Floris van Schooten (1585/88-1656), "A Kitchen Still Life," at Johnny van Haeften Ltd
London Art Week (LAW) Winter will be held December 3-10, 2021 with an in-person preview at participating galleries on Thursday, December 2. Parallel to the exhibitions in the galleries, LAW will again host selected works of art from each dealer and auction house on its online platform. There will be a talks programme and the third edition of the esteemed LAW Symposium, held online to continue the global reach of these events.
Lucie Attinger (Swiss, 1859-1928), “Mon Atelier,” at Elliott Fine Art
Among exhibitions for LAW Winter is one on the Belle Epoque and in particular some of its women artists at Elliott Fine Art while the Fine Art Society, given its premises in London and Edinburgh, will be holding a show focusing on Scottish art in its gallery off Carnaby Street. Karen Taylor Fine Art will be putting on a special Christmas exhibition, a “Seasonal Box of Delights” and Stephen Ongpin Fine Art is publishing a special catalogue, “Giorgione to Picasso: Masterworks of Six Centuries,” featuring 25 exceptional drawings dating from the 15th to the 20th century.
> Visit EricRhoads.com to learn about more opportunities for artists and art collectors, including retreats, international art trips, art conventions, and more.
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
As part of our effort to continue to help artists and art galleries thrive, we’re proud to bring you this week’s “Virtual Gallery Walk.” Browse the artwork below and click the image itself to learn more about it, including how to contact the gallery.
Early Light by Jeanne R. Smith, Pastel, 6 x 8 in.; Anderson Fine Art Gallery
Times Square Reflections (featured in LuminoCity) by D.Eleinne Basa, Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in., Signed; Rehs Contemporary
À Toute Allure by Orville Bulman (1904 – 1978), Oil on panel, 8 x 10 in., Signed; also titled and dated 1972 on the reverse; Rehs Galleries, Inc.
Aspen Song by Lorenzo Chavez, Oil, 36 x 24 in.; ArtzLine.com
Want to see your gallery featured in an upcoming Virtual Gallery Walk? Contact us at [email protected] to advertise today. Don’t delay, as spaces are first come, first served, and availability is limited.
Boulder Creek
By Kirk Randle
18 x 25 in.
Oil on Canvas
$3,500
A native of Utah, Kirk’s works depict a sense of place. He is known for painting sweeping landscapes and vivid skies, showcasing the intense beauty and reflective light of the West. His artistic career spans decades, including 31 years as a participant in the Celebration of Fine Art.
Come watch Kirk and 100 other artists create at the Celebration of Fine Art, where art lovers and artists connect, in Scottsdale, Arizona; January 15 through March 27, 2022. Contact us at 480.443.7695 or [email protected].
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654 or later), Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1615–17, oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 27 1/4 in., National Gallery, London
“By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800”
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, Connecticut thewadsworth.org
through January 9, 2022
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art has mounted the exhibition “By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800.”
It highlights not only the now-famous Gentileschi, but also 17 other women who succeeded in the male-dominated art world of this fascinating period.
Among the key figures are Sofonisba Anguissola, Rosalba Carriera, Lavinia Fontana, and Elisabetta Sirani, and the works on view include paintings, miniatures, and works on paper borrowed from collections worldwide, some making their U.S. debut.
Their subject matter ranges from portraiture and still life to historical and religious stories.
Accompanied by a 208-page catalogue, the project has been co-curated by Oliver Tostmann (Hartford) and Eve Straussman-Pflanzer from the Detroit Institute of Arts, where it will be presented February 6 through May 29, 2022.
> Visit EricRhoads.com to learn about more opportunities for artists and art collectors, including retreats, international art trips, art conventions, and more.
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
ANNIE LYLE HARMON (1855–1930), "Eucalyptus, Menlo Park," undated (c. 1900–15), oil on canvas, 18 x 12 in., private collection, Austin
Landscape Paintings on View >>>
ANNIE LYLE HARMON: ON HER OWN PATH
Neill-Cochran House Museum, Austin Texas nchmuseum.org
Through December 19, 2021
Austin’s Neill-Cochran House Museum is set to present an exhibition that gathers 17 California landscape paintings created by Annie Lyle Harmon (1855–1930), who is seldom highlighted today because most of her work was destroyed during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Drawn from a private Austin collection that descended through the family of Irene Boone, a colleague of Harmon’s friend and patron Emma Noel, this project reveals how Harmon was inspired by the Golden State’s famously beautiful scenery, particularly its northern forests.
