Lumen Martin Winter Art
Lumen Martin Winter, America's most renowned muralist, spent his childhood in western Kansas, on his father's ranch, which stood along the Santa Fe Trail. Winter was born on December 12, 1908. Listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art, the celebrated artist still remembers noticing the ruts from the wagons in the ground and asking his father about them and his father said, “That is the Santa Fe Trail!”. The place stayed in young Winter's mind. After attending the Cleveland School of Art, the National Academy of Design in New York City, serving as an artist with the U.S. Signal Corps in the Air Force in WWII, working as a cartoonist and designer, Lumen Winter went to Santa Fe to settle in 1939. The next 39 years were to catapult Lumen Winter into the forefront as America's most renowned muralist and artist. His work, described by Paris art critic in The Paris Moderne, “is not abstract nor is it realistic, but he has created synthesis which is all his own." His rare genius is demonstrated in the murals in the U.S. Air Force Academy Chapels in Colorado Springs, at the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C., at the AFL-CIO Headquarters in the Capitol, at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Lincoln Center in New York City, at the Sheraton Hotel Lobby and the National Bank in Washington, D.C. among others. Winter died in New Rochelle, on April 5, 1982.
1970s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Watercolor, Paper
1970s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Linen, Oil
1970s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil, Board
2010s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
2010s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil, Ceramic
Artist Comments
"Togetherness is a wonderful place to be, and what better reflects a bond of love," says artist Jeff Fleming. He displays a touching portrait of a golden retriever mom affectionately posing with her puppy. Jeff begins with a pencil sketch and applies paint with his fingers, brushes, and string. He drizzles paint in random strokes to create an energetic composition brimming with splashes of color.
About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil
2010s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Linen, Oil
Early 2000s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil, Canvas
Late 19th Century American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero displays a stunning koi pond in mesmerizing shades of deep blue and green. Part of his series of paintings exploring ponds, waterlilies, g...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil
1930s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Paper, Cardboard, Watercolor
1990s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil, Canvas
1970s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Watercolor
2010s American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Lumen Martin Winter Art
Oil
