Our first ever Fall Sale! Stop in at the Gallery and take advantage of our 25% off sale on everything on the Gallery Floor. You can save on this:
Vacation is over. The renovation in the gallery is done, and we’re open for business. Here’s a picture of the guys working on the floors.
Contact the gallery for more information about Julyan’s portrait and house portrait commissions.
Mani sent in some photos. She has just completed several commissions
for clients in the South. She did portraits in oil of the houses they
are proud to live in. Here is an example:
If
a portrait of your house (or something else) interests you, Gloria is
available and talented! Just let us know of your idea and we’ll get you
in touch. Email us here: tuckerfinearts@comcast.net, for details.
Here’s another painting that’s driving us crazy! We love Toronto’s Group of Seven painters, the 12 (?) painters who took Canada by storm in the 1920’s. This looks like something by a member, but it isn’t signed…
We want to welcome back an artist who was part of our gallery family for many years. You may remember the wonderful still lives of apples, pears and lemons by Melinda Mellor. Well, Melinda Borysevicz is back with really terrific still paintings that will take you by surprise. Here is just one example (we have more and I promise to get them up on the website soon).
Ha! Not quite, but here is a wonderful Monet snow scene called “Snow Covered Road at Honfieur” that I’ve always liked (well, I like all of Monet’s snow scenes).
There has been a lot of discussion in the media, and especially in art and antiques magazines and newspapers, about art as an “investment.” Of course, with stock and bond and real estate markets in turmoil, this is a natural topic for dealers and collectors. This past month we have received lots of PR material from auctioneers and dealers stressing the investment value of art. This came in an email last week:
Sort of implies that art would have been a better investment than Wall Street…
At the gallery, our opinion has been and is that art is an aesthetic investment. What we surround ourselves with is an investment in making our lives and homes more satisfying and uplifting. Art as “investment” requires a time machine or a crystal ball. It’s better to buy what you love. And besides, who wants to hang stock certificates on the living room walls?
Parade Fantasy
Several years ago we bought a wonderful watercolor portrait of a woman. It has haunted us…
We thought it might be an example of a work by a Boston School artist. The Boston School was a group of artists from the turn of the century (19th to 20th), trained in Europe by traditional teachers, but American impressionists with an academic flavor. The reveled in light and color but were more conservative than the French. Some artists in this tradition were Frank Benson, Joseph DeCamp, William Paxton, Marguerite Pearson and Edmund Tarbell. Have a look:
(for a larger version click on the image)
So we’re asking you, our readers, for help. Have you seen a painting or drawing that is similar to this one in style? Or is the sitter/model familiar? Please let us know if you have a lead in the comments. And thanks!
Time to start actually blogging. I’ve spent too much time reading blogs, reading books about blogs and reading blogs about blogging.
It’s the last day of April and May’s warm weather has arrived. A flurry of work on some new projects has subsided (more about that at a later time) and so the blog is back on the front burner.
Bright sunlight always brings to mind Ken Herrington’s watercolors. He has a way with sunlight and shadow in this southern city. You can feel the heat and want to reach for sunglasses.
Welcome John Tucker Fine Arts blog! This is new experience for us and we hope a new way to talk with our friends and clients about the world of art. We hope to use this blog to tell you a little about what we think and do in the gallery, and learn about your opinions and ideas about art. We love old and new painting and folk art. We want to know what you love and don’t about art, galleries, artists and art dealers. So, let’s talk art talk…