Christopher Cook

Spirit of Abundance; Pomegranates and Abutilon

2017

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 19.5" x 23.5" x 2.5" Landscape painting with apple orchards Artist Statement “Riley’s Farm in Oak Gle...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 20" x 16" FRAMED: 27" x 23" x 2.5" Exhibited "The Diverse Environments of the Arroyo Seco" organized by California Art C...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist FRAMED: 23.625" x 19.625" x 1.25" UNFRAMED: 20" x 16" Artist Statement “This painting really transformed as I painted. My...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “ 'At Home in the Garden' is a visual daydream manifesting a peaceful retreat before the viewer. The viv...

William J. Schultz, American (1919 - 2005) William J. "Bill" Schultz had been a renowned American Impressionist artist and teacher for over sixty-five years. Co-Founder, and Director of the AIS had inspired numerous professional artists and teachers through his teaching. He also was a Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society of America and had won many awards for his oil and pastel paintings. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1919, he died in Vero Beach, Florida in 2005. He served in the Army in World War II including duty in Europe. He was discharged in 1946 with rank of First Sergeant. Schultz began his art studies with Martin C. Hoy, a fine artist and student of Robert Henri and William M. Chase. He graduated from The Vesper George School Of Art in Boston, Massachusetts in 1949. He then studied under National Academicians Jerry Farnsworth, Ivan Olinsky (a student of John Singer Sargent) and Robert Brackman. Winner of many awards for oil and pastel works. Was a noted portrait artist. He was a founding Director of the American Impressionist Society and an award winning member of the Pastel Society Of America. He studied under notable National Academicians Robert Brachman, Ivan Olinsky and Jerry Farnsworth. Schultz opened his own art studio and school in Lenox, Massachusetts and taught impressionist painting to hundreds of students, some of whom are now nationally recognized themselves. After 25 years at that location Schultz and his wife moved to Vero Beach, Florida where he continued to teach, as well as provide lectures and exhibitions around the country. Illustrated articles about Schultz and his work have appeared in "American Artist", "Southwest Profiles", "Artists Of Florida" and other periodicals. For a short time he studied alongside Norman Rockwell at a studio in Stockbridge, Massachusetts where Rockwell had established the base for his illustration work. Schultz was the proud possessor of an autographed sketch of himself that Norman Rockwell had created and was signed by Rockwell. Schultz's art has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Boston, New York City, Sante Fe, and numerous Florida locations...

Once when I was living in the heart of a pomegranate, I heard a seed saying, “Someday I shall become a tree, and the wind will sing in my branches, and the sun will dance on my l...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers, Plants and Pumpkins) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 in...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Plants and Pumpkins) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Cond...