Yep, These Are Paintings. Trees On A Line by Trey Friedman.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qwhfCKKorGxzspzq51SSxYYTB4JOCrOJ5Vv8eiYI7FBsVxnq7r1J6N9wZRvQaj7_dBa6We7X0wfyV5uO1wNekR5vqv1cL_L7EEJ58HUgsGE3OawjnRGLYuPSkoRIxVAJCECJJqFNAkts/s1600/TF-110-Trees-on-a-Line-01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643420534845411490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qwhfCKKorGxzspzq51SSxYYTB4JOCrOJ5Vv8eiYI7FBsVxnq7r1J6N9wZRvQaj7_dBa6We7X0wfyV5uO1wNekR5vqv1cL_L7EEJ58HUgsGE3OawjnRGLYuPSkoRIxVAJCECJJqFNAkts/s400/TF-110-Trees-on-a-Line-01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 709px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94tjicimUAFpTlPRVEOsaYjBO3LIHx2qsmVMbRaQ7HQAHHoPaYTdz6B5c9A9r-QI1Xd6wQiBujRtwu9zQkdprIGDSWXuQ3AOfgE8CinVqGbghJlKkcu6JEuV0VknfWsQIJln15k-gqK_C/s1600/TOAL+image.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643416953660649362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94tjicimUAFpTlPRVEOsaYjBO3LIHx2qsmVMbRaQ7HQAHHoPaYTdz6B5c9A9r-QI1Xd6wQiBujRtwu9zQkdprIGDSWXuQ3AOfgE8CinVqGbghJlKkcu6JEuV0VknfWsQIJln15k-gqK_C/s400/TOAL+image.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 507px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Trey Friedman's most recent series of paintings, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Trees On A Line</span>, was inspired by a particular tree lined road in rural Connecticut which he isolated to 170 trees he routinely returned to render and observe.<br /><br /><br /><br />Aerial photo of the trees:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5K3OOZvEHTCEKFaF2tW0A2OV0BkMk6kO0yFrpTko9HCmW9kdqqrnegefnisHJyf3br5v1JokJFAmmTxmTq8yTYTNd9crrOuVAMyGsN4-PsSor24whi7DxoKji_Bg0JXTNCSnBPFYOZPnl/s1600/aerial+photo+TOAL.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643416728217998690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5K3OOZvEHTCEKFaF2tW0A2OV0BkMk6kO0yFrpTko9HCmW9kdqqrnegefnisHJyf3br5v1JokJFAmmTxmTq8yTYTNd9crrOuVAMyGsN4-PsSor24whi7DxoKji_Bg0JXTNCSnBPFYOZPnl/s400/aerial+photo+TOAL.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 465px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The straight half mile stretch of farmland consisted mostly of of Sugar Maple trees, which the property owner estimates average an age of 150 years with some as old as 250 years.<br /><br /><br /><br />Numbered photos of the trees:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5POeczbeVVTDyzQKrInksPGO2YA9goiq7wbE0uyyAvEcV2ZnNyDLEI4SQcvR0rtJS3k_efzEncdexNjnbLbzUfBcpdKBVCGpiggOcMn6oXthbjtLO-vEj_c280eTTkCrE11DHigFj9yt/s1600/toal+photos.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643416574179989170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5POeczbeVVTDyzQKrInksPGO2YA9goiq7wbE0uyyAvEcV2ZnNyDLEI4SQcvR0rtJS3k_efzEncdexNjnbLbzUfBcpdKBVCGpiggOcMn6oXthbjtLO-vEj_c280eTTkCrE11DHigFj9yt/s400/toal+photos.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 248px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Beginning in 2004, he began to paint the trees in oil, one by one. Inspired by William Beckman and Chuck Close, he co-opted dead-center compositions and in his words " exchanged the egocentrism of human self-portraiture for the ego centrism of arboreal portraiture."<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggewiNDTOdMKE2dtv_LABotP3xZwxPr5Oam9pbjQROuBFsTYNu3UYQ_l04tdeUhBP6Np6SgUlK2_ypRALmSHI4RQPQFBdhe_mG5Y5tnbs7G3VKhyphenhyphenh-r2gH_jutWoh7UN5ecV5GyH3yZKVQ/s1600/TOAL+image2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643417961169575682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggewiNDTOdMKE2dtv_LABotP3xZwxPr5Oam9pbjQROuBFsTYNu3UYQ_l04tdeUhBP6Np6SgUlK2_ypRALmSHI4RQPQFBdhe_mG5Y5tnbs7G3VKhyphenhyphenh-r2gH_jutWoh7UN5ecV5GyH3yZKVQ/s400/TOAL+image2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 496px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />From life, drawings, oil sketches and photos, Trey transferred an initial drawing, using a grid as a guide, laying in paint square by square with a tiny brush on smooth primed canvas or cradled woodboard panels.