Art Reflection – O’Farrell Róisín O’Farrell is a current artist who paints interior and exterior scenes of her homeland, Ireland. Using thick impasto paint, abstracted color and her signature pink, she shows us light and possibility from a country where light is prized. Go With Your Heart is a rich and elaborate view of an Irish home. Every part of this work …

Art Reflection – Sanchez Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) was born in Cuba. As a proud and accomplished immigrant, he is known for his color lithographs like La Casita al Sol. He created as part of the American Modernism Movement and was celebrated for his blend of realism and creativity. His works were featured on a series of USPS stamps and are …

Art Reflection – Gotch Occasionally I hope you come across a piece of art that captures your eyes and rewrites your definitions of talent and possibility. Have you ever seen such a piece? Study for “The Birthday Party” is that sort of painting for me and I will try to tell you why. The subject of this scene is a gathering …

Art Reflection – Bernard Always an enthusiastic viewer of mixed media art and the level of creativity it requires, I introduce you to Lourdes Bernard and her plein-air landscape, In the Woods. Lourdes Bernard is a Dominican-American artist from Brooklyn. After a 23-year career in architecture, she is now devoting her time to visual art. She is associated with The New …

Art Reflection – Thomas Alma Thomas (1891-1978) was a major artist of the 20th century. She worked in the Washington, D.C.  area in the Expressionism and Color Field art movements.  She believed the creative spirit was independent of race or gender and pushed her careers as a black artist and teacher forward in this independence. Red Sunset, Old Pond Concerto is a …

Art Reflection – Yeats Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) is known as the man who painted Ireland and as the most important Irish painter of the 20th century. He is also known as the brother of famous Irish writer, W. B. Yeats. The Liffey Swim documents an actual, annual event on the river that flows through the heart of Dublin. This work …

Art Reflection – O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was an American Modernist. After several visits to New Mexico, she moved to Abiquiu from New York in 1949. In this place she captured enchantment, schooling us in the gifts of looking closely when there is less to see. With a single flower or mountain outline or view from an airplane window, she …

Art Reflection – Caillebotte Gustave Caillebotte was a French artist who painted in the Impressionism and Realism Movements. He was born into a wealthy Paris family and was educated in law and engineering before art became his focus. He died at age 45 of a heart condition. Some sources say he was painting in his garden when he passed away. …

Art Reflection – Frankenthaler Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) is remembered as an American artist who moved Abstract Expressionism toward the Color Field style. Movement is an apt term for her great accomplishments over six decades with pieces displayed and her name resonant around the world. Helen Frankenthaler took the dripping and throwing movements of Jackson Pollock and invented a soak-stain technique. …

Art Reflection – Hassam Childe Hassam (1859-1935) was born in Boston and died in East Hampton, New York. He spent some important years painting in Connecticut. He is one of the most important American Impressionists credited with bringing the values of that movement to many storied views and places of the Northeast. The Goldfish Window was painted during his time at Cos …