This is only the second known exhibition of Harmon’s work, the first having occurred in 2010 at the College of St. Mary in Moraga, California. Located just west of the University of Texas campus, the Neill-Cochran House Museum focuses its programming on the century that opened with its own construction (1856), and indeed Harmon’s paintings once graced homes just like this one.
Harmon was born into a lumbering family who had come from Maine to San Francisco in 1852 to satisfy the Gold Rush’s explosive demand for timber. Her art suggests that the time she spent in the forests where her family’s business thrived inspired in her a love for the very trees that supported them. Harmon’s relationship with her mentor William Keith, a friend of John Muir and one of California’s best-known painters of Yosemite and other natural wonders, influenced her approach to landscape painting. Unlike Keith, however, she focused on intimate and fleeting moments rather than monumental vistas.
The paintings on view this season include scenes from the estate of Laurel Court in Menlo Park and from a rubber plantation in Mexico, as well as California’s coastal forests. Several of them are truly intimate in scale, completed on cigar box lids and perhaps intended as gifts to friends. Industrial development rarely intrudes into Harmon’s scenes, even though San Francisco was surging outward at the very time she was painting.
> Visit EricRhoads.com to learn about more opportunities for artists and art collectors, including retreats, international art trips, art conventions, and more.
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
9 New Landscape Paintings from a Blue Ridge Artist
“One of the biggest things that painting does is that it spreads joy.” ~ Kyle Buckland
Kyle Buckland is a contemporary impressionist painter who focuses on painting landscapes both plein air and in the studio. Kyle’s love of landscape painting began around the age of 15 when he began painting outdoors, around his parents home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
He has nine new landscape paintings on view at Hagan Fine Art in Charleston, South Carolina:
“A Light Snow,” oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in., by Kyle Buckland“Winter’s Wonder,” oil on linen, 11 x 14 in., by Kyle Buckland“Snow in the Alley,” oil on linen, 16 x 20 in., by Kyle Buckland“The Oyster Shack,” oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in., by Kyle Buckland“In for Repairs,” oil on linen, 20 x 24 in., by Kyle Buckland“Forest Guardians,” oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in., by Kyle Buckland“The Edge of the Grove,” oil on linen, 20 x 24 in., by Kyle Buckland“Autumn Woods,” oil on linen, 8 x 10 in., by Kyle Buckland“After the Rain,” oil on linen, 16 x 20 in., by Kyle Buckland
Kyle continues to live and work in Virginia but also enjoys traveling in search of new inspiring vistas as well. His work can also be viewed online at kylebuckland.com. He is a member of OPA, AIS and a signature member of PAP-SE.
“We should practice so much that we become inspired by our own abilities,” Kyle says. “Then we’ll never run out of inspiration!” [Learn more about “Courageous Color”]
> Visit EricRhoads.com to learn about more opportunities for artists and art collectors, including retreats, international art trips, art conventions, and more.
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
The Puppy Project: 130 Dog Portraits in Watercolor > While Covid19 is the challenge of our lifetime, our pets have helped us through with their love and affection. The Puppy Project by Carol Carter illustrates how important our beloved pets are in times of need: particularly through this trying pandemic.
Editor’s Note: Carol Carter is on the faculty of the 2nd Annual WATERCOLOR LIVE virtual art conference, January 27-29, 2022, with a Beginner’s Day on January 26.
From “The Puppy Project” organizers:
One hundred and thirty watercolors will be displayed. Each dog portrayed has come from a request put on social media for every owner to send a picture of their beloved pet. Each portrait is unique capturing the essence. This work celebrate how our pets help us cope through the stress of these trying times.
Pandemics, in particular, while global in scale – evoke a range of intensely personal emotional reactions. Feelings of uncertainty, fear and grief are amplified. Dogs are a great comfort to so many. In eras of upheaval, artists have found connection and resilience by making art and in so doing, contributed valuable insight into human history.
Carol Carter, “Napping Dogs,” watercolor, 15 x 22 inches
The Puppy Project offers viewers a heartfelt expression of how our beloved dogs have helped us through the difficult pandemic.
