Moonlight – PETER JUNG FINE ART

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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Landscape, Moonlight

Erik Koeppel (1980-) Contemporary, American

Medium: Oil on Board
Image Size: 10” x 8”
Frame Size: 14” x 12”
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Price: $3200

Biography/Statement

Erik Koeppel (b.1980) was born in Oregon, and spent his childhood moving with his family through many of the most beautiful landscapes of North America from the Rocky Mountains, to Southern California, to the Appalachian Range. At the age of ten, he settled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where he drew obsessively from nature, and began to develop a love for the expressive potentials of traditional representation. Erik received his formal training from the Rhode Island School of Design followed by the New York Academy of Art, and an annual apprenticeship in Wiscasset, Maine with his professor and friend, Seaver Leslie. After copying extensively from the Italian Masters, he developed a body of work that has been exhibited and collected internationally, and represented across the United States. Koeppel’s mastery of traditional techniques has led him to become one of very few young contemporary artists whose work is regularly exhibited with historic masters of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. He has hung beside Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Edgar Degas, John Frederick Kensett, and George Inness, and has had the distinguished honor of entering numerous collections including artists of this caliber. American Artist, PleinAir Magazine, The American Art Review, and other respected publications have covered his progress.

EDUCATION:

2004 New York Academy of Art. Master of Fine Arts in Painting
2002 Rhode Island School of Design. Bachelor of Fine Arts
1999-2004 Painter/Professor Seaver Leslie of RISD, Apprenticeship

EXHIBITIONS:

