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Dear Collectors & Friends, It is with great pride that we offer this catalogue of paintings by our renowned stable of artists.
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For over 20 years, I have worked to select and establish relationships with a limited number of artists whom I see as the strongest in their pursuits. The resulting mutual level of commitment is unusual in the gallery world yet essential towards offering a top notch collection. We showcase our artists with all of our resources and our artists reciprocate by providing us with the best examples of their work, which we in turn offer to you. This catalogue showcases the “best of the best;� one iconic work from each of these fine artists, specifically developed and chosen by them for inclusion herein. Our galleries in Boston and Nantucket feature additional fine works by these artists; those paintings that we feel represent their very best. I hope to personally welcome you as a guest in our galleries, where our concierge level of service will surprise you as we work together to build or build upon your collection. This standard of personal attention will be apparent from the moment you walk through our doors, throughout the course of the acquisition process, and culminating with a professional installation in your home or office. We intend to satisfy every imaginable need that arises out of building and maintaining a fine art collection; from basics like installation, lighting, transportation and storage, to more personal and interactive matters such as collection development and curation. We trust that you will appreciate this collection of work as greatly as we do, and we look forward to showing you these and other stunning pieces from our artists.
Chris Quidley
Sean Beavers (American, 1970) From his earliest recollection Beavers cannot remember a time when he was not drawing or painting. His interest in art only grew as he got older. He was constantly drawing the things around him; objects and people that were close to him, a practice from which he still finds immeasurable inspiration. He found creating art and experimenting in different media an outlet for selfexpression. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City on scholarship. He earned a B.F.A. and graduated with the Rhodes family medal for outstanding achievement. While there he discovered a passion for painting and drawing the human form from life, which he feels is imperative to his growth as an artist. He continues this pursuit today by painting and drawing from observation almost daily. He works in a variety of media, although oil painting and drawing are the focus of his work. Beavers’ art has been in numerous exhibits in and around the New York metropolitan area, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. His works are in private collections throughout the United States and can be seen on book covers, in magazines, and newspapers as well as in reproductions sold worldwide. Beavers has created commissions for clients such as: AT&T, The Wall Street Journal, The Turner Networks, Time Life Inc., The Village Voice, Conard Cruise lines, The School Of Visual Arts, Berkley books, Harper Collins, Random House, Ballantine and Warner Books. Beavers teaches drawing and painting at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the University of New Hampshire, Manchester, and The Sanctuary Arts, Eliot, Maine. He relocated to northern New England more than eight years ago after falling in
Sunset over Madaket, oil, 30” x 30” love with the seacoast of southern Maine and New Hampshire. He feels the peaceful environment
brings his life and art closer to nature. Today, he resides in York, Maine.
David Brega (American, 1948) David Brega can’t pass an antique store without entering. His love for age-old, romantic mementoes is evident in the drama of his trompe l’oeil compositions. The nostalgic objects Brega chooses offer his work texture and character, especially when combined with personal souvenirs from his own childhood, like his first grade report card or his paintbrushes.
82-foot murals of Frank Sinatra. Since 1983, Yankee Magazine has featured six works of Brega on its covers, including the hardcover jacket of “The Best of Yankee Magazine.” Born on Christmas Day in 1948, the artist grew up in Longmeadow, MA, a suburb of Springfield. He studied under accomplished trompe l’oeil artist Ken
Trompe l’oeil, literally “fool the eye,” is characterized by the depiction of items in extremely shallow depth, e.g. windowsills, mantles or blackboards, and aims to convince the viewer that a flat surface is three-dimensional. Influenced by the 19th-century masters William Harnett, John Haberle and John Frederick Peto, Brega has attained an impressive mastery of the texture and luminosity of things, but his paintings are steeped in the antique and nostalgic. Like his predecessors, Brega convinces viewers that what is impossible is, in fact, possible. “Because it looks so real, the kind of work I do invites people to touch it. I witnessed people at various shows running their hands over my paintings. I don’t care that they touch them — in fact, I am delighted and fascinated that they have the moxie to do it.” Brega was a Navy reservist from 1969-70, at which time he painted daily during his 19 months in the Mediterranean aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence. His duties as an illustrator/ draftsman kept him busy honing his technical skills, drawing isometric diagrams of top-secret spaces aboard the ship. Before devoting himself full time to his artwork, Brega also worked as an outdoor advertising designer in Las Vegas, creating billboards for celebrities such as George Carlin. Caesar’s Palace commissioned Brega to paint two
Old Souls, oil, 9” x 11”
Davies at the Paier School of Art in New Haven, CT and attended the San Francisco Art Institute and the Los Angeles Trade Technical College. He credits art teacher Davies with instilling in him a love of realism and an appreciation for American paintings.
Doug Brega (American, 1948) Doug Brega’s talent continues to attract new admirers who recognize the freshness of his New England portraits and landscapes. His dedication to his subjects and to the tradition of American realism is maintained with such integrity that his work has been widely acknowledged for its important contribution to contemporary art. Brega’s images have been described as “sensitive,” “richly detailed,” “insightful,” and his style “spontaneous,” “precise and technically mature.” But words fail to capture the visual and emotional impact that greets the viewer coming to Brega’s work for the first time. His subjects are familiar and well loved, yet rendered in a flawless technique and imbued by the artist with a simple grandeur that transcends the objective reality of the world he paints. “What I strive for is a precise and honest interpretation, not a mirror of reality or a personal comment about a subject.” Brega has achieved a national reputation for his work and is no stranger to recognition, having garnered prestigious awards in virtually every show he has entered over his 25-year career. Early in his career, two of Brega’s works graced covers of Yankee magazine. Brega and his work have been featured in an article on working artists in American Artist Magazine. Brega’s first major solo show at the Alexander Gallery in New York City, which sold out opening night and was just the first of several successful shows that were to follow in Nantucket, Cape Cod, Washington, D.C., and Jackson, MS.
Fresh Air, watercolor, 20” x 29” The shows generated interest among serious art collectors around the country and have led to several private commissions. His works are found in numerous private and corporate collections, including two private collections which are listed in the top 100 collections in the country, those of Michigan entrepreneur Richard Manoogian and Kansas City banker Crosby Kemper. Two of Brega’s works recently were installed in prestigious museums, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary
Art and Design in Kansas City, MO, and the permanent collection of the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in St. Joseph, MO. A native of eastern Massachusetts, Brega attended Paier College in New Haven, CT where he studied under the noted tromp l’oeil artist, Ken Davies, who impressed upon him the importance of drawing as a foundation.
