MASS MoCA: Chronicle the Development of Barbara Prey’s Museum Commission
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MASS MoCA’s Building 6 now open and Barbara’s painting — considered the world’s largest watercolor — on view, watch Barbara working on her commission onsite. Read the details of the process here.
Painting Through the Irish Countryside
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...before I came back to my New York Studio to begin the project, I went on a painting trip to Ireland…
Painting Through Tudor England: A Unique Way to View History
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After landing at Heathrow, I stopped to see Hatfield House, the childhood home of Queen…
Last Weeks For Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible At The Met Breuer
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Included in the exhibit are over 190 works dating from the Renaissance to the present—nearly forty percent…
Summer Destination: Colonial Williamsburg
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I was recently invited to serve on the board of the Colonial Williamsburg Art Museums. I had known of the museums…
A Walk Through the Art Show and the Armory Show
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This week is Art Week in New York City, with a myriad of art fairs. The Art Show, organized…
The Unseen Work of Preparing an Exhibit: An Artist’s Perspective
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Two exhibits of my work, Oil and Water and Re/Viewing the American Landscape are currently on view at Blue Water Fine Arts in Port Clyde, Maine…
American Masterworks From the Corcoran at the National Gallery of Art
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The National Gallery of Art has acquired more than 6,000 works of art…
Painting Through Israel: A Different Way of Seeing
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What I find unique about painting on site is that I can observe and learn about a culture…
The Importance of Art Conservation: An Artist’s Perspective
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I was invited last week to speak at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center…
Last Weeks for Maine Sublime: Frederic Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin
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As Wilmerding writes in the exhibit’s catalogue essay, “We now recognize Frederic Church as one…
A Behind the Scenes Look Into Putting an Exhibit Together: An Artist’s Perspective
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Every year for the past thirty, I travel to Maine to paint during the summer where I have an annual exhibit of my paintings. It is different…
The First Expansive Sargent Watercolor Exhibition in Twenty Years: An Artist’s Perspective
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It is not too late to see John Singer Sargent Watercolors, the first expansive exhibition…
Back Story: The Rosa Parks Statue
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I was pleased to read about the recent unveiling of the Rosa Parks statue in the U.S. Capitol Building’s National Statuary Hall…
Not to Be Missed: The Lobkowicz Collection in Prague
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This year I returned to visit one of my early paintings commissioned by the Prince Lobkowicz family…
Gosling, Guns, and Gangsters
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With the upcoming (Jan. 11) release of the all-star-cast film Gangster Squad, I spoke with author Paul Lieberman…
Surviving Sandy: When Art Lifts Spirits and Serves the Community
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Three weeks ago, I went to the IFPDA/Print Fair in New York City, the largest international art fair…
Painting Outdoors: The Illusion of the Idyllic
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As an art history major at Williams College, I worked closely with Lane Faison …
My Maine Inspiration: Following in the Footsteps of American Artistic Tradition
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Although I grew up in New York and have lived there for many years, I have a summer studio in Maine…
An Artist’s Perspective: Arts Education, Schools and the Rewards of Stepping Into the Field
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I have always been a staunch believer in the importance of the arts in education and the community, both at home and abroad…