“Art is either plagiarism or revolution.” — Paul Gauguin
“Art for arts sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one”—Charles Horton Cooley
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one” Charles Horton Cooley
“A man paints with his brain, not with his hands” Michelangelo
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time” Thomas Moran
Artists were traveling across the country as early as 1700 painting American landscapes. However, Florida was very isolated and untamed. Travel was not safe for artist or tourist until after the second Seminole Indian war and the Civil war.
Many artist discovered the beauty of Florida they had never known while they were a freelance illustrator. Magazines like Harpers Weekly and Century Magazine sent artist with writers to the Florida tropics to do articles as early as the 1860’s.
Many great artist both American and foreign like Thomas Moran, John Singer Sargent, George Iness, Winslow Homer and many others at one time had made Florida their home or visited and created some spectacular Florida masterpieces.
FGCU Radio Interview about Buell Whitehead -
Excerpt: “We’ll learn all about him and his lithographs.”
The Alliance for the Arts website lists the book signing event for Buell Lee Whitehead: A True Southern Treasure under “current exhibition” (moved recently from its upcoming exhibits page).
The article includes six images from the book:
The art exhibition of Florida artist, Buell Lee Whitehead will take place January 8–30, 2010.
The Florida Printmakers Invitational Exhibition is scheduled for February and will also feature artwork by local artists.