<br /><br /><br /><br />Grid Sketches:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kZOuXgMVUJD5f6BggYzz5iSTOD94STd3gIjV9z3uG408AYA1ltJwuLVNnxx1OYV5Oafh7O555Uc6EgjMQWnoHhAzILjmkA02jxJRmamBRll5zCAaSIme7t3CIhdKgExwr-BSKk0WH953/s1600/toal+sketch.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643415590034951010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kZOuXgMVUJD5f6BggYzz5iSTOD94STd3gIjV9z3uG408AYA1ltJwuLVNnxx1OYV5Oafh7O555Uc6EgjMQWnoHhAzILjmkA02jxJRmamBRll5zCAaSIme7t3CIhdKgExwr-BSKk0WH953/s400/toal+sketch.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 345px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBG4KYn63tgppvON_1tycyPqV2WwU3w1WstsQdB-0PeuSjbqJmJ55ikh9UliP9d8ekmBAVKNxXzF1zy__XPG5bL2CQP7KEfHlWle8nhC2zFVpJej1AVWsZdg9vnChmD-zK_jorXsH2bdkb/s1600/toal+sketch2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643415515487953730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBG4KYn63tgppvON_1tycyPqV2WwU3w1WstsQdB-0PeuSjbqJmJ55ikh9UliP9d8ekmBAVKNxXzF1zy__XPG5bL2CQP7KEfHlWle8nhC2zFVpJej1AVWsZdg9vnChmD-zK_jorXsH2bdkb/s400/toal+sketch2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 348px;" /></a><br /><br />and next to the final art (shown larger later in the post):<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yuj8n6bZanoLpU3lUktJfAk4RSxZdgZzRBRDZmlNetvWjmqX2OTx4gbOkVxG-TGnvnPZcC6t1IYcwx6FwG1Ml0owwAMj6sye2mcrX2IxMoRaaD7rnnGKJPQ4X1W51ZnXeQuyG-dLVys6/s1600/TOAL-hero2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644097866432547122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yuj8n6bZanoLpU3lUktJfAk4RSxZdgZzRBRDZmlNetvWjmqX2OTx4gbOkVxG-TGnvnPZcC6t1IYcwx6FwG1Ml0owwAMj6sye2mcrX2IxMoRaaD7rnnGKJPQ4X1W51ZnXeQuyG-dLVys6/s400/TOAL-hero2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 177px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8FDJJjWos01KquXhqEav-C52B_zpkeUtLeRnJ51EEDre3OEwCTX_k5-BOHTp57UI_PvzpHasTwv6GA7IuDRtNimp5uZr9nBtErRIMb2jtGqfMny8tYB8ILG0jMWwSlaD-ceB-LVu5bK9/s1600/toal-sketch-%2526-painting.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644097708914996530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8FDJJjWos01KquXhqEav-C52B_zpkeUtLeRnJ51EEDre3OEwCTX_k5-BOHTp57UI_PvzpHasTwv6GA7IuDRtNimp5uZr9nBtErRIMb2jtGqfMny8tYB8ILG0jMWwSlaD-ceB-LVu5bK9/s400/toal-sketch-%2526-painting.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 179px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Charcoal Drawings and studies:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUfeXI0-_SaWh8cTvU7RuBWfw1PVLSwDTFB3n-fhuRApRa7bdA2hZCsd3Ll7LMQAmq6FToA1MuTEqKVSd6B6kMyQLGZqQ_bxwCCiemcrUkcpbj-e_pypMVwvh73Zc_WqsH2DWWwW4MTaC/s1600/Toal+charcoal+drawing.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643416174065460434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUfeXI0-_SaWh8cTvU7RuBWfw1PVLSwDTFB3n-fhuRApRa7bdA2hZCsd3Ll7LMQAmq6FToA1MuTEqKVSd6B6kMyQLGZqQ_bxwCCiemcrUkcpbj-e_pypMVwvh73Zc_WqsH2DWWwW4MTaC/s400/Toal+charcoal+drawing.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 369px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdosSqK89fBIDygUjdK5Mvn-hJixBauw-F9WlAQEXse7MncrMqP9E08Hpx1PuZHMe6SvPe3Yv-uWafkE5HHfgho29YiCUoajG3cWRji84Ls0OEjA9Wkc7jCtDw3YEIxCNi_EDZ2FRzCXNH/s1600/toal+charcoal+drawing2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643416080431421426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdosSqK89fBIDygUjdK5Mvn-hJixBauw-F9WlAQEXse7MncrMqP9E08Hpx1PuZHMe6SvPe3Yv-uWafkE5HHfgho29YiCUoajG3cWRji84Ls0OEjA9Wkc7jCtDw3YEIxCNi_EDZ2FRzCXNH/s400/toal+charcoal+drawing2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 370px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Averaging 24 x 32 inches, the paintings are rendered in a photographically realist manner. After three months of drying, Trey applied one to five layers of color glazes (with two weeks time between each glaze) to get the light and texture just right.