Mary Sauer, "The Morning Breaks," 20 x 16 inches, Oil on Panel, 2023
On View: Mary Sauer Solor Show
November 3–28, 2023
Opening Reception Friday, November 3, 6-8pm
Sloane Merrill Gallery will open a solo exhibition for Utah-based painter Mary Sauer on Friday, November 3rd, 2023. The twenty-one paintings in the exhibition explore the beauty of both the human condition and the human figure. There are ethereal women, serene interiors filled with light, architectural details, and thoughtful children.
Mary Sauer, “The Winding Ancient Stair,” 10 x 8 inches, Oil on Panel, 2023Mary Sauer, “Lady Autumn Embellished in Her Glory,” 20 x 16 inches, Oil on Panel, 2023Mary Sauer, “What We Know Is Only a Moment of What Is Ours,” 14 x 11 inches, Oil on Panel, 2023
Mary holds a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University in 2009, furthered her studies at The Art Students League of New York and The Grand Central Academy of Art, and received an MFA in Painting and Drawing from The University of Utah. She also apprenticed in the studio of master painter William Whitaker for two years.
Mary Sauer, “Awake Forever in a Sweet Unrest,” 20 x 16 inches, Oil on Panel, 2023Mary Sauer, “As the Lengthening Shadows Merge,” 20 x 16 inches, Oil on Panel, 2023
Sloane Merrill Gallery is located in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit sloanemerrillgallery.com for more details.
The Guild of Boston Artists is presenting a solo exhibition of paintings by award-winning artist Sergio Roffo, whose paintings are widely collected.
Roffo is an elected “Fellow” of the American Society of Marine Artists, an elected Art Renewal “Living Master,” and an elected member of the Guild of Boston Artists.
“Elements Unveiled: A Journey Across Land and Sea” by Sergio Roffo Solo Show on view through December 2nd, 2023
Guild of Boston Artists, Massachusetts www.guildofbostonartists.org
Sergio Roffo, “Misty Morning Surf,” 24 x 34 in.
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There is something deeply meditative about watching Sergio Roffo put paints onto a canvas. Based in Scituate, Massachusetts, this master painter has spent decades rendering New England landscapes and seascapes with such precision that his works hang like windows, drawing viewers into the most picturesque parts of our region.
Sergio Roffo painting on location
From Southwest Harbor, Maine, to Jeffersonville, Vermont, to the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, to his backyard on the South Shore of Massachusetts, Roffo paints en plein air, setting up his easel in the wild where he races the rising and setting sun each day to complete his studies in one sitting.
What emerges are works of art so vivid that they transport you to a place and time where you can practically smell the breeze and feel the sun on your face.
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How did you get started and then develop your career?
J. Adam McGalliard: Art has always been the one constant in my life. After college, I explored other career paths for a brief time, but none felt authentically me. A real turning point was deciding to move to NYC to attend the New York Academy of Art. Studying under renowned artists like Vincent Desidario and Steven Assael elevated my skill level and introduced me to an entirely new world of likeminded artists.
I’ve been fortunate to exhibit my work nationally and internationally, engage with various artist communities, and participate in residencies that have allowed me to broaden my horizons. There were times when my work was rejected, sales were slow, and self-doubt crept in, but persistence is key in the art world. My support system, especially my wife, has been integral to my artistic journey. She’s been my muse, collaborator, and financial backbone while I took on commissions and taught college classes as an adjunct professor.
Working as an artist is an ongoing process. It’s a process of self-discovery that unfolds as you grow and evolve over time through continuous exploration, experimentation, and self-reflection. I’m excited about what the future holds and where art will lead me next.
Pieter Paul Rubens - Jan Wildens attr., Siegen, 1577 - Anversa, 1640 / Anversa, 1586 – 1653, "Act of devotion by Rudolf I of Habsburg," oil on canvas, 192x292cm / 75.5x114.9 in., 330x220 cm
“Faith, Beauty, and Devotion: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque Paintings,” an exhibition of rare 13th-17th century paintings is on view through December 10, 2023, at the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. The exhibition is free, though donations are welcomed to support future exhibitions. Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
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“Faith, Beauty, and Devotion” offers a unique opportunity to explore three significant periods in art history — Medieval, Renaissance, and the Baroque eras — through a captivating collection of 30 sacred and secular paintings by Italian and Flemish Masters. Most paintings have never been seen in the United States.
