2018 Collectors for Connoisseurship Arts Weekends

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Windows to the Divine - fine art oil paintings by Kathy Anderson — Kathy Anderson, "Corn and White Rose," oil on board, 10 x 16 in., $2,800

Windows to the Divine®, a Denver-based foundation that encourages and fosters patronage and philanthropy through the arts, will host the “2018 Collectors for Connoisseurship (C4C) Arts Weekends” in Denver from April 12-14 and in Paris from May 23-26.

Fine art oil paintings by Scott Burdick — Scott Burdick, “Sarah Corson,” oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in., $4,200

In celebration of the contributions of Edgar Degas and concurrent with the Degas exhibition, “A Passion for Perfection,” being curated and hosted as the exclusive American venue by the Denver Art Museum from February through May, the Denver C4C Arts Weekend will feature:

• The Gala Opening of the “Impressions, Markings & More” Exhibition & Sale, April 12
• The private “Special Event for Founding Connoisseurs,” April 14
• And the “Impressions Salon” with “Conversation with the McCaw Family, Dan McCaw, 2018 Fra Angelico Artist of the Year, Danny McCaw and John McCaw,” April 14

The “Impressions, Markings & More Exhibition,” in collaboration with Space Gallery will feature more than 30 premier abstract and representational painters, including Scott Burdick, Haze Diedrich, Michael Gadlin, Ulrich Gleiter, Albert Handell, Ron Hicks, Liu Huihan, Michael Klein, Calvin Liang, Dan McCaw (2018 Fra Angelico Artist of the Year), Danny McCaw, John McCaw, C.W. Mundy, Desmond O’Hagan, Jill Soukup, Nancy Switzer, Clive Tyler, Karen Vance, Jeff Wenzel, Vincent Xeus (open to the public April 12-28).

Fine art pastel paintings by Albert Handell — Albert Handell, “Solitude,” pastel, 12 x 18 in., $5,500

“Collectors for Connoisseurship (C4C)” is a Windows to the Divine national network of collectors and art lovers dedicated to art appreciation and collecting. C4C members meet in-person at special events like the C4C Arts Weekend, and engage and interact through an online forum on the Windows to the Divine website where they can access resources such as the Know2collect video library and blogs by artists and art experts. Resources and events for C4C members are designed to encourage an understanding of the importance of not only viewing art in museums and public places, but collecting art for their own personal spaces, thereby supporting the vocation of living artists today.

To view the works for sale, view the 2018 Online Art Catalogue here. Sales are first-come and inquiries should be made to Shannon Robinson: [email protected].

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Healing Nature: Human Vision, Art, and the Environment

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Environmental art by William Lord — William Lord, “Swimming Hole”

Cape Cod Museum of Art National Juried Show
Through May 27, 2018
www.ccmoa.org

“Artists are keen observers, participating deeply in the natural world, from the micro-world of the garden, to the seafloors and wildernesses that we must strive to reach,” says Juror Mark Adams. “The submissions were powerful, and ranged from the subtle to the dramatic. I was drawn particularly to work that came from a direct experience of the natural world.

“The themes of connection and healing and nature’s importance are all represented here, sometimes in intangible ways, using visual languages that provoke questions and illuminate how the world works. Together we hope to create in this exhibition a little cosmos, a platform to observe nature keenly, to ask questions about the earth’s systems, and to make commitments that these inspirations will continue to make life rich for those that follow us.”

Gretchen Woodman of Nottingham, New Hampshire, represented by her drawing, “Precious,” explores human/animal relationships. She says that by investigating the essence of the animal through visual art, she creates emotional connections to animals and that “by fostering a caring attitude toward all living beings, we connect more closely to our earth and each other.”

William Lord of Maynard, MA, represented by the painting “Swimming Hole” (at top), says he uses dried paint he scrapes from palettes and paint tubes as his primary medium “to draw a parallel between the need to conserve our dwindling earthly resources and the beautiful places we risk losing if we don’t.”

More than 700 diverse artworks expressing the artist’s relationship to the natural world or their response to issues confronting the environment were submitted for Healing Nature from around the country.