<br /><br /><br /><br />It's hard to believe the following are paintings and not photographs:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNYBg7oD10Im-gtZDOjjUxIN0DIWCYNBRfyJFGaOYaPQK6beUoA8S4FVrIPFChoB2uQWP_0jMYmd8Y33JrulqczAbeMbxVDiXSpaf4tVbCFKrdqzzzWicRPymvCBLc6mt1ZUAWVJhe23N/s1600/TF-114-Trees-on-a-Line-152.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643420138003458034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNYBg7oD10Im-gtZDOjjUxIN0DIWCYNBRfyJFGaOYaPQK6beUoA8S4FVrIPFChoB2uQWP_0jMYmd8Y33JrulqczAbeMbxVDiXSpaf4tVbCFKrdqzzzWicRPymvCBLc6mt1ZUAWVJhe23N/s400/TF-114-Trees-on-a-Line-152.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 477px; height: 478px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9sDPOG8mm6GsOw64NUR3tl-JIlbV7j_Aq-RyG0Bo-8mb7w-ToUGqc3rgviz284iMj2UYTQHWFvxfvqQ1G6p8ugFpYeCNrgusqTKhjwU-JKvA7yxyJx30-D4rJoIHrEbFPTfUCBGMvy9g/s1600/TF-105-Trees-On-A-Line-33-.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643421718134796658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9sDPOG8mm6GsOw64NUR3tl-JIlbV7j_Aq-RyG0Bo-8mb7w-ToUGqc3rgviz284iMj2UYTQHWFvxfvqQ1G6p8ugFpYeCNrgusqTKhjwU-JKvA7yxyJx30-D4rJoIHrEbFPTfUCBGMvy9g/s400/TF-105-Trees-On-A-Line-33-.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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The Oil Paintings and Pastels of Contemporary Artist Susan Bennerstrom

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5OQG8NbPFlTFfQFAQR9-iWMDGjwWoq_pjde9LTgmwcnbu4jEp7hDXJuzXfBKM7Fh9G_hQuv3SoRT0z8lVeRkoNDzU1j8qZDN5desPpNHe9b45fgHHRfKtExOZ7dYtxx-K_BsKxw4gTE/s1600/susan_bennerstrom_fort_mason_32x36.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624473161045376162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5OQG8NbPFlTFfQFAQR9-iWMDGjwWoq_pjde9LTgmwcnbu4jEp7hDXJuzXfBKM7Fh9G_hQuv3SoRT0z8lVeRkoNDzU1j8qZDN5desPpNHe9b45fgHHRfKtExOZ7dYtxx-K_BsKxw4gTE/s400/susan_bennerstrom_fort_mason_32x36.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 472px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Susan Bennerstrom, Fort Mason, 32" x 36", oil painting</span><br /><br />Artist <a href="http://www.susanbennerstrom.com/">Susan Bennerstrom</a> began working in pastels and then moved to oil paints in 2008, but her exploration with the depiction of light has continued despite the change in mediums as you will see in this collection of her works.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmglaN9wtE3R3FKl5Ze_tjUcH7Y8JqdOqsCG82N1EaspMp4EcmxhrXfeeVdJc4WoejrQgbFbgBfrF_ecD2Pl9KVWX5r954iHktK379lxhs95RQ8tn-fb6G_RDrGQneIK70eofxdvuPe2w/s1600/img_specs_expect-to-wait.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624483894812197250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmglaN9wtE3R3FKl5Ze_tjUcH7Y8JqdOqsCG82N1EaspMp4EcmxhrXfeeVdJc4WoejrQgbFbgBfrF_ecD2Pl9KVWX5r954iHktK379lxhs95RQ8tn-fb6G_RDrGQneIK70eofxdvuPe2w/s400/img_specs_expect-to-wait.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 437px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Susan Bennerstrom, Expect to Wait, 35" x 42" 2001, oil pastels</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJn1YHFt2njiW8PWPe-Y3ZO1ttaIkISYFCpxASGdvCbz6rjXhHwBGiePMxsWXgWdtfhEdgVPs7aCILOfO45qyWb1wnxKgC74nuW-s5qj2_tgq4ymlW1x893nEA2CvzvyHOul6sdMtOKao/s1600/susan_bennerstrom_still_waiting_20x24.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624484740374086258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJn1YHFt2njiW8PWPe-Y3ZO1ttaIkISYFCpxASGdvCbz6rjXhHwBGiePMxsWXgWdtfhEdgVPs7aCILOfO45qyWb1wnxKgC74nuW-s5qj2_tgq4ymlW1x893nEA2CvzvyHOul6sdMtOKao/s400/susan_bennerstrom_still_waiting_20x24.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 439px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Susan Bennerstrom, Still Waiting, 2010, 20" x 24", oil paint on panel</span><br /><br />With strong plays of light, shadow and reflections, her works seem to imply either anticipation or expectation - and in some cases, absence. Despite the presence of the human figure in her work, the narrative suggests that one is either coming or has been there.<br /><br />While she continues to paint interiors and objects, recently she added paintings of buildings within landscapes, to her repertoire. Focusing on the structures rather than the environment, she imbues them with the haunting light of dusk or dawn.