Matthew W. Cornell (American, 1964) Matthew Cornell was born in Fairfield, CA in 1964. His earliest memories are of traveling across the United States by car. His childhood was, in a sense, the quintessential American experience, as the automobile, and the family trip was, and still is, ours. It is these experiences driving across this land at a young age that formed his way of seeing things. “Every year we traveled across the US and I spent most of my time looking out of the window and observing the landscape and weather. We moved a lot and I got to see almost every part of this country. It was a blessing. It made me aware of the variety and the vastness the US has to offer.” After graduating from college at Long Beach State with a BFA, Cornell set out to find his way. “I needed to leave LA. College gave me a chance to work, but it did not teach me at all what I needed to make a living.” Cornell moved east and painted portraits for a number of years in Florida and Kentucky. It allowed him to work on his craft and survive, but ultimately it was only a transitional period to develop his own style of painting, and rediscover his true passion, the American landscape.
Cornell began exhibiting his work in art fairs across the country, which was a natural choice for someone who enjoyed seeing the country by car. He found success and won numerous prizes, including 5 Best of Show awards. This allowed him to explore many landscape possibilities.
Cornell now shows exclusively in galleries and has been part of many group and solo shows since 1997.
“I loved doing outdoor shows. It gave me a chance to really experience this country further and to sell my work. I blossomed under these conditions. My work became at once complex and minimal. I could do anything I wanted. And I did.”
Cornell’s current work is rich in detail, juxtaposed by the small scale of his canvases. This intimacy invites the viewer to take a closer look and see the huge world that he creates. More than anything, weather has become the dominant interest of his landscape painting.
Distant Thunder, oil, 6” x 7” “I have always been fascinated by the extremes of weather and the power of nature,” he says. “It is in a constant state of creation and destruction, of origin and destination. With everyday, the planet begins anew. Nature seeks equilibrium. It is in a never ending cycle.”
Frank P. Corso (American, 1952) Frank Corso was born in Syracuse, New York. Taking a keen interest in art at a very early age, he was inspired to draw and paint the landscape of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. He was fortunate to have excellent Art teachers in high school who also happened to be fine painters (George Benedict and Nick Todisco), and through their influence began to polish his painting style from an early age. After attending both Onondaga Community College and Syracuse University, he began private study in portrait and figure painting with an Austrian born portrait painter, Robert Hoffmann. This association lasted for over eleven years. He then began to travel and paint extensively around the country and eventually in Europe, focusing his attention on Italy. As time went on he continued study with other portrait painters such as Daniel Greene of New York and Jack Callahan of Rockport, recognizing that the way to gain knowledge of painting was through portrait painters, which he could then apply to landscape painting in order to forge his own style. Around 1980, he relocated to the North Shore of Massachusetts, an area of the cournty with a rich history of art. He achieved Master status at the Copley Society of art in Boston and began earning many awards for his work, including The Yankee Sagendorf award and the Grumbacher medal. His paintings have been included in “The Best of Oil Painting” and the “Best of Pastel” hard cover art books by Rockport Publishers and feature articles in “Sea History Magazine” and Southwest Florida’s “Expressions” magazine. His shows continue to sell out in both Nantucket, Massachusetts and in Florida.
Evening Marsh, oil, 30” x 40”
Corso currently splits his time between Massachusetts, where he maintains a home and studio, and Southwest Florida, along with many painting trips around the country and Europe. His many other interests include being a Blues and Old Time musician, building his own guitars and banjos, and restoring and maintaining his awardwinning 1933 Plymouth coupe. His paintings are sought by collectors and hang in many private collections and corporate institutions around
the world including the Ritz Carlton, Naples Florida,The Cloister, Georgia Sea Island, and many others.
Ronalee Crocker (American, 1953) In a fast-paced busy world, Ronalee Crocker’s elegant interpretations of nature convey a sense of serenity, order and beauty. Her acclaimed still life paintings are inspired by classical Dutch and French painters, though she has reworked this traditional idiom to create a style of her own. Using luminous colors against a dark background, she showcases her subjects without added distractions. Deceptively simple compositions are carefully arranged for their abstract quality and sense of unity. She inspires the viewer with her personal version of nature in its most beautiful form. Her compositions of fruit and vegetables dare the viewer to reach out and touch the textured rind of a lemon or smell the air for a hint of orange. “With oil paint, I render what nature dictates; soft or sharp transitions and edges, bright or subdued colors. My realism is not photographic, but painterly and softfocused. In composing the setup, I look for the focal point or the “Pavarotti” of the piece. Everything else should take a step back in importance with some edges just disappearing. This lends a bit of mystery to the piece.” Born in 1953 in Hingham, Massachusetts, Crocker grew up in an artistic family. Her grandfather, a skilled painter, was her first mentor. He encouraged her love of drawing and painting, which began with copying the comics from the Sunday
Dahlias, oil, 18” x 36” paper. Graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Emmanuel College, Crocker continued her education at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She then traveled throughout Europe to study first-hand the art that inspired her. Crocker has won numerous awards and honors for her work, including the Allied Artists of America Award at the American Artists Professional League in New York, where she is a Fellow Member. She is a member of the Copley Society of art in Boston with the distinction of Copley Artist and is also a member of the North Shore Artist Association in Massachusetts.
Crocker’s work has been featured in national juried and solo shows and is part of prominent public and private collections worldwide.
William R. Davis (American, 1952) Once you have seen a painting by William R. Davis, you will understand why Davis has a national reputation as one of the best marine artists presently working in the United States. Davis grew up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He is a selftaught artist whose oil paintings typically capture the serene light of sunrise or sunset on the water. He employs many of the techniques traditionally used by American luminist painters to realize his personal vision, showing a marked preference for 19th century subjects.
In a tribute to Martin Johnson Heade, which appeared in the July 1991 issue of American Artist magazine, Davis refers to sunset as “the hour when night usurps day.” He observes that this is the “best time of day for painters to capture the ‘inner state’ of a landscape” and represents “an unequaled opportunity to sensitize the eye to the delicate mysteries of light and shadow.” Although best known for his marine subjects, Davis strives to make his work accessible to those with a variety of tastes while expanding his own horizons
as an artist. Following the tremendous popularity of Davis’ Lilacs and Basket, featured on the poster for The Cahoon Museum of American Art 1992 exhibition entitled The Flowers of New England, the Nantucket basket series began. Davis has shifted in the last few years to painting more landscapes on location. In the process, he has converted to plein air painting, partly influenced by his friendship with artists Joseph McGurl and Donald Demers.
