Fine Art Connoisseur September/October 2020

Airplane seats and hotel rooms are no longer my weekly routine, and I’m thrilled about it. Never again do I want to spend that level of intensity “on the road,” and I may even end up hosting fewer events because of it. Change was brought upon my business without even asking my permission. We don’t always get a say in things. Yet adapting to change is our only chance of survival. This autumn our team was set to host the fourth annual Figurative Art Convention & Expo, but the pandemic ruled out that, of course. Now we have turned our attention to Realism Live (October 21–24, 2020), the first virtual art convention that teaches realism through painting and drawing portraits, figures, landscapes, flowers, other still lifes, and more. By press…

These are extraordinary times, and we hope that you and yours are staying safe, healthy, and productive. My colleagues and I believe that you will find inspiration while exploring the bumper crop of articles in this issue, and we look forward to receiving your feedback whenever you have some. I was recently reminded of artists’ impressive creativity and adaptability when I received an upbeat e-mail from Karen Blackwood (karenblackwoodfineart.com). She wrote that the “small painting campaign I’m pursuing is drawing lots of collectors who are eager to buy, but in smaller 6 x 8-inch sizes. I even had one collector ask to buy one sight unseen because they are so popular; they were selling within minutes of my newsletter going out. Lately I had been feeling a lack of focus,…

When Aaron Mertz first encountered this Winslow Homer painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he heard it as much as he saw it. “I’m an amateur cellist with, admittedly, more enthusiasm than talent,” says Mertz, who plays a professional role as director of the Aspen Institute’s Science & Society Program, a division whose goal, he explains, is “to elevate public trust in science and to help foster a more diverse and engaged scientific workforce.” As someone who travels the world (132 countries to date) and who admits to having visited the Met virtually every weekend since moving to New York City in 2014, Mertz is confident in stating, “This is one of the very few paintings I know that captures the experience of chamber music accurately. I related to…

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART AUGUST- DECEMBER SOLO EXHIBITION WWW.BIARTMUSEUM.ORG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART SEPTEMBER 12- OCTOBER 18 WESTERN VISIONS WWW.WILDLIFEART.ORG LEIGH- YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM SEPTEMBER 2- NOVEMBER 29 BIRDS IN ART WWW.LYWAM.ORG WOOLAROC MUSEUM OCTOBER 2021 RETROSPECTIVE AND SALE WWW.WOOLAROC.ORG ANGELORUM BRONZE EDITION OF 9 11 X 8 X 21 INCHES WWW.PEREGRINEOGORMLEY.COM KAAREN LUNDEEN Brevard, North Carolina Morning Mist 18 x 26 x 1 in., oil on canvas kaarenl@comporium.net kaarenlundeenfineart.com Represented by RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX. LISA KOVVURI Durham, New Hampshire Blue, 12 x 16 in., oil on wood Available through RS Hanna Gallery • 603.397.0703 • lisakovvuri.com SHELBY KEEFE OPA Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee Roads 24 x 30 in., oil on canvas Available through RS Hanna Gallery shelbykeefe@tds.net 414.687.6241 studioshelby.com Represented by Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe,…

AIS MASTER ARTISTS Carolyn Anderson Kenn Backhaus Clayton J. Beck, III Roger Dale Brown Scott Burdick Nancy Bush Betty Carr Scott L. Christensen Kim English Jerry Fresia Lois Griffel Albert Handell Quang Ho Peggi Kroll-Roberts Calvin Liang Weizhen Liang Huihan Liu Kevin Macpherson Ned Mueller C.W. Mundy Camille Przewodek William Schneider Zhiwei Tu Dawn Whitelaw AIS FOUNDERS Charlotte Dickinson Pauline Ney Marjorie Bradley William Schultz AIS Officers Debra Joy Groesser, President/CEO Cheryl St. John, Vice President Don Groesser, Treasurer Doreen St. John, Secretary Illume Gallery of Fine Art St. George, Utah 435-313-5008 www.illumegalleryoffineart.com Thursday, October 22 Opening Reception and Awards Presentation 6 pm Friday, October 23 Educational Events 10 am—5pm Painting Demo by William Schneider 6 to 8pm Saturday, October 24 All Member Paint Out Wet Wall Exhibit and Sale…

July 11- September 6, 2020 mariettacobbartmuseum.org (770) 528-1444 MELANIE FERGUSON Roswell, Georgia The Artist and the Messenger, 14 x 13 x 12 in., sgraffito through layered underglaze on stoneware New from the “Storytellers” series Available through Cavin-Morris Gallery • info@cavinmorris.com www.melaniefergusonceramics.com Represented by Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY LARS FINDERUP Marietta, Georgia Caress, 24 x 15 x 9 in., cold cast bronze Available through the artist • 770.980.0550 • www.larsfinsculpture.com ELOISA GALLEGOS HERNANDEZ Acworth, Georgia Portal to Nature, 18 x 14 in., tea on cold press Arches watercolor paper www.elogallhdz.wordpress.com JIM GREENWOOD Acworth, Georgia In the Hour of the Pearl, 30 x 30 in., oil on canvas Currently on display at the Metro Montage XX Exhibition at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA • 404.695.9006 • www.jimgreenwood.com Also…