American Art Collector Magazine - January 2025

In this issue

Frozen in Time • Passion Project • The Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Arizona • Collector’s Focus: Still Life • Upcoming Solo & Group Shows • Art Show Previews • Events • Art Show Calendar • Award Winners

FROZEN IN TIME

For the past two decades a floating cosmonaut has appeared as a recurring character in the stilled dramas of Jeremy Geddes’ paintings, an isolated observer examining the urban landscapes of modern municipal bedroom communities, the iconic weightlessness of this airy astronaut emphasizing the lonely emptiness of the cityscape.

7 mins

PASSION PROJECT

Dyana Hesson continues her mission to preserve Arizona's native blooms in paint.

7 mins

Art for the Soul

The 35th edition of Celebration of Fine Art upholds its mission of connectivity through interactive programming and inspiring artwork.The 35th edition of Celebration of Fine Art upholds its mission of connectivity through interactive programming and inspiring artwork.

3 mins

THE ART LOVER'S GUIDE TO COLLECTING FINE ART IN ARIZONA

A barren, inhospitable desert. The Phoenix sprawl. Insufferable heat. Saguaros.

10+ mins

A Sense of Nostalgia

Objects tell stories, going far beyond their practical uses and surface-level beauty. Still life painter Leslie Lewis Sigler is drawn to domestic objects made of precious metals like silverware molds and vessels, “because they have a kind of eternal life.”

7 mins

B.C. NOWLIN & SHARI LYON Skyward

C. Nowlin is, and always has been, unapologetically true to himself. In high school, he got kicked out of art class because he insisted on painting burning buses to illustrate a school field trip.

6 mins

Dream-like Aura

There is something simultaneously haunting and beautiful about the paintings of Stephen Mackey.

2 mins

Through the Mirror

It’s been said that art is a mirror for the person looking into it. The viewer sees themselves. Even when the subject doesn’t look like them, or is even human, or is even living. Artists may be painting very specific things from their own being, but the viewer can instantly rewire that to fit their lives with just one glance.

3 mins

Epic Proportions

Grrowing up on a farm in West Texas, Michael Tole was perusing his family's 1956 Collier's Encyclopedia when the color plates of Baroque paintings caught his attention. Today, he paints inventive Baroque and Rococo figurative extravaganzas that look like they could be part of a Renaissance art collection.

3 mins

Roadside America

This January, Altamira Fine Art will be hosting a solo exhibition for Scottsdale, Arizona-based artist Geoffrey Gersten.

1 min

Close to Home

For Spencer Simmons, 2018 was a milestone year. Only 24 at the time and a few years after earning a fine art degree from Arizona State University, Simmons won the Donald Jurney Traveling Fellowship which enabled him to paint and study in Europe for several months.

2 mins

CASEY CHALEM ANDERSON A Love for the Land

New England artist Casey Chalem Anderson is captivated by the idea of place.

2 mins

Face to Face

For well over a month, 33 Contemporary Gallery, in collaboration with 33PA, is hosting a group show at its Palm Beach County, Florida, showroom, that explores modern approaches to the timeless genre of portraiture. Opening January 9 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., and running through February 28, the show will feature 12-by-12-inch portraits by talented members of the PoetsArtists community. For those who can't attend in person, the exhibition will also be online on Artsy for its duration.

2 mins

Fresh Energy

Art Palm Beach returns to Florida with a diverse range of contemporary art.

3 mins

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American Art Collector Magazine Description:

Previewing upcoming art exhibitions from coast to coast, American Art Collector is a unique monthly magazine specially designed to bring living representational artists, galleries and active art collectors together in one place.