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZFl7RrUKTYmt8soD4AcJ1wH1Rp1Mdf07UDhI2XytotYbuJWjcn7Wuzr0hNABCKwQ6RB8u_VMeyDgnFP_nSoUGWBnCYRqWn5fg5rSI32-AYgFGWlhtiq9KUG6uZej5D22o4IhOagrdAU/s1600/susan_bennerstrom_georgtown_32x36.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624474078634565954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZFl7RrUKTYmt8soD4AcJ1wH1Rp1Mdf07UDhI2XytotYbuJWjcn7Wuzr0hNABCKwQ6RB8u_VMeyDgnFP_nSoUGWBnCYRqWn5fg5rSI32-AYgFGWlhtiq9KUG6uZej5D22o4IhOagrdAU/s400/susan_bennerstrom_georgtown_32x36.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 467px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Susan Bennerstrom, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Georgetown, 32" x 36", oil painting</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWnRqYUc2ypX06DFCB0WmssU2-i4WBFhlGeO-jcN3s9RmUAfVFN9e5mMKKtu6gXo9CCCyOOqfPhmwtTNJwlXp0Gc3pO-OUEorCp_SDHoVORBqZ1VT-vXsijq8IglaF08dzaWYbJlMcis/s1600/susan_bennerstrom_stove_32x36.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624473984559033746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWnRqYUc2ypX06DFCB0WmssU2-i4WBFhlGeO-jcN3s9RmUAfVFN9e5mMKKtu6gXo9CCCyOOqfPhmwtTNJwlXp0Gc3pO-OUEorCp_SDHoVORBqZ1VT-vXsijq8IglaF08dzaWYbJlMcis/s400/susan_bennerstrom_stove_32x36.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 472px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Susan Bennerstrom, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Stove, 32" x 36", oil painting</span><br /><br />Lonely hallways, inviting stairwells, unmade beds, doors ajar, empty chairs and open windows offer a hint of the human presence in many of her works. Below are just a few of my favorites.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY5XLQT4y7QofOgowZe0g3h7WVhqnAY_dOZ7Vms0SfHrdSXSTGl_aVuPO3nKmyYwj2v1K-Mlmu0aqqPnn4XRBIGvjzCmYTP6wsiosQQUj05zbidY5soJiGCxxjfVJJCaCdv-S2-nwOsE/s1600/img_specs_meeting-room.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624488405235019362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY5XLQT4y7QofOgowZe0g3h7WVhqnAY_dOZ7Vms0SfHrdSXSTGl_aVuPO3nKmyYwj2v1K-Mlmu0aqqPnn4XRBIGvjzCmYTP6wsiosQQUj05zbidY5soJiGCxxjfVJJCaCdv-S2-nwOsE/s400/img_specs_meeting-room.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 473px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL1THGDxp5hR9QbDeDZKyMvfFXNtFVjPKx6R4rlNzYkREGKuYr_JTA7zuOa3XQ_Z8NB6mDZHoiYswre8Mc6Q773IlJBqyr3S-VOOA6QqMx-4WNHW_MlJsPs7lwpq9Lp1Fb5Ve1KJJK-k/s1600/img_specs_lemon-mat.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624488322701463730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL1THGDxp5hR9QbDeDZKyMvfFXNtFVjPKx6R4rlNzYkREGKuYr_JTA7zuOa3XQ_Z8NB6mDZHoiYswre8Mc6Q773IlJBqyr3S-VOOA6QqMx-4WNHW_MlJsPs7lwpq9Lp1Fb5Ve1KJJK-k/s400/img_specs_lemon-mat.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 539px; height: 470px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjry2dsJA6nH1KUvIjwdEzrZphoJlr4h912fq9v8q6Gx8iJWKOB6T9XTyb1MJCHNtYU5bkOnS-hArgmaEzcRU6H7Pxaq05tU6xnFzNYH93-FL3HoxUetri3fjK2eXaxhvG93kCAQMxQLjg/s1600/img_specs_white_city_dog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624488856961052002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjry2dsJA6nH1KUvIjwdEzrZphoJlr4h912fq9v8q6Gx8iJWKOB6T9XTyb1MJCHNtYU5bkOnS-hArgmaEzcRU6H7Pxaq05tU6xnFzNYH93-FL3HoxUetri3fjK2eXaxhvG93kCAQMxQLjg/s400/img_specs_white_city_dog.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 442px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Susan Bennerstrom:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVHABn-t9axAoaEos3Ifu4IO0vcoK10Of8DHj84Ttgs90hbTP78He0RgGSl-bwWHiXAyCMzE38QpQCISb7u1sNjdKm9EEuhik3Ob_mI68akOEpSZw8-GQQ05gTnylBj1a5IWEsPl-4iI/s1600/mebydavid.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624490447112744498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVHABn-t9axAoaEos3Ifu4IO0vcoK10Of8DHj84Ttgs90hbTP78He0RgGSl-bwWHiXAyCMzE38QpQCISb7u1sNjdKm9EEuhik3Ob_mI68akOEpSZw8-GQQ05gTnylBj1a5IWEsPl-4iI/s400/mebydavid.