daughters friends as they played, notably in white cases piled up as if their owner has just moved 54 x 36"
as they jumped into ponds and pools. Some of the awayperhaps from the security of the comforting
friends were boys. And the male figure began to return pillows into the trials of daily life. 4
Artist Carol OMalia with
as a theme. Those two series are masterful studies in white.
works from her newest
She painted a series of boxers that brought to mind She recalls when she was teaching at Massachusetts series.
her study of the classical male figure in college and College of Art, she would go over the Museum of
graduate school. Her latest series of jumping boys Fine Arts in Boston to study the John Singer Sargent 5
depict moments in timea figure caught midair works, notably The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. Dog Days of Summer,
and young adolescents enjoying the freedom of life I spent two semesters staring at Sargents white,
before college and career. The boys are anonymous, she says.
their faces hidden from view, giving them the role of Her new paintings are full of painterly color and
Everyboy. She finds their anonymity allows viewers to light, carefully rendered in the figures and nearly

In these paintings
[Carol OMalia] is
capturing the joy of
playShe has effectively
taken a playful
theme and created
an alluring painting
with a sophisticated
composition.
Julie Nester, owner, Julie Nester Gallery
abstract in the background clouds.

OMalia knows her models well and has
known them as theyve been growing
up. She carefully composes their place
in the composition to emphasize both
their sense of freedom and a sense of
their safety.
The boy in Jump Start still has caution
in his world view as he carefully holds his
nose before plummeting into the water.
An older boy in Find Myself Some Wings
surmises there are ways to fly higher as his
left hand begins to go beyond the safety of
the picture plane.
OMalias new paintings will be shown
July 28 to August 29 at Julie Nester
Gallery, Park City, Utah.
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Quidley & Company
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / NANTUCKET, MA
26 Main Street | Nantucket, MA 02554
Opens August 18, 2017
(508) 228-4300 | www.quidleyandco.com
SERGIO ROFFO
Coastal views
S ergio Roffo knows the ocean. He lives
in Scituate, Massachusetts, and sails
an 18-foot catboat. Scituate and the North
River were home to shipyards in the 18th
and 19th centuries. The vessel Columbia
was built there. The first American vessel to
circumnavigate the globe, she gave her name
to the Columbia River.
Roffo paints the river and its marshlands in
their many manifestations and seasons. He
also paints the similar land and seascapes
of Nantucket Island, about 90 miles south, a
whaling capital at the time of the building of
the Columbia.
In Misty Sunrise, Nantucket, Roffo paints
a catboat at its mooring as the sun begins to
burn off the morning mist. The broad beamed
boat is reflected in the calm water, waiting
for the mist to burn off, the wind to pick up,
and the captain to arrive for a day sail. Fog
has an ethereal quality as if floats onto the
shore, enveloping everything in mystery. Its
something of a miracle when the sun breaks
1
1
Sergio Roffo paints
along the coast.
2
Misty Sunrise,
Nantucket, oil on
linen, 24 x 36"
3
Nantucket Calm,
oil on linen, 30 x 40"
4
Twilight Scituate,
MA, oil on linen,
30 x 40"
5
Madaket Mist, oil on
linen, 18 x 30"
2
3
4 5
through and its grip is broken. Madaket Roffo came to the U.S. from Italy when he a celebration of the qualities of light in
Mist depicts a moment when the fog is was 8. After high school he attended the creating atmosphere. Hunter passed those
either about to claim visibility or give it up Vesper George School of Art in Boston. fundamentals on to Roffo.
to the sun. Robert Douglas Hunter (1928-2014) had In Twilight Scituate, MA, he paints the
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Roffo acknowledges this otherworldly attended the Vesper George School luminosity of the late light in the sky, on
quality when he explains, My mission is and was a teacher there when Roffo was the boats and in the water.
trying to convey to the viewer the spirituality a student. Hunter was an exponent of The exhibition Sergio Roffo: Capturing
and sacredness of my work, indicating the the precepts of the Boston School the Coast opens at Quidley & Company on
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harmony of nature through color and light. careful drawing and composition and Nantucket, August 18.
Gallery 31 Fine Art
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / ORLEANS, MA
34 Main Street | Orleans, MA 02653
August 17-September 7, 2017
(508) 247-9469 | www.gallery31capecod.com
JEANNE ROSIER SMITH
Heat wave
A Ph.D. in English and 10 years teaching college factor in their work, she advises her students, Paint 1
Lucky Break, pastel,
English didnt stop Jeanne Rosier Smiths career what excites you. Figure that out first, and hang on to
18 x 36"
as an artist. She has been painting since she was a child the emotion. And later, Dont get lost in the details:
but fell in love with the feel and the quality of pastels go back to your feeling, mood, inspiration. 2
when she received some as a gift. In 2000, she began As for her own inspiration she says, I find waves Marsh Morning, pastel,
to devote herself full time to the medium. endlessly inspiring: the light on water, the constant 12 x 24"
She spent summers at the beach and her love of the motion, the drama of crashing waves. At the shore 3
water was enforced by a college year spent in Nice, I am moved by such wonders as the peaceful stillness Sweet Summer Morning,
France, overlooking the Mediterranean. of a windless day at low tide. This environment pastel, 24 x 36"
There is something magical about paintings of provides me with endless possibilities for painting.
waves created from sticks of colored dust. In Lucky Stepping back from the waves, she painted Marsh
Break she paints not only the translucency of the waves Morning with the many subtle colors of the marsh
but their transparency as one crest falls and we see grasses and wildflowers and the small puddles of
through it to the green translucency of the body of the water left on the mud by the receding tide. With
wave behind it. little detail, she records her impression of a visually
Smith conducts workshops out of her Sudbury, complex scene.
Massachusetts, studio. Her instruction often goes Inspiration, for her, is everywhere. As she says, Its
beyond the technical. In a session on pushing the wow a beautiful world out there.

