Interview with Gillian Pederson-Krag

Gillian Pederson-Krag, Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 15” x 17”, 2007 Collection: P.L. Porter click here for a larger view Interview with Gillian Pederson-Krag by Elana Hagler   I’ve been aware of Gillian Pederson-Krag’s work for a number of years, but finding good images of her paintings and etchings online was very difficult, which is [...]

Stuart Shils in Conversation With Nikolai Fox

Stuart Shils End of a Sumer Day, Last Blast of Warm Light, Looking Back, 30×42 inches click here for a larger view   Stuart Shils in Conversation With Nikolai Fox March 2012, in advance of an exhibition at steven harvey fine art projects, April 26 – May 27, 2012   Nikolai Fox is a Philadelphia [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Alex Kanevsky

Alex Kanevsky Interview with Neil Plotkin Alex Kanevsky J.F.H. 48″ x 48″, oil on board, 2011 click here for a larger view   Many readers are familiar with Alex Kanevsky’s work but perhaps not all of his details. The internet offers a great deal of information about Mr. Kanevsky but unfortunately much of it is, [...]

Interview with Sydney Licht

click here for a larger view Interview with Sydney Licht by Neil Plotkin   Sydney Licht is a painter based in New York. Ms. Licht studied at Smith College and received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is represented by Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York and is [...]

Interview with Yael Scalia

Yael Scalia Lud Street, Jerusalem click here for a larger view   I was fortunate to meet Yael Scalia in Italy during the JSS summer program in Siena a couple of summers ago. I was smitten by her work and insights into painting and find myself returning to her paintings time after time for inspiration [...]

Amy Weiskopf

Amy Weiskopf “Still Life with Tomatoes, Green Apples and Leek“, 2010 Oil on linen, 13 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. click here for a larger view Images courtesy of the Hirschl & Adler Modern   Last summer I was fortunate to meet and study with Amy Weiskopf in Seina, Italy at the Jerusalem Studio School’s [...]

Interview with Lucy Barber

Lucy Barber Red Cup And Swallows oil on linen, 14 x 16 inches click here for a larger view   Lucy Barber is an incredible painter whose landscapes and still-lifes has long enchanted me and who I made one of my earliest blog posts about. I’ve returned to her work for a closer view and [...]

Interview with Stuart Shils – Monotypes and Photographs at Davis and Langdale

Stuart Shils, While Walking around Tel Aviv on the Way to the Arlozoroff Bus Station, Monotype 5 1/4 x 10 inches, 2010   Stuart Shils currently has a show called Monotypes and Photographs at Davis and Langdale. The show is up from March 19 to April 23 and really worth a visit if you’re in [...]

Interview with Israel Hershberg

Israel Hershberg, photo by Gil baruch Shani   Israel Hershberg was born in 1948 in a Displaced Persons camp in Linz, Austria. In 1949 he emigrated to Israel with his family and in 1958 moved with them to the United States, where he attended the Brooklyn Museum School in New York. He received his Bachelor [...]

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