Tag: painting

• Purvis Young: Self-taught Outsider Artist & Miami Icon

  Last week we discovered the art of Purvis Young (1943-2010). As a teenager, Purvis was sent to prison in north Florida, and he returned a changed man.  Vowing never to repeat the type of crime that resulted in his incarceration, he took up painting and found inspiration in the neighborhood that sheltered him. His works now…

  Tish Richardson

  March 28, 2025

  Art Exhibits along the way

  Abstract Expressionism, art, Art Gallery, Bakehouse Art Projects, history, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center Gallery, Miami Icon, miami-art-exhibit, murals, Outsider Art, Overtown, painting, Pan American Art Projects, Purvis Young, travel

• Constructive Arguments: Aesthetic Dialogues with the work of Lynne Golob Gelfman

  Last week we visited a fabulous exhibit by celebrated Miami artist, Lynne Golob Gelfman (1944-2020).  A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University School of the Arts, she was known for her welcoming nature and never-ending support for other artists. She developed strong friendships that lasted a lifetime.  Her most famous works consisted of…

  Tish Richardson

  January 28, 2025

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• Sorolla and the Sea

              We attended the opening lecture and exhibit for “Sorolla and the Sea” at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach last week.  Drawn almost exclusively from artworks owned by the Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York, the exhibit contains works that cannot be seen elsewhere.  The Hispanic Society, founded in 1904, was…

  Tish Richardson

  November 30, 2024

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  art, norton-museum, painting, seaside, sorolla, spain, travel, west-palm-beach