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I was literally stopped in my tracks when I first saw Jeannes seascapesI

treasure my growing collection of Jeannes fine artbeautiful, soothing yet
exhilaratingabsolutely stunning! Sherry Charley, collector, Westford, MA
PR E V I E W
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Addison Art Gallery
43 S. Orleans Road | Orleans, MA 02653
August 5-31, 2017
(508) 255-6200 | www.addisonart.com
OLIVIER SUIRE VERLEY
le de R
O ff the west coast of France near La

Rochelle is the Atlantic island le
de R where artist Olivier Suire Verley
where the artists work is exhibited at
Addison Art Gallery. This summer marks
his seventh solo exhibition with the
Its charms, for those who know, could be
confused with those of Cape Cod, says
the artist of his home. Light, sand dunes,
resides. Also along the Atlanticmore gallery, where he will display his works that islander character imposed on us by
than 3,300 miles west of the islandis the that are filled with colorful sails, beach geography, that seafarers solidarity and
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, town of Orleans umbrellas and street venders. the endless sky that opens heart and mind.

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He adds that for many people who have been

to le de R it brings visions of clear, watery
colors. For him, however, in the sea and rural
landscapes he finds very strong contrasts
between the exuberant greens of the
vegetation, the blue limpidity of the skies,
and the brownish yellowness of the rocky
paths: all these violent tonalities splash my
face like sprays sequined by the salt.
Suire Verleys first inspiration remains
figures and the environmentscenes of
everyday life such as people on beaches
and wandering through markets. Take
Multicolored Sails, for instance, which
shows a crowd of people walking toward
the vessels with their white, blue, red and
green fabrics, or Under the Plane Trees,
which depicts crowds gathering at vendor
booths filled with fruits and vegetables,
the hustle-and-bustle seeming quiet and
serene on canvas.
Often my inspiration comes from
situations, or occurs at totally unexpected
moments, he says. Its like a thunderbolt.
Nothing prepares you for it; there is no
rule; a meeting, a conversation, a book, 4
a landscape, a woman or even a bit
PR E V I E W
of nostalgia. 1 2 3 4
The exhibition will open at Addison Art The Shades, oil and Under the Plane Trees, oil Multicolored Sails, oil The Beach, acrylic
Gallery with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. acrylic, 7 x 47" and acrylic, 31 x 47" and acrylic, 39 x 55" and oil, 18 x 21"
on August 5 and will hang throughout
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the month.
SHERRIE MCGRAW
Taos, NM | info@brightlightfineart.com
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
www.sherriemcgraw.com | www.brightlightfineart.com
Keen Observation
A lifetime of studying people has led to Sherrie McGraws passion for portraiture.
F rom a young age, Taos, New Mexico-