In 1987, Davis made history with the first one artist show ever mounted at the prestigious Mystic Maritime Gallery in Mystic, Connecticut. All twenty of the works featured in that show were sold at the opening reception. In 1990 he received the Mystic Maritime Gallery Award of Excellence and his painting entitled Calm Day off Latimer’s Reef appeared on the cover of Mystic’s The Art of the Sea Calendar in 1993. Three of his paintings were also used in Shipwrecks Around Boston by noted Cape Cod author, William P. Quinn. Rockport Publishers has included Boston Harbor at Sunset in a new book entitled, A Gallery of Marine Art. Much of Davis’ early works pays homage to 19th century artists such as James Bard, Martin Johnson Heade, Antonio Jacobsen and Fitz Hugh Lane. He limits himself to about 30 colors in the palette of that period. He describes his style as “a conglomerate of a number of ideas I saw in other artists with my own refinements.” Over the years, he has incorporated his fascinations for the different techniques of these artists. Good Day Fishing, oil, 16” x 24”
Donald Demers (American, 1956) Donald Demers was born in 1956, in the small rural community of Lunenburg, Massachusetts. His interest in painting maritime subjects began while spending his summers on the coast of Maine near Boothbay Harbor. Crewing aboard schooners, square-riggers and other traditional craft has provided both the foundation for his technical expertise and the vision to transfer his first-hand experience to the canvas. His love of sailing has not diminished over the years. A move to Maine in 1984 marked a shift in his career in which illustration morphed into marine and landscape painting. Illustration has served as a diversion from the demands of fine art for Demers, and over the years Reader’s Digest, Sail Magazine, Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Yankee, Downeast and most recently the prestigious National Geographic Magazine and several book publishers have called on Demers to create visual illumination for the written word. Feature articles on his paintings in a number of publications (American Artist, Yachting, Nautical Quarterly, Nautical World, to name a few) have generated great interest in his art and his story. Demers’ diversity has enabled him to offer his expertise to clients ranging from American Airlines to the National Park Service, with projects as varied as creating art for national television advertisements and designing art glass for Steuben.
Through the Dunes, oil, 15” x 30”
Demers’ body of work has expanded over the last several years to include the study and creation of landscape paintings based on 19th century methods and philosophies. Created in consort with painters of similar inspiration, it has been widely acclaimed and honored throughout the country. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists and has won a record nine awards at the Mystic International Marine Exhibition, Mystic, CT. His illustrations have been recognized four times by the Museum of American Illustration in their national competition as representing the
finest examples of work in the field. A master of communication about his art form, Demers conducts workshops for artists and lectures on his art and maritime experiences. His audiences include museums, art clubs & associations, yacht clubs, historical societies and educational institutions. Demers acknowledges his high school art teacher as the most formative influence in his early training. He continued his education at the School of the Worcester Art Museum and Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, MA.
William P. Duffy (American, 1948) William P. Duffy was born in Boston in 1948. He received his art education at the School of the Worcester Art Museum/Clark University and the Boston Architectural Center. After leaving a twentyyear career in commercial art, he has been painting full time for the nearly twenty years. Duffy has been represented in prestigious galleries from South Carolina to Cape Cod. His work can be found in private collections throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, a member of New England Plein Air Painters, an artist member of the Copley Society of art, and a member of the Oil Painters of America in whose 2006 national exhibition Duffy was given an Award of Excellence. He has been the subject of articles in “US Art,” “Art Trends,” and “Sea History.” From 1993 through 2005, Duffy has exhibited at the Mystic International as well as the 1994 through 2006 Spring Mystic Invitational Exhibits at the Mystic Seaport Museum, CT. At his first International Show, judged by George Plimpton, founder of the Paris Review, and Stephen Doherty, Editor of American Artist, he received an “Award of Excellence.” In the 1998 Show, judged by James Taylor of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, and Peter Sutton, Director of the Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT, Duffy was honored with another “Award of Excellence.” Judges Stephen S. Lash, Chairman of Christie’s Americas, John Carter, President of Independence
Boston Public Garden, oil, 24” x 34”
Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, and Dawn Riley, CEO and Captain of the America’s Cup contender, “America True,” gave Duffy the 2004 International Show’s “Award of Excellence.”
Other exhibitions have included a 1996 group show at Big Horn Gallery in Fairfield, CT, and Mystic Seaport Museum Gallery’s Modern Marine Masters show from 1994 to the present.
Maryalice Eizenberg (American, 1948) Maryalice Eizenberg is an award winning artist and Massachusetts native. She has lived and worked on Cape Cod for most of her adult life. Settling on The Cape was an easy decision for someone so committed to recording the world around her in visual images. She has been drawing and painting all of her life but it is only within the last few years that she has been able to pursue art as a career. Eizenberg has worked in a variety of mediums but always returns to her first love: oils. Her art education includes course study at both the Worcester and Springfield Fine Arts Museums. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Clark University and has studied with such accomplished artists as Charles Sovek, Rosalie Nadeau, John Dimestico and Donald Demers. Dramatic patterns of light and color are what attract her most to a subject. It is an emotional response to these elements that she tries to share with the viewer. Her work is held in private collections in the United States, Europe and Japan. Morning Rest, oil, 8� x 10�
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Daniel Graves (American, 1949) Daniel Graves was born in 1949 in Rochester, New York. He graduated from the Maryland Art Institute in 1972. Graves continued his studies at the Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Art in Florence, Italy and taught at the Atelier Lack Studio of Fine Art. In the late 1970s, Graves returned to Florence and undertook individual study with a classical nineteenth-century studio. With such a rich background of training, Graves has created a style of oil painting that blends the Florentine tradition of the master classical realist Piero Annigoni with the draftsmanship of the French artist Charles Bargue’s Cours des Dessins and Academie Julien. Later, Graves joined Charles Cecil to found Studio Cecil-Graves in Florence, which trained many practitioners of classical realism for nearly a decade. Graves then established the Florence Academy of Art in 1991. The school has been in the forefront of classical realist art education for nearly twenty years. The Academy also recently opened a second school in Molndal, Gothenburg, Sweden. An essay by Graves titled “Tradition in the 21st Century” was published in the exhibition catalogue Realism Revisited: The Florence Academy of Art (2003). In the essay Graves described his training in Old Masters techniques and heralded the classical realist renaissance for its aesthetics and art education. The exhibition Realism Revisited traveled in Europe and the United States. Practitioners, connoisseurs, and scholars of modern representational art recognize Realism Revisited and its accompanying catalogue as a defining moment in the appreciation of classical realist art. The Academy’s biannual alumni exhibition
Song of the Sea, oil, 51” x 43” showcases the works of current students and instructors as well as recent graduates of both the Florence and Molndal schools. In April 2008, Graves and the Florence Academy received the Excellence in Art Education Award from the Portrait Society of America.