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 474px; height: 613px;" /></a><br /><br />In the artist's own words:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"Since the early 1980’s my main theme has been the exploration and depiction of light. I began with landscape as a foil. Gradually, buildings started to enter the compositions, at first far away and tiny, then closer and larger, until the buildings became the main focus and the landscape shrank. Finally, I concentrated on details of the buildings and the objects within them. Always, however, the structures and objects are stage sets for light with its transformative power and ability to affect emotions. I rarely put figures in my paintings, as I find that they tend to take over; I prefer to let light and shadow imply the narrative and carry the emotional weight. In addition to the dearth of human figures, I also choose to paint quite ordinary scenes, and for the same reason: by focusing on the easily ignorable architectural detail, washbasin, household appliance, piece of furniture, or houseplant, I like to explore how a fall of light can turn a humble item into something poignant and worthy of lasting attention.<br /><br />I don’t think of myself as a realist painter in the currently accepted sense. I work from photographs, which are themselves abstractions – one step removed from reality. I travel further into abstraction by removing details, shifting things around, changing perspective, exaggerating the quality, color, and direction of light, investing the shadows with greater emotional intensity. The paintings wander far afield of straightforward observations of reality, and instead become my own emotional response to the places and objects depicted.<br /><br />I have worked for many years in pastels, both chalk and oil. At the beginning of 2008 I laid pastels aside and began working in oil paint. Haven’t looked back. While I continue to love the look and feel of pastels, they presented problems: with chalks it was the dust, with oil pastels it was finding a durable and easy-to-use varnish. Now I’m at home with oil paint, and finally understand why it is the granddaddy of all art mediums."</span><br /><br />Susan is presently showing at the <a href="http://suegreenwoodfineart.com/">Sue Greenwood Fine Art Gallery.</a><br />You can see Susan's available works at the <a href="http://www.davidsongalleries.com/artists/bennerstrom/bennerstrom.php">Davidson Galleries</a>

The Oil Paintings and Pastels of Contemporary Artist Susan Bennerstrom

above: Susan Bennerstrom, Fort Mason, 32" x 36", oil painting Artist Susan Bennerstrom began working in pastels and then moved to...

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From Whistler to Warhol, Famous Artists Paint Their Mothers, Part One of Two.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTtrZwld5HipXbnCU0Y6pYftAJ5FZIHfdEKUlwnfpW0Pgn97YoSbe6HraxXWtXoxJXOzqTr6rMtRKtNhO8-nzTq5K4n9kcwlJSiElLRLaz0bDTZTaSugB4PskeGVQfe0-Mq1l7jvjNOtM/s1600/Mothers-part-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603805922003367874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTtrZwld5HipXbnCU0Y6pYftAJ5FZIHfdEKUlwnfpW0Pgn97YoSbe6HraxXWtXoxJXOzqTr6rMtRKtNhO8-nzTq5K4n9kcwlJSiElLRLaz0bDTZTaSugB4PskeGVQfe0-Mq1l7jvjNOtM/s400/Mothers-part-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><br />In honor of Mother's Day this coming Sunday, I thought I'd share with you several portraits of the female forebearers of various respected and well-known painters. The portraits range from the 15th century to the present* - excluding paintings of The Madonna, arguably the most famous of all mothers.<br /><br />Most artists, at one time or another, have painted a portrait of the woman from whose womb they sprang. Some are flattering, some are not and others are very personal or intimate -- yet all are an homage to the parent whose role we celebrate this Sunday, May 8th.