based artist Sherrie McGraw found
herself drawn to the forms of the human
face. Its funny; Ive had a lifetime of
studying people, says McGraw. Even
as a child I would sit in a corner and
study and listen to the adults talk
I wasnt so talkative as a child; I mainly
watched. How I related to the world was
more visual. I think having just studied
faces for my whole life, its a kind of
connection that isits something so
appealing to capture.
This attention to detail is just one
aspect of her portraiture; the other
being the strong drawing skills one must
employ. McGraw explains that the figure
requires the most amount of drawing a
realist artist does and the most keen
observation. It also enables her to work
directly from life, which is the method
McGraw prefers.
When McGraw paints, she works
in the chiaroscuro tradition of high
contrast that was characteristic of
paintings by the Old Masters such as
Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Velzquez,
Van Dyck and Rubens. She explains that
the other key component of this type
of painting is the paint quality. In oil
painting, thats what is so challenging,
McGraw shares, the thick and thin of
the paint and how youre using that
artistically on the canvas to express the
beauty of your subjects.
McGraws portraiture ranges from
figures in settings to traditional head-
and-shoulders motifs. Among her pieces
is The Inspiration Wall, which focuses
on a wall in her studio that has not only
her own works hung up but the work of
other artists that she finds inspiring. This
painting in particular posed a unique
process of trail-and-error for McGraw, as
she started with a different composition
before ending up with the more isolated
figure to the right. I completely wiped
out the canvas aside from the Venus
1
2
statue on the left and started from scratch, 1

Sherrie McGraw in her
McGraw recalls. Its really one of my
studio. Photo courtesy
favorite pieces now.
AME RIC AN AR T COLL E C TO R AWARD OF E XCEL L E N CE

Brad Lorbach.
Her watercolor, Asha, is of one of her
favorite models. Asha has this amazing 2
red hair, and theres something about The Inspiration Wall,
oil, 38 x 50"
his coloring that is so appealing to me,
says McGraw. Painting in watercolor is 3
relatively new for McGraw, with this piece Gentleman at the
being the first she did in the medium. Salmagundi, oil, 16 x 12"
I love it because its like drawing, but you
get to go into color. Its an interesting mix
between painting and drawing, I think.
McGraw is represented by InSight Gallery
in Fredericksburg, Texas; Total Arts Gallery
in Taos; and by the private dealership
Cantor Fine Art in Los Angeles.
McGraw received the American Art

