Helen C

When I was painting my friends, family, and myself in grad school (all women), I was looking at a ton of paintings of women in the interior for ideas. Here were some of my favorite finds and ones that I still look at today. Hiroshi Sato Richard Diebenkorn Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Matisse Sandro Chia David Park Berthe Morisot Pierre Bonnard Malcolm Liepke Darren Thompson Leon de Smet Edward Hopper Jan Sluijters Gabriele Munter Cuno Amiet Pierre Bonnard Richard...

A few years ago I saw the artwork of Jarid Del Deo and Alex Griffin. I saw their works in Philadelphia and NYC. I love how they take an evening moment and show us how to see that scene from an unexpected perspective. Deo's tight crops make us look at not these grandiose landscapes involving so many elements but zoom in on a smaller piece of the puzzle that is as important to look at. I love the patterns he comes up with in the clouds, bark, water, grass...and how he paints the sun and moon...

I was introduced to the Group of 7 Canadian Painters 6 years ago when I was taking night painting classes in Boston. Their work truly resonated with me and my love for the upstate NY region. The Group of 7 was comprised of all male painters. In the last few years, I've made efforts to look at more female painters and I discovered a group that was aligned with these male Canadian painters, but were women. Their group was called the Beaver Hall Hill Group. The Beaver Hall Hill Group was a...