The Art Guide

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas Merton, Painting by Winslow Homer

British/Australian artist, Mike Barr b. 1955 "Afternoon Rain - Adelaide", 2026, oil/canvas

Floral still life titled, "Summer Scent" by Russian artist Valentin Korotkov, 2016 o/c.

Still life by Russian artist Vitaly Makarov b.1971, o/c

A masterful use of color placement to this work by Swiss-French artist Felix Vallotton, 'Portrait of the Artist's Wife,' 1905. Solid deep yellow background is similar to the painting of 'Whistlejacket' by George Stubbs (1724-1806)

Russian Realist painter and draughtsman, Ivan Shishkin (1832-1898), best known for his landscape scenes and portrayal of sunlit atmoshpere. Autumn Landscape, o/c

Contemporary Russian artist Dmitry Sysoev, b.1973. Dmitry used vivid color and dabbed brush work to capture an Autumn atmosphere on a sunny day, and didn't forget chickens milling about the front yard.

American artist Eric Sloane (1905-1985) was a landscape painter, illustrator and author of books on cultural history and folklore of America. His work was inspired by the Hudson River School. Sloane's painting titled, 'Low Tide' oil/masonite

An impresionistic fall image by contemporary Russian artist Bato Dugarzhapov

'November' by Russian artist Alexander Kremer (b.1958) oil/board

DAILY ART QUOTE! “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, such is the duty of the artist.” ~ German Romantic composer Robert Schumann Painting by Nicholas Verrall, 'Normandy in the Autumn' 2018 oil/canvas

An oil painting on board by Australian artist Kasey Sealy that features a typical small town landscape, with buildings under a beutifully rendered rich purple overcast sky.

Cloudy skies with rain fast approaching at autumn. A small town landscape that includes truck, car, home, business building, nature and a mountain to the background, by British/Canadian artist Anna Syperek b.1950, titled, "Sugarloaf from the Mount", 2010. oil/canvas

'Sunset' is an oil painting by the Russian Symbolist artist Arkady Rylov. It depicts a red sun setting over a lake area landscape. The redness of the sunset symbolizing the dawning of the 1917 October Revolution.

American artist Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), o/c

DAILY ART QUOTE! “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” Abraham Lincoln Artwork by artist John Salminen, watercolor

Russian artist Oleg Trofimov (b.1962), work titled, 'Rainy Night in Paris' 2009. oil/canvas

DAILY ART QUOTE! "Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is." Jackson Pollock 'Vista From a Century Farm' by Romona Youngquist o/c

DAILY ART QUOTE! "I enjoy it all – the looking, the dreaming, the note-taking and drawing and then the creative action in the studio” John Blockley Bold colors and innovative technique by John Blockley, a watercolorist and president of the New English Art Club. - pastel image

Vibrant color and a sense of weight to this flower composition by artist Olena Bogatska, “Blue Flowers”

'Reaching For The Sky' oil painting by Francois Fournier