By : Henri Fantin Latour

 from Grenoble, France (1836–1904)
pastel on linen 
© Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

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Study (Mlle Charlotte Dubourg) (1882)

Ignace Henri Fantin-Latour, was born in 1836 in Grenoble of mixed French and Russian parentage. He lived and worked for most of his life in Paris producing flower-paintings, still-lifes, portraits and dream-like fantasies. Though considered essentially an 'establishment' painter who exhibited throughout his career at the Salon and the Royal Academy, Fantin associated with the avant-garde, in particular the circle surrounding Manet whose realism influenced the style of his own portraits. Fantin's respect for contemporary painters, poets and musicians prompted him to honor them in large group portraits, one of the most famous being his Homage to Delacroix from 1864.Fantin worked mainly outside the fashionable art movements of the day, having little in common with the Impressionists. His sources of inspiration derived from artists of the past such as Titian, Watteau, and Chardin, whose works he studied exhaustively in the Louvre. Chardin's still-lifes found a worthy successor in Fantin's sumptuous and colorful paintings of flowers and fruit which established his popularity in England, with the help of J.A.M. Whistler.

 

             By : Savely Sorine

 from Russia (1887 - 1953)

Oil painting 

Margaret (Nin) Dorothy Kahn

[Margaret (Nin) Dorothy Kahn[ (from New Jersey; 1901 - 1995), the woman depicted here by Savely Sorine and posted below] and her husband - John Barry Ryan Jr. (1901-1966) - were keen Art collectors and promoters of young talents. They particularly appreciated the art of the French impressionists. The Ryan Collection was comprised of Works by Manet, Cézanne, Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, Vuillard and by other artists.
In 1951 she and the other Kahn heirs sold Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Young Student" for $90,000, donating the money to the Metropolitan Opera, which allowed for them to produce Verdi's "Don Carlo" and Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte.']
Born into a poor family in a small town, young Sorin didn't attend any school until he was 16. He ran away from home to Odessa, enrolled in an art school, earned a Big Medal upon graduation in 1899 and moved to Saint Petersburg. There Sorin entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts; his teacher was the famous painter Ilya Repin.
In 1920, when Sorin left Russia, he was already an established society portraitist.
His first shows in the 1920s were a great success in Paris and London, which brought him orders from the British Royal Family. He was known in Europe and America, and also dreamed about fame in Russia. In his will, the artist bequeathed 30 portraits of Russian writers and poets to Russian museums ...In 1951 she and the other Kahn heirs sold Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Young Student" for $90,000, donating the money to the Metropolitan Opera, which allowed for them to produce Verdi's "Don Carlo" and Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte.']Born into a poor family in a small town, young Sorin didn't attend any school until he was 16. He ran away from home to Odessa, enrolled in an art school, earned a Big Medal upon graduation in 1899 and moved to Saint Petersburg. There Sorin entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts; his teacher was the famous painter Ilya Repin.In 1920, when Sorin left Russia, he was already an established society portraitist.His first shows in the 1920s were a great success in Paris and London, which brought him orders from the British Royal Family. He was known in Europe and America, and also dreamed about fame in Russia. In his will, the artist bequeathed 30 portraits of Russian writers and poets to Russian museums ...

                 By : Jules Breton

 from Courrières  France (1827 - 1906)

Oil on canvas; 71.4 x 127.6 cm; 28 1/8 x 50 1/4 in -© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkBequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900http://www.metmuseum.org/https://www.facebook.com/metmuseumThe weeders (1868)

"This is a smaller variant of a composition Breton painted in 1860 (Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha) and exhibited to wide acclaim at the Salon of 1861 and the World’s Fair of 1867 in Paris. In his autobiography, Breton described this twilight scene of peasants pulling up thistles and weeds—"their faces haloed by the pink transparency of their violet hoods, as if to venerate a fecundating star"—noting that he had discovered the subject as a "finished picture" near his native village, Courrières, in northern France."

