Fine Art Connoisseur January/February 2023

Light filters into an alpine forest as a gently flowing stream catches the sparkling light of afternoon. Painted from a plein air sketch, the radiance 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. Fascinated by the impact of the paintings, Teare began exploring texture and now travels the west painting the landscape in glowing, rough-hewn color. PALACE AVE. GALLERY • 123 WEST PALACE AVENUE SANTA FE, NM 87501 • 505.986.0440 INFO@MANITOUGALLERIES.COM…

When I was a child, I shared painting with my mother, Jeanne Rhoads. She placed a brush in my hands at an early age, and I have fond memories of sitting at the dining room table painting together. When I was 12, she surprised me with a portrait of me she had painted in an art class. Perhaps that experience inspired my passion for portraits, which we frequently commission for this magazine. My first trip to New York City, with my family for the 1964 World’s Fair, included a visit to the Frick Collection, where monumental, even swashbuckling, paintings sparked my youthful imagination. For the first time, I saw that paintings can come alive. My childhood dream of becoming an artist took a back seat to other interests. At age…

Most readers move through this magazine from front to back, so it’s customary to read Eric Rhoads’s Publisher’s Letter before my Editor’s Note. In this issue, Eric has shared the fascinating backstory of how he came to love art and how this magazine came to exist 20 years ago. It’s poignant to be reminded how few ateliers there were then, and how relatively rare it was to find great contemporary realist art in galleries, not to mention online. Fortunately, all of that has changed for the better, and now the Fine Art Connoisseur team is — as Eric noted — looking forward to the next 20 years, helping artists and collectors flourish even more. Milène J. Fernández’s eight-pagelong article (see pages 73-80) offers an insightful snapshot of today’s realist scene…

The TV chef and author Pati Jinich knows the recipe for making a home. “When you plant fruit trees on the land, build walls, and put art on those walls, it means you’ve found your home.” Just as Jinich is used to assembling the many ingredients for her dishes, so, too, is she adept at finding the right works for her home that aesthetically nourish her and her family. One of the ingredients that defines the home she shares in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and three children (who make occasional appearances on her PBS show, Pati’s Mexican Table) is Maximino Javier’s Hombres Cosechando (Men Harvesting), which hangs in the living room. Jinich, whose culinary expertise is itself an art form, was raised in a Mexico City household where…

JANUARY January 1-February 2: Elements: The People, Objects and Landscapes of Artwork; RJD Gallery, Romeo, MI January: Circle of Light: An online exhibition examining the use of the halo as a symbol in contemporary art; 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL January 26-February 13: Max Hammond; Bonner David Galleries, New York, NY FEBRUARY February 3-March 5: Metamorphosis: The Spirit and Soul of Daniela Werneck; RJD Gallery, Romeo, MI February: Art Wynwood Miami, art fair participation; 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL February 13-March 13: Jane Jones Solo Show; Bonner David Galleries, New York, NY MARCH March 2-April 3:19th Annual Best of Plein Air Showcase; LPAPA Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA March 9-27: Peregrine Heathcote; Bonner David Galleries March 17-31: Brilliant Landscape, Plein Air Artists Josh Clare, Karl Thomas, Richard Murray; Southam Gallery, Cottonwood Heights, UT March 30-April 18:…

ONGOING FROM 2022 Through February 6: From Glass to Paper: The Harvey Littleton Printmaking Legacy; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI Through May 14: Dreams & Memories; Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT Through September: Investigating Griffith Park; Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA Through March 19: The Rise of Print: Rembrandt & Company: Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI Through March 12: Norwood Viviano: Re-Cast Cities; Muskegon Museum of Art Long Term: Sculpture from the Brookgreen Collection; Portico Gallery, Brookgreen Gardens Museum, Murrells Inlet, SC Long Term: Waccamaw Neck Memories; Holmes Gallery, Brookgreen Gardens Museum, Murrells Inlet, SC JANUARY January 3-April 22: Hidden Histories: Ancient Art from the Permanent Collections; Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR January 7-February 25: Broad Spectrum: Contemporary Quilts; traveling, with MAGDA…