Mike Wright, "Charm" — Mike Wright, “Charm”

Robert K. Roark, “Nothing But Blue Skies,” Photo by Anita Roark

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Celebrating Picasso’s “Guernica”

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Fine art drawings - Pablo Picasso - Guernica — Pablo Picasso, Sketch for "Guernica (Horse Head)," Paris, 2 May 1937, oil on canvas, 64 x 90,5 cm, 65 x 92 © Photographic Archives Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1992. © Succession Picasso 2017

From the Musée Picasso, Paris:

Painted in 1937, Picasso’s “Guernica” – a monumental artwork – is both a synthesis of the plastic research conducted by Picasso for 40 years and a popular icon. Exhibited, replicated all over the world, it has been at the same time an anti-franco, an anti-fascist, and a pacific symbol. It is also an abundantly quoted, commented and taken up artwork, theorized by art historians and artists.

Pablo Picasso, “Bullfight, the death of the torero,” 19 septembre 1933, oil on wood, 31 x 40 cm, Musée national Picasso-Paris, MP145 ©RMN-Grand Palais / Mathieu Rabeau ©Succession Picasso 2018

Pablo “Portrait of Dora Maar,” Paris, 1937, oil on canvas, 92 x 65cm, Musée national Picasso-Paris, MP158 ©RMN-Grand Palais / Mathieu Rabeau ©Succession Picasso 2018

Fine art drawings - Pablo Picasso — Dora Maar, oil on canvas “Guernica” during its execution, state VII, atelier des Grands-Augustins, Paris, mid-June 1937, Paris, 1937, Silver gelatin print, 24 x 30,4 cm, Musée national Picasso-Paris, don Succession Picasso, 1992, APPH1370 ©RMN-Grand Palais / Mathieu Rabeau ©Succession Picasso 2018

Photograph of Pablo Picasso — Dora Maar, Picasso crouching while working on Guernica, Paris, 1937, Silver gelatin print, 20,7 x 20,2 cm, Musée national Picasso-Paris, MP1998-282 © RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux ©Sucession Picasso 2018

Following the 80th anniversary of the work’s creation, the Musée national Picasso-Paris, in partnership with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, dedicated a 2018 exhibition to the story of “Guernica.”

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American Plains Artists — Signature Member Showcase

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American Plains Artists - Don Weller — Don Weller, b. 1937, “Woodruff 3.8 Inch Poly,” watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 in.

American Plains Artists, Signature Showcase
Through April 28, 2018
Pawhuska, Oklahoma

The public is invited to attend a celebration of “Art of the Plains,” featuring realistic and representational artworks in traditional media that depict the American Great Plains region — its landscape, wildlife, people, and way of life in historical or modern times.

Artworks in the show will be rendered by nationally recognized, award-winning artists who hail from across the U.S.A. The approximately 55 artworks exhibited and for sale at this event will be created by the APA Signature members who earned the right to Signature status, and were elected to that status due in part to the continual high quality of their artwork.

American Plains Artists - Barbara Edwards — Barbara Edwards, “Wonders of Heaven,” oil, 30 x 20 in., $3,500

American Plains Artists - Sherry Stuart — Sherry Stuart, “Blanchard – Booshway,” oil, 30 x 20 in., $3,900

American Plains Artists - Jammey Huggins — Jammey Huggins, “Bearpaws”

American Plains Artists - Glen Edwards — Glen Edwards, “Eye to the Sky,” oil, 24 x 30 in., $3,900

American Plains Artists - Bill Scheidt — Bill Scheidt, b. 1937, “Next Generation,” oil on canvas, 11 x 14 in.

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Thousands Watch: Three Artists, One Model

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March 28, 2018

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Fine Art Portrait Paintings | Eric Rhoads, Studio Incamminati — Two artists made portrait paintings, while one created a drawing of Eric Rhoads in this Facebook Live event from Studio Incamminati

In an effort to drive interest in portraiture from life, Fine Art Connoisseur publisher B. Eric Rhoads agreed to be painted by three Studio Incamminati instructors on a Facebook live broadcast on Saturday, March 24, 2018. The instructors from the prestigious Philadelphia art school were Kerry Dunn and Nell O’Leary, who each painted Rhoads, and JaFang Lu, who did a drawing. The event was moderated by former instructor Dan Thompson and Natalie Italiano.

Studio Incamminati Facebook Live portrait painting — It took an entire crew to produce the live video.

Painted in front of a live audience, multiple cameras, and a camera crew, Dunn painted Rhoads using the direct full color painting style, while O’Leary did a color study, pushing color with a palette knife, and Lu demonstrated a fully developed drawing. The intent was to promote the school and show some of the different disciplines potential students would be exposed to.

JaFang Lu, Eric Rhoads, Nell O’Leary, and Kerry Dunn

Last year’s broadcast resulted in 70,000 views, starting with 7,000 on the live event. This year the live event had 11,000 views, and will accumulate more over time. The broadcast took place in two segments over six hours, which was longer than the 2017 broadcast, in order to show paintings at a higher level of development.