Collector Award of Excellence for the Silver
Medal Award, Master Signature Division
at the Oil Painters of America 26th annual
National Juried Exhibition.
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The Gallery at Trees Place
60 Route 6A | Orleans, MA 02653
July 29-August 11, 2017
(508) 255-1330 | www.treesplace.com
ROBERT BOLSTER & KIM ENGLISH
Palette performance
I n the upcoming exhibition Palette
Performance at the Gallery at Trees
Place, viewers will be treated to a visual
palette is obvious in all of his work.
Bolsters paintings all relate back to
his love of the oceanthe boats and
by-side on the sand. Those are two fish
that I caught at a beach one morning and
I brought them back to the studio, he says.
feast as the detailed and vibrant paintings buoys, the fish and the sand. In the show A second work focusing on fish will be on
of Robert Bolster are juxtaposed with the at Trees Place he will display not only viewwhere they are in a bucket of ice facing
loose and subtle works of Kim English. traditional compositions, but a 40-by-40- one anotheras well as a few buoy paintings.
As gallery owner Mike Donovan explains, inch work from his square series where Another work is Soft Bottom, which is a
the show is aptly titled, since both artists he does 36 individual paintings to create scene from Brewster, Massachusetts, that
have distinctive palettes that put on a one larger composition. His two smallest shows a boat seemingly washed ashore
performance for the viewer. works to date will be on view as well: the when the tide went out leaving it stranded
He continues, Bolsters work is tighter, 8-by-10-inch pieces Little Skippers and along the sandyand revealedocean
with a flair for vibrant focal pointsEnglishs Little Boy Blue. floor. It also highlights the interesting
brushwork is much looser, but beautifully Little Skippers also presents another patterns that form when there are pools of
suggestive. His ability to capture the subtlety new aspect of the artists work, a still life water left behind, says Bolster. You see
of light and shadow with his distinctive color style composition where the fish lay side- sand, the light hitting the sand and light
reflecting off the water. They make really
interesting combinations in my opinion.
In contrast to Bolsters works, the pieces
that English will have in the exhibition
tend to be of interior scenes as well as have
darker values. The paintings often show
people going about their daily life, or they
are compositions that focus on striking light
and shadows. Any lighting effect, thats the
first thing that grabs me, says English.
I like to see how people interact in the
scene. I like to tell the story if I can. Ive
always thought the narrative in paintings
is important. If I combine those two things
I can get something interesting.
One such combination is in his painting
Locals, which was inspired by a scene he
witnessed while on a trip in France. It was
a place where you went in and could tell
1 2
1
Kim English, Locals,
2
Robert Bolster, Little
Skippers, oil on canvas,
8 x 10"
3
Kim English, Village
Lights, oil on canvas,
18 x 20"
4
Robert Bolster, Soft
Bottom, oil on canvas,
20 x 40"
3
4
PR E V I E W
it wasnt for tourists, English explains. It English has painted often. This particular lights are neat.
was a lot of locals. This guy, he took the rendering was inspired by the illumination The exhibition, which opens July 29 with
same table every day. That was his place. of the faade as the night waned. I just a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., will include
Another work, Village Lights, is an love the stone buildings, he says. The approximately 25 works. It remains on view
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evening scene from San Miguel that reflections on the stone of the evening through August 11.
The Gallery at Trees Place
60 Route 6A | Orleans, MA 02653
August 12-25, 2017
(508) 255-1330 | www.treesplace.com
PATRICK KITSON & GWEN MARCUS
Transcendent reality
A t first glance, the landscape paintings
of Patrick Kitson and the figurative
sculptures of Gwen Marcus may seem
Kitsons detail and precision allows him to
literally transcend the moment captured. His
ability to see the nuances of light and shadow
For this exhibition, Kitson continues to
explore the light of the New England
landscape and of the Gulf Coast of
to be disparate, but they each are full of make his work breathtakinga moment to Florida. In the past few years I have been
energy and capture everyday moments behold, says Mike Donovan, owner of the fascinated by the ocean and equally on the
of life. From August 12 to 25, the Gallery gallery. Marcus sculptures similarly capture dramatic skies along the coasts and bays
at Trees Place in Orleans, Massachusetts, energy and emotion in fine detail. Her works of the Cape and the Gulf Coast of Florida,
will present their art together in the show are both elegant and insightful. One could says Kitson. [T]ranslating the subtle
Transcendent Reality, which will feature argue that she allows us to share a private and seamless transitions of light from
approximately 15 works by each artist. moment with her subjects. sky to cloud and back again, along with

1
Gwen Marcus,
Et, bronze, 22 x 7 x 6"
2
Patrick Kitson,
At Rest, oil on panel,
14 x 11"
3
Patrick Kitson,
The Road Home, oil on
panel, 14 x 11"
4
Gwen Marcus,
The Stream, bronze,
11 x 10 x 8"
the glorious effects it has on water [and] born outside of Sneem in County Kerry. 4
landscape has been an ongoing challenge Marcus will present new sculptures
for me. Its a challenge I just cant seem to in a variety of themes that hone in on
get enough of. the common aspects of her artwork.
Among his works of Cape Cod is At Rest, That is, I try to capture and celebrate
which is an early morning view of a small unique moments in time, drawing the
inlet on the mid-Cape. The early morning viewer in through the spirit and energy
sun [is] slowly overtaking the morning of my subject, she says, adding, Rhythm
mist and fog, Kitson describes. The and flow are of critical importance to my
light filtering through the early morning work. For a piece to come alive, it must I enjoy the dreamy quality of her gaze as
humidity and starting its dance on the trees capture that unique energy of its life force. she perhaps contemplates the movement of
and grasses will always be true inspiration The inspiration for her sculpture is found running water. There is a gentle, yet poetic
for me. It gets me every time. in all aspects of life with it ranging from quality that comes to life in this piece, says
Also on view will be paintings from a trip the mundane to the sublime. Oftentimes Marcus. The piece Et has been one of my
he took to Ireland last year to explore his Marcus says she is bringing forth the magic most popular, perhaps because it conveys
familial roots, which allowed him to walk in everyday moments, such as in her pieces a sense of summer sunshine. Her warm
PR E V I E W
the streets of his ancestors and visit the The Stream, which shows a woman kneeling smile, shoulder-length locks, summery
homes where they were raised. One such next to a running stream, and Et, where a dress and demure posture give off a fresh,
piece is The Road Home, which depicts woman poses in a summertime dress. sweet feeling.
the road he had to hike to the small stone The Stream is one of a series of Transcendent Reality opens with a
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home where his great-grandmother was contemplative pieces I have created. reception on August 12 from 5 to 7 p.m.
A R T I S T F O C U S
Drawing Near, acrylic on board, 16 x 20"
Even Here in Winter, acrylic on board, 20 x 16" Just The Other Day, acrylic on board, 11 x 14"
Bob Gherardi
B ob Gherardis artistic vision is formed
by experiences with the people and
places around him: hallowed places,
we pause to listen to what these places
and their memories have to say as their
whispers speak back to us our own story.
the cover. Both reside in the Thomas
J. Watson Library in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City.
emotional memories, and events and Its here that we are captivated by the Gherardi is currently creating new
their associations. With bold realism, his fragile and vulnerable masquerading as works for his solo show at Connexions
paintings speak to the lives of people indifferent. These things are the source Gallery, 213 Northampton Street, Easton,
who are represented symbolically with an and inspiration for my art. Pennsylvania. The show opens October
empty or withering home or a dwelling His work is often selected in juried 14 and closes November 12. The gallery
containing a tattered personal item exhibitions with distinguished jurors can be reached at (610) 250-7627.
long forgotten and lost. His haunting from the Met, the Guggenheim and the
landscapes simultaneously whisper Whitney. Most recently, in April 2017,
stories of adversity and triumph. His work Cara Manes, collection specialist of the Want to See More?
requires us to leave behind our safe and MoMA, chose his work to be exhibited (732) 470-1130 | bobgherardi@gmail.com
familiar surroundings in exchange for a in the Wide Open 8 national juried art www.gherardi.com
greater journey. show in New York City. His paintings
/bob.g.fineart
There is great treasure to be uncovered are featured in the books Powerfully
in the barren, seemingly empty and Beautiful and The Art of Man, quarterly @bobgherardi
often disregarded, Gherardi says. Dare journal, Vol. 4, where his work graces