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Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton as a 19th-century French Realist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make Jules Breton one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence.Read more at: 

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          By : Louis Léopold Robert

 Swiss-born French Artist (1794 -1835)

charcoal and black chalk on paper, 32.2 × 27.8 cm -
© Musée d'art et d'histoire de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Bequeathed by Louis Leopold Huguenin-Virchaux, the Artist's nephew, 1891
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© Musée d'art et d'histoire de Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandBequeathed by Louis Leopold Huguenin-Virchaux, the Artist's nephew, 1891

"Tête de jeune homme, regardant en haut à droite" "Head of a young man looking at the top right" (1819)

opold Robert was on the eve of obtaining the grand prix for engraving when the events of 1815 blasted his hopes, for Neuchâtel was restored to Prussia, and Robert was struck off the list of competitors as a foreigner. Whilst continuing his studies under Girardet he had never ceased to frequent the studio of David, and he now determined to become a painter, and only returned to his native country when his master himself was exiled. At Neuchâtel he attracted the notice of Roullet de Mezerac, who enabled him by a timely loan to proceed to Rome. In depicting the customs and life of the people, of southern Italy especially, he showed peculiar feeling for the historical characteristics of their race. After executing many detached studies of Italian life Robert conceived the idea of painting four great works which should represent at one and the same time the four seasons in Italy and the four leading races of its people. In the "Return from the Fête of the Madonna dell'Arco" (Louvre) he depicted the Neapolitans and the spring. This picture, exhibited at the Salon of 1827, achieved undoubted success and was bought for the Luxembourg by Charles X; but the work which appeared in 1831 the "Summer Reapers arriving in the Pontine Marshes" (Louvre), which became the property of Louis Philippe established the artist's reputation. 

Florence and her autumn vineyards should now have furnished him with his third subject. He attempted to begin it, but, unable to conquer his passion for Princess Charlotte Napoleon (then mourning the violent death of her husband, Robert's devoted friend), he threw up his work and went to Venice, where he began and carried through the fourth of the series, the "Fishers of the Adriatic." This work was not equal to the "Reapers." Worn by the vicissitudes of painful feeling, and bitterly discouraged, Robert committed suicide before his easel on 20 March 1835, on the tenth anniversary of the melancholy suicide of a brother to whom he had been much attached. There are a number of references to Robert's paintings in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, one being specifically to "The Reapers".

                       By : Liu Derun

 from China (b. 1950) Oil painting; 52 x 36 in -© S.R. Brennen Galleries, from California, UShttp://www.srbrennengalleries.com/Dim light

The works of Liu Derun are among the most easily recognizable and well regarded art of our time. He is also among the most popular and successful living artists today. His unforgettable paintings show his gift for portraying the strength of the human spirit and character. Since 1976, Liu Derun's paintings have been awarded in national art exhibitions and exhibited worldwide. His representative works, in collaboration with his wife Li Yan, have been in important exhibitions throughout the world. The famous painting titled "Yimeng Child", won a bronze medal at the Seventh National Art Exhibition and a prize at the Sino Japanese Friendship Gallery, along with "Foremost Among Mountains", which also won a prize of excellence at the Eighth National Art Exhibition. Their paintings have been collected by the China Art Gallery, private collectors, and featured in Sotheby's art catalogue in Hong Kong. His paintings have brought over $350,000 US at auction. The history of oil painting taking root in China is but a mere one hundred years old. It was not until the forming of New China in 1949 that saw the burgeoning of art academies and institutions offering a systematic training for the Western Arts. An important milestone, marking the new era, was the first ever Chinese oil painting auction held by Christie's of Hong Kong in 1992 to great critical and financial success. Since then Christie's and Sotheby's biannual auctions of Chinese oil painting have become ever more popular. Private and corporate collections of these works abound as are international exhibitions.