Portrait painting of Eric Rhoads by Kerry Dunn

Fine Art Portrait Drawings | Eric Rhoads, Studio Incamminati — Portrait painting of Eric Rhoads by JaFang Lu

Rhoads, who is frequently painted for his Publisher’s Note page, has been painted by more than 30 artists, including Nelson Shanks (1937-2015), the founder of the school, and most of America’s top portrait artists, including Burt Silverman, Max Ginsburg, John Howard Sanden, Daniel Greene, David Leffel, Steven Assail, Timothy Thies (1954-2010), Richard Schmid, and many others. “It was fun watching the different approaches each of these artists used to create their portraits,” said Rhoads. “It’s really a learning experience when you can watch three side by side.”

Rhoads with the drawing and portrait paintings

The broadcast showed every step by each artist from start to finish. Watch the drawing and portrait paintings come to life here:

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200 Exemplars of American Impressionism

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March 27, 2018

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American Impressionist Society - photo by Susan Hong -ammons — Susan Hong-Sammons’ painting of the model won Best in Show for the wet paint art competition. Image courtesy of the artist.

Walking into the Greenwich House Gallery in a small, but popular, Cincinnati neighborhood now through April 21, 2018, you’ll have the pleasure of viewing 200 impressionist paintings that include portraits, landscapes, and still lifes, in oil, watercolor, and pastel. I happily attended the recent opening of this, the American Impressionist Society 2nd Annual Small Works show, and met some of the featured artists in person.

These works of art were so new they had not yet dried.

Prior to the opening, small groups of the artists gathered to either paint the Queen City en plein air, or in a studio setting, where they had a choice of a still life setup or a model. These paintings now hang in a special room of the gallery; they were still wet when the exhibition began.

Although it was chilly as the sun went down, Susan Hong-Sammons graciously stepped outside of the bustling gallery with me to talk about the show and tell me more about her work, which I first saw hanging with the other new works. “I primarily paint figures, but basically I paint anything I find that is beautiful,” Hong-Sammons said, “so it could be a landscape or a still life, but to me the human spirit is really beautiful. It’s colorful, it’s strong, it’s heartbreaking; so I think that’s why I gravitate toward the figure.”

American Impressionism - fine art portraits by Susan Hong-Sammons — Susan Hong-Sammons, “The Baptist,” oil, 16 x 12 in., Sold

Her portrait called “The Baptist” was sold during this show, which she says she’s thrilled to be a part of because of the wide variety of subjects and media featured. “These are definitely just artists who paint 24/7,” she says. “It’s not like walking into a portrait show or a still life show; it’s everything that deals with art, and how you define art, which is how many different ways?”

When I asked her to tell me how she defines art, she said, “For me, art is about what I find beautiful. A lot of artists will deal with some very profound and meaningful social or political commentary, and I think those works are very, very important, but I like to leave all that angst at the door when I enter my studio, and I want to make something beautiful.”

American Impressionism - still life paintings by Jeff Legg — Jeff Legg, “Melon Soliloquy,” oil, 12 x 16 in., $8,500, is also featured in the exhibition.

Anna Mair (co-director of Greenwich House Gallery with Jade Ausdenmoore), tells us that it’s exciting for her gallery to host the AIS show, and to see so much talent in one space. “We have 75 talented artists that we represent here at the gallery, but to see 200 new artists that we’ve never seen before is just amazing.”

Watch a preview of Jeff Legg’s “Cobalt and Cantaloupe” video on how to paint a still life:

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A Deceivingly Simple Shape That Makes For A Complex Painting

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Fine art oil paintings - John Gibson — John Gibson, “Higgitty,” 2018, Oil on collaged wood panel, 12 x 11 in.

John Gibson: New Works
March 30 through April 27, 2018
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York

“John Gibson: New Works” explores the fundamental tension between representation and reality that remains at the heart of Gibson’s paintings.

“Although I have painted balls exclusively for over 25 years, I don’t really care that much about them,” Gibson says. “Of course I’m attracted to them just like anybody else. I admire their endlessness and mystery. I love the way they can stand in for all sorts of unknowns and even the way a circle, or a shape of some kind, sits on the surface of a ball and bends into space.

Fine art still life paintings - John Gibson — John Gibson, “Home,” 2018, Oil on collaged wood panel, 13 x 12 in.