When not teaching, Graves is an active painter of portraits and still lifes in his studio in Florence. He is currently working on a large, multi-figured narrative painting and pursues landscape painting during his extensive travels. His work is in both public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.
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Jim Holland (American, 1955) Jim Holland was born in Schenectady, NY in 1955. His attraction to places close to the water may have begun with childhood vacations to the Adirondack Mountain lakes. While still young, Holland moved to the Florida coast and in the summer of 1978, vacationed on Cape Cod. Since then the Atlantic coast has been at the center of his work. In 1979 Holland received a degree in graphic design. Although while in college he also took some painting, printmaking and photography courses, he is largely self-taught. Holland’s approach to painting has been influenced by Edward Hopper, photorealism, and other coastal artists. Holland was drawn to Cape Cod for its beautiful light. During road trips to the Cape with college friends, Holland began to develop his style of stripped down tranquil scenes. Holland is known for capturing the soft magical light that has drawn so many visitors and artists to Cape Cod and the Islands. His work portrays scenes and subjects that are unique and represent a specific moment, yet his images are timeless and universal in their appeal. Holland thoughtfully removes unnecessary details and distraction from his subjects and reduces them to their essence. Inspired by great American painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Holland’s paintings often center around elements of the human experience and rarely have people in the paintings. The works also reveal a strong understanding of design.
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Morning Mist, oil, 30” x 48” “I’ll spend hours mixing paints on my palette and establishing an overall color and tonal scheme. Sometimes I feel I am more aptly called a colorist rather than a painter.” The enduring themes in Holland’s paintings are the light and space near the ocean. “It’s an expansive and peaceful place to me. The colors can be brilliant or nearly monochromatic. A beached catboat or
light slanting on clapboards and through windows, these are simple forms I find endlessly fascinating in how different light affects the mood.” Holland’s work has been exhibited throughout the Northeast in various one-person and group shows, and is included in numerous private and institutional collections in the United States and Europe.
Donald Jurney (American, 1945) Donald Jurney was born in 1945 in Rye, New York. He was educated at Columbia University, the Pratt Institute, and the Art Students League. Nearly thirty years ago, he began his career with a one-man show at a temporary gallery space. Prescient collectors bought up the paintings at prices from fifty to two hundred dollars. With more than twenty subsequent one-man exhibitions, the reception has been the same: continuous sold-out shows. Jurney’s work is firmly rooted in the great landscape tradition, stretching from Dutch 17th century painting, through the Barbizon and Hudson River schools, to late 19th and early-20th century French and American impressionism. His work is also informed and enlivened by the influence of modern painting. It is this union, one of timeless motif and lively surface, which distinguishes his work. His paintings are a summons to celebrate the poetry of the commonplace. Like many of the masters he respects, Jurney begins with pencil drawings made in the field. Often, years elapse before the drawing becomes the motif for a new painting. In the studio, a painting develops with the indelible stamp of a certain day and hour, particular weather, and a unique sense of place. At first glimpse, Jurney’s work is profoundly based in traditional landscape painting. But a closer look reveals that the tree which we see as millions of leaves is, in fact, a dense matrix of quite random marks, combining to give the impression of great detail. Through great economy of means, Jurney invites the viewer to enter into a compact with him, one in which the language of painting becomes as
A Riverside Farm, oil, 24” x 36” important as the subject of the picture itself. Our reward is the pleasure of a traditional realism that is refreshingly, and surprisingly, animated by the vigor of abstraction.
But wherever his travels take him, we can be sure of an invitation to come along, through his paintings, of the chance to share his unique vision of the landscape; inspired by his unflagging enthusiasm for the remarkable world about us.
Jurney has lived and worked in the Hudson River Valley, in England, and in the Berkshires. For a number of years, he has also painted extensively in France. A recent interest has been kindled by a trip to the west of Ireland, and he has spent the last three years exploring the coastal marshes and estuaries of Boston’s North Shore.
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Michael Keane (American, 1948) When Michael Keane was four years old, the first picture that he drew was of a boat. Since he can remember, he has had a special affinity for the sea; for the look, the feel, and the sound of it. While growing up, he filled his grandmother’s house with the ship models that he was constantly building. A lifelong artist, Keane started painting while still a child as he was given extensive instruction in oil painting and pastels.
Keane spent almost seven years as a Marine Quality Assurance Inspector for General Dynamics, during which time he used the income and knowledge garnered from the job to further his training in art. After General Dynamics learned of his extraordinary art training, part of Keane’s employ was spent as a Technical Illustrator for that firm. He was asked to become an instructor of painting for the Copley
Keane studied for eight years with his first painting instructor, Marshall W. Joyce, a marine artist of some renown. During his years of study with Joyce, Keane was taught many things about the depiction of ships and the sea that continue to influence his work today. While studying with Joyce, Keane was concurrently studying portrait and figure painting with a wellknown New York portrait artist. This artist was well grounded in classical oil painting, and his influence on Keane opened up new dimensions in his marine painting, with a definite change in luminosity and mood of his work. Eventually, Joyce asked him to become a partner and share studio space in a waterfront loft. During this time period, Keane also enrolled in a university, and majored in visual design.
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Off Nantucket, oil, 24” x 48”
Society of art, and also taught painting for over fifteen years for many different organizations. For the last decade, Keane has dedicated himself solely to painting and has perfected a synthesis of all his incredible facets of learning and experience.
David Kooharian (American, 1962) David Kooharian sold his first painting at the age of 9 at a school art show. A professional free-lance illustrator and emerging artist, he communicates beauty and action with a pen and a brush. Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1962, Kooharian has created detailed imagery for years. Viewers are riveted by his use of bright light and how it complements the striking realism evident in all of his work. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Medieval Tales : The Twelth Century and most recently a new children’s book entitled Sammy’s Story. Some of his commercial credits include work for Dungeons and Dragons, creating the set of a 1989 film, and Ice Cream Parlor. He also has created work for national magazines, the recording industry, and consumer product companies. It has also been said that his “Pen and Ink illustrations are highly detailed and reminiscent of the work of N.C. Wyeth.” Commissioned work include murals for restaurants, portraits, and public buildings. “The magnificence of nature; the challenge of reducing a scene to its poetic essence without compromising its beauty, that illusive goal is what lures me day after day back to my easel.”