By:  Der Jen (Dezhen; 德珍繪館)

 from : Taipei, Taiwan (1974 - 2012)

Der Jen achieved fame in her homeland and that fame is now spreading to other parts of the world as more and more people become familiar with her beautiful paintings. This Taiwanese artist depicts these beautiful ladies in classic, traditional dress that would have been worn by members of the royal court or an empress herself. Traditional hair styles and jewelry depicted in her pieces are also considered authentic. Der Jens art can be found in Chinese advertising, childrens magazines, romance novels, tarot cards, and even on public transit tickets. Its also making its way to our pcs as desktop wallpaper.

             By : Zhao Kailin

From China (current location, California)Dressing (2012)Oil on canvas; 19 x 20 in 

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               By :  Lu Jianjun  盧建軍

 from : Hangzhou city

 Zhejiang Province China (current location, Danville, California, US) (b.1960)Oil on canvas; 120 x 110 cm Private Collection

Wet 潮湿

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Lu obtained a degree in oil painting from Shandong University of Arts and studied at China Central Academy of Fine Arts. His awards in China and internationally include the Outstanding Award for Graduation Work from China Central Academy, the Japanese Art Association Award, the National Outstanding Award in Oil Painting (China), and the China National Art Exhibition Award of Excellence. His works are in the China National Museum and the Museum of Japan, and have been exhibited in Los Angeles, the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, and the Fukuoka Art Museum. Lu first visited the US in 1995 and held his first exhibition in 1999. He also exhibited his paintings at the Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco. Currently, he lives in Danville, California with his wife and son.

Lu describes his art with the word “Symmetrism” to fully express all his feelings to the world. The very essence of his Symmetrism art is balance and equilibrium. A steady horizontal line and a vertical straight line connecting heaven and earth denote stability, universality, and mental spirituality. All his creative spirit comes from the source of a central line of symmetry, which inspires his creativity to expand and bear everything he is in pursuit of.

By : Frans Mortelmans

from Belgium (1865 - 1936)
Oil on canvas

 51 x 40 cm; 20.08 x 15.75 in 
Private Collection
© Sold through Dorotheum Auction House, Vienna. October 15, 2008 for USD 29,621 - € 21,835 - £ 16,991 - Lot 663
Still life with yellow roses in a vase
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By Pino Daeni
 from Italy (1939 - 2010)

 glicée on canvas; 28 x 28 in 

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Silent contemplation (2003)

Italian artist, his art and canvases elicit feelings of warmth, nostalgia, love and family. His paintings are often set on vibrantly sunny beaches on the Mediterranean where he grew up. Pinois noted for his exceptional ability to capture the movements and expressions of his subjects – a talent which has brought his artwork a worldwide following and private commissions to do portraits. 
Trained in Italy at the Art institute of Bari, and later at Milan’s Academy of Brera, Pino perfected his skills painting nudes and figure studies heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. After establishing himself as a successful artist in his native land, Pino immigrated to the United States, seeking more artistic freedom and opportunity. 
Pino’s technique, his warm and exciting colors and the subtle, but simple approach to his subject, are the reasons why his original paintings, his hand-embellished limited edition serigraphs, and his giclées are sought-after by collectors throughout the art world.

By Laszlo Gulyas

from Budapest

 Hungary (b. 1960)Oil painting 

Laszlo Gulyas graduated at the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts. Laszlo continued his studies as a student of the Academy of Fine Arts between 1983 and 1987. He has been member of the National Society of Hungarian Artists since 1987.
The artist developed his individual world of images and acquired the painting techniques of the early masters of painting under the influence of the universal art of Rembrandt. This is what makes him distinct form his contemporaries. He seems to be charmed by the revival of heritage rather than by demolishing the art of painting or by recording its death struggle. In his works he applies the contrastive effects of the light and the shade with brilliant skills. Besides the clear colours his sketching appears to be remarkable.
The principal values of his gift are exhibited in his portrays of his family, which are full of vitality and harmony.