Carol Carter’s bold, expressive figurative works reinforce the tension between recognizable imagery and luscious, loose abstracted paint application. “It is Carter’s process, more than any one work, which illuminates the ideal of beauty. It is her approach and results that teach and engage her audiences that distinguish her oeuvre,” writes Rusty Freeman, Director Visual Arts, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts.
Ralston Purina will be providing dog bowls and dog treats. Dogs are welcome.
Carol Carter, “Greyhound,” Watercolor, 7 x 5 inches
“The 2020 pandemic will change the way we see art forever – artists and writers have already begun doing the work of illuminating new shifts and losses, documenting the small kindnesses and cruelties, the large failures of leadership, technology and society. One thing seems certain: We will never look at ourselves as a culture in the same way again.” – Megan O’Grady, New York Times, April 8, 2020
Carol Carter: “The Puppy Project”
December 3-4, 2021
St. Louis, Missouri carol-carter.com
Carol Carter, “Gantry,” watercolor, 15 x 11 inchesCarol Carter, “Boston Terrier,” Watercolor, 7 x 5 inches
Learn from Carol Carter in person at Watercolor Live in January 2022!
> Visit EricRhoads.com to learn about more opportunities for artists and art collectors, including retreats, international art trips, art conventions, and more.
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
DIANNE MASSEY DUNBAR (b. 1952), "Shopping Cart," 2009, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in., Gallery 1261, Denver
For centuries, artists have depicted people preparing and enjoying food and drink, be they at home, out on the town, or sitting al fresco. To consume a meal or tipple is part of being human, so it makes sense that collectors love to display reminders on their walls. Artists now are no less interested in the themes of consumption and hospitality than their forerunners were. Though subtle critiques are sometimes embedded in the resulting images, most contemporary artists are instead drawn to cafes, bars, restaurants, and kitchens for their visual appeal.
Illustrated here is an array of superb artworks made in this timeless genre. Enjoy, and bon appetit!
1. “News Worthy”
SUZIE BAKER (b. 1970), “News Worthy,” 2015, oil on linen panel, 12 x 16 in., private collection
2. “Oligarchs”
FRED DANZIGER (b. 1946), “Oligarchs,” 2018, gouache on Mylar, 10 x 24 in., F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia
3. “Shopping Cart”
DIANNE MASSEY DUNBAR (b. 1952), “Shopping Cart,” 2009, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in., Gallery 1261, Denver
4. “The Discussion”
ROBERT EVANS (b. 1953), “The Discussion,” 2013, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in., collection of the artist
5. “Sushi Trail”
STUART DUNKEL (b. 1952), “Sushi Trail,” 2018, oil on panel, 5 x 7 in., Tree’s Place Gallery, Orleans, MA
6. “Beiler’s in Reading Terminal”
HEATHER LYNN GIBSON (b. 1970), “Beiler’s in Reading Terminal,” 2019, oil on linen, 24 x 12 in., available from the artist
7. “May Morning in San Marco”
CHARLES IARROBINO (b. 1952), “May Morning in San Marco,” 2018, oil on linen mounted on panel, 40 x 30 in., Chasen Galleries, Sarasota
8. “Chef’s Station”
KAREN HORNE (b. 1959), “Chef’s Station,” 2019, oil on linen, 18 x 24 in., HORNE Fine Art, Salt Lake City
9. “Brooklyn Lunch”
SHELBY KEEFE (b. 1958), “Brooklyn Lunch,” 2017, oil on linen, 28 x 22 in., Fine Line Designs Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Sister Bay, WI
10. “Silver Spoons”
GEORGANNA LENSSEN (b. 1964), “Silver Spoons,” 2017, oil on board, 8 x 8 in., collection of Lisa and Jeff Thomas
11. “Jelly Donut”
CLEVELAND MORRIS (b. 1947), “Jelly Donut,” 2017, oil on linen, 8 x 8 in., private collection
12. “Far Far Away”
JOSEPH LORUSSO (b. 1966), “Far Far Away,” 2018, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in., McLarry Fine Art (Santa Fe)
13. “Cook Works”
SALLY STRAND (b. 1954), “Cook Works,” 1998, pastel on paper, 30 x 42 in., collection of Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York
14. “Cheeseburger”
ELIZABETH SELBY (b. 1988), “Cheeseburger,” 2014, oil on panel, 36 x 36 in., private collection
15. “Bag of Grannys”
DAN SIMONEAU (b. 1962), “Bag of Grannys,” 2017, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in., Re:Vision Art Gallery, Kenosha, WI
16. “Lunch in Provence IV”
THALIA STRATTON (b. 1957), “Lunch in Provence IV,” 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in., New Masters Gallery, Carmel, CA
17. “A Careful Cleaning”