“But I don’t paint balls because of any of that, or because I think they have some significance or ‘meaning.’ I paint balls because they are the most simple and fundamentally different thing from the flat surface of a painting that I can think of. I like that elegant opposition of forces. Everyday I try to wring a ‘real’ ball out of a flat surface and every day I can’t quite do it. In the good paintings there is some residue of that effort and in the best paintings there is a lot.

“In many ways then, the subject of these paintings — at least for me — is just that residue: a wish for something that cannot be had; a version of a ball overlaid with desire.”

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Coming Soon: A Fine Art Auction with More Than 350 Works

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fine art auctions - Bert Geer Phillips painting — Bert Geer Phillips, “Tah-Tsee-Yo (Red Indian Chief),” oil, 24 x 20 in., $100,000-$150,000

Scottsdale Fine Art Auction
April 7, 2018, Arizona

Now in its 14th year, the Scottsdale Art Auction will feature more than 350 works of Western, wildlife, and sporting art.

Highlights include the 24 x 20 inch oil painting “Tah-Tsee-Yo (Red Indian Chief)” by Bert Geer Phillips (above) as well as the 12 x 14 inch oil “Fall Landscape” by Victor Higgins (below).

Fine art auction - Victor Higgins paintings — Victor Higgins, “Fall Landscape,” oil, 12 x 14 in., Estimate: $40,000-$60,000

Scottsdale Art Auction is led by dealers Mike Frost (Bartfield Galleries of New York City), Jack A. Morris, Jr. (Morris & Whiteside Galleries of Hilton Head Island, SC), and Brad Richardson (Legacy Galleries of Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson Hole, Wyoming). The three joined together and presented their first sale on April 2, 2005 at Richardson’s Legacy Gallery on Main Street in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Additional works in the fine art auction:

Fine art auctions - John Fawcett paintings — John Fawcett, b.1952, “Evening Watch,” oil on canvas mounted on board, 9 x 12 in., Signed lower left, Estimate $800-$1,200

Bonnie Marris, b.1951, “Into Blanco Canyon,” oil on board, 18 x 36 in., Signed lower left, Estimate $8,000-$12,000

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A Painting That’s Slightly Mad, But Also Completely Wonderful

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March 26, 2018

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Fine art mixed media - Simon Dinnerstein — Simon Dinnerstein, “Night Scene I,” 1985, Conté crayon, colored pencil, pastel, wax crayon, oil pastel on paper, 36 1/2 x 76 3/8 in., is one of the drawings in the traveling exhibit. The drawing is on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Lasting World: Simon Dinnerstein and The Fulbright Triptych
Arnot Art Museum (New York), through June 30, 2018
Nevada Museum of Art, July 21, 2018 through January 7, 2019

Simon Dinnerstein has an exhibition at the Arnot Art Museum, featuring a selection of his art, including “The Fulbright Triptych,” a nearly life-size portrayal of his family. “There is a sense of ‘What the heck is this?’ and then you recover from that and you start falling into it,” says Peter Trippi, editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, in an interview with NPR’s All Things Considered. “You back up away from it because you need to give yourself some distance, and you think, ‘This is slightly mad but also completely wonderful.'”

After viewing Dinnerstein’s “Night Scene 1,” I asked him to tell us a little more about it. Keep reading to see what his inspiration was, and to view more of his artwork.

Mixed media fine art - Simon Dinnerstein — Simon Dinnerstein, “Night,” 1985, Conté crayon, colored pencil, pastel, wax crayon, oil pastel on paper, 36 1/2 x 76 3/8 in.

“One of my favorite movies is Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window,” Simon tells us. “In the film, a man (played by James Stewart) who is recovering from a leg fracture, sits looking through the window of his New York apartment, staring at the windows across a court. He thinks he sees something in one of the windows. He isn’t sure. The film deals with intense looking, with the difference between looking and seeing. The protagonist serves, perhaps, as a metaphor for the artist.

“What is it we are looking at? How do we make sense of the world . . . of reality?

“The windows in my drawing seem almost to glow and vibrate. The lights, as in many of the drawings in this exhibit, consist of the white of the paper, untouched or slightly touched. Thus the lights seem to come, mysteriously, from inside or under the drawing. In “Night Scene I,” the windows act as portals taking you deeper into the image. In like manner, in “The Fulbright Triptych,” the various reproductions, letters, children’s drawings, poems, act, similarly, as portals, bringing the viewer through a door and once inside, taking the viewer deep into the landscape.”