By Hans Fredrik Gude, from Norway (1825 - 1903)

Oil on canvas; 69 x 106 cm
Private Collection
© Sold through Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo. May 2008
https://www.blomqvist.no/

Ved bredden av Chiemsee (1871)
Hans Gude was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Romanticism. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.
1837 - At the young age of 12, he took drawing lessons in Christiania (Oslo).
1842 - 1844 - He had private tuition from Andreas Achenbach, but he was a pupil in Johann Wilhelm Schirmer's landscape painting class at the Academy of Art.
1854 - He succeeded Schirmer as professor of landscape painting.
1860 - His early works are characterised by the Romantics' enthusiasm for dramatic mountain scenery and idyllic, sunny landscapes, but the focus of his interest shifted to coastal and marine subjects.
1864 - He returned to Germany, this time succeeding Schirmer as professor at the School of Art in Karlsruhe.
1877 - He undertook a study tour to Scotland, and during the summers of his Berlin years he spent time at Rögen on the Baltic coast as well as in Norway. In the coastal scenes of his late period, figures, fisherfolk or urban holiday guests on the beach, play a more important role than in his early landscapes.
1880 - He accepted a professorship in Berlin and led a "master studio" in landscape painting.
1893 - He received the St. Olav Grand Cross.

By :Johan Fredrik Eckersberg,

 from Drammen in Buskerud county,

 Norway (1822 - 1870)

Oil on canvas; 62 x 92 cm; 24.4 x 36.2 in Private Collection© Photo, Blomqvist Kunsthandel AShttps://www.blomqvist.no/

Romsdalshorn (1867)
Johan Fredrik Eckesrberg was a Norwegian painter most noted for his landscapes. Eckersberg was a prominent figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in 18th century Norwegian art, both as an artistic painter and a teacher at his own art school in Oslo.
Rapidly developing his talent for painting, Eckersberg trained at the School of Drawing ( Tegneskolen), under Johannes Flintoe (1843-46). He obtained one of the Government stipends for young artists and went to Düsseldorf, where he studied landscape painting under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1846–48). During the summer of 1846, Eckersberg follow Hans Gude and August Cappelen on a study trip to Gudbrandsdalen, where they visited Vågå and Lom. He returned to Christiania in 1848, where his works commanded a very fair sale. Eckersberg was plagued by bad lungs and needed a to stay in a warm climate. In 1852, he was obliged to visit Madeira for his health, where, having first devoted his time to portrait painting to increase his rather slender funds, he traveled over the island, making sketches, from which he afterwards painted his magnificent series of pictures of Madeira.
In 1850, he was admitted as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts, which served as the country's highest artistic authority. He also sat on the board of the National Gallery and Drawing School (1851–69) and the board of the Christiania Art Society from 1864. In 1859, he established an art school in Lille Grensen in Christiania. A number of later famous painters were students at his art school, including Gerhard Munthe and Christian Skredsvig. After his death the school would be continued by Morten Müller and Knud Bergslien. Every summer from the date of his return to Norway he visited the most grand and picturesque spots in his native country, making sketches from which he afterwards elaborated his pictures

By Daniel Gerhartz, from Wisconsin (b. 1965)

Oil on canvas; 60 x 30 in https://www.facebook.com/gerhartzstudioTendril of spring

Born 1965 in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, where he now lives with his wife Jennifer, and their young children, Gerhartz ‘s interest in art emerged as a teenager. Studies at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Illinois and his voracious appetite for museums and the modern masters such as John Singer Sargent, Alphonse Mucha, Nicolai Fechin, Joaquin Sorolla, Carl von Marr as well as a host of other French and American impressionists have inspired him.

Gerhartz has a particular interest and appreciation for modern Russian art and the sumptuous canvases of the painters Nicolai Fechin, Isaac Levitan and Ilya Repin. As Dan says, their paintings are “completely loose yet deliberate and faithful, not at all flashy.”

