Fine Art Connoisseur September/October 2022

Whether it’s your intention or not, you are making a financial investment every time you buy a work of art for your collection. Even if you have acquired art for enjoyment only, it’s likely that what you own will grow in value over time. As you continue collecting, it’s wise to consider the longer term. Over the years, I’ve witnessed too many mistakes resulting in unrecoverable losses, taxassessments on heirs that could have been avoided, and massive collections with no remaining “street value.” One collector I know invested $1 million in paintings by a “hot” artist who is now forgotten, which is a shame because my acquaintance could really use that money. (Laurence C. Zale and I have co-authored a report, “The 7 Most Serious Financial Mistakes Made by Art…

It is hard to believe 10 months have passed since we concluded the second edition of Realism Live — a virtual art convention that teaches realist techniques for painting and drawing portraits, figures, landscapes, flowers, other still lifes, and more. Like the inaugural edition in 2020, last year’s was a huge success, and now the team from Fine Art Connoisseur and RealismToday.com are busy finalizing Realism Live 3.0. 3RD ANNUAL LIVE Online As ever, this event has been designed for artists and enthusiasts at all levels of experience, from the highly accomplished to those just starting out. Beginner’s Day will occur on Wednesday, November 9, and the main program will follow on November 10, 11, and 12. By press time we were thrilled to have secured for our faculty some…

John Searles is always looking for a story he can tell, often on the page to his many readers. One of America's bestselling novelists, he has published four books to date, including most recent, Her Last Affair. Indicative of his ability to find or invent stories, Searles says of this drawing by the artist Justin Liam O’Brien, “When I look at this work showing three figures, I see the same person — as a young man, a middle-aged man, and an older man. When I mentioned this to my husband, Thomas, he insisted that the drawing shows three people. But I still see the same person picking reeds at the shoreline at different stages of his life.” Searles recalls coming upon O’Brien’s art at the Monya Rowe Gallery in New…

American Impressionist Society SEPTEMBER 15 - OCTOBER 22, 2022 OPENING WEEK! Events include painting at multiple locations, critiques, painting demos, presentations and receptions with no fee for all current AIS members! September 13-14 Workshop September 12-17 AIS All-Member Paintout Thursday, September 15 Opening Reception and Awards Exhibition features 175 artworks in oil, watercolor, pastel, gouache and acrylic. All work available for purchase and published in an exhibition catalog. Saturday, September 17 Wet Wall Exhibition and Sale View and purchase artwork created on site in Boulder during the Paintout! American Impressionist Society was founded in 1998 to promote the appreciation of Impressionism through exhibitions, workshops and events. Four exhibitions are offered each year-two in galleries and two online. Memberships are open to American Impressionist artists who are United States residents and…

The sun lowers on the spire of the San Miguel Mission as afternoon light illuminates the distant clouds. Painted from a plein air sketch, the fleeting light is captured in thick, textural strokes of vibrating color. BRAD TEARE discovered his love for thick paint at a Van Gogh exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Surprised by the impact the paintings had in person, Teare began exploring texture by painting with palette knives in rich, multi-hued strokes. PALACE AVE. GALLERY • 123 WEST PALACE AVENUE SANTA FE, NM 87501 • 505.986.0440 INFO@MANITOUGALLERIES.COM WESTERN ART SHOWCASE “The American West” means many different things to many different people, and that fact should make us all glad. At Fine Art Connoisseur we have long been keenly aware of how art of…

MATT RYDER (b. 1981) is a British painter based in Dubai who is steadily becoming better known in the U.S. His journey in art started early but took a bit of a circuitous path — in his 20s Ryder left art school and abandoned painting for 10 years after a discouraging experience with an instructor — but eventually he returned to his true passion. In 2005, he moved to Dubai to embark on a full-time career as a professional painter and has never looked back. For many years, large-scale landscapes from the scenic mountains and deserts surrounding Dubai were Ryder’s forte and focus. “It’s very difficult to explain the feeling of standing at the base of one of these mountains, how grand it is,” the artist says in a short…