~ “Reflecting the Real” Rehs Galleries, New York, NY
~ “Personal Favorites” Musem of White Mountain Art, Jackson, NH
~ “Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq” at The Art Place, Wolfeboro, NH
~ “Plein Air Rockies 2015” Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, CO
~ “Secluded Glens and Noble Landscapes: Traditional White Mountain Art
~ Recaptured.” The Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, Bethel, ME
~ “History Meets the Arts” Lorde Nelson Gallery, Gettysburg, PA
~ “Treasured Places, Protected Spaces” Cheshire Historical, Keene, NH
~ “Members Exhibit” Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA
~ Palm Beach Jewelry, Art, and Antique Show McColl Art, Palm Beach, FL
~ Naples Art and Antiques Show with Rehs Galleries, Naples, FL
~ L.A. Art Show with Rehs Galleries and McColl Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
~ Dallas International Art and Antuques Fair” with Rehs Galleries, Dallas, TX
~12th Annual White Mountain Art Show and Sale, Jackson Museum
~ Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, with Rehs Galleries, Baltimore, MD
~ “The Glory of the White Mountains: ErikKoeppel and Lauren Sansaricq
~ Newport Antiques Show, with Rehs Galleries, Newport, RI
~ Benefit Auction, The Thomas Cole House National Historic Site, Catskill, NY
~ Armory Spring Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
~ Avenue Show, with Rehs Galleries, New York, NY
~ Affordable Art Fair, with Rehs Galleries, New York, NY
~ Palm Beach Art and Antique Show McColl Fine Art Palm Beach, FL
~ Naples Art and Antiques Show with Rehs Galleries, Naples, FL
~ Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair with Rehs Galleries, Chicago
~ L.A. Art Show with Rehs Galleries and McColl Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
~ Dallas International Art and Antuques Fair” with Rehs Galleries, Dallas, TX
~ “Paysages, Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq,” Liaucous, France
~ “The New Hudson River School” Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz, NY
~ “Across this Great Land” Balcony House Gallery, Dallas TX
~ 11th Annual White Mountain Art Show and Sale, Jackson Museum, NH
~ Affordable Art Fair, with Rehs Galleries, New York, NY
~ Aspen Fine Art Fair, with McColl Fine Art, Aspen, CO
~ Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, with Rehs Galleries, Baltimore, MD
~ Newport Antiques Show, with Rehs Galleries, Newport, RI
~ Benefit Auction, The Thomas Cole House National Historic Site, Catskill, NY
~ Armory Spring Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
~ “Marine Art” The New Hampshire Antiques Coop Milford, NH
~ Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair with Rehs Galleries, Chicago
~ L.A. Art Show with Rehs Galleries Los Angeles, CA
~ Palm Beach Jewelry, Art, and Antique Show McColl Fine Art, Palm Beach
~ Naples Art, Antique, and Jewelry Show with Rehs Galleries, Naples, FL
~ Theta Charity Antiques Show with McColl Fine Art Houston, TX
~ Dallas Art, Antique, and Jewelry Show with Rehs Galleries Dallas, TX
~ “White Mountain Art Show and Sale” Museum of White Mountain Art
~ 2nd Annual Plein Air Competition Exhibition, Sagamore Hill, NY
~ “Classical Contemporary” at McColl Fine Art, Charlotte, NC
~ “International Antiques Fair” with McColl Fine Art, Chicago, IL
~ “Landscapes” Wally Findlay Gallery, NY
~ “Hudson River School and White Mountain Art,” Milford, NH
~ “Hudson Valley Contemporary” at Boscobel House Museum, Garrison, NY
~ “Winter Wonderland” at Wally Findlay Gallery, New York, NY
~ “Summer Exhibition” The Banks Gallery Portsmouth, NH
~ “White Mountain Art” Jackson Historical Society, Jackson, NH
~ “ARC Salon 2011” Landscape Finalist
~ “Erik Koeppel: The American Landscape” at Wally Findlay Gallery
~ “White Mountain Art” Jackson Historical Society in Jackson, NH
~ “Winter Scenes” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “ARC Salon 2010” Landscape finalist
~ “Take Home a Nude Auction” at Sotheby’s New York, NY
~ “Institute of Classical Architecture and a Classical Benefit Auction” NYC
~ “Works on Paper” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “Fete de Swifty” Mayor Fund Benefit in New York, NY
~ “The Hampton Designer Showcase” with Bradley Thiergartner Interiors
~ “Art for the Young Collector” at Wally Findlay Gallery in Palm Beach, FL
~ “Summer Selections” at Wally Findlay Gallery in Palm Beach, FL
~ “ARC Salon 2009” Landscape finalist
~ “Erik Koeppel Artist Talk” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “Elegant Realism” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “Small Wonders” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “Contemporary Works” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “Art Hamptons” with Wally Findlay Gallery in Bridgehampton, NY
~ “Summer Salon” at the NYAA in New York, NY
~ “Take Home a Nude Auction” at Phillips de Pury & Company in New York
~ “Singular Creation” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “Color Sense” at Wally Findlay Gallery in Palm Beach, FL
~ “Art for the Young Collector” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY
~ “30th Annual Non-members Exhibition” at the Salmagundi Club, NYC
~ “Summer Landscapes” Group Show at the Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME
~ Paul Toner’s Showcase, in New York, NY
~ “Summer Exhibition” at Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME December
~ “Invitational Landscape Exhibition” at Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME
~ “Open Painting Exhibition” at the Providence Art Club in Providence, RI
~ “Master Thesis Exhibition” at NYAA in New York, NY
~ “What’s your point?” Metal-point Drawing Exhibition at NYAA in New York
~ “Hatching, the Art of Mark Making” at NYAA in New York, NY
~ “New England Exhibition” at the Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA
~ “RISD Senior Class Invitational Exhibition” in Providence, RI
~ “Five Person Show” at the ISB Gallery in Providence, RI.
~ “RISD Departmental Senior Show” at the Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2015 Plein Air Rockies 2015: 1st Place Quick Draw, Mayor of Estes Park
Award, People’s Choice Award, and Artist’s Choice Award. Estes Park, CO
Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Landscape, The Guild of Boston Artists
Accepted to the Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA
2014 American Fine Arts Award of Excellence, Art Renewal Center Salon
2013 2nd Prize Art Renewal Center Salon, Landscape, Port Reading, NJ
2012 Art Renewal Center Living Master, Port Reading, NJ
Judge, Teaching Studio of Art 2nd Annual Plein Air Competition, Sagamore Hill, NY
Hudson River Fellowship, Senior Fellow, Hunter, NY 2010-12
Art Renewal Center Salon Landscape finalist 2009, 2010, and 2011
Hudson River Fellowship: one month residency in Hunter, NY 2009

