In his book, A Sand County Almanac, the conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) wrote, "Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language."
The water from mountain springs trickles over rocks to form streams that fill lakes, becomes rivers that flow to the sea and evaporates along the way to form clouds of droplets that eventually become too heavy to stay suspended and fall to the ground as rain. Thomas Cole (1801-1848), emigrated to the U.S. when he was 17 and became the country's first major landscape painter, inspiring a generation of artists who became known as the Hudson River School. In his 1836 "Essay on American Scenery" he wrote, "I will now speak of another component of scenery, without which every landscape is defective-it is water. Like the eye in the human countenance, it is a most expressive feature: in the unrippled lake, which mirrors all surrounding objects, we have the expression of tranquility and peace-in the rapid stream, the headlong cataract, that of turbulence and impetuosity."
John David Wissler's manipulation of the viscosity of paint creates convincing spaces especially when he is in and inspired by the weather on Great Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine. He began painting and drawing as a perfectionist, scrupulously examining every detail As he studied the great landscape painters he began to open up, creating atmosphere and openness.
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FULL EXPOSURE
Photographer Conor Martin documents the present using photographic methods of the past.
Autumnal Light
The landscapes and nature scenes of painter Jennifer Sowders are irresistibly tactile, filled with varying textures that seem to leap off the canvas.
Art for All
Members of Art Dealers Association of America come together for a philanthropic affair.
Modern Marketplace
Redwood Art Group brings together the San Diego region for another class-act celebration of contemporary artwork.
An Enchanting Evening
Scottsdale Artists’ School knows how to throw an art party.
Timeless Tales
Soft, warm undertones underscore the mood of enchantment that runs through Nom Kinnear King’s paintings.
Next Exit New York
Coming off his series that focused on San Francisco and Los Angeles freeway signs, artist Eric Nash’s sights are now set on New York. Now on view at George Billis Gallery's Manhattan location are seven of Nash's new oil paintings and two drawings that explore the signage of New York City freeways. Although Nash's work is tightly rendered, he doesn’t consider himself a photorealist, but rather someone who utilizes those techniques to express ideas.
Monster Mash
Vampires, witches, ghouls and all things that go bump in the night are the theme of the exhibition Monster Mash, now at Abend Gallery.
Inside/Outside
Those familiar with Geoffrey Johnson's populated by inky figures and trailing shadows that bleed into the wet streets, and architectural elements obscured to varying degrees by the misty atmosphere.
Bold Figures; Bold Color
For Brooklyn based painter J Louis, it’s all about balance, which can mean many different things in a composition, but for Louis, it’s about balancing his female figures among a unique landscape of color.
