Evoking the Plains

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November 5, 2021

36th Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale
Cheyenne, Wyoming
americanplainsartists.com and cfdrodeo.com/cfd-old-west-museum
November 5–December 5, 2021

Western art - Tim Harmon (b. 1946), "Coolin' Off," 2020, bronze (edition of 15), 13 1/2 x 8 x 12 in. — Tim Harmon (b. 1946), “Coolin’ Off,” 2020, bronze (edition of 15), 13 1/2 x 8 x 12 in.

Founded in 1982, the nonprofit organization American Plains Artists (APA) is set to host its 36th Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum. On view will be approximately 115 two- and three-dimensional works created in traditional media by artists who live throughout the U.S. and Canada.

All of the pieces selected reflect APA’s mission to depict the American Great Plains region in all its diversity. Among the subjects addressed are landscape, wildlife, people, and ways of life in both historical and modern times.

The artist whose work is illustrated here, Tim Harmon, lives in Globe, Arizona. From age 9, he worked as a cowboy on ranches in Arizona and New Mexico, and he still runs a few cattle on his cousin’s ranch. Harmon began sculpting in 2004 after taking a workshop at the Scottsdale Artists’ School and has enjoyed considerable success ever since.

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Friday Virtual Gallery Walk for November 5, 2021

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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.

Oil painting of a landscape with a grassy hillside, trees and a cloudy sky — Something in the Air by Rani Garner, Oil, 12 x 24 in.; Anderson Fine Art Gallery

Oil painting of a monkey in a shirt and jacket with Devil's Tower in the background — The Entrance by Tony South, Oil on canvasboard, 7 x 7.5 in., Signed; Rehs Contemporary

Oil painting of a winter city scene — Winter at Broad & Wall Street by Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883 – 1962), Oil on panel, 12 x 16 in., Signed; also signed, titled and dated ’56 on the reverse; Rehs Galleries, Inc.

Oil painting of a woman sitting and thinking — Contemplation by Jie Wei Zhou, Oil, 24 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.

New Realities for Art Collectors and Artists

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Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine

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November 2, 2021

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Julio Larraz, "The Big Fish I," 2000, oil on canvas, 54 x 70 in., private collection; as seen in Fine Art Connoisseur (November/December 2021)

From the Fine Art Connoisseur November/December 2021 Editor’s Note:

New Realities

We all know the pandemic has altered a wide range of behaviors, some forever. When it comes to art, a survey conducted recently by a leading insurer, Chubb, took a helpful look at U.S. art collectors’ attitudes and purchasing decisions over the past year (spring 2020 through spring 2021).

Fine Art Connoisseur magazine — On the Cover: JuliAnne Jonker (b. 1957), “In My Life” (detail), 2021, charcoal on board, 18 x 24 in., available through the artist

I won’t bore you with a blow-by-blow summary, but there are several findings worth pondering here. First, 74 percent of respondents have purchased, or would consider purchasing, art sight unseen. That confirms our impression that we have been combing the Internet more than ever before.

Following from there, 79 percent of respondents used an online auction platform to buy or sell valuables or collectables, though of course they also bought via Artsy, Etsy, eBay, nonprofit arts organizations and clubs, and the websites of individual artists and galleries located nearby or far away.

Going further, the Chubb survey found that collectors are most influenced to purchase art by social media (57 percent), the appeal of online auctions (54 percent), the perception of an investment opportunity (52 percent), and the desire to support a specific artist (47 percent). Not surprisingly, Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 are the most likely (72 percent) to be influenced to buy art through social media.

These findings underscore how crucial it is for the artists and purveyors we love to refine their Internet and social media presence so that it accurately reflects the art they are offering and makes it easy to purchase.

This is not to say that in-person experiences are over. We have noticed a pent-up desire in the art world to get out there and reconnect with each other at live events — from gallery exhibition openings to raise-your-paddle auctions. Masks and elbow bumps can make such occasions a bit surreal, but for most of us they feel so much more engaging than sitting at home tapping a keyboard.

It’s clear now that both approaches must be pursued: ensure that anyone in the world can find you online and fall in love with your art, and be present in real time when there is something specific or time-sensitive to see and acquire.

The team at Fine Art Connoisseur and RealismToday.com is actually quite excited about this hybrid existence, and we look forward to participating in its evolution.