A R T I S T F O C U S
Barbara
Ernst Prey
For the past 40 years artist Barbara Ernst Prey
has painted Maine. To celebrate this milestone
will be the solo exhibition of recent works titled
Inflection Points on view through September 20
at Barbara Prey Projects in Port Clyde, Maine.
This monumental and timely exhibit explores
memory, art history and the influences of Color
Field painters on Preys artwork.
The show also considers her distinct
perspective as a 21st-century female artist,
revising the male-dominated art-historical
watercolor tradition, as she explores the depth of
the American landscape and American identity.
Preys pieces take the viewerin watercolor
and oilto theWhite House, the Space Station,
the architecture of Maine, and to the interior
commission at MASS MoCA.
Although a New York-based painter, I have
maintained a studio in Maine for many years.
I begin with marks on paper, says Prey, and
then build up the painting through dozens of
thin washes on paper and use of color. I was
commissioned by contemporary art museum
MASS MoCA to paint what is believed to be the
largest watercolor painting in the world for their
new building, which just opened. The painting,
8 by 15 feet, is on exhibit with artwork by
Louise Bourgeois, Robert Rauschenberg, Laurie
Anderson, James Turrell and Jenny Holzer.
I wanted to push the watercolor medium in a
new direction.
Want to See More?

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AR TI ST FOC U S
Top: Acadia, watercolor, 29 x 40"
Middle: Blueberry Fields, Fall, oil on panel, 11 x 14"

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Right: Autograph, watercolor, 20 x 30"

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Bird, Sarah 55 Glvez, Alberto 68 Lawson, T. Allen 50 Stratton, June 94
Blas, Alex 98 Gherardi, Bob 118 Marcus, Gwen 116 Stuart, Gilbert 70
Blizard, Peggie 100 Gonzales, Frank 96 McGraw, Sherrie 112 Talbert, Matt 54
Bolster, Robert 114 Gregory, Michael 38 Morris, Richard 55 Verley, Olivier Suire 110
Borowicz, John 40 Gudmann, Elisabett 38 Mortenson, Gregory 64 Wakeen, Susan 67
Browning, Rob 55 Husom, David 30 Newton, Paul 66 Whalley, John 51
Buechner, Thomas S. 68 Johnson, Rashid 30 OMalia, Carol 104
Chihuly, Dale 28 Kassan, David 65 Prey, Barbara Ernst 119
Childs, Casey 67 KAWS 25 Roffo, Sergio 106
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