Sep 18, 2017 | Contemporary
Susan Rothenberg, The Caribbean, 2016, Oil on canvas, 50 x 72 inches It’s a curious thing to feel an immediate and unflagging connection and respect for a fellow painter’s work, but that is what happened when I first saw Susan Rothenberg’s paintings...
Aug 23, 2017 | Contemporary
Cecelia Condit, Beneath the Skin,1981, Still from video I have been following the work of Cecelia Condit since her very first video piece in 1981. I happened to be doing a short teaching stint at the Cleveland Art Institute where Condit was teaching full-time. She had...
Jul 10, 2017 | Contemporary, Modern
Jack Levine, Welcome Home, 1946, Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches I’ve been thinking recently about Jack Levine. How as a young artist I loved his work. My dad used to say, when people would see my work hanging in our house, “My son’s copying Jack Levine.”...
Apr 15, 2017 | Contemporary
Gerard Garouste, Le théâtre de Don Quichotte, 2012, Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 102 3/8 inches Gerard Garouste, one of the most famous contemporary French artists you have never heard of, has created an oeuvre of jarring and enigmatic paintings. A prolific artist, he...
Mar 31, 2017 | Contemporary
Julie Heffernan, Self Portrait as Hiveminder, 2016, Oil on canvas, 60 x 84 inches The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end when I learned that Julie Heffernan’s LSU Museum of Art exhibit would be titled When the Water Rises. Just a few short months ago, an...
Mar 9, 2017 | Contemporary
Mike Cloud, Dialogue of Growth, 2014, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 30.5 inches There are many things I admire about the painter Mike Cloud. Besides Cloud’s bigheartedness, his work is funny, unrelenting, energetic, remorseless, and bold. 1.) Cloud’s paintings are...
