Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2021 i American Art Collector

Welcome to the 193rd issue of American Art Collector, which also means we’ve been publishing this magazine for more than 16 years. As we reflect each issue on what we are proud of, this month, it is that American Art Collector is and will continue to be a monthly magazine. That is correct, 12 times a year you receive the newest news and information via AAC (as we affectionately call it). Our beautiful printed magazine, website and digital issue. Did you know that every single month our content changes entirely on our website to mirror the most recent contemporary representational art that’s featured in our magazine? This is no small feat. Why do we do it? There are several reasons. First and foremost, we have become the voice of the…

There is an underlying beauty to nostalgia as we reflect on the people we’ve known and places we’ve been in our lives. For artist Mary Sauer it is the driving force of her paintings. It appears in the littlest, and maybe overlooked, details, such as the outfits her models wear or the room they’re standing in or the wallpaper and objects. They’re all once treasured and treasured yet again as Sauer breathes new memories and life through her compositions. This November, Sauer’s latest solo exhibition opens at Sloane Merrill Gallery in Boston, presenting a range of works she’s been creating over the past few years. Growing up in Kentucky, Sauer lived next door to her grandparents. Their homes were built by her grandfather and Sauer spent time watching her grandmother…

Seth Haverkamp has become recognized for his figurative paintings that have a touch of imagination and striking narrative that draw the viewer further into the work. On November 4, Bender Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina, will open its first solo exhibition for the artist. The show, titled Beauty is the Meaning, includes past works as well as new pieces that are more thematic. One of the latest pieces, in progress at the time of this article, is a large-scale two-figure work that Havekamp says is “Wyeth-esque.” The title of the show, Beauty is the Meaning, has resonated with Haverkamp because while his work is themed, his paintings are about the beauty and technique. “What I’ve been interested in isn’t making a statement or putting my thoughts into the world, but…

Beginning November 12 with a meet-and-greet, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art will feature around 22 compelling pieces by Josef Kote, a Connecticut-based artist by way of New York and Albania. In Jubilee: A Collection of New Original Works, the gallery celebrates 10 years of representing Kote’s vibrant acrylic paintings. The artist takes on a variety of subject matter in his signature style, ranging from cityscapes to figures and even beach scenes. The majority of his pieces for the show will include scenes from New York City. “My intent when painting for this exhibition was to not only capturing the light and energy of the city, and the visual joys of everyday life, but to perceive the world through my own experiences,” Kote says. “Making these paintings has been a really…

American artist J Louis lives and works in New York City. In his early 20s, the artist was recognized for his vision and has garnered exposure rapidly, exhibiting with many of the finest representational galleries worldwide. His work is currently collected and represented in numerous prestigious collections. His oil paintings are done on linen panels, skillfully expressing modelesque figures as the center of attention. Although evocative and graceful, these individuals are poised and occupy the painted space with mysterious confidence. Louis paints with lively, inventive handling of this well-known medium. However, he uses more than a brush. He masterfully manipulates the surface of the painting and the paint itself, thus constructing fascinating textures and surface qualities. You will find that velvety thin glazes of paint move over the textured panel…

“I didn’t decide to become an artist, I was born an artist,” says Emily James. “I delight in creating in an amazing diversity of subjects and styles.” There are times when James simply “plays” by using color and texture to create fanciful abstracts, each one reflective of her innate joy of life. “Fortunate to have traveled quite a bit, I also enjoy painting the sea,” she says. “It’s a challenge I cherish as I paint the beauty in different coastal areas, and each subtle change from moment to moment. My love of that subject begins with the exciting challenge of capturing yet another aspect of its fluidity, both in nature’s constant movement and its reflective calm. It conveys spirituality to me and mirrors life in its unfolding and unexpected joys.”…

