Pursuing Humanity: An Interview with Simon Dinnerstein

A, 1992, detail   Simon Dinnerstein is a Brooklyn-based painter and graphic artist. He has a B.A. in history from the City College of New York, and continued his studies in painting and drawing at the Brooklyn Museum Art School.  Dinnerstein is a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Germany, the Rome Prize for living and [...]

Interview with Sigal Tsabari

Sigal Tsabari , Hidden, 102.5x 102cm 2008-10 oil on canvas click here for a much larger view (true for most all images)   This past summer, in Civita Castellana, Italy, I was fortunate to meet Sigal Tsabari and to watch her slide talk about her work. I was very pleased this summer when she agreed [...]

Interview with Aram Gershuni

Aram Gershuni, Man in a Blue Shirt,, oil on linen on wood, 35 x 30 cm, 2012 click here for a larger view by Elana Hagler Aram Gershuni, born in 1967, is a mainly self-taught painter who lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel. He studied privately with Israel Hershberg, and at the Jerusalem Studio [...]

Interview with Christopher Gallego

Christopher Gallego, Small Studio Jar,, 2008 12 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches click here for a larger view   I’d like to thank Christopher Gallego for taking the time to share his thoughts on painting in our recent email interview. Mr. Gallego studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and teaches workshops [...]

Interview with Harold Reddicliffe

LIGHTER,LENS,CAMERA and BLUE WALL 2012 14X14 inches oil on canvas click here for a larger view   Harold Reddicliffe is a still-life painter who shows at the Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY and has shown at the Pepper Gallery in Boston as well as the Tatistcheff Gallery in NYC. He recently had a [...]

Interview with Julyan Davis

Julyan Davis , Abandoned Mansion II, Oil on canvas 36×38 inches A realist searching for something that’s real I recently was introduced to the work of artist, Julyan Davis, an English-born painter, who studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London and now lives in Ashville, North Carolina. He recently had a one-person [...]

Interview with Jordan Wolfson

Jordan Wolfson, Interior with Two Chairs and Window VII, 2002, oil on canvas, 48″x42″ by Elana Hagler   Long before I had the pleasure to meet him in person, Jordan Wolfson’s name conjured up images of atmospheric, energetic paintings of interiors, objects, figures, and landscapes that seemed to slip in and out of various states [...]

Galvanized Truth: A Tribute to George Nick

click here for a larger view George Nick’s peers and colleagues, former students/mentee’s honor him through an exhibition of his work and their own. at The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA May 20 – September 9, 2012 Curated by Kim Alemian. Galvanized Truth: A Tribute to George Nick One of my favorite essays on George [...]

Interview with Tim Kennedy

Tim Kennedy Jane and Rose 34″ x 48″ oil on linen click here for a larger view   I pleased to present a telephone conversation I had recently with Tim Kennedy, a Bloomington, Indiana painter who teaches at Indiana University and shows at the First Street Gallery in NYC where he is currently having a [...]

JSS Benefit Auction

  Several members of the Jerusalem Studio School faculty, visiting artists and friends have generously contributed their thoughts and experience with interviews and articles on Painting Perceptions over the past couple of years. The Jerusalem Studio School was founded by Israel Hershberg in 1998 where it not only pioneered figurative art training in Israel but [...]

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