In the meantime, enjoy your collecting adventures, and please keep us posted on what you see out there.

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Nature in All Forms

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November 1, 2021

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Nature’s Essence: Paula Holtzclaw & Sandy Scott
Cheryl Newby Gallery
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
cherylnewbygallery.com
through November 27, 2021

Cheryl Newby Gallery is celebrating nature’s many joys by exhibiting recent paintings by Paula Holtzclaw and animal sculptures by Sandy Scott. The aesthetic visions of these two gifted women make an ideal pairing.

Born in North Carolina, where she still lives, Holtzclaw has pursued an unusual life-path — including a successful career in eye care — to become a widely recognized painter of landscapes and seascapes. She is particularly admired for her involvement in the nonprofit organization American Women Artists, which seeks gender equity in exhibiting opportunities nationwide.

Fine art collection - Sandy Scott (b. 1943), "Wooder Water," 2021, bronze (edition of 25), 21 x 18 x 13 in. — Sandy Scott (b. 1943), “Wooder Water,” 2021, bronze (edition of 25), 21 x 18 x 13 in.

Born in Iowa and raised in Oklahoma, Scott has admired animals since she watched her father raise quarter horses. After studying at the Kansas City Art Institute and working as an artist in the motion picture industry, she turned to printmaking and then sculpture.

Today Scott lives in Wyoming and maintains studios in Ontario and Colorado. An avid outdoorswoman who loves to hunt and fish, she has made 16 trips to Alaska as well as Europe, Russia, China, and South America.

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A Matisse Painting Needs Your Help

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Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine

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The American Friends of the National Gallery of Denmark are dedicated to supporting this prestigious Copenhagen institution, which is officially named the Statens Museum for Kunst (“SMK”). Now the Friends are promoting a unique opportunity that will surely fascinate most art lovers. This is a $30,000 Kickstarter campaign that will help restore a lyrical painting by Henri Matisse to its full glory—and will also help it visit the United States next spring for the first time ever. Click here to watch a four-minute film about the project and to make a donation to this 501c3 charitable foundation.

The backstory is remarkable. Matisse’s painting, “Nymph and Faun,” can be glimpsed in his much larger—and totally revolutionary—canvas of 1911, “The Red Studio,” which has been in the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) since 1949. MoMA’s six-foot-tall-by-seven-foot-wide canvas depicts the modernist master’s work space in the Parisian suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, glimpsed at a moment when he was experimenting with exciting new modes of expression.

Henri Matisse (1869–1954), “Nymph and Faun,” c. 1911, oil on canvas, 28 ¾ x 23 ¼ in., National Gallery of Denmark © 2021 Succession H. Matisse, Artists Rights Society, New York

“Nymph and Faun” itself shows two figures bathing in a landscape, yet it has never been on public view because it was held in private European collections for more than a century, until the SMK acquired it relatively recently.

Now “Nymph and Faun” is needed to play a starring role in the groundbreaking new exhibition, ”Henri Matisse: The Red Studio,” which will appear at MoMA from May 1 through September 11, 2022. Alas, “Nymph and Faun” cannot travel and take its rightful place in this much-anticipated show until it receives proper conservation treatment at the SMK’s own laboratory. Unfortunately, such treatments can be expensive, which is why the SMK’s American Friends are busy raising the necessary funds.

Henri Matisse (1869–1954), “The Red Studio" — Henri Matisse (1869–1954), “The Red Studio,” 1911, oil on canvas, 6 x 7 feet, Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2021 Succession H. Matisse, Artists Rights Society, New York. Note that “Nymph and Faun” appears at right center.

The upcoming exhibition—which will move from New York to the SMK itself in the autumn of 2022—seeks to present all of the artworks depicted in “The Red Studio.” This should include “Nymph and Faun,” plus five other surviving paintings, three sculptures, and one ceramic—all created by Matisse. The exhibition will mark the first time they have been together since 1911, and much credit goes to the organizing curators—Ann Temkin (MoMA) and Dorthe Aagesen (SMK)—for attempting this feat.

As it happens, “Nymph and Faun” is very thinly painted, and surface dirt must now be removed in order to restore the vibrancy of Matisse’s colors and brushwork. In addition, minor paint losses must be stabilized, and the picture’s decorative frame must be given a “micro-climate” that will mitigate the temperature and humidity changes that will inevitably occur as the painting wings its way from Denmark to America next spring.

