Art

Peter Max Finkelstein

Equality, respect, and LOVE were the code words for the 1960s-1970s. There were concerted efforts to get fairer treatment for marginalized people. We had Earth… Read More »Peter Max Finkelstein

The Statue of Liberty

Late spring/early summer has three very important, major holidays that occur in short order — Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and July 4th. Each of these holidays… Read More »The Statue of Liberty

Marcus Jansen

Jansen is a painter and mixed-media artist who brings a very global perspective to his work. He is influenced by graffiti artists or ‘writers’ in… Read More »Marcus Jansen

Horace Pippin

Looking at his works and reading his biography was uplifting. Pippin was a noted American folk artist known for his compositions of African American life,… Read More »Horace Pippin

Winslow Homer

Homer apprenticed as a graphic designer from the age of 19. Although photography had been developed before the war began, it was not a viable… Read More »Winslow Homer

Richard Mayhew

Born in 1924, Richard Mayhew brought new ideas to landscape painting. His work introduced freedom and imagination to abstract landscape. Art no longer had to… Read More »Richard Mayhew

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) is one of the most well know art photographers in the world. Although Adams could have easily become a concert pianist instead… Read More »Ansel Adams

Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was an established artist before he moved to the French countryside in Giverny; however, his productivity and the level of recognition for… Read More »Claude Monet

Landscape with Rainbow by Robert Duncanson, 1859

Robert Seldon Duncanson

Robert Duncanson (1821-1872) was a truly remarkable man and a remarkable talent. Mr. Duncanson was held in high regard as an artist of considerable note… Read More »Robert Seldon Duncanson

The Englishmen – John Constable and JMW Turner

John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner were both English, contemporaries, and members of the Royal Academy of Arts.