By Vladimir Volegov, from Russia (b. 1957)

Oil on canvas; 91 x 122 cm http://www.volegov.com/https://www.facebook.com/VladimirVolegovOfficial Emerald bay(2013)

By Sergei Vinogradov, from Kostroma Province, Russia (1869 - 1938)

Oil on canvas; 80 x 102 cm © MacDougall's, Leaders in Russian Art, London
Collection of the Soviet opera singer Elena Katulskaya. Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov
At auction on 27 Novemeber, 2013 (250,000 - 500,000 GBP)
http://www.macdougallauction.com/Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. PetrovAt auction on 27 Novemeber, 2013 (250,000 - 500,000 GBP)http://www.macdougallauction.com/Women by the sea (1915)

"Sergei Vinogradov is among those eminent masters whose work gives a vivid picture of the development of the Russian plein airgenre in the first two decades of the 20th century. In the 1880s, influenced by prominent teachers such as Vladimir Makovsky, Vasily Polenov, Illarion Pryanishnikov and, later, Bogdan Villevalde, Vinogradov perfected the skill of narrative painting, bringing a freshness of perception and richness of colour to the Russian genre style, and freeing it from dark “umber” tonalities. Thanks to his virtuoso draughtsmanship and excellent compositional gift, Vinogradov created works on a par with those of his teachers. Robust drawing meant that Vinogradov, unlike Korovin, could keep a tight hold on the form of his subjects and achieve a brilliant impressionistic effect without compromising other aspects of the work.
This marvellous canvas, Women by the Sea, is unquestionably one of the most important works of Vinogradov’s Russian period. The main impact of the work comes from the highly striking relief effect, but it is also striking for the ease with which the artist achieves a highly complex saturation of colour, in the blues of the water and the expanses of the sky. According to the painting’s previous owner, the prominent Soviet opera singer, Elena Katulskaya, the girls in the picture are the daughters of the legendary Russian opera singer, Feodor Chaliapin, strolling by the shore of the Gulf of Finland. It is probable that the painting Women by the Sea, presented for this auction, was exhibited at the opening exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists in 1915–1916."

Le [repli sur soi] est nécessaire pour un temps très court afin de réfléchir et de rester seul face à soi-même ...

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Aimer la vie, aimer ceux qui nous aident à vivre, aimer tout ce qui embellit notre existence ne suffit pas toujours pour trouver la force de continuer de vivre ... Parfois, l'incertitude et le doute nous empêchent de croire en un avenir positif ... La menace et la peur nous paralysent. Nous perdons notre confiance en nous-même, nous nous sentons incapable de parvenir à créer ou à obtenir ce que nous désirons. Nous n'avons plus d'espoir. Nous nous sentons isolé, séparé des autres, coupé du monde, en dehors du mouvement, en marge du temps. Le découragement s'empare de nous. Nous sommes en danger...
"Vivre sans espoir, c'est cesser de vivre" disait Fedor Dostoïevski. Nous avons besoin de cette force pour nous dépasser, pour nous relier au monde et pour croire en la possibilité d'un futur heureux...
Psychiquement, nous sommes créés par notre rêverie. Créés et limités par notre rêverie, car c'est la rêverie qui dessine les derniers confins de notre esprit...
    " Les  spectateurs ne trouvent pas ce qu'ils désirent, ils désirent ce qu'ils trouvent... "

Publication de ART.