Be sure to watch the intriguing four-minute video, and consider helping this truly international effort—Danes and Americans collaborating to honor a great French artist—move forward.

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Portraits That “Live and Breathe”

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Frans Hals (1582/3–1666), "Willem Coymans" — Frans Hals (1582/3–1666), "Willem Coymans," 1645, oil on canvas, 30 5/16 x 25 3/16 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.69

Frans Hals: The Male Portrait
The Wallace Collection, London
wallacecollection.org
Through January 30, 2022

The Dutch painter Frans Hals (c. 1582/3–1666) was praised by contemporaries for portraits that seem “to live and breathe.” Through his lively compositions and dynamic brushwork, he revolutionized the field, and now the Wallace Collection’s exhibition, “Frans Hals: The Male Portrait,” will celebrate its own Hals portrait by juxtaposing it with more than a dozen examples borrowed from collections around the world.

“The Laughing Cavalier” (1624) was purchased in 1865 by the 4th Marquess of Hertford, the Wallace Collection’s principal founder, who paid the then astronomical sum of 51,000 francs, more than six times its estimate. The resulting publicity brought Hals back into the spotlight after centuries of neglect.

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Featured Artwork: Brad Teare

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Oil painting of a green, hilly landscape with trees in the valleys

Canyon Grove
By Brad Teare
30 x 30 in.
Oil on panel
$5,800
Available from Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Inspired by a field sketch, this richly textured painting was completed in the studio during the Fall of 2021. Teare uses plein air paintings to record accurate value and color while transferring the sketch’s original energy to his studio work.

BRAD TEARE – THE POETRY OF THICK PAINT

Although initially a woodcut artist, seeing an exhibit of Van Gogh paintings at the Metropolitan museum reignited Teare’s love of thick paint. He was surprised at how much more impact Van Gogh’s paintings had in person. Some of Van Gogh’s paintings that he knew from reproductions were hardly recognizable. Intrigued, Teare began landscape painting with thick texture. Starting with brushes, he later switched to palette knives to achieve even thicker strokes of color. Other influences include Birger Sandzén, Edgar Payne, and William Wendt.

Raised in Kansas, at age 18, Teare traveled to Northern Idaho, built a log cabin in the foothills of Moscow Mountain, and began studying wood engraving. He later studied fine art at the University of Idaho. After college, Teare moved to New York to pursue an illustration career featuring the art of woodcut. He worked for The New York Times and Random House, where he did book covers for authors such as James Michener, Anne Tyler, and Alice Walker.

Teare eventually left New York to pursue a full-time career as a landscape painter. He settled in a picturesque valley in Utah. Teare travels the West, recording its beauty in field sketches and painting larger versions back in his studio.

To see more of Brad’s work, visit: wwwbradteare.com

Featured Artwork: Linda Glover Gooch presented by Grand Canyon Celebration of Art

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Oil painting of sunset over the Grand Canyon

Age to Age
By Linda Glover Gooch
15 x 28 in.
Oil on linen

Linda Glover Gooch was one of the 23 plein air artists participating in the 13th Annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art. During a week in September the artists from around the country visited Grand Canyon National Park, painting plein air along the South Rim of the canyon. The artists faced the challenges the canyon presents to those who attempt to capture its beauty, its vastness, its depth, and its ever-changing light and weather patterns on canvas or on paper.

Glover Gooch, an artist from Mesa, Arizona, has participated in 12 of the Celebration of Art events. Known for her glorious rendering of clouds, Glover Gooch captures the beauty and the majesty of Grand Canyon sunsets against the depth and glory of the canyon.

All of the participating Celebration of Art artists submit a Grand Canyon themed studio painting prior to the event. Regarding her studio painting “Age to Age” Glover Gooch says:

“Sunsets at the canyon can be hypnotizing as the glow in the sky influence the majestic walls. The mesas and buttes edges catch the golden glow that spreads across the canyon creating a beautiful display. This display of clouds created sunrays blasting upward while blanketing the canyon with beauty.”

The work of these accomplished artists (both studio and plein air work) will be exhibited and available for purchase at Kolb Studio on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park through January 17, 2022 or online at:

https://www.grandcanyon.org/events/celebration-of-art/

For more information contact Kathy Duley at [email protected] or 480-277-0458.

