Janet Sobel

I don’t think ever I would paint a picture without music to listen to. All humans must have something like that, that warms them inside. – Janet Sobel Very few people don’t know the name and work of Jackson Pollock, the volatile abstract expressionist known for the drip paintings.   The technique is called action […]

Agnes Martin

I paint with the hope that what I leave out will be somehow the essence of the work. – Agnes Martin Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. […]

Jasper Johns

What better way to kick off July than to highlight Jasper Johns, the 2011 Medal of Freedom recipient.    America may know him best for his paintings and reliefs of Old Glory—red, white, and blue American Flags and flags embedded within flags.   His imagery also includes maps of the United States, targets, numbers and […]

Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Synchromism simply means “with color” as symphony means “with sound”. – Stanton Macdonald-Wright It’s June, the perfect time of year to look at the co-founder (along with Morgan Russell) of Synchromism, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973).  Synchromism was the first American modernist style of painting.    It is a color-based painting theory and the first American avant-garde […]

Arthur Dove

We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves. – Arthur Dove Most local artists know Georgia O’Keeffe’s work but may not be as familiar with her contemporary, Arthur Dove.   Arthur Dove (1880-1946) is often called the first American abstract […]