Quiet Evening, oil, 36” x 48”
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Gary Korlin (American, 1956) Gary Korlin works in decidedly French nature and his naturalistic approach is embedded in his 19th century French academic training. It is also coupled with a thorough understanding of classical aesthetics and technique. He seeks to create an impression of life, relying continuously on his ability to create the illusion of the third dimension. From figures in darkened spaces to patterns of blown weeds in sun-drenched fields, his naturalistic eye captures the mood of the subject and the emotion it evokes. Korlin began his art career at an early age. Born in 1956, his formal art education began at a state college but was soon replaced with specialized training. The Minneapolis College of Art and Design engaged him with classes such as learned mechanics of picture making through an in-depth study of perspective followed by color theory, abstract composition and elements of design. Unsettled with a career in illustration and architectural renderings, he took to traveling. While living in Australia he became aware of 19th century Australian landscape painters. Taken by their naturalistic view and sense of reality, he returned to St. Paul and enrolled in Atelier Lack, which offered the finest training in 19th century French academic drawing and painting. After being placed in a figure drawing competition at the New York Academy of Art, he was invited to attend their two year program. After this, Korlin took a position with Evergreen Painting Studios, a New York based mural company, which sent him to work in South Africa. From there he moved to Italy and lived in the mountains overlooking Florence,
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At the Water’s Edge, oil, 30” x 40”
deep in the heart of Tuscany. His work in Italy was well received by the Marquise Della Robbia, a descendent of Luca Della Robbia, the 15th century Italian sculptor. Returning to a larger studio in St. Paul, Korlin continued with life-sized figure work, landscapes,
still lifes and an ever-growing demand for portraiture. Still frequenting the European art scene, his paintings hang in collections in England, France, Italy and Austria. His work has been shown in San Francisco, New York, London, South Africa and France.
Patrick Livingstone (Irish, 1956) Patrick Livingstone was born in Lurgan, Ireland, in 1956. He spent all his childhood summers in Donegal, in the thatched cottage of his maternal grandparents, literally a stone’s throw from the sea. His grandfather was a lobster fisherman, and this early connection with the sea left a lasting impression. Livingstone began his painting career at the tender age of four, and was enormously encouraged by the reaction of his mother to his somewhat immature efforts. This led to Livingstone practicing his watercolor technique to a degree not usually seen in one so young, with the aim of astonishing his parents further. He sold his first painting at the age of twelve, and immediately spent the money on a set of oil paints. His art teacher instilled a solid sense of composition and design, but it was the renowned landscape artist Cecil Maguire, who guided Livingstone through his early years as an oil painter, inspiring a love of classical technique. To this day Livingstone uses only the finest ground pigments and best quality linen canvas, using layers of glazing and scumbling to develop the luminous depth and richness in his work. Moving to London at the age of nineteen, Livingstone realized that the art schools of the day seemed only to encourage work of an abstract nature, and knew he would have to continue his training alone. He did this by spending hours in both the National Gallery of London and in the Tate, studying the techniques of the old masters. It was in this way that he developed his understanding of the methods employed by the old masters over hundreds of years of oil painting. After five years of this study, supporting himself by various occupations ranging from publishing to house painting, Livingstone’s talent was recognized by Christie’s Contemporary Art and London
Red Sail, oil, 40” x 40” Contemporary Art, who went on to publish over sixty of his watercolors over the next ten year, in a series of limited edition prints which have long sold out. His first major commission was to paint all seven of the marine paintings which hang in the boardroom of Visa’s European headquarters in Chester, England. In recent years he has moved to the southwest of
France, where he lives with his wife Regine and their daughter Sophie in an old stone house surrounded by vines, close to the port of Bordeaux. It is here he has built his most recent studio where he paints the marine paintings for which he is becoming increasingly well known.
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Ian McLeod (Canadian, 1944) Ian Mcleod was born on the Isle of Skye, off the rugged western coast of Scotland. The family soon immigrated to Canada, causing the artist to wonder, ever since, why they would trade one cold place for another, even colder place.
Since relocating to France, McLeod has exhibited his paintings widely and successfully. He has earned First Prize and the People’s Choice Award at the prestigious Salon de Gornac, and received the Gold Medal for Excellence from l’Academe Européen des Arts-France (the European Academy of Art-France) in Paris.
Over the following years, McLeod traveled extensively throughout North America, then Europe and across Asia via India and Nepal to Hong Kong and Japan. These journeys ignited his long-time passion for doors and windows, particularly the aged and ornate wooden doors set in stone which he saw throughout Europe, but particularly in the South of France and Italy. McLeod feels that windows and doors reflect the cultures and societies in which they were created. He is particularly attracted to those found on Nantucket, as they tend to express the simple elegance of the early Quaker communities as well as the subsequent prosperity of the island’s whaling era. Amongst his other subjects, McLeod combines his love of oil painting with a life-long passion for cars, resulting in highly realistic portraits of such classics as Bugattis and Cords, as well as contemporary exotic and racing cars. In 1990 McLeod and his wife Sylvia purchased a 200 year old stone farmhouse in the lovely EntreDeux-Mers wine region of southwest France, near the riverside city of Bordeaux and not far from the sea coast. In 1994 the family fled the Canadian winter, moving permanently to rural France with their two children.
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Love Letter from Paris, oil, 25” x 32”
McLeod is represented by galleries in Canada, Scotland, England, France and United States. McLeod is an Honors Graduate of the four year Drawing and Painting course at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Canada. He also has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Guelph, in Ontario.
Jane Mihalik (American, 1940) Jane Mihalik was born in 1940 as the youngest of three sisters growing up in Alabama. All three girls enjoyed and encouraged each other in drawing during their younger years. However, when it came time to select a major at the University of Alabama, Jane chose mathematics. After a short career as a mathematician with the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C., she began studying oil painting with Joseph Kelly of Chevy Chase, Maryland. A few years later she gravitated to miniatures. “My background in math gave me such a love for detail and realism. It would take me months to finish a large painting, so I tried miniatures. After a few years of experimenting with brushes, surfaces & other aspects of painting, I finally found my own technique for creating these little paintings.” Mihalik began selling her miniatures in galleries in the late 1970s. She quickly became well known in the national and international world of miniature art. She was selected to be one of twelve signature members of Miniature Artists of America when it was established in 1985. She is the only artist to win Best of Show four times at the Miniature Art Society of Florida’s yearly exhibits, the largest miniature art exhibit in the United States. In 1995 she won Best of Show at the World Exhibition of Miniature Art in London, England, representing MAA.