<br /><br />There are so many, I'm breaking this up into two posts. Today I am featuring paintings of artists' mothers prior to the 20th century and tomorrow I will be featuring Part Two, more recent homages to Mom by such artists as Hopper, Dali, Hockney, and Warhol.<br /><br />A good place to start would be with the world's most well-known "Mother" artwork, that of by James McNeill Whistler, painted in 1871:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyCoDI_VhZzEG-51P9ZzwzDnYqSy-jG6j6ONzb6amllvfANaTKifa1x8FUYsEheq_FdrlqheyT0lvejOA44sVtJVNWMzw6D52EJQhpCppaSTvNye2LsfTWi4D0b5NUULd4MZ69xD8ZzMM/s1600/whistlers-mother.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602983036556288498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyCoDI_VhZzEG-51P9ZzwzDnYqSy-jG6j6ONzb6amllvfANaTKifa1x8FUYsEheq_FdrlqheyT0lvejOA44sVtJVNWMzw6D52EJQhpCppaSTvNye2LsfTWi4D0b5NUULd4MZ69xD8ZzMM/s400/whistlers-mother.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 379px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: James McNeill Whistler, Whistler's Mother 1871, Musée d'Orsay, Paris</span></span><br /><br />The following portraits are presented in chronological order from the earliest to the most recent. While it's true that many of these artists painted multiple sittings of their mothers (e.g. Lautrec, Cassat, and Cezanne), I chose to share those I found to be the most compelling.<br /><br />Albrecht Durer, portrait of Barbara Durere, the artist's mother, 1490:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9zLZnRICFiZ0ZZL0zy6MI6VmNw5uLya4MKIxqp5Vo-ErItyP3aCAX6tuxxhkk4M80fmTz3hnjXlJB7kVBxdqqFBJiWBn64KdaANV4wkfaNcnwYJc89iXrYECSBlWIk25lLKzZPtW3Q2_/s1600/Albrect+Durer+%25281471-1528%2529++Portrait+of+Barbara+Durere%252C+The+Artist%2527s+Mother+1490.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602986875330978354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9zLZnRICFiZ0ZZL0zy6MI6VmNw5uLya4MKIxqp5Vo-ErItyP3aCAX6tuxxhkk4M80fmTz3hnjXlJB7kVBxdqqFBJiWBn64KdaANV4wkfaNcnwYJc89iXrYECSBlWIk25lLKzZPtW3Q2_/s400/Albrect+Durer+%25281471-1528%2529++Portrait+of+Barbara+Durere%252C+The+Artist%2527s+Mother+1490.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 692px;" /></a><br />Guido Reni, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1612:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKwxr1nnymzTZ92ZbC3_sJ7yZ0Qt9CxeeQmxzRj0CjWq5BEIHdTKxDZwJK0U_YQtwxhdIIqVK9miIiT4bv3M_bX71oJFcQ9tehhUnZhMwWE53YE759vfX17bRNDtGDcG5ckrzRM56raTq/s1600/Portrait_of_the_artist%2527s_mother%2528Reni%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603771977907725026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKwxr1nnymzTZ92ZbC3_sJ7yZ0Qt9CxeeQmxzRj0CjWq5BEIHdTKxDZwJK0U_YQtwxhdIIqVK9miIiT4bv3M_bX71oJFcQ9tehhUnZhMwWE53YE759vfX17bRNDtGDcG5ckrzRM56raTq/s400/Portrait_of_the_artist%2527s_mother%2528Reni%2529.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 662px;" /></a><br />Rembrandt, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1630:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SiMhpqjc4wStKH103MTQ6oE4CrFGrpypD34sRSKq92q4Eb0GtXi1fxssHJlVcNzSTqzLTYjq-HqDtE-noIjkGrWyQ95MUh0QOw0j5DngmSSShv-lLaXJiJw3y7JvkQ5oD33dUMqRkouj/s1600/Portrait_of_Mother_of_Rembrandt1630.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603765109243956930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SiMhpqjc4wStKH103MTQ6oE4CrFGrpypD34sRSKq92q4Eb0GtXi1fxssHJlVcNzSTqzLTYjq-HqDtE-noIjkGrWyQ95MUh0QOw0j5DngmSSShv-lLaXJiJw3y7JvkQ5oD33dUMqRkouj/s400/Portrait_of_Mother_of_Rembrandt1630.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 662px;" /></a><br />Sir Thomas Lawrence, Portrait (sketch) of Lucy Lawrence, the Artist's mother, 1797:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw46b6d9v22mAtOarCrvF63dVVf1vtl1LNAzqRUB6ZiN-q7WFBBtokkl0clXxGuaTmfuBxzTyfSkn33nubimT89WVGCcjWAS4oBuhkRxkzSh1WWeynvav8jqzG0AGSNnQYafohQoKAy9Hj/s1600/sir+thomas+lawrence+mother+1797.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603788060862106850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw46b6d9v22mAtOarCrvF63dVVf1vtl1LNAzqRUB6ZiN-q7WFBBtokkl0clXxGuaTmfuBxzTyfSkn33nubimT89WVGCcjWAS4oBuhkRxkzSh1WWeynvav8jqzG0AGSNnQYafohQoKAy9Hj/s400/sir+thomas+lawrence+mother+1797.