I have been hard at work on the manuscript for my next book on contemporary American landscape painting. The layout looks fantastic thanks to Jane Wagman of Saje Design. Please contact me directly for more information.

You must stop by the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery at 24 West 57th Street by February 27th to see a phenomenal exhibition of paintings by Charles Seliger.  The exhibition, Charles Seliger (1926-2009): A Memorial Exhibition, highlights Seliger’s incredibly unique and seductive style and his obvious love for his work.  The meticulous application of materials in the paintings and their engaging colors make them hard to resist on a purely visual level while the abstract content acts as a natural pull.  The exhibition is an appropriate tribute to a great man.

The Autumn/Winter issue of Antiques and Fine Art Magaizine raves “the scholarship and amount of information presented earns Flying the Colors a place on the bookshelf of anyone even remotely interested in the subject” and the material presented “is easily accessible to both the novice and seasoned enthusiast of maritime art.”

Art historian John Wilmerding writes “not since the first major publication on this subject over three decades ago… have we seen such a magisterial visual survey of the field.”

“A salt breeze lifts these pages,” writes Laura Beach for Antiques and the Arts Online.

“This book is one great leap to a fuller appreciation of American marine art,” writes A.J. Peluso, Jr.  in Maine Antique Digest.