Art Down South

"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:24:45 -0400

“Art is either plagiarism or revolution.”

- Paul Gauguin

"Art for arts sake is a philosophy of the well-fed."

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:08:00 -0400

“Art for arts sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.”

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Charles Horton Cooley on Artists and Success (quote)

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:25:08 -0400

“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one”—Charles Horton Cooley

Art Success is in Our Hands

Sat, 22 May 2010 14:25:03 -0400

“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

An Untamed Florida Unknown to Traveling Artists

Thu, 06 May 2010 09:31:38 -0400

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.

Artists Sent with Writers to Florida

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:56:00 -0400

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.

Florida Artists

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:50:00 -0400

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.

Excerpt from source: From WGCU News, this is Gulf Coast Live...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:56:00 -0500

Excerpt from source:

From WGCU News, this is Gulf Coast Live Arts Edition …

[A] new exhibit at the Lee County Alliance for the Arts features printmaker Buell Whitehead.

His stone lithographs were in just about every hotel in America in the 1950’s.

Whitehead grew up in North Fort Myers running cows.

We’ll learn about him from a man who collects Whitehead prints and wrote the book on the subject.

FGCU Radio Interview about Buell Whitehead

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:46:00 -0500

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...

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:30:54 -0500

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:

Fireflies
Hammock Ponds
Alabama Road
Fat Lightered Tree
Seminole Family
Moonlight and Cypress

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.

"The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting."

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:28:00 -0500

“The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.”

- Vincent Van Gogh