Featured Artwork: Mary Bentz Gilkerson

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Last Light, Spanish Hammock
9 x 12 in.
Oil
$900.00
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Using the changing color and light of an impression, the artistry of Mary Bentz Gilkerson’s paintings connects people to the experience of place.

“Almost daily for the last ten years I’ve made a small painting inspired by the landscapes I travel through, mainly near the roads and highways around Columbia, SC, especially Lower Richland, and the marshes can creeks of Edisto Island and Savannah, GA” says Gilkerson.

Mary is drawn to the ordinary spaces we move through, especially ones that are within view from the road.

“In a roadside view I find a strange intersection of nature and culture. We move so fast that we don’t take time to observe the world around us in the way that people did before modern transportation and technology came along. In my work, I seek to focus on the shifting patterns of light and color that tell us what time of day and season it is, to note the small and subtle, as well as the large and grand.”

Gilkerson holds an MFA in drawing and painting from the University of South Carolina. A native South Carolinian, she lives and works in her Columbia studio after retiring as a professor of art at Columbia College. She has received grants from the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties in addition to having been selected as a Southern Arts Federation Fellowship Finalist. Her work is in the permanent collections of McKissick Museum, Palmetto Health, Morris Communications Company, and Seibels Bruce Group, among others.

See more of Gilkerson’s work and join her email list at https://marygilkerson.com

Also view Gilkerson’s work at if ART Gallery in Columbia, SC and online at http://ifartgallery.blogspot.com/

Join Gilkerson’s free community for artists at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtWorkLiving/

Featured Artwork: Beverly Ford Evans

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Oil painting of a pheasant hanging on a wall

The Day’s Bounty
24 x 12 in.
Oil on Linen
Available through Berkley Gallery in Warrenton, VA

Beverly Ford Evans: “I love to paint birds, as well as hunting scenes and wildlife. This scene fulfilled two of the genres I enjoy. It is important to me to try to capture the soft delicate feathers and the beautiful color shifts in the more prominent feathers. The male pheasant is a captivating species with his intricate feather markings and bold head colors.”

You will find more of my work on my website: www.beverlyfordevans.com.

To keep up with my newest work I hope you will follow me on IG – bfevans and FB – Beverly Ford Evans

Beverly was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and now resides in Franklin, Tennessee. As a child she was drawn to the beauty that surrounded her. Encouraged by her parents, she began drawing and painting.

Her talent and a strong desire to create, led her to a successful career in interior design. She continued to have a yearning to create beautiful paintings. In 2003 she took her first workshop to help her achieve this goal.

Beverly has become a prolific artist. She has studied with the accomplished artists of The Cumberland Society of Painters, which includes Roger Dale Brown, Dawn Whitelaw, and Paula Frizbe; the Plein Air Painters of the Southeast; Quang Ho and Kenn Backhaus. She also spends time analyzing and studying many of the old masters, to draw from their techniques, which she uses in her work.

With her deliberate brushwork and attention to the scene, Beverly captures the essence of the landscape beautifully and artfully. She loves to pack her paints and travel to other parts of our beautiful country, where she is inspired by the diversity and beauty at every turn in the road.

Coupled with her love of the landscape is her love for animals. Beverly is sought after to paint commissions for loving pet owners, and participates in the South Eastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston, SC, the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, MD, and Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival in Thomasville, GA.

Beverly assists her husband, Roger Dale Brown in teaching plein air, still life and studio workshops across the country. Visit www.rogerdalebrown.com for their workshop schedule.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to share the talent born in me. There is a constant drive to continue to learn and study to grow as an artist. I was surprised how vulnerable I felt the first time I had a show, but that was quickly overshadowed by excitement and humility when I saw my work evoke emotional reactions in people.

I sincerely thank God for this incredible blessing; I celebrate the connections that I make with people and I am constantly left standing in awe at the magnificent world around me.”

Organizations:
Oil Painters of America, www.oilpaintersofamerica.com
The Chestnut Group, www.chestnutgroup.org
PAP-SE Plein Air Painters of the Southeast, www.pap-se.com
American Society of Marine Artist, Signature Member, www.americansocietyofmarineartists.com

Representation:
Beverly McNeil Gallery – Birmingham, AL
Berkley Gallery – Warrenton, VA
Lord Nelson’s Gallery – Gettysburg, PA

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