Landscape, Luminist, Marine / Seascape, Moonlight

William R. Davis (1952-) Contemporary, American

"The Cottage"

Medium: Oil on Board
Image Size: 6” x 8”
Frame Size: 9” x 11”
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Price: $1250

Biography/Statement

Bill Davis is a noted marine painter. He grew up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.  He is a self-taught artist whose oil paintings typically capture the serene light of sunrise or sunset on the water.   He employs many of the techniques traditionally used by American luminist painters to realize his personal vision, showing a marked preference for 19th century subjects.

In 1987, Davis had the first one artist show ever mounted at the Mystic Maritime Gallery in Mystic, Connecticut.  All twenty of the works featured in that show were sold at the opening reception. In 1990, he received the Mystic Maritime Gallery Award of Excellence, and his painting entitled Calm Day Off Latimer’s Reef appeared on the cover of Mystic’s The Art of the Sea Calendar in 1993.  Three of his paintings were also used in the book ‘Shipwrecks Around Boston’ by Cape Cod author, William P. Quinn.   Rockport Publishers has included Boston Harbor at Sunset in a new book entitled, ‘A Gallery of Marine Art.’

Much of Davis’ early works pays homage to 19th century artists such as James Bard, Martin Johnson Heade, Antonio Jacobsen and Fitz Hugh Lane.  He limits himself to about 30 colors in the palette of that period.  He describes his style as a “conglomerate of a number of ideas I saw in other artists with my own refinements.” Over the years, he has incorporated his fascinations for the different techniques of these artists.

In a tribute to Martin Johnson Heade, which appeared in the July 1991 issue of American Artist magazine, Davis refers to sunset as “the hour when night usurps day.”  He observes that this is the “best time of day for painters to capture the ‘inner state’ of a landscape,” and represents “an unequaled opportunity to sensitize the eye to the delicate mysteries of light and shadow.”

Although best known for his marine subjects, Davis strives to make his work accessible to those with a variety of tastes while expanding his own horizons as an artist.  Following the painting of Davis’ Lilacs and Basket, featured on the poster for The Cahoon Museum of American Art 1992 exhibition entitled, “The Flowers of New England.”

Davis has shifted in the last few years to painting more landscapes on location. In the process, he has converted to plein air painting, partly influenced by his friendship with artists Joseph McGurl and Donald Demers.

Artist Profile Page: Davis, William R. / Categories: Landscape, Luminist, Marine / Seascape, Moonlight

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Lauren Sansaricq (1990-) Contemporary, American

Medium: Oil on Board
Image Size: 12” x 16”
Frame Size: 18” x 22”
Signature: Signed lower right
Price: SOLD

Biography/Statement

Lauren Sansaricq (b. 1990) grew up in Columbia County, New York, where from an early age she was exposed to both the beauties of the Hudson Valley and, under the teaching of Thomas Locker, to the traditional painting techniques of the Hudson River School.

Taking Mr. Locker’s advice Miss Sansaricq received academic training in drawing and painting at the Grand Central Academy of Art in NYC. In 2011, at just 21 years old, she was taken under the representation of Hawthorne Fine Art, a prestigious New York gallery specializing in 19th century Hudson River School Painting.  Lauren was also honored with a solo show in New York at Hawthorne Fine Art that same year.

Her work has been exhibited in Manhattan at historic venues like the Salmagundi Club, the National Arts Club and the Union League Club. In 2012 she had a solo show at Saint Anselm College, and was also featured at the Boston International Fine Arts Show.

One of Lauren’s paintings was also featured in The New York Times, surrounding the show she was apart of, “The Great Hudson River Exhibition”, in upstate NY. Today her work is in collections throughout the country, and is displayed beside some of the best American painters of the past.

She teaches every summer on the Hudson River Fellowship, and now resides in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Artist Profile Page: Sansaricq, Lauren / Categories: Hudson River School, Landscape, Marine / Seascape

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Bruce Busko (N/A) Contemporary, American

Seascape / Sunset

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Image Size: 40” x 40”
Frame Size: 45” x 45”
Signature: Signed lower right and dated
Price: $7500

Biography/Statement

Bruce Busko is an exhibiting artist and Owner/ Director of Landing Gallery.  His work has been exhibited in his galleries since 1980 with a long list of additional Juried Shows, Invitational Exhibits and Awards.  He received his MFA from Pratt Institute and BFA from the Pennsylvania State University.

“During my frequent hikes, throughout Maine, I like to gather inspiration and visual information for my artwork. Nature walks and my outdoor experience become the first step for creating art in my studio.  Sketches, photos, memory and on site materials become the initial components of my painting process.  Each element lends its “specific flavor” to enrich my feeling for the subject. It can begin with a strong composition created by a low tide or perhaps the reflection of the sun and clouds in a calm body of water.  To seek is to find, is my moto.  Selecting what speaks to me is the core and the beginning of my creative experience.”

Artist Profile Page: Busko, Bruce / Categories: Landscape, Luminist, Marine / Seascape

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William Henry Yates (1845-1934) American

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Image Size: 12” x 30”
Frame Size: 20” x 38”
Signature: Signed lower right
Frame: In a beautiful original gilded frame
Price: SOLD

Biography/Statement

Yates lived in Auburn, New York, where he painted local views in the Finger Lakes area of New York state.  He is also known for sweeping Western panoramas, scenes of New York City, and a Battle of Gettysburg painting bought by the 1881 encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and presented to the Soldiers Home in Bath, New York, in that year.

Artist Profile Page: Yates, William Henry / Categories: Marine / Seascape

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John Inglis (1867-1946) American, European

Coast of Ireland

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Image Size: 33” x 44”
Frame Size: 43” x 49”
Signature: Signed lower right
Price: SOLD

Biography/Statement

John Inglis was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1867.  He studied at the Dublin Academy, and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme.  At the Académie Colorossi his teachers were Raphaël Collin and Gustave Courtois.

Inglis settled in Rochester, New York, where he was active in the Rochester Art Club, and served as president.  He taught at the School of the Mechanics Institute.

With his academic European training, Inglis was regarded as a learned senior painter. His basically conservative style included elements of Impressionism.  At the Art Exhibition of the Rochester Industrial Exposition in 1925, Inglis won a gold medal.  For his genre scene, A First Sledding, Inglis won a silver medal at the same show five years later. The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester has his Old Homestead.

Inglis was honored with a one-man show in the fall of 1939, and he was one of the founding members of the Rationalists, self-declared “liberal-conservatives,” who wished to uphold “logic and order” in the Fine Arts.  Inglis was active in exhibiting his works at Brodhead Gallery in Rochester.

Artist Profile Page: Inglis, John / Categories: Marine / Seascape

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