Circle of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Milan, 1571 -Porto Ercole, 1610, “Christ healing the sick,” Early of 17th Century, oil on canvas, 194.4×145 cm / 76,5×57 in. (senza cornice); 222x178x10 cm (con cornice)
Whereas a trip to Florence, the center of the Renaissance, and the renowned Uffizi Gallery are unparalleled experiences, this seminal exhibition will provide visitors with a comprehensible timeline through a curation of rare masterpieces. Moreover, guests will have the chance to meet Federico Gandolfi Vannini, the fourth-generation owner of Frascione Arte and an accomplished art historian.
“This incredible opportunity to showcase these paintings together will focus on the cultural context of the works, and how those circumstances impacted the creation of the paintings,” comments Sylvie Daubar-San Juan, Humanities Department Chairperson and Director of the Olga M. & Carlos A. Saladrigas Art Gallery at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School. “The influences on artists in the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods will be illuminated along with the patronage, symbolism, and provenance of the compositions. Through the exhibition and programming, we aim to provide a unique experience to our visitors that will allow them to engage with these paintings and explore the mysteries concealed within them.”
Jacopo Chimenti called l’Empoli, Florence, 1551-1640, “Madonna and Child in a Landscape,” ca. 1595-1605, oil on canvas , 58.5×46.5 cm / 23×18.3 in. (senza cornice); 81.5×68.5 cm (con cornice)
A prominent highlight of the exhibition is the acquisition from the Spencer-Churchill Family Estate: “Act of Devotion” attributed to Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Wildens, circa 1616, oil on canvas. This painting was obtained by Vittorio Frascione, Federico Gandolfo Vannini’s grandfather, when it was auctioned at Christie’s on October 29, 1965, as lot 41, alongside the entire Spencer-Churchill residence. Notable members of the Spencer-Churchill family include Sir Winston Churchill and Lady Diana, Princess of Wales, formerly known as Diana Frances Spencer.
Commissioned before 1655 by the first Marquis of Leganès, Don Diego Mexia Felipez de Guzman, the artwork alludes to the origins of the House of Austria. Its presence in both royal and noble collections, such as Leganés’, should be interpreted politically and artistically as a demonstration of loyalty and devotion to the Habsburg cause.
Circle of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri known as Guercino, Cento, 1591, Bologna, 1666, “Neptune,” ca. 1640, oil on canvas, 133×112 cm
Other noteworthy highlights of the exhibition include tempera and gold on panel works by Nicolò di Pietro (Siena, ca. 1420) and Francesco di Zanino and Zanino di Pietro (Venetian School, 15th c.); tempera on gold leaf on parchment work by Pacino di Bonaguida (Florence, ca. 1340,); tempera on panel works by Ludovico Urbani; oil on panel portraits by Giuliano Bugiardini and Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio (Florence); oil on canvas works by Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice, 16th c.), Louis Finson (Bruges, ca. 1607), Guercino (Bologna, ca. 1640), Circle of Caravaggio (Milan, 17th c.), and Francesco Botti (Florence, Baroque).
Carlo Dolci, Florence, 1616-1687, “Saint Benedict,” ca. 1650, oil on canvas, 87×72 cm / 34.3×28.4 in. (senza cornice), 107×93 cm (con cornice)Cesare Gennari, Cento, 1637 – Bologna, 1688, “Susanna and the Elders,” 1670-1675, oil on canvas, 108.8×146.3 cm / 42.8×57.6 in. (senza cornice), 138×175 cm (con cornice)
Don Eddy, "Without Stopping IV," 2021, acrylic on panel, 37 x 44 x 2 inches
New Photorealistic Paintings by Don Eddy > An exhibition of new work by Don Eddy recently opened at Nancy Hoffman Gallery and continues through December 9, 2023. Eddy is one of the few early photorealist artists who has taken his vision into new terrain and has expanded his unique painting process.
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In this exhibition, more than 20 new paintings from 2020-2023 are presented, ranging in scale from 59 x 44 inches to 9 x 12 inches. This new body of work was made during and directly after COVID-19 lockdown in New York City.
Eddy explains, “The streets were empty, there was nobody out, and in an interesting way, this became my city in a way it never had been before. I would take epic walks and subway rides—I would just get off and start walking—and it had a profound effect on me. When the first wave of COVID started lifting, just as spring was arriving, it felt like a rebirth for myself and the city.”
While the manifest content of Eddy’s work is the cityscape and nature, his overriding subject is light: light as it sparkles on the bridges of Manhattan, and glistens on the rushing rivers of Oregon. In “Water and Light,” the subject is clear, nature is the vehicle for the expression of both the magical and the sacred.
Don Eddy, “Water and Light,” 2023, acrylic on panel, 36 x 48 inches
Over the past decade, Eddy’s work has focused on the cityscape, the infrastructure of the city in its bridges, and pure depictions of nature. In the 1970s, Eddy painted the California urban landscape, focusing on cars, reflections on cars, bumpers, and headlights. The subject came naturally to the son of a car body and fender shop owner. The artist moved quickly from cars to storefronts to shelves filled with glassware and toys.
For the past several years, Eddy has painted the urban landscape, this time New York; as well as his experiences in nature, celebrating light and season in a series he calls WAA, for Wake and Arise. Inspired by easing out of the pandemic, Eddy found beauty and prayer in fulsome blossoms. He found playfulness and joy in some of the amusement parks that surround Manhattan—Coney Island and Playland among them—zeroing in on the machine workings of the rides as well as the neon signs, the totality a visual orchestration of brilliant palette.
Don Eddy, “Map I,” 2023, acrylic panel, 16 x 16 inches
The works are painted in 20-30 layers of transparent acrylic over an underpainting of three colors. The first layer comprises circles of about a 20th of an inch in diameter of phthalocyanine green, the second burnt sienna, and the third dioxazine purple. With these three colors, Eddy separates warm from cool colors, and then begins to add many layers of transparent color to achieve the final palette of each work. In some cases, when the detail demands it, Eddy might use colored pencil to enhance the mullions of myriad windows of a cityscape, to capture the intricacy of cables of a bridge, or to reveal the inner machine workings of a carousel.
Some of his paintings are triptychs with three sections, others are polyptychs with four panels. The artist uses multi-paneled paintings to express the depth and richness of experiences.
Don Eddy, “WAA XII,” 2022, acrylic on panel, 14 x 11 inches
Catalogue
A 2023 catalogue with an essay about the work of Don Eddy, authored by David C. Graves, is available on the gallery’s website. Says Graves, “…Don is talking about being aware of ‘experiencing’ itself, and not so much about what we are experiencing… As real-time experience is to actually live a life in this world, then contemplating what is actually involved in experience is to contemplate the very substance of our lives.”
About the Artist
Don Eddy lives and works in New York City. He was born in Long Beach, California in 1944. He received a B.F.A. in 1967 from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, and an M.F.A. in 1969, also from the University of Hawaii. The artist attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969-70, for post-graduate study.
In 1974, Don Eddy had his first solo exhibition at Nancy Hoffman Gallery. Since then, Eddy’s work has been included in dozens of solo and group exhibitions at Nancy Hoffman Gallery, and at museums and galleries around the globe.
He has had exhibitions at Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona, Spain; Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin; Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina—traveling to Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida and Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; The Flint Institute of Art; The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia; University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu; The Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida; National Museum of Gdansk; Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; and Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Eddy’s work is in the collections of such institutions as Akron Art Museum, Ohio; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Musee D’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Metropole, St. Etienne, France; Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia; Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona, Spain; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Rhode Island School of Design; Providence Neue Galerie, Aachen, Germany; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York; Utrecht Museum, The Netherlands; U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Michael Obermeyer, "Rolling Meadow," oil, 24 x 30 in.
Landscape Paintings on View >The legendary natural beauty of California’s Ojai Valley has attracted artists since the 19th Century. Edgar Payne along with Elmer and Marion Wachtel were most notably among the early California Impressionists to find inspiration for their plein air paintings in Ojai. Many continue to follow in their footsteps.
The Ojai Valley Museum envisioned the “Ojai Mystique” exhibition as an homage to and a continuation of the historic legacy of painting in the Ojai Valley. Co-curators Dan Schultz and Jennifer Moses, both Ojai-based painters, invited 21 nationally renowned artists to create two paintings of Ojai Valley scenes: a large masterwork, and a smaller landscape.
Charles Muench, “Ojai Glow,” oil, 9 x 12 in.
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These artists all have well-established careers and have demonstrated their mastery in painting large-scale landscapes. Some of the artists have paintings in permanent collections of national art museums. Some regularly exhibit in top Western art shows including the Prix de West at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City and the Masters of the American West at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles. Many of the artists are members of the historic California Art Club (of which Edgar Payne was the 9th president).
The artists come from across California, Nevada, and Colorado, but they all have an Ojai connection. A few live in Ojai; the others have painted Ojai over the years; all share an appreciation for the beauty of this mountain valley.
John Cosby, “Ojai,” oil, 30 x 40 in.
This invitational group exhibition offers collectors an exceptional opportunity to purchase paintings inspired by Ojai’s physical and spiritual appeal.
The Ojai Valley Museum is pleased and honored to share these artists’ works with the public and hopes that visitors will enjoy seeing the beauty of the Ojai Valley through the eyes of some of today’s most notable landscape painters. A richly illustrated catalog will document the exhibition. It will be available for purchase on opening night and afterward through the museum’s store.
Jennifer Moses, “Sunswept,” oil, 36 x 44 in.
Artists: Meredith Brooks Abbott, Peter Adams, John Budicin, Marcia Burtt, Len Chmiel, John Cosby, Steven Curry, Rick Garcia, Logan Maxwell Hagege, Robin Hall, Jennifer McChristian, Jennifer Moses, Charles Muench, John Nava, Michael Obermeyer, Susan Petty, Jesse Powell, Ray Roberts, Dan Schultz, Frank Serrano, Wendy Wirth
Opening Reception: Friday, October 20, 2023, 5-7 pm
Exhibition Dates: October 20, 2023 – February 4, 2024
Peter Adams, “Summer Swimming Hole, Ventura River, Ojai,” oil, 24 x 30 in.
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.
The Beauty of the Arroyo Seco, Laurie Hendricks, MFA, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in; Laurie Hendricks; Pasadena Museum of History “The Diverse Environments of the Arroyo Seco”, 10/4-2/4/24
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The Past, Present, & Future, First Monument Honoring Women Athletes in USA, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Rotunda, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2001, Elizabeth MacQueen, Broze, Stainless Steel, Marble, 32 x 15 in; Elizabeth MacQueen
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FUTURE, 2021, Eugen Varzić, oil on canvas, 47 1/5 × 43 3/10 in; 33 Contemporary
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Secret Cove; Afternoon Surge at Point Lobos State Reserve, Peter Adams, Oil on panel, 24 x 30 in; American Legacy Fine Arts
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So Many Signs, Paola Luther, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in; Paola Luther
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The artist in her studio with “Spring Rain”, 30 x 40 in., in progress on the easel
How do you find inspiration? How did you develop your unique style? Jean K. Schwartz: I find inspiration in the landscape that is most familiar to me, particularly that along the Potomac River from the foothills of the Blue Ridge, through Washington DC and below as it runs to the Chesapeake. Our moist climate provides beautiful, ephemeral, atmospheric moments. These light effects give me the opportunity to experiment with luminous color and diffuse light.
Over the years I have explored ways of creating the subtle color gradations and translucent light that I want in my paintings. Working first wet on wet and then wet on dry the process can be a slow one and working with a limited palette helps me to not get lost when mixing color. Soft edges and a more tonal quality to my palette have emerged as a result of realizing my inspiration.
My upcoming solo exhibition “Local Atmosphere” at Calloway Fine Art and Consulting in Georgetown, DC, will be as the title describes, 24 paintings depicting my favorite local landscapes bathed in soft light throughout the seasons.
LOCAL ATMOSPHERE, October 14th to November 11th 2023, reception October 14, 4:00 to 6:00; Calloway Fine Art and Consulting, 1643 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20007; 202-965-4601; www.callowayart.com
Jean K. Schwartz, “Clearing”, 36 x 48 in., oil. Is a logical progression from “Spring Rain” using the same limited paletteJean K. Schwartz, “Upriver”, 60 x 48 in., oil. Is a winter view looking up the Potomac from the Chain Bridge
Ralph Waterhouse at the Waterhouse Gallery in 1985
Artist and gallery owner Ralph Waterhouse is celebrating his 80th birthday and his first solo show in over 25 years on October 21, 2023, at the Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara (Montecito location).
Waterhouse has been in the gallery business for almost 50 years and has been painting for 60 years. He continues to paint at the downtown Waterhouse Gallery in an upstairs studio.
Diane and Ralph Waterhouse in 1985Diane Waterhouse, David Hockney, and Ralph Waterhouse at the British Consulate LA in 1989
The Waterhouse Gallery represents Peter Adams, Eli Cedrone, Casey Childs, John Cosby, Rick Delanty, Quang Ho, Jeremy Lipking, Anna Nelson, Pauline Roche, Matt Smith, Hsin-Yao Tseng, Jove Wang, and many more.
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