Simon Dinnerstein, “Marie Bilderl,” 1971, charcoal, Conté crayon, on paper, 41 1/2 x 49 1/2 in.

The Fullbright Triptych - Simon Dinnerstein — Simon Dinnerstein, “The Fulbright Triptych,” 1971-1974, oil on wood panels, 14 feet wide (framed and separated)

Fine art oil paintings - Simon Dinnerstein — Simon Dinnerstein, “The Sink,” 1974, oil on wood panel, 96 x 48 in.

Simon Dinnerstein, “N’s Kitchen,” 1970, mixed media (silverpoint, gouache, tempera) and assemblage, 55 1/2 x 31 7/8 in.

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Featured Artwork: Vlad Yeliseyev

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Café in Red, Paris
20 x 16 in.
Watercolor on w/board, varnished (no glass required for framing)
$3400 available from the artist

2018 Events
Small Works Spring Sale – works under $500
Yeliseyev Studio Open Doors – April 8, 1-4pm
Quick Draw “Sailing with the Paint Brush” – Judge, Sarasota, FL April 18
Olmsted Plein Air Invitational – Atlanta, GA April 21-29
Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational – Apalachicola, FL May 4-13
Cashiers Plein Air Festival – Cashiers, NC July 18-22
Mountain Maryland Plein Air – Judge, Cumberland, MD September 24-30

Regular visits to Paris in recent years have inspired Florida-based Russian watercolor artist Vladislav (Vlad) Yeliseyev to paint an ongoing collection titled Red Paris Awnings. The series of watercolor paintings reflect the vibrant city with busy everyday life, countless cafes, bustling street traffic, and ever-present parade of pedestrians.

“My inspiration comes from the unity I find in the scenery. I see a balance between textures, shadow and light, and a color harmony among the different elements of the landscape. I try to concentrate more on powerful brushstrokes, loose color passages and well-edited calligraphy. These three technical areas combined fully deliver the look I’m striving for,” explains Vlad.

Paris, as other big cities, has its own unique features which fascinate artists from all over the world. The scenes with red awnings are unmistakably Parisian and give the city a splash of powerful color which, along with its streetlights, trees and bollards are very attractive to visitors. Paintings from the Red Paris Awnings series are private collections worldwide. The very first painting of the collection, Royal Opera Café, is featured on the cover of Watercolor Artist Magazine.

“Every painting is like a poetry, the fewer words wasted, the more powerful the message it conveys,” says Vlad.
This philosophy direct translates to his work in bold and energetic brushwork. As a result, even the most complex sceneries still give the impression of easiness and fluidity with which they were painted. One can almost touch the walls and feel the rough stones warmed by the sun. A love of classical music leads Vladislav to adding a poetic touch to the the objects his work depicts.

A Russian émigré, Vlad came to the United States in the 1980s equipped with a classical art education from Moscow School of Art and a Master’s Degree in architecture. Now he is a signature Member of American Impressionist Society and National Watercolor Society. His work is in private and corporate collections and galleries worldwide.

Vlad’s most recent awards are the Mountain Maryland Paint Out Best of Show Award in 2016 and 2017, Bold Brush Outstanding Watercolor Award in March and September 2017, Florida Watercolor Society First Place 2017, Adirondack Plein Air First Place Award 2017. Extensive articles about his unique methods of work were in Watercolor Artist, PleinAir Magazine, and in the March 2018 issue of The Art of Watercolour.

Lately Vlad travels extensively to give workshops and paint at the invitational events. He can find intriguing and rich landscapes life just about everywhere. Chinese Yunnan south villages, French provincial towns with rich stone textures or Italian country landscapes steeped in history are prime suspects:
“I’m really motivated by locations which offer a unique authentic view of the local landscape and way of life.”

Vlad is an invited artist and judge to many national events across the country. He is an avid traveler and a popular instructor with the classical approach to teaching. Traveling the world allows Vladislav to see his subjects from different cultural and emotional angles. Born and educated in Moscow, he is knowledgeable of local traditions and culture. This summer he invites painters and collectors to join him to experience a cultural exploration of the Russian Landscape and Italian Escapade in Umbria. For 2019 Vladislav invites you to join him in Spain and Croatia.

View more work on Vlad’s website and follow him on Facebook.
For information on his workshops and trips, click here.

Vladislav is represented by:
LePrince Fine Art Gallery Charleston, SC
Stakenborg Fine Art Gallery Sarasota, FL
Susan Powell Fine Art Madison, CT
Troika Gallery Easton, MD
Galleria Silecchia Sarasota, FL

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