John Nieto is one of my favorite southwestern artists. His paintings are always brilliant with color with a bits of magical abstraction. And, they were always with a Native American theme.
Nieto was born in 1938 in Denver Colorado and he passed away in 2018.
I saw this painting in a local art gallery.
This painting featuring hundreds of birdhouses intrigued me. It is called "Dovecote" and was painted by Kerry Thompson a California born artist who now lives, works and teaches in New York City. His work is described as an exploration of the delicate and complex world of nature and the human relationship to it.
I saw this work at the Scottsdale Ferrari Art exhibit.
Last week I featured a painting I found hanging in the La Fonda Hotel and this week I have another that I was attracted to in that same place. This one was painted by Sheldon B Harvey a celebrated Native American artist. His work contains elements of ancestral tradition as well contemporary lines and patterns. I've enjoyed his bold and abstract paintings but this one really spoke to me. It has a mythical quality to it.
I love the works of Paul Cezanne, a very well known French impressionist artist. Cezanne (1839-1906) produced work that influenced the likes of Picasso and Matisse. He lived in Aix-en-Provence and he painted both portraits and landscapes. This is another artist whose work I look for when visiting art museums around the world.
Cezanne often painted old or abandoned buildings that he found around the Provence countryside. This one has a somewhat sinister crevice in it.
This painting is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
One of my favorite artists is Edward Hopper (1882-1967). I look for his paintings in galleries everywhere I go. This painting is part of the collection of the Huntington Museum and Gardens. I love the solitude of Hopper's paintings. They all seem to have a feeling of being alone in different circumstances. This one is on the water with wind in the sails. Some people view his paintings as echos of loneliness. I see it as being comfortable in your own company.
The full name of this painting is "The Lonesome Hole, Valley of the Little Colorado". It was painted by Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton (1889-1971) an American artist who wore many hats. She was an artist, author, educator and curator. She was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of Northern Arizona. This painting is part of the Phoenix Art Museum collection.
This painting has been attributed to Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) a Dutch painter known for his paintings of Dutch landscapes and Cavaliers with horses. This cavalier stands in a rustic space with his military encampment to left in the background. His beautiful horse is illuminated by the sunlight.
This painting was found in the Apsley House Museum in London.
When I was in London the summer of 2025, I saw an exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts about an artist I had not heard of before. His name is Anselm Keifer and the exhibit was about Keifer's journey into the life of Vincent Van Gogh. He traveled to all the places Van Gogh lived or visited and he was inspired to create works based on some of Van Gogh's themes. The above painting is called "Starry Night". Keifer incorporates straw, sticks, clay and other natural materials into his monumental paintings.
Peter de Hooch (1629-1684) was a Dutch painter known for is paintings of domestic or household scenes. This particular painting shows a woman and her maid in the courtyard of a home. The maid appears to have taken a fish out of a cooking pot. This style of painting gives insights into the every day lives of 17th century households.
This painting is part of the collection at the National Gallery of Art in London.