Apples on Lace, oil, 4.5” x 6.5”
“Through the use of light and shadow and their reflection on objects, I try to convey the simple beauty of these subjects that might not be apparent to the untrained eye. Unlike a photo-realist, I try to ‘perfect’ nature in my works.” 19
Leonard Mizerek (American, 1947) Leonard Mizerek nurtured his artistic love of nature while growing up in the Brandywine Valley. As a young boy, he often went painting along the Brandywine River, deriving inspiration from the countryside of nearby Pennsylvania. His early influence was with the Pennsylvania Impressionists and the Brandywine School. Throughout 2009, Mizerek participated in several invitational Plein Air events including Marblehead, Mystic, Kennebunkport, Annapolis, (winning Honorable Mention), and Easton Md., winning Second Place in the Quick Draw event. He was featured painting live on TV France3 this past summer during a major antique boat festival. Most recently, Mizerek was awarded Exhibiting Artist Member status in the National Arts Club where he won the People’s Choice Award this year. He also received the Iron Man Award from the American Society of Marine Artists for distinguished achievement. Known for his colorful, luminous seascapes and expressive brushwork, Mizerek paints on site deriving inspiration from the many nearby coastal locations and harbors throughout the world. A central theme throughout Mizerek’s work is his use of light. “ Light alters the color of all objects and touches those nearby. It sets a mood and evokes emotion, which I strive to portray in my work. I often explore various methods to interpret the way I view nature. I prefer marine subjects because I enjoy the way water reflects the floating objects, as well as the sky and time of day. It mirrors shapes and intensifies light.
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Rooftop View, oil, 36” x 48”
I paint outdoors to capture the light first hand and bring out all its color and luminosity.” Past exhibitions have included over 26 Featured Artist and One Man Shows. He graduated with a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and studied at The New York Art Students League with Nelson Shanks and at the National Academy of
Design with Raymond Kinstler. Mizerek is an Officer and one of 23 Fellows of the American Society of Marine Artist and one of 70 elected members of the prestigious Guild of Boston Artists as well as a member of the New England Plein Air Painters, International Society of Marine Painters, and a Signature Artist Member of the New England Watercolor Society.
Richard murdock (American, 1953) Richard Murdock was born and raised in Massachusetts. He decided to study art at a young age and was trained at Pratt Institute. This was the direction he thought he should go but realized he wanted a more personal vision. This took him to Graydon Parrish with whom he continues to study. He has decided that using the medium of oil and copper plate (traditional as well as contemporary) best suits his expression. Murdock works on copper panels he makes himself, and uses the highest quality paints and oils. Although Murdock’s paintings are representational, it’s the emotional impact and the abstract qualities of the composition/subject that have to have resonance; otherwise he feels a painting becomes merely the documentation of a given subject. Murdock has always been attracted to painters like Carravaggio and de la Tour for their combination of history, vision, and emotional impact. However, he also enjoys the work of Manet and Ingres. Given these inspirations, Murdock has decided it will be a worthy life’s work to combine the influences of what he enjoys historically with his personal vision. His present work is the combination and the result of years of effort. It has resulted in a poetic vision that when viewed speaks of the past yet is firmly grounded in the present.
Sweetness of Desire, oil, 20” x 16”
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TM Nicholas (American, 1963) TM Nicholas was born in Rockport, MA in 1963. His father, Thomas Nicholas, is a National Academician. TM learned from his father and became interested in art at an early age. He is following in a long line of famous American painters from the Cape Ann area, has collectors from New England to California, and recently had a sell-out opening in Atlanta. Nicholas attended the Gloucester Academy of Art under John Terelak and the Montserrat School of Art. He has won over 80 awards and has averaged about 5 awards per year for the last 10 years. His works are in the Peabody Essex Museum, the Cape Ann Historical Society, the Dover Public Library, and the MIT Lincoln Library. Articles about Nicholas have appeared in such prestigious magazines as Palette Talk, The American Artist, The Best of Oil Painting, Creative Oil Painting, Oil Highlights, Southwest Art, Art and Antiques, Plein Air Magazine, The Art Collector, New Hampshire Summer Colonies, Island Light – Monhegan Island and Visions in Granite. Nicholas is a member of the Rockport Art Association, the North Shore Arts Association, the Guild of Boston Painters, Whiskey Painters of America, Hudson Valley Artists, Allied Artists of America, Academic Artists Association, American Artists Professional League, and the New England Watercolor Society. Whether working on location in the snows of January, sketching a rural landscape or urban setting, Nicholas captures New England in magnificent colors and rich textures.
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Nantucket Island Light, oil, 30” x 40”
Detlev Nitschke (German, 1935) Detlev Nitschke was born in Germany in 1935. In 1954 he graduated from school as a lithographer. He went on to continue his studies at Meisterschule Fur Druck & Graphik. He later served as the director of a graphic company until 1969 when he opened his own studio. His work for galleries in Germany and Europe was inspired by traveling around Europe and Russia. He favors spontaneous painting (plein-air painting), design & illustration of art maps, calendars, and books. He is heavily impressed and inspired by American Impressionism. Nitschke is a member of the Society of Berlin Painters of Architecture. He has also done several group exhibitions in Europe and in the US in such places as New York City, St. Louis, Boston, Cape Cod, and Nantucket.
Paris Flower Vendor, oil, 12� x 16�
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Path to Eternity, oil, 18” x 60”
Anthony PAnzera (American, 1941)
includes numerous series of paintings of the classic nude, such as several life-size paintings based on the life of Victorine Meurent.
Anthony Panzera is a member of the National Academy and the Society of Mural Painters. He teaches at Hunter College in New York City, where he has been a member of the Fine Art faculty since 1968. He was also an artist-in-residence for the Michigan State Council for the Arts, co-director of the Art in Florence and Rome Programs and taught a variety of courses at the National Academy and the New York Academy of Art.
Panzera, also captivated by the Cape and the islands since 1978, has painted en plein air its seascapes, landscapes and vistas. Recently reacting to his fouryear-old granddaughter’s fascination with farm animals and the book The Red Balloon, he created Fiamma’s Fantasies, a series of individual portraits of sheep and goats in surreal landscapes.
Primarily a figurative painter, Panzera has studied and worked with human figure throughout his career. He was greatly influenced by the works of the Renaissance Masters he studied firsthand during a sabbatical year (1975–1976) in Florence, Italy. This eventually led to The Leonardo Series, a group of 65 drawings based on the proportional theories of Leonardo Da Vinci, a series of scroll and life-size drawings, and 1001 Body Parts. Panzera’s oeuvre 24
His works have been represented in one-man and group shows across the country and in Europe. Recent one-man exhibitions include 1001 Body Parts, The Gallery of the Fine Arts League, Asheville, NC (2005); Works of Anthony Panzera, The Century Association, New York, NY (2002); Nantucketscapes, Nantucket, MA (1998); Drawings of the Nude: Selections from Three Series, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ (1998); The Big Picture, Scroll and Life-size Drawings, which debuted at
Bates College, Lewiston, ME and traveled; and The Leonardo Series which opened at The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY and subsequently traveled across the country as well. Recent group exhibitions include: Disegmo: 180th Annual Exhibition, The National Academy Museum, New York, NY (2005); Hunter College Faculty Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY (2005); New Works, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY (2004); Uninterrupted Mysteries, J. Cacciola Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ; Sign at the Crossroad, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ (2003); and Bacchio, a traveling exhibit with several venues across Italy (2002–2003). Panzera was born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an M.F.A. degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois in 1967, and a B.S. degree from the State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, in 1963.
