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Sunday, May 5, 2013

John La Farge

Blue Iris, Study - 1879

Crater of Kilauea and Dana Lake in Twilight, 1890

John LaFarge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_La_Farge

Maynard Dixon

Cloud World, c. 1925

Shapes of Fear, 1930-32

Volcanic Cones (Boulder, Nevada), 1934

Striped Mesa, c.1943

Sculptured Sandstone

“To me, no painter has ever quite understood the light, the distances, the aboriginal ghostliness of the American West as well as Maynard Dixon. The great mood of his work is solitude, the effect of the land and space on people. While his work stands perfectly well on its claims to beauty, it offers a spiritual view of the West indispensable to anyone who would understand it.” -Thomas McGuane

Maynard Dixon (January 24, 1875 – November 11, 1946) was a 20th-century American artist whose body of work focused on the American West. He was married for a time to American photographer Dorothea Lange.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_Dixon

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Casey Klahn

Apple tree with green light

Windbreak, pastel

The Turquoise Axis (Pastel)

Green & Red Vignette 7x8

The River Blue

credits: http://currentcaseyklahn.blogspot.it/

Sunday, April 7, 2013

David Mensing

“Declaration”, 8x10 oil

Wander

credits: http://davidmensingfineart.com/I.htm

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Eric Merrell

A Place of Clarity; Crystal Lake, San Gabriel Mountains

"Christmas Eve", Private Collection

Further along the Path

Born in Gilroy, California, Eric Merrell was raised there and in Rochester, New York. Returning to California, early art classes included watercolor painting with Diane Wallace followed by figure and portrait painting in oil with Jim Smyth at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, California. Moving back to the east coast for college, Merrell took classes with Al Gury at The University of the Arts and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, both in Philadelphia. After spending two years in the city he moved back to California, transferring to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

source: http://www.ericmerrell.com/about.html

Sunday, March 24, 2013

American Contemporary: Terry St. John

Late Night Crockett

Wine Haven #2 (Pt. Molate), 12 x 16, Oil on Panel

Mt. Diablo Ranch, 1995

Stormy Day, Berkeley Marina (II)

Man in Red Sweater, Berkeley Marina Oil on Canvas, 1997

Reclining Nude With Mirror

credits: http://www.terrystjohn.com/landscapes.html

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Mike Rooney

The Sun Slid Down, 2013

Capt. Charlie’s Glimmer, 2012

Blue Heaven, 2013

credits: http://mikerooneystudios.blogspot.it/

American abstract: Jon Schueler

The Minch from Reiff, 1966 Oil on canvas

Gold And Silver Grey

My Father is the Son

Schueler originally wanted to become a writer and, after acquiring his MA at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1940, he worked for a short time as a journalist. The Second World War interrupted his writing.

After the war, he moved to San Francisco and taught English while he began attending the California School of Fine Arts where he studied with Edward Corbett, David Park, Hassel Smith, and Richard Diebenkorn. He chose Abstract Expressionism as his preferred style and moved to New York in 1951, where he became part of the New York School of artists. His first solo exhibition was in 1954, at the Stable Gallery.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schueler

Thursday, March 14, 2013

American impressionism: Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie (1880 - 1940)

Landscape, circa 1910

Dusk on Lower Broadway, 1910

Morning on the River, c. 1911-12. Oil on canvas, 50 x 60 in.

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Winter Blue, 1913

The Black Teapot

Ladies on the Bridge

Jonas Lie (April 29, 1880 - January 18, 1940) was a Norwegian-born American painter. He is best known for colorful paintings of coastlines of New England and city scenes New York City.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Lie_(painter)

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

American contemporary

William Theophilus Brown (1919-2012)

William Theophilus Brown, The Lake, 1964

more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Brown

James Coleman (b. 1949)

James Coleman, Life in the fast lane, 2008

James Coleman, Across the track at St. Olaves, 2011

James Coleman (born 1949) is an American painter who has worked for Disney as a background artist on numerous animated features. In 1991, after twenty-two years working for Disney, James left to pursue the true passion in his life, fine art.