Working mainly in watercolor and acrylics, selftaught artist Beverly Fagan Gilbertson paints what delights her the most. Florals, barns and landscapes are her main subjects. She has sold her work in several galleries in Oklahoma; Taos, New Mexico; Indiana; and recently in South Carolina. This continued through her 60s, when she switched gears and tried something new. Gilbertson started working with Photoshop, using a Surface Pro screen, painting her florals and landscapes. She also started digital painting her “critters,” satisfying her love of whimsy. “I have tried to re-create digitally what I have painted in the past on canvas and paper,” Gilbertson explains. “After watching several online digital painting workshops, I started painting my ‘critters’…Digital has filled this need and has me excited to create again! Digital painting has become…

Many artists capture moments in time in their art through people, places and objects, whether that is the goal of the work or not. They are visual storytellers painting and sculpting the world as they see it, or they could be conveying bigger ideas in narratives that the viewer is left to unfold. Regardless, the viewer usually adds another layer to the piece through their individual interpretation based on their own life. It’s a shared, community experience that allows art to be so dynamic and always changing. When purchasing art, we often are buying because the piece is something that we love and it has captured our attention. This could be because of how we relate to the artwork or how the painting or sculpture just made us feel. It’s…

TL Lange retrospective A retrospective is being held at Phil Mechanic Studios in Asheville, North Carolina’s River Arts District for the late TL Lange, who was known for his figurative and abstract artwork. Titled Twenty Years Gone, the show features an incredible collection of 20 paintings by the Asheville-based artist never seen by the public. Several works will be for sale. Also included in the exhibition are prints of Anonymous Bathers, one of his most noteworthy creations. Twenty Years Gone is on view through December 12. New Windows at National Cathedral World-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall will create racial-justice themed windows for the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, replacing its former stained-glass windows featuring Confederate iconography, which were removed in 2017. These windows, which will be unveiled in 2023,…

When David A. Leffel was a 19-year-old advertising student at Parsons School of Design in New York City, he took a class trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “At the time, I had no idea such a thing as a painting even existed. That was my first trip to a museum,” he says. “I was so involved with studying design and layout and illustration, and I had no idea that contemporary people were still making paintings. It was completely outside of my ken.” Immediately, he was taken by the work of the Dutch Old Masters—and the paintings of Rembrandt in particular struck a chord. “I felt the way he used light was unlike any other painters of that time. Something about it had an inexorable quality that really struck…

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Three different artists, three unique visions for their craft. The artwork of Oregon-based artists Donald Yatomi, Valerie Winterholler and Ken Roth are placed together for a trio show this fall at Peterson Contemporary Art in Bend, Oregon, offering collectors a diverse viewing experience. While each artist’s style and subject matter differ, they all share a common home, as well as a pull toward creating powerful works of art. “I’m more interested in…down-to-earth, real-life [subject matter] that is ugly,” says Yatomi. “The more uncelebrated and ugly it is, the more I do it. I leave the beautiful stuff to the painters who do it well, like landscape artists and people who do beautiful portraits…When I do landscapes, I do alleyways,” he says. If he doesn’t see it commonly on gallery walls,…

Chicago-based artist Linda Sacketti, is known for her bold colors and strong brushstrokes. “I picked up a brush for the first time when I was 10, and after that I was hooked,” she explains. “Painting has been my passion all my life.” She learned from a very young age how to “see” everything around her, how to notice the subtle colors and shadows. As a self-taught artist, Sacketti has spent years on her craft. The impressionists have always inspired her. She is especially drawn to the art of Vincent Van Gogh because of his use of bold colors and brushstrokes, along with the strong emotions he conveys in his paintings. Sacketti has traveled extensively and on each trip she takes photos of the landscapes, flora and fauna of the…

To watch Troy Collins paint is to find yourself immersed in “an on-location classroom” where you can watch and learn painting techniques from one of the top landscape impressionists in the United States today. He graciously spends time explaining the way he applies the massive amounts of oil paint to the canvas and how he distinguishes the steps and movement with each stroke of his palette knife. Whether you are an adult or a young child, you leave mesmerized by his ability to bring otherworldly light and wonder to each painting he creates. Two of Collins’ lifelong students (and daughters), Mika Collins and Cecille Schulz, are now making their way into the art world with the same energy and design insight that their father possesses. They have already experienced a…