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 576px;" /></a><br />Alfred Rethel, portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1836:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL06I79KU70hyphenhyphenpBwbGpE-C2SyN1gXdsk5mkHr_7OHzrg_aSyP70U26a-gZc27jgOF0XDKkyl4NUiQGdIrjHFvbOY5UGhLltPDDcu9NTDV2F__DY9I8rWk8K5B5_asLukxvLQrSBp3HFBzP/s1600/AlfredRethel_1301820964.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604051841866390130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL06I79KU70hyphenhyphenpBwbGpE-C2SyN1gXdsk5mkHr_7OHzrg_aSyP70U26a-gZc27jgOF0XDKkyl4NUiQGdIrjHFvbOY5UGhLltPDDcu9NTDV2F__DY9I8rWk8K5B5_asLukxvLQrSBp3HFBzP/s400/AlfredRethel_1301820964.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 686px;" /></a><br />Camille Corot, Madame Corot, the Artist's Mother, Born Marie-Francoise Oberson, 1838:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLLhBQ62l_IM9kFei2dvZFPduovwfuZYXd8l5IQrEfhFVDttT-reatrU5KIlrxcyLI8-4Vptd6E8E0frX6vkrPjUwndV6W93LhuaVM11nwrRvWOGaTwVoqGggULHCzAANEb7yEwyhPCWk/s1600/camille+corot.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603754909785311634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLLhBQ62l_IM9kFei2dvZFPduovwfuZYXd8l5IQrEfhFVDttT-reatrU5KIlrxcyLI8-4Vptd6E8E0frX6vkrPjUwndV6W93LhuaVM11nwrRvWOGaTwVoqGggULHCzAANEb7yEwyhPCWk/s400/camille+corot.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 682px;" /></a><br />Pierre Renoir, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1860:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTR6C-wGKY1BgHaSLsvRRKAh_6oTdoekZk7J6D9G4K2zbwUePW391Bdohj70IfIu5LjO2RPuwm1t5zaKqJQ1mWB3aoWsDGJbpnRlIvMOUFiCeMA7ICZQfYj3MALaIc8Bebufa3Tg0G05_/s1600/Pierre+Renoir-793429.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603753748558987010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTR6C-wGKY1BgHaSLsvRRKAh_6oTdoekZk7J6D9G4K2zbwUePW391Bdohj70IfIu5LjO2RPuwm1t5zaKqJQ1mWB3aoWsDGJbpnRlIvMOUFiCeMA7ICZQfYj3MALaIc8Bebufa3Tg0G05_/s400/Pierre+Renoir-793429.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 662px;" /></a><br />Paul Cezanne, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1866-67:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIi_ngzVuWEfSH1lHhwcjfRCKhqtnAzvuZmom9JuQOkAXcn_W6OpenZR8byU9DzTipNVcJouG2i10ITNAz-2iz74qf9oalaywHPU4z-eDwFL7M5W3qyS2czWG9sHgSNQC5S5-WUjYz0rnz/s1600/Paul-Cezanne-XX-The-Artist%2527s-Mother-1866-1867.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603764157739278962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIi_ngzVuWEfSH1lHhwcjfRCKhqtnAzvuZmom9JuQOkAXcn_W6OpenZR8byU9DzTipNVcJouG2i10ITNAz-2iz74qf9oalaywHPU4z-eDwFL7M5W3qyS2czWG9sHgSNQC5S5-WUjYz0rnz/s400/Paul-Cezanne-XX-The-Artist%2527s-Mother-1866-1867.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 743px;" /></a><br />Mary Cassat, the Artist's Mother reading Le Figaro, 1878:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvc31u7siwttTMCElhmR68SRySbkliE3mDbo0agJhPSj8fB18i4257jQ1RmTSF-dmeIENEdqFeY1hfpJ2Z5ccnXK6WKXdKmEDNq4gmhFMoWIgaiATxK03cS3oglPafSxb6TV5V4g7Iep2A/s1600/f_Reading+Le+Figaro+%2528Portrait+of+the+Artist%2527s+Mother%2529+1878.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603765974961729202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvc31u7siwttTMCElhmR68SRySbkliE3mDbo0agJhPSj8fB18i4257jQ1RmTSF-dmeIENEdqFeY1hfpJ2Z5ccnXK6WKXdKmEDNq4gmhFMoWIgaiATxK03cS3oglPafSxb6TV5V4g7Iep2A/s400/f_Reading+Le+Figaro+%2528Portrait+of+the+Artist%2527s+Mother%2529+1878.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 595px;" /></a><br />Edouard Manet, Mother in the garden at Bellevue, 1880:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrpsuSWf7MfhNib9Rjqf9CL_fsvh8-z2yqoDuUiWphEZiOdVj2dSihMhjjGkxtOt50st6Ua3B06YQy15dajjTjDdJRKE_HC1vg0KP2SHrIzAcANdzcmfjt-PWxQIX4IhZJLb3RP9J9uwn/s1600/eduoard+manet+1880+mother+in+the+garden+at+bellevue.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603762050530815410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrpsuSWf7MfhNib9Rjqf9CL_fsvh8-z2yqoDuUiWphEZiOdVj2dSihMhjjGkxtOt50st6Ua3B06YQy15dajjTjDdJRKE_HC1vg0KP2SHrIzAcANdzcmfjt-PWxQIX4IhZJLb3RP9J9uwn/s400/eduoard+manet+1880+mother+in+the+garden+at+bellevue.