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Early California Painters of the Monterey Peninsula
Posted: April 13, 2017 15:08 Last Updated: | The Editorial Staff at William A. Karges Fine ArtBy Rob Pierce, Associate Director, William A. Karges Fine Art, Santa Monica Since the beginning of the 20th century, the climactic landscape of the Monterey Peninsula has attracted artists from around the world, eager to try their hand at capturing the spirit of the dramatic shoreline. Over the ensuing century, hundreds of artists produced thousands of works, each a unique interpretation of the region’s natural beauty. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the region was inundated with musicians, writers, painters and other artists who established an artist colony after th...
The Art of Creating an Income With Art
Posted: December 20, 2011 13:17 Last Updated: | Robin Wethe AltmanI recently finished a commission for a woman in my writing class. Connie is a person who is overflows with enthusiasm for people and life. She bubbles over when she is excited about a topic and she can cry in an instant at something that is sad. Well... She wanted me to create an oil painting of her sister and her sister's two daughters sitting on a bench in Laguna Beach. The mother lost her husband when the girls were just babies and has struggled to work and do her best at raising the girls alone in Taiwan. It turned out that the mother did quite well financially but in the stres...
![Paa Joe (1947, Ghana) [Fort] Gross-Friedrichsburg – Princestown. 1683 Brandenburg, 1717-24 Ahanta, 1724 Neths, 1872 Britain 2004–2005 and 2017 Accra, Ghana Emele wood and enamel 40 x 100 x 70 in. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Photo © Paa Joe, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York](/images/cache/snail/PaaJoe_3F60x60_c.jpg "Paa Joe (1947, Ghana) [Fort] Gross-Friedrichsburg – Princestown. 1683 Brandenburg, 1717-24 Ahanta, 1724 Neths, 1872 Britain 2004–2005 and 2017 Accra, Ghana Emele wood and enamel 40 x 100 x 70 in. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Photo © Paa Joe, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York")
