Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine

14/08/2025

The American Impressionist Society, Inc.’s 26th Annual National Juried Exhibition opened on August 1 at Cassens Fine Art in Hamilton, Montana, in the majestic Bitterroot Valley. Over $100,000 in cash and merchandise awards were presented for a total of 45 awards.

The 2025 exhibition features 165 juried paintings, with an additional 16 paintings by American Impressionist Society (AIS) Masters and board members. It is on view through September 2.

Best of Show: Eric Jacobsen AIS, "Sunflowers 1," oil, 16 x 22 in.

13/08/2025

Repost from The Sembrich: "Look who's in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine's August 2025 edition! Look for it on news stands soon!"

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11/08/2025

This year the nonprofit organization Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA) is mounting its national plein air paintings exhibition in partnership with Shaun Horne Gallery at the Center for the Arts Crested Butte.

Appropriately, its title is “Colorado Grandeur,” as many of its more than 150 paintings depict the Rocky Mountain State, especially Crested Butte (population 1,700). PAPA’s members are seasoned outdoor painters and considered some of the best teachers active in the genre today.

Dave Santillanes (b. 1972), "Autumn Pastures Study," 2025, oil on panel, 15 x 30 in.

10/08/2025

Discover the artistic journey of Jove Wang, from his early training in China to award-winning recognition.

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09/08/2025

"It's always fun to see my paintings reproduced in magazines! "Garden Hose" is in the June issue of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. "Sonoma Plaza Rose Garden" and "New Year Narcissus" are in the July issue of Plein Air Magazine." ~ Carolyn Lord, California Artist

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08/08/2025

There’s something different on view this year at Vermont’s Shelburne Museum , renowned for its superb holdings of American material culture, especially works by folk and self-taught artists. The exhibition “Blueprint of a Collection: Cyanotype Photography by David Sokosh” highlights images of old works newly created by a photographer and filmmaker based in New York’s Hudson Valley.

David Sokosh (b. 1963), "Bottle Display," 2023, cyanotype image (19 x 15 in.) on a sheet of Hahnemuhle Sumi-e paper (23 x 18 in.), no. 1 of 5, Shelburne Museum. All works are available for purchase through the artist.

06/08/2025

Check out this week's featured artwork by Matthew J Cutter Fine Art!

The values in this painting are critical in conveying the effect of light, as is the variation of warm vs. cool colors....

04/08/2025

Once again the National Sculpture Society exhibition graces Brookgreen Gardens, which became America’s first public sculpture park in 1931, when it was founded by the sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington and her philanthropist husband, Archer M. Huntington.

Heidi Wastweet (b. 1969), “Portrait of Nanette Dyer,” 2024, bronze relief, 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.

02/08/2025

Wondering what to collect next? Here’s a tip: ask an artist.

This does sound counterintuitive - “Don’t artists make enough work to fill their own homes?” - but artists are, in fact, some of the most knowledgeable, insightful, and avid (bordering on obsessive) collectors you’ll ever meet.

“As artists, we already love and appreciate art, and we are most likely surrounded by it in our daily lives,” oil painter Paula Holtzclaw replies when asked about her decades-long collecting journey.

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🎨: Jeff Yeomans (b. 1954), "Warm Reflections," 2010, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in., collection of Paula Holtzclaw

31/07/2025

The American Impressionist Society, Inc. (AIS) will soon open its 26th Annual National Juried Exhibition at Cassens Fine Art in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. On view will be 166 paintings, as well as 15 more created by AIS “Masters,” board members, and officers. Most have been executed in oil, casein, pastel, oil stick, watercolor, acrylic, or gouache. A five-member jury reviewed 1,750 entries, and a printed catalogue illustrating all of the works they selected will be available for purchase, as will the artworks themselves.

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🎨: Chris Brizzard(b. 1974), "Floral Abstraction in Red," 2024, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in.

29/07/2025

Through its archives, collections, and programming, the Couse-Sharp Historic Site preserves and interprets Taos’s crossroads of cultures, promoting and facilitating research, education, and new perspectives on the Taos Society of Artists, early artists of Taos, and their ongoing legacy.

Josh Elliott (b. 1973), "Intersections," 2025, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.

28/07/2025

This August, Robert Lange Studios (Charleston, South Carolina) invites art lovers to step into a garden unlike any they’ve seen before. “From the Garden,” a new group exhibition, features a vibrant and thought-provoking collection of works that explore the natural world through a lens of imagination, metaphor, and emotion.

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🎨: Denise Stewart-Sanabria, “Birds in Red Velvet,” oil on linen, 40” x 30”