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 678px;" /></a><br />Georges Seurat, Aquatint of the artist's mother, 1883:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nR4ZVeQi4V56v25pENUBqGyzPL62NsD6hUvnwcrKN8_QkwlNRzKld-WZpiMbu88E1GX3kLqDFt1hX7W-EyzyvZlImi_uaYIsEqPL_DLGWV1RVfgTTxp3AbO8eRTsS4B318R56jk2HmBx/s1600/the-artist-s-mother-1883+seurat.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603769869208828674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nR4ZVeQi4V56v25pENUBqGyzPL62NsD6hUvnwcrKN8_QkwlNRzKld-WZpiMbu88E1GX3kLqDFt1hX7W-EyzyvZlImi_uaYIsEqPL_DLGWV1RVfgTTxp3AbO8eRTsS4B318R56jk2HmBx/s400/the-artist-s-mother-1883+seurat.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 678px;" /></a><br />Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Countess Adele Zoe de Toulouse Lautrec, The Artist's Mother, 1883:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL8eWky_BPRdOVaTsd-98L0_lbho8dxcDgz0LCIlBba0IEYHJYfTwN7LMCtTIURwlxKpzVFWHHEtMZ__I2gZDf_ImKe96_UxE_iZyfNzitz72tEMTz1oph5HkSLuf0cz9gXmTkwSUsrFl/s1600/HTL%252C+1883.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603790760323502178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL8eWky_BPRdOVaTsd-98L0_lbho8dxcDgz0LCIlBba0IEYHJYfTwN7LMCtTIURwlxKpzVFWHHEtMZ__I2gZDf_ImKe96_UxE_iZyfNzitz72tEMTz1oph5HkSLuf0cz9gXmTkwSUsrFl/s400/HTL%252C+1883.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 608px;" /></a><br />Vincent Van Gogh, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, October, 1888:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkyq_4B-CHL3sDDc3GJtIPcJ8_BU-drNHOP2_da2OKO656GZAPYaZPNvRbpEdprJW7l35ZL87aD3rDRRl7zDMJS9jz8BI3M2YL8fSnE9ngd_LEJoZy3Ajf88MBXw4AbloSu4sorxkNno5/s1600/t_Van+Gogh+-+Portrait+of+the+mother+of+the+artist.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603763707548424242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkyq_4B-CHL3sDDc3GJtIPcJ8_BU-drNHOP2_da2OKO656GZAPYaZPNvRbpEdprJW7l35ZL87aD3rDRRl7zDMJS9jz8BI3M2YL8fSnE9ngd_LEJoZy3Ajf88MBXw4AbloSu4sorxkNno5/s400/t_Van+Gogh+-+Portrait+of+the+mother+of+the+artist.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 657px;" /></a><br />Paul Gauguin, Portrait of Aline Gauguin, 1890:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8y1ZzYaKauZbdJ4LxediNn6GciH4urjVlGuiGpRqNuaLcvJ9JTwgB34xAaHOThLFToEQ2rgMBwQwJE9b96V75Q52y-xY9vD3_sGHpsh2ve7_iSNDkFbyzqRZvJCLKdtn2_Q6neqGRt7t/s1600/Paul+Gauguin%2527s+mother.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603763588423257842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8y1ZzYaKauZbdJ4LxediNn6GciH4urjVlGuiGpRqNuaLcvJ9JTwgB34xAaHOThLFToEQ2rgMBwQwJE9b96V75Q52y-xY9vD3_sGHpsh2ve7_iSNDkFbyzqRZvJCLKdtn2_Q6neqGRt7t/s400/Paul+Gauguin%2527s+mother.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 658px;" /></a><br />Pablo Picasso, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1896:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCyt7iHdiuhKjv-XHRHY9OoXyqhPAUpI2tRTiQKhGfpg7QTB9agkr7Y-ZwZOfzxggMoqW0Rdu8Dj8qJ3kijafOZT48rs1CTgoxu13GQ0a420IWskrBi9CsDgKQJYh4SEcGdjfPqns7GbC/s1600/picasso%2527s+mother+1896.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603764746744073650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCyt7iHdiuhKjv-XHRHY9OoXyqhPAUpI2tRTiQKhGfpg7QTB9agkr7Y-ZwZOfzxggMoqW0Rdu8Dj8qJ3kijafOZT48rs1CTgoxu13GQ0a420IWskrBi9CsDgKQJYh4SEcGdjfPqns7GbC/s400/picasso%2527s+mother+1896.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 726px;" /></a><br />Edvard Much, The Dead Mother (the artist's mother died when he was five from tuberculosis), 1899:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrvXh9sHW7-mkZ-83YSjUG1zrU1wiChz40uXlsZ_7bUguso2b4GEEaC5qZom-_RsfNzVd_XPKKesxObY6mWds3DW9-jYlSbH5hdwUQLyT6ekHeUy44XsBP-Qd0g4WAWOwBTBaH-NAwLKn/s1600/edvard-munch-the-dead-mother-1899.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603765537715857122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrvