Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2020 i American Art Collector

Long Island stretches 118 miles from New York Harbor to Montauk Point. It is home to mansions, quaint villages and safe harbors and boasts a long history as an artists’ mecca. William Merritt Chase opened his Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art in 1891. Childe Hassam purchased a summer house in East Hampton in 1919. Thirty years later Fairfield Porter established a home and studio on the East End. Jane Freilicher began summering in Water Mill in 1957 and built a home there several years later. Even abstract expressionists were attracted to the rural quiet and the non-city light. Jackson Pollock settled in the East End in 1945 and Willem de Kooning had his first studio in East Hampton in 1961. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the feel of Long…

Opening July 1 at TROVE Gallery in Park City, Utah, is a new solo show for Anne Kaferle, who has taken the Utah landscape and distilled it into evocative musings that highlight two uniquely paired and conflicting systems: science and emotion. “I paint landscapes but with a geologic leaning. They’re the blending of the science of geology and art,” she says. “From the first highly important wash I do—it’s almost color field at first—to the expressions of the landscape, the atmospheric perspective, the warmer colors and the macro-level views of some of the works, I’m trying to connect with the natural state of the land.” Kaferle’s work, which is realism with an expressionist sensibility, is light and delicate, with much of the power coming from simple shifts in color or…

The shoreline and landscapes of New England will take center stage during a new exhibition at Susan Powell Fine Art in Madison, Connecticut. Aptly titled Summer in New England, the show will include more than 70 paintings by 20 award-winning artists that range from “traditional realism and impressionism to contemporary styles that celebrate summer moments and the beauty and unique character of New England.” Among the artists participating in the show are Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree Bach, Peter Bergeron, Zufar Bikbov, Neal Hughes, Leonard Mizerek, Deborah Quinn-Munson, Jeanne Rosier Smith and George Van Hook. Mizerek’s painting Departing the Harbor shows the mood and atmosphere of a small town’s working harbor, and it includes one of his recurring subjects, wooden boats. “Having detailed knowledge of my subject gives me freedom to concentrate…

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InCarousel, Nicolas Martin depicts one of his favorite subjects: the Carousel of Honfleur in France. “The carousel is an important element of the city and I wanted to represent it in an authentic way bathed in this very interesting light,” says the artist, who had his first studio in Honfleur. “In my painting, the sky and the carousel have similar colors that respond to each other, thus creating a certain osmosis between the two.” Martin, now living in Canada, painted Carousel for his collaboration with Principle Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina. He says, “This carousel has brought me luck since the beginning of my career and makes the link between France where I was born and raised and North America where I live.”…

The human figure has been the centerpiece of Ukrainian artist Denis Sarazhin’s paintings for a number of years, but his exploration into the subject is always changing. His most recent output diverges from the traditional notions of the genre by honing in on the body rather than the face. In his compositions, the figure is in motion and moving off the canvas, so parts of the body are not in the scene. Many times, if the face is included it is obscured or in profile so not to become the focal point. “This idea of concentrating on the figure more than the face comes from my impressions of contemporary dance and pantomime theater, where body language is the main method to express emotion and feelings,” says Sarazhin. “I find a…

Massachusetts’ Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have an illustrious history with the arts that is highlighted by the artists who have forged their paths on its sand dunes and shores. Some of the biggest names in American art have called the area home—Edward Hopper and Charles Hawthorne being just two—and over the years art schools, galleries and museums have become permanent fixtures that collectors and enthusiast flock to and explore. Provincetown is recognized as America’s oldest continuous art colony, and for more than 100 years it has been a mainstay for artists and galleries. Commercial Street is the center of action in the picturesque town, which boasts dozens of galleries and museums that lure in visitors year after year. One of the notables is the…

Summer will be here before we know it, and ringing in the sweltering season is EVOKE Contemporary’s Summer Group Exhibition in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The show, which presents magnificent examples of artwork that portray and pay homage to the heartwarming aspects of nature, will include the works of Christopher Benson, Lynn Boggess, Christopher Burk, Ester Curini, Francis DiFronzo, Jeremy Mann, Louisa McElwain, Thomas Paquette, Kristine Poole and Michael Scott. An oil painting with thick brushstrokes of paint and impasto vibes, Summer 2019, by Boggess, reflects the vivid green of foliage on trees upon a rippling body of water. While grounded in realism, Benson’s art has a distinct style. “I love looking at other painters’ work. I’m also hung up on oil paint itself, the surfaces and marks it makes,”…

Throughout the month of July, Lotton Gallery in Chicago will shine a spotlight on the world’s creatures with its new exhibition The Animal Kingdom. The show will include a range of works that depict everything from frogs to horses, allowing collectors to find something unique or traditional. Among those with works in the show are Gianni Strino, Jean Lefort, Yana Movchan and Gelena Pavlenko. “I see my mission in life [is] to celebrate generosity of nature around us,” says Movchan, who is known for her highly detailed still lifes and floral scenes that often feature birds and other creatures, such as Sweetness of Life. “Beautiful shapes and colors, transparency of grapes, softness of birds and gentle petals of the rose make me appreciate those little things every day. Especially in…

An upcoming exhibition held at George Billis Gallery will feature a diverse range of artwork, from still lifes to city scenes to landscapes and more. While each painting evokes a different mood, the common thread is that of sophistication. Viewers will find paintings by such artists as Yongjae Kim, Steven Katz, Alex Roulette, Christopher Stott, Stephen Magsig, Peggie Blizard, Francis DiFronzo, Derek Buckner, Charlie Meckel and Adam Port. “The book, Manual of Psychology, was gifted to me by a family member who received it from another family member, who received it from the original owner who was once a young man in 1905 studying to become a lawyer,” Stott explains of how his still life of the same title came to fruition. “All of the objects I paint have a…

Annie Meyer is a painter but primarily creates monotype prints, achieving each unique work of art through the application of multiple thin layers of color on plexiglass, which are then transferred onto the piece with her press. “My monotypes are my signature works at this point of my life. My subjects [are] the human figure and contemporary landscapes. I have been drawing the figure since high school, and I work directly from a live model,” says Meyer. She creates landscapes as well, which she explains depict specific places but use minimal colors and shapes, focusing more on emotion than factual content. This year, Meyer is working on two separate bodies of monotypes: “one that focuses on the upper Wisconsin (Lake Superior and Madeline Island), and the other on Sauvie Island…

Originally from Aspen, Colorado, artist Anton Uhl has settled in Boston after living in 12 cities including New York, Paris and Los Angeles. He says, “I love Boston and its people, and I am thriving in my artist’s loft in the beautiful South End. I am grateful to be raising my two children in this intelligent and tolerant city.” Previously, Uhl worked as an international set designer for opera, television and film before shifting to art full time when the demand for his private art commissions became too great. Uhl’s current body of work focuses on male nudes and portraits. “I want to celebrate the beauty of the male form at all ages. While many artists simply portray the male nude as a classic subject, my goal is to encourage…

dragonflyvisions@cox.net • www.kmmann.com For the past 10 years, Karla Mann’s photorealistic artwork has focused on wildlife, stemming from her love of nature and the animal kingdom. She elaborates, “I believe it is very important to be aware of the world of nature and the outdoors that surround us, because without it, we humans would cease to exist. The underlying themes of all my work are wildlife, fur and feather, and the natural habitat and landscape surrounding them.” Being someone who likes to stay true to her subjects, Mann uses photographs of the animals in their habitats and accurately reproduces the image. “In order to create an image realistically, knowledge of the subject is essential,” she says. “It requires researching the anatomy and the habit of the subject. The mastery of…