Peter T. Quidley (American, 1945) According to one critic, “The first thing you notice about Peter Quidley’s oil paintings is the shimmering, lustrous character of the light which seems to radiate from the inside out, as if each picture is infused with its own individual incandescence.” An evolution has occurred in Quidley’s work, taking his experiences in life and incorporating those ideals and values into his paintings. One views his paintings and sees his ability to unravel a narrative in his work. Taking the harsh realities of being a combat photographer in Vietnam and filming news in Boston, Florida, and Saudi Arabia, he has molded his own unique technique of telling a story—some of mystery, some of mischief, some of simple innocence. Whether it is a landscape, a still life, a marine piece, or two women interacting, each painting is permeated with meaning and emotion. He was born on Boston’s Beacon Hill in 1945 and spent his college years taking drawing classes. A self-taught painter, Quidley over the past 25 years of painting has captured a timeless period, one that will remain classic through the ages. From grinding some of his own pigments, to the panels he uses, to the gold leaf water gild frames that are carefully chosen, Quidley’s goal is to create a painting of quality, beauty, and permanence. Living on the Massachusetts coast since 1980, Quidley has developed a strong family business involving, his son who manages his affairs, and his daughter who models. In 1994 he had a one-man exhibition at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit Massachusetts; he is a Copley Master, and a member of many affiliations. The artist does select work on commission and is a renowned portraitist. Windswept, oil, 28” x 22” 25
Forrest Rodts (American, 1960) Forrest Rodts’ finely detailed landscapes, seascapes, still lifes and illustrations reflect his love of the ocean and the unspoiled serenity of New England’s coastline. Over the years he has developed a personal style that combines color, light and composition with meticulous draftsmanship. His intimate crafting of details make the familiar come to life in a brilliant acrylic palette. Although Rodts has painted landscapes with an eye towards capturing the realism of sunsets, stormy skies, sparkling blue oceans and white capped waves, more recently he has produced dramatic works that reflect his long standing interest in marine history and the sailing tradition. “My paintings represent my continued study of water and light combined with my love of sailing, history and the ocean. My goal is to be as realistic as possible while still producing an aesthetically pleasing painting which will draw the viewer into its mood.” Rodts graduated from Hobart College in upstate New York in 1983 with a B.A. Degree in Economics and a minor in Fine Arts. Growing up, he spent summers in Siasconset on Nantucket and in 1982 began showing his paintings with the Artist Association of Nantucket. In 1988 he set up his first full one-man show at the New Street Gallery in Siasconset. Since then Rodts has continuously exhibited on Nantucket. Rodts has won numerous awards as a member of the Copley Society of art, the Artists Association of Nantucket and the Marblehead Arts Association. His work can be found in private collections throughout the United States, as well as in Canada and Europe. Forrest lives with his wife Linda, and two sons in Massachusetts. 26
Sleighride, acrylic, 18” x 36”
Sergio Roffo (American, 1953) Sergio Roffo, born in 1953, has been inspired by the work of American traditional painters such as Inness and Bierstadt, among others. Roffo’s representations of coastal landscapes reveal a luminous, masterful feeling. As you view his art, you will discover a precise sense of value and atmospheric perspective that convey a relaxed sense of calmness; a characteristic that defines and informs all of his works. Roffo’s captivating depictions of the New England landscape have been included in a variety of museum exhibitions and have earned him many awards, including two prestigious “Grumbacher Gold Medals” and the “Yankee Sagendorph Award” presented by Yankee Magazine.
A serious artist, Roffo continually strives to capture the elusive essence that is Nature. “My mission is trying to convey to the viewer the spirituality and sacredness of my work, indicating the harmony of nature through color and light. As artists, our creative goals will never be accomplished. We will always be students of nature, because nature does it so beautifully. We live each day passionately, others only dream of!” Currently he resides in Scituate, MA with his wife and two daughters.
In 1994, Roffo was the winner of the Massachusetts Duck Stamp, winning on his first attempt, where others spend years trying. He holds the honor of being one of the youngest artists to be designated a Copley Master by the Copley Society of art. An elected member of the Guild of Boston Artists, Sergio’s work is included in many private and publicly owned collections. He has also been selected for inclusion in numerous publications, such as Cape Cod Life and Down East Magazine. The Youngest of six children, Sergio was born in San Donato, Italy. His family immigrated to Boston where sometime after high school he attended Vesper George School of Art in Boston, graduating with honors.
Across the Marsh, Cohasset, oil, 24” x 48”
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Robert W. Stark, III (American, 1964) Predominantly a realist still life painter, Robert W. Stark III focuses on the subtle effects of light on the subject matter and settings of his paintings. He strives to pull the viewer into his paintings through the representation of minute detail, yet, through his interior and exterior compositions, he intends to give the subject an atmosphere and sense of place with which to coexist and dominate. Stark draws strongly from the Dutch still life painters for technique. Through repeated applications of oil glaze the artist has developed a chiaroscuro style that gives the painting and the subject itself a strong sense of depth. Glazing permits a painter to manipulate pigments to either reflect or absorb light, producing a strong illusion of three-dimensionality. Stark invites the observer to “scrutinize” the painting; by portraying every detail and imperfection of the subject, he gives simple subjects personality. Stark’s compositions also remind us of early Spanish still life painters in their simplicity. He “peoples” his paintings with few objects that, in their placement, seem both random yet distinctly interrelated. Raised on Nantucket, Stark left the island to attend the Taft School and Georgetown University where he majored in Chinese/Asian studies and Fine Arts. He has since returned to the island to focus on his painting. He believes that Nantucket provokes in him the sense of serenity, solitude and subtle beauty that his paintings portray.