NANCY TANKERSLEY (b. 1949), “A Careful Cleaning,” 2019, oil on muslin panel, 12 x 12 in., available from the artist
18. “Two Up, One on the Rocks”
JILL STEFANI WAGNER (b. 1955), “Two Up, One on the Rocks,” 2017, oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 in., J. Petter Galleries, Douglas, MI
19. “Waiting to Be Chopped”
Catherine Hillis (b. 1953), “Waiting to Be Chopped,” 2017, watercolor on paper, 12 x 16 in., private collection
20. “Seasonal Favorites”
JON TOCCHINI (b. 1968), “Seasonal Favorites,” 2014, oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in., private collection
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
Steven Assael (b. 1957), "Cassandra and Nola," 2015, silverpoint on paper, 11 1/2 x 14 in., photo courtesy Forum Gallery, New York City
“Silver”
New York City dfnprojects.com
Through January 7, 2022
On view at DFN Projects is the exhibition “Silver,” devoted to the slow, ancient technique of silverpoint drawing. The artist drags a silver rod or wire across a paper, parchment, or panel that has been prepared with gesso or primer, resulting in fine details and pearlescent half-lights.
This multi-artist show has been organized by Michael Gormley, director of the New York Artists Equity Association’s Equity Gallery.
> Visit EricRhoads.com to learn about more opportunities for artists and art collectors, including retreats, international art trips, art conventions, and more.
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
D. Eleinne Basa, a classically trained artist, began painting at the young age of 8. She furthered her art education after college by taking several workshops before diving into the competitive Plein Air competition scene; it was then that she began to earn critical acclaim. She is still influenced by her early experiences and is happiest when painting “en plein air.” As she notes, it reminds her of the time in her childhood when “painting was pure and came from someplace deep within.”
“LuminoCity,” featuring the artwork of D. Eleinne Basa will remain on view through December 10, 2021 at Rehs Contemporary.
“Soho Evening Rain,” D. Eleinne Basa
More from the gallery:
Basa is always striving to achieve a certain timelessness to the paintings she creates. Her landscapes and cityscapes draw the viewer into the work with their radiant light, reminiscent of the early Luminists and Tonalists of the American School. She has been greatly influenced by some of the most notable 19th Century tonalist painters like Thomas Moran and George Inness, as well as by the soft, delicate, and muted landscapes of the Spanish painter Emilio Sánchez-Perrier.
What is perhaps most captivating about Basa’s work is her capacity to capture atmosphere: the crisp air, the chill of a breeze, or the warmth of sunlight. Paintings like “Afternoon Glow (Hudson Yards)” and “Soho Street Shadows” are prime examples of her ability… with “Afternoon Glow (Hudson Yards),” there is a certain coolness on the street while at the same time the red brick of the building seems to smolder like an ember in the sunlight. Soho Street Shadows has an instant wintery feel; the hazy skyline and barren tree set the stage, and even with a streak of sunlight cutting through the foreground, the air feels brisk.
Basa further develops the brilliance of her work by playing with light sources, most notably in her evening scenes like “Soho Evening Rain,” where light itself nearly takes hold as the focus of the work. The buildings subtly take a back seat, allowing the street light to emanate and reflect off the wet pavement. Brake lights gleam in the distance, pulling our focus deeper into the work, before moving our attention to the finer details that were at first lost in the shadows.
“Soho Street Shadows,” D. Eleinne Basa
From day to night, Basa captures cities in a way unlike many others. The delicate balance of her compositions truly results in a sense of calmness even in some of the world’s busiest spaces.
As with many of her works, these 13 newly painted pieces in “LuminoCity” feature intimate street scenes, oftentimes a lull within the bustle of big cities. For more details, please visit rehs.com.
> Visit EricRhoads.com to learn about more opportunities for artists and art collectors, including retreats, international art trips, art conventions, and more.
> Sign up to receive Fine Art Today, our free weekly e-newsletter
Fill your mind with useful art stories, the latest trends, upcoming art shows, top artists, and more. Subscribe to Fine Art Today, from the publishers of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine.