REPRESENTATION:

Rehs Galleries, New York, NY 2012-16
The Guild of Boston Artists, Boston MA 2015-16
Hildt Galleries, Chicago, IL 2013-16
McColl Fine Art, Charlotte, NC 2012-16
New Hampshire Antiques Co-op, Milford, NH 2012-16
Wally Findlay Gallery New York, Palm Beach, L.A. 2007-12
The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 2010-12
Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME 2006-07

STATEMENT:

In the act of painting, I have sought to discover that highest knowledge of Beauty, poetic and philosophical, that has been the common thread between all of the Great Masters of Art. I have spent hours staring at the finest masterpieces in museums worldwide in an effort to decipher that meditative effect that distinguishes greatness from proficiency, and have made the creation of that sentiment my central goal as an artist. Following this path has led me to study deeply the sciences of philosophy, design, linear perspective, anatomy, color, optics, architecture, botany, light and atmosphere with respect to their purposes in art, and I have built a foundation of consistent formal principles that work in harmony to illuminate meaning in painting. As my subject, I have chosen the universal human condition in this world, and have sought wherever possible to discard the sociopolitical fashions of contemporary culture in favor of those enduring sentiments that we all encounter in life. It is my belief that to experience the Beauty of our existence here in this magnificent landscape is the only way to happiness. My intention as an artist is to share that Beauty.

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Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1914) American

Medium: Oil on Wood Panel
Image Size: 12” x 16”
Signature: Signed lower left, Columbus Museum label verso
Price:

Biography/Statement

Ralph Blakelock was born in New York City in 1847. He was the son of an English-born physician and he first studied medicine, but his love of music and art led him away from medicine. He graduated from the College of the City of New York, studied briefly at Cooper Union and at the Free Academy of the City of New York. In 1867, he first exhibited at the National Academy of Design. As a young man, he traveled out West for three years and lived among various Indian tribes, and many of his later works evoked memories of that journey. A tiny man (less than five feet tell, under ninety pounds) he became the father of eight children and he soon crumbled under the pressure of trying to support such a large family.

Blakelock was attracted to the Hudson River painters, Albert Pinkham Ryder’s work, and the life of American Indians which he observed between 1869 and 1871 on an extensive trip that included California, the upper Pacific Coast and down to Panama and Jamaica. Depicting wilderness areas of the American West, he brought the Hudson River style of painting with expensive vistas that were poetic and visionary. It is said that his real travels were introspective from which he created moody, often dark landscapes that did not satisfy the public taste for uplifting Hudson River style painting. He was ahead of popular taste and his work was largely overlooked.

After being forced by a collector into selling one of his moonlight canvases for $200, less than half his normal price, Blakelock took to wandering the streets of New York dressed in full Indian garb. Then, in utter financial distress, he began manufacturing his own money: million dollar bills decorated with miniature landscapes and his own portrait in the middle. When he tried to cash one of these bills at a bank, he was finally locked up and sent to an asylum in Brooklyn and later to a hospital in upstate New York, where he spent the last 25 or 30 years of his life. In the hospital he continued to paint every day, using whatever materials were available: window shades, cigar boxes, pieces of cardboard.

By that time, his wife and children had moved to a rural shack in the Catskills (not far from where Thomas Cole had done some of his finest work) and were reduced to living on $50 a year. Mrs. Blakelock was so poor that she could not even afford to visit her husband. In the early 1900s, there was a sudden revival of interest in Blakelock’s work, and one of his pictures (the same one that he had sold for $200 in the 1890s) was sold at an auction for almost $14,000 – one of the highest prices paid for a work by a living artist at the time. The irony was that Blakelock and his family never saw a penny from the sale. Forgeries of his works sold well, competing with his own in an active market. Blakelock died in a mental hospital in 1919.

Artist Profile Page: Blakelock, Ralph Albert / Categories: Hudson River School, Landscape, Moonlight, Tonalism

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