Although she works with many different mixed media materials, including gold and silver leaf, semi-precious stones and real butterfly wings, Alina Eydel is best known for her unique glass bead mosaics. She glues glass beads to the surfaces of her acrylic paintings, creating a spectacular and intricate mosaic-like effect that shimmers in the light and interacts with the viewer when seen from different angles. Eydel has been working with glass beads as a medium since 2003, after a family trip to Italy inspired her to reinterpret the traditional mosaics she saw there into a fun, contemporary new style. “Making my paintings is a joyful experience and I believe that energy of joy translates through the visual surface,” Eydel explains. “Lately, I’ve been reinterpreting the colors of my subject matter, whether…

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In the myth of Ganymede, Zeus transforms into an eagle to abduct the beautiful Trojan shepherd Ganymede to be cup bearer to the gods. Since ancient times the kidnapping has been depicted in paintings and sculpture as a somewhat chaste abduction and, at other times, as a rape, Zeus carrying the boy off for his sexual pleasure. The Danish sculptor, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) sculpted Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle in 1817. Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus. Ganymede wears a Phrygian cap in reference to his coming from Phrygia. Ancient artists often depicted mythological figures wearing the cap to indicate their eastern Mediterranean origin. As cupbearer, Ganymede has poured wine into a cup for the god-as-eagle to drink. Nude and, therefore, symbolically vulnerable, Ganymede is rendered in…

Making art accessible to everyone regardless of their budget is something that RJD Gallery in Romeo, Michigan, has been pursuing. As an artist’s value rises in the marketplace, however, some collectors can be priced out of affording their paintings. They then turn to prints or small-scale artwork to be able to hang works by their favorite artists on their walls. Recently, RJD Gallery has announced a new venture with two of its top artists, Andrea Kowch and Kris Lewis, to make some of their most recognized paintings available to a larger audience. “For years, admirers have asked both Andrea Kowch and Kris Lewis to offer reproductions of some of their most iconic works at a more attainable price point. In response to this growing demand and the continued success of…

Artist Mark Bowles was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and has painted all his life. “My passion for interpreting what I saw brought me to my studies at the [now California College of the Arts],” Bowles says. “In addition, I studied at the Institutio Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It is this dedication and passion for my art that has allowed my work to grow, move forward and stay fresh. My work is presently collected and shown nationally.” Bowles is fascinated by texture, form and color, which he uses in expressing how he feels about what he sees. “I do not limit myself in what I paint or how I might interpret what I see,” he explains. “This freedom allows my work to move…

Paul Cheng, born in Guangzhou, China, has loved painting since childhood, and wanted to be a professional painter when he was only a teenager. “My youth was the decade of China’s Cultural Revolution,” he says. “There were no art teachers and no art teaching books. I had to explore painting by myself and find some art loving students to draw and paint together.” After the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, Cheng returned to Guangzhou to study art and work. In 1984, he was admitted to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and then received four years of formal art education. Many years later, he was recruited by Fox Animation Film Studios in the United States. While working, Cheng spent a lot of time and energy continuing his oil painting. “I participated…

Australian artist Philip Miles has been drawing and painting since childhood, but began to focus on art seriously in 2008. And he’s been painting professionally ever since. “I have always loved landscapes and much of my work tries to capture the landscapes of the places I have lived in Australia, the U.S. and Japan,” he says. The artist works with oils in the realist tradition, but doesn’t confine himself to one particular style. “I work between the poles of very detailed work (inspired by my study of technical drawing early in high school) and more painterly or abstracted approaches (inspired by my study of art later in high school).” Miles works in his studio, rather than plein air, which he says allows him to devote more attention to composition. His…