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Tim Thompson (British, 1951) Born in Hull, England, in 1951, Tim Thompson spent his childhood living on the tiny Channel Island of Herm. It was while there, living on the water, that Thompson developed a deep love and respect for the sea. It also was the beginning of his love for painting. Thompson remembers creating his first image when he was 6 years old - a watercolor of the majestic Queen Mary. Although Thompson pursued a career in horticulture for a brief time, he never strayed far from his paint brush and pallet. At age 27 he left his job at the Parks Department in England and began painting full time. This decision proved to be a positive step for Thompson who is recognized as one of the world’s leading marine artists of today. Thompson married in 1973 and moved to Southern England, where he lives with his wife Sharon in Plymouth. He has two daughters, Holly and Gemma, both of whom paint. It is not surprising that his paintings focus on marine settings, particularly battle scenes and boats that span the centuries from fighting ships of Drake and Nelson’s eras to the epic journeys of clipper ships. In 1982 Thompson met media mogul and sailing enthusiast Ted Turner at a regatta in Cowes, England. Turner commissioned him to paint numerous sailing boats. Since then, the growing popularity of this genre, coupled with Thompson’s inimitable style, has earned him worldwide recognition. Thompson produced a collection of paintings, depicting every America’s Cup “Winning Moment” in 1983. The Prince of Wales and Princess Diana
Sailing Off Great Point, Nantucket, oil, 30” x 48”
requested that he and his collection appear at the British America’s Cup Ball at the Dorchester Hotel. He then co-authored three books, The Paintings of the America’s Cup, The Story of Yachting and The Gold Medal Rescues of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He was the official artist for America3, the winning yacht of the 1992 America’s Cup. He was also appointed official artist to the Team New Zealand defense in 2000. Thompson creates his ship and yacht portraits from ship plans, sketches and photographs, since it is impossible to capture enough detail by sketching
during a yacht race. Photographs are also useful to get accurate positioning of an incident. Color and movement are also are vital components in a painting and light, air, and particles in suspension play a part. They can give the water a translucent or opaque appearance and can create a more atmospheric painting. Thompson has exhibited his work throughout the United States and worldwide including in London, Paris, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Vasa Museum in Sweden, Monaco, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Barbara Willis (American, 1932) As an artist who works in pastels and oils, Barbara Florence Willis has devoted many years to her art career, during which she has displayed her works at numerous U.S. venues. Of particular note is her oneman show, Elements of Spring held in 1993 at the Cuneo Museum and Gardens, in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Since the late 1980’s, she has participated in some 50 exhibitions, from small group shows to those of a national character. Willis, winner of the 1995 Designated Master Pastelist from the Pastel Society of America, has earned close to 20 awards for her art, executed in pastels, acrylics, and oils. Willis’s art is in the style of the Boston School of American Impressionists. To use her own words, her art is “realism combined with heightened observation to true color and light.” Willis’s objective is to create true luminosity of color in her paintings and she wants her work to be filled with joyous feelings. She accomplishes this with her application of colors, which lends an iridescent light flowing across her forms. Willis was born on December 17, 1932 in Bronx, NY. In 1955 she graduated from Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA, with an Associate of Arts degree in Interior Decoration. In addition, she studied art with Robert Douglas Hunter and Robert Cummings. The various art societies in which she holds or has held membership consists of the American Artists Professional League, the Pastel Society of America, Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, as well as the Academic Artists Association (Springfield, MA), the Copley Society of art, the New Hampshire, and the Connecticut Pastel Societies and the Guild of Boston Artists.
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Windsox, pastel, 32” x 27”
Drums and Bugels, acrylic, 13” x 24”
Sidney F. Willis (American, 1930) Sid Willis is an artist of the Boston School Tradition. Trained by Robert Douglas Hunter, Willis delights his viewers with luminous still lifes and impressionistic landscapes. He has earned the reputation of being one of the finest painters in the United States. His paintings are cited for their strong design, beautiful color harmonies and consummate draftsmanship.
While Willis’ still life paintings reflect his solid academic values, they also incorporate his keen impressionistic observations to form unusual and interesting compositions. His subjects, often rare and distinctive antiques and textiles, are carefully chosen from throughout his native New England countryside. Willis’ still lifes exhibit a unique elegance of design and achieve a closeness of color unsurpassed by any other artist today.
An American Impressionist, Mr. Willis spends much of his time painting outdoors, directly from nature. The New England countryside provides Willis with a never-ending supply of subjects for his landscapes. Though best known for still life, Willis has also won gold medals for landscapes and portrait, and has been honored for paintings in oil, pastel, and acrylic.
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Evan Wilson (American, 1953) Evan was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1953. He showed interest in art at an early age when University of Alabama art professor and family friend Richard Brough provided him with painting materials and inspiration. In 1971, Wilson enrolled in the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts to complete high school. There he experimented with various styles of art. After high school, Wilson attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore where he met his lifelong mentor, Joseph Sheppard, an internationally known realist painter. Under Sheppard’s training, Wilson began his evolution as a realist painter. After college, Wilson studied at the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore. In 1978, he was awarded the Greenshields Foundation grant to study painting in Florence, Italy. Over the following twenty-five years, Wilson has honed his technique, which uses broad brushstrokes to create paintings that are immediate and of the moment. A master of painting light and its effects on objects, he often incorporates swatches of sunlight in his interiors. He takes ordinary objects and scenes in life, such as hanging clothes on a line, and makes them elegant. As he stated in the Huntsville Museum of Art catalog to his show, “The fun comes when playing with traditional concepts to create something entirely new.” For example, Wilson places casual sunflowers in silver and porcelain vases for a fresh interpretation. Wilson’s paintings are included in many other public and private collections, including the Greenville County Museum of Art in South Carolina and the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. Nearly thirty of Wilson’s paintings are included in the collection of the Warner Westervelt Museum of Art, considered to be one of the finest collections of American art in the world. 32
Japanese Kimono, oil, 34” x 42” Wilson has received many awards. Most recently, he was honored with the William Bouguereau Award for Emotion, Theme and the Figure in the 2006 Art Renewal Center’s Annual International Salon. In 1999, Wilson received the Alabama Arts Award presented by the University of Alabama’s Society for the Fine Arts in recognition of his artistic talent and ability to capture his Alabama heritage on canvas. Wilson remains true to his mission to bring realist painting back into the forefront of American art. Most recently, he helped organize an exhibition entitled “Legacy: A Tradition Lives On,” which is on a three-year tour of museums nationwide. There, he is
grouped with eleven other artists who also studied under Joseph Sheppard. Wilson’s strong traditional training to “paint what he sees” has allowed him to paint a wide array of subjects, from white peonies in silver pitchers to rural baptisms in creeks to the official portrait of Alabama First Lady Lori Siegelman. Always searching for new subjects and new ways to depict them, Wilson divides his time among interiors, florals, figures, landscapes, and portraits. Wilson’s earlynineteenth-century home is often the subject matter of his paintings. He also makes regular visits to Alabama for inspiration.
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