Joe Altwer

"Moss Beach Cypress" oil painting of old tree sunlit in forest, neutral colors

2020

"Palo Corona, Carmel Valley" is a contemporary realist plein air painting in California. Artist Bio Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, Cali...

An oil painting of a dirt road, surrounded by greenery and trees, soaked in sunlight. An abstract depiction of the artist's pathway home on Shelter Island, NY. Framed in an Italian...

"Oak in Spring" is a 1930 American Impressionist oil painting of an oak tree landscape. Painted en plein-air, in an almost pointillist style, H.C. White depicts a classic Connecticut landscape. A Tall wiry tree stands as the focal point, having just bloomed its first leaves; foliage still thin enough to outline every single branch. Reds and browns scattered throughout the foreground connote autumn leaves that had yet to be cleared. Henry Cooke White (b. 1861) in Hartford Connecticut. His career in art was founded at the age of 14, when he met the famous American Tonalist painter, Dwight William Tyron. The two became lifelong friends, and White even wrote Tyron’s major biography, The Life and Art of Dwight William Tyron (pub. 1930). In the late 1880’s, Tyron pushed White to move to New York City to further his artistic training at the Art Students League. During this time, White studied under many talented artist’s; Kenyon Cox, John H. Twatchman, and William Merritt Chase. From 1896-1897, White spent time travelling in Europe. Upon his return to the states, he began to spend most of his time in Connecticut, following his favorite painting seasons. Spring in Hartford was followed a week later by spring in Old Lyme, and then finally at Waterford. He’d experience his favorite seasons three times over each year. Once immersed into Connecticut’s community, White was encouraged to paint habitually in Old Lyme; where an art colony was developing, beginning in the spring of 1903. Inspired by European artists, including Claude Monet, and Pierre Auguste-Renoir, the Old Lyme Art Colony defined American Impressionism by memorializing the serene qualities of rural New England life through use of vibrant palettes and broken strokes on wood and canvas. The Colony comprised upwards of 200 artists during its three decades of creating nature-based scenes in oils and pastels; Frederick Childe Hassam...

An oil painting of a dirt road, shaded by a canopy of trees, painted en plein air in Tuscany, Italy. Amy Florence's impressionist brushstrokes depict the dappled light with urgency a...

My favorite drive in Carmel-by-the-Sea is the Scenic Rd, lined with Monterey Cypress trees and following the coastline along Carmel Beach. "Sculpted by fierce winds, their twisted t...

I saw these beautiful sunlit pines in the Kirchd├╢rfer Heide a heather landscape in the near from my studio and just had to paint them. I like the contrast between the blue sky and t...

Beautiful California landscape of a tall cypress tree on a hilltop with soft green and lavender tones by Monterey artist Nancy Faisant (American, 20th ce...

"Beach Tree Roots" (2023) by Judith Peck is an original, handmade oil painting on cradled board that depicts a a foggy and grey forest, focused on the larg...