This painting is by the artist Mathieu Bassez. It's Called "Prudence". Mr. Bassez grew up in Ghent Flanders and started painting in his early teens. At University he wrote a thesis about the Japanese artist Utamaro who painted every day scenes of Japanese life. He ended up studying at Tokyo University of Fine Arts. His recent works have revolved around the powerful form of both horses and women. You can read more about him here.
I saw this painting in London at the Halcyon Gallery at Harrods.
The Card Players is one in a series of paintings made be Paul Cezanne in the 1890's. There are a total of five paintings in the series and the one shown above is at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. There is a smaller version of this same painting at the Musee d'Orsey in Paris and yet another in a private collection. There is also another painting depicting three card players at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia has a fifth painting which is another version of the painting with 3 card players. Some experts say that Cezanne became obsessed with getting the perfect picture of his peasant card players.
You can see photos of all five of the paintings on this Wikipedia page.
I have seen the work of Katherine L Wilson at the Arizona Fine Arts Expo in north Scottsdale. Katherine does figurative and portrait work along with illustrations for books, magazines and album covers.
I love the name of this painting; Generations of Wisdom. Elephants are wise and intelligent animals so the name fits very well. This painting was sold to a collector but you can see more of Katherine's work on her website.
This work by Zsudaka Nzinga Terrell is called "Patio". I fell in love with all the colors and patterns used in this image. Zsudaka is a multidisciplinary artist and educator living in Washington D.C. She creates works using various hand-dying and printmaking techniques using a range of textiles and multiple types of paper. You can read more about the complex process she uses here.
I found this artwork at the Scottsdale Ferrari Art Festival.
Howard Schleeter (1903-1976) was the son of a commercial artist who studied at the Albright Art School in Buffalo New York. He moved to New Mexico in 1929 and like many people, he struggled to make ends meet during the great depression. However, several WPA projects helped.
He painted mostly in abstraction as this painting shows.
I saw this painting at the Scottsdale Ferarri Art festival.
His work can be found in several galleries including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
This painting by Tessa Nicole features a new kind of pointillism using just one palette knife. There is something about this style that fascinated me.
I saw this painting at the Scottsdale Ferrari Art festival last year. Tessa paints some beautiful landscape themes and you can see examples of her work on her website. Her work is beautiful.
Santiago Michalek is an artist who paints images that tend to stir feelings, memories and nostalgia. Many of his paintings feature vintage automobiles, especially Volkswagens along with trains that have the look of yesteryear.
This painting makes the rugged mountains the star with the train playing a supporting role. It stirs a feeling adventure and danger.
Santiago Michalek lives in Highland Utah and his paintings are featured in several galleries. I saw this painting at the Celebration of Fine Arts in Scottsdale.
I saw this painting three years ago at the Arizona Fine Arts Expo and it immediately grabbed my attention. I love the abstract nature of the painting and the bright colors all while beautifully depicting a handsome horse. This painting is the work of Lexi Sundell an artist known for her bright colors and layers of acrylic paint. Lexi lives in Montana with her husband who also happens to be an artist. She began her career painting mostly flowers but in 2012, a dream inspired her to make animals the theme of her works.
You can check her website and see many other wonderful paintings.
When I first saw this painting I immediately thought it looked like Palm Springs California but I later found out the artist is living in Tucson Arizona so it could easily be a scene from Tucson. The painting is called "The Green Car" and it was painted in 2018 by Andy Burgess.
Burgess is a British artist who now lives in Tucson. He calls his work "Pop Geometry" and is known for his abstract depictions of modernist architecture. He was born in London England the son of actor John Burgess and his wife Lana. He studied political science at the University of Leeds and actually interned for a Labour Party member, Jack Straw. However, he started taking night classes in art and switched his interests to the art studies.
He says he was inspired by artists like Piet Mondrian, David Hockney and Edward Hopper. I can certainly see a resemblance to the work of all three of those artists.
I found this painting at the Phoenix Art Museum.
The unusual nature of this piece is what caught my eye. It's the work of John Baldessari (1931-2020).
Baldessari was based in the Santa Monica area of California and he became known for art created using found photographs and appropriated images.
He worked in print making, film, video, sculpture and photography. "Brain Cloud" to the left, is a photographic print
This piece was on display at the Laguna Beach Art Museum back in 2019.
