On August 22nd, 2019, I had the privilege to present to the Rotary Club of Louisville my lecture on Caravaggio. My thanks to Ken Grossman for the invitation and to Alyssa Evans-Tourinho and the entire Rotary Club of Louisville for their impeccable hospitality. Special thanks to Chris Whelan at WSI Digital Marketing in Louisville for […]
This Friday, May 17th, 2019, months of work will come to fruition. I and Denise Melvin, a friend and fellow painter, organized the first ever ‘Rome Salon’; a group show that brings together a total of nine figurative painters in a venue perfect for the occasion: the Sala Margana located just West of Piazza Venezia. […]
The essence of the lecture focused on how a formal analysis can lead to an interpretation of a painting that is different from the implied narrative, an interpretation that can even go far enough to subvert the narrative and accompanying dogma.
My sincere thanks to the jury for selecting the painting. The 2018 exhibition will be held at McBride Gallery, located in Annapolis, Maryland, October 28 – November 25, 2018.
To be a figurative painter in the 21st century is to send a hand-written letter standard post in a world of immediate encrypted text messages or to be a mechanic of a steam engine in an era of rockets to Mars…
The Alumni Association has included me in the most recent edition of their magazine with a feature on the upcoming Renaissance Retreat.
Jackson’s Art—one of the most popular online art shops in the UK—has featured the Renaissance Retreat with a great story and an interview with me on their blog.
A good companion to the “Self-Portrait with Armor”. Both with the same hat; both under the watchful eye of the Maestro.
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