By :John Fawcett

 from Iowa, US
- watercolor; 21 x 16 in -
http://www.johnfawcettstudio.com/

In the branding pens [Sold]
John Fawcett was a practicing veterinarian for 20 years before selling his practice in 1996 to fully devote his time to painting. Working in watercolor and oil, his firsthand knowledge of animals is evident in his work.
Fawcett has been invited to show his work at the Autry National Center of the American West’s Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, where he won the Autry National Center Award for Watercolor in 2006; the Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Sale in Wyoming, where he won the Museum Purchase Award in 2006; and the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, where he won the Artists’ Choice Award 1996.
He was selected for the Top 100 Arts for the Parks in 1996, 1997, and 1999, where he won the U.S. Art Award of Merit in 1997, and he was inducted as an Honorary Lifetime Artist Member of the Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson, Arizona, in 1997. He was inducted as a full lifetime member of the American Academy of Equine Art in 2002 and was named the 2009 Artist of the Year by Tucson’s Friends of Western Art. Fawcett was the featured artist in the September 2008 issue of Western Art Collector and the May/June 2009 issue of Art of the West magazine. His work has also appeared in Equine Image, InformArt, Southwest Art, U.S. Art, and Western Horseman.

By: Anna Rose Bain

 from Garland, Texas, US (b. 1985)
Oil on linen; 24 x 36 in
http://www.artworkbyannarose.com/
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The perfect evening [Detail]
Anna's interest in art began from the moment she could pick up a pencil. Born in Mauston, WI in 1985, Anna had a natural talent and left her mark on everything from paper to unfinished walls in the house. "I have fond memories," she says, "of our house while my dad was still fixing it up, and my twin sister and I shared a converted attic for a room. Before we got carpet or wallpaper, we were surrounded by enticing surfaces of plywood and drywall, all begging to be decorated. So I happily left my mark everywhere I went; it was usually in crayon and ended up being a stretched-out Minnie Mouse, or a disproportionate horse."
Inspired by her grandfather, who started painting at the age of 70, Anna spent her free time as a child sketching from nature and poring over art books. Although she drew horses and other animals from a very young age, she began to draw people at the age of 10, when a childhood friend asked her to illustrate one of her story books. From there, her desire to capture likenesses expanded from portraits of celebrities to images of family and friends, always with a goal of making a portrait look exactly like the person conveyed. She sold her first portrait at the age of 12.

By: Abe Toshiyuki (あべとしゆき)

 from Japan
- watercolor on waterford - [Detail] (2013)
[Realism in watercolor Painting]
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"My work tends to focus on the finer points of nature that surround us. Japanese people have always held a deep love and respect for nature, and I find that this is reflected not only in famous Japanese artworks, but also in Japanese literature. Through their descriptions of scenes such as the transience of a river, and the fragility of petals on a cherry blossom, I find that these famous artists are able to implicitly express the idea of inevitable change extraordinarily well. In addition, I believe that my watercolors are able to capture the essence of these artists in a meaningful way.
When questioned about what art means, I respond by saying that art is a mirror of the soul for the beholder. For example, many different viewpoints come out when different people look at the same painting, but when the same person looks at the same painting, their viewpoint can easily change depending on their state of mind. This change is what I mean by art being a mirror of the soul for the beholder."

By Dean Linsky

 from California, US
Oil on canvas
from his Gallery "California Rustic"
© Art of the West, US
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Dean Linsky has spent the last 28 years living in California and exhibiting his work in some of the finest galleries on the west coast. Today , his paintings can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide.
Born in 1965 , he spent much of his youth drawing and painting. Early on he was finding opportunities that would pay a freelance illustrator for providing camera ready artwork used in publishing and advertising. Often times , it was hand painting signs or creating logo designs for local business that would keep him busy .
So it was no surprise that soon after finishing school he would begin an ambitious journey to become a professional artist... Upon visiting California as a child, Dean knew that he would return to it again someday. Seeing this part of the country for the first time would captivate his imagination and awaken a spirit of wanderlust . Life in northern Illinois was unbearably dull. It offered little adventure compared with the land and folklore of the American West. By 1984 , at the age of eighteen, he began making frequent trips back to the coast eventually moving to the Monterey Peninsula. This change alone would provide him all of the inspiration needed to become a committed artist ...

In 1989 he was honored to accept an offer of representation in one of the most recognized and successful galleries in Carmel by the Sea . Once in the company of some of the finest painters in America, his work would mature into what it is today...