Painting Inspiration
I'm honored to have two of my Fauvist paintings featured in the May/June 2018 issue of Columbia Living magazine along with work by local artists Noelle Brault and Barbara Alston…
Autumn in the Air
As the weather turns cool this week, I feel invigorated and eager to start new projects. Working on my recent series of water lily paintings has convinced me that working…
How to Forge a Derain
At the suggestion of art friends, I’ve been watching Forger’s Masterclass videos on YouTube. The forger teaches students to paint in the style of several famous artists. My favorite is…
The Evolution of Derain
I’ve been familiar with André Derain as an originator of Fauvism, a painter of wildly colored landscapes and portraits with energetic brushstrokes and skewed drawings. If you don’t know what…
What Price Fauvism?
On February 9th Bateaux à Collioure by André Derain sold at Christie’s of London for £5,865,250 ($9.4 million). Derain painted the scene of boats in the harbor during the summer of…
Why Fauvism?
Once I was in a choir where the director taught us how to hit the high notes. She said if you strain to slide up toward the high note, you’ll…
Fauvism: Part 2
Georges Braque was another French artist who was influenced by Matisse and Derain. He painted in the Fauvist style for a short period before evolving toward cubism. See several examples…
What is Fauvism?
Fauvism developed when Henri Matisse painted with Andre Derain at Collioure on the French Riviera during the summer of 1905. Matisse’s Open Window Collioure combined landscape with a rectangular window…
Join us for Vista Lights, Thursday, November 18, 2010
Come join us for Vista Lights! Thursday, November 18, 2010 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.300 Senate Street, Columbia, SC Several of my local landscapes are included in the Columbia Icons Exhibit…
Revival of Fauvism
In the Post Impressionist period of the early 20th century, a group of artists experimented with bold, expressive color and defined brushstrokes. They were influenced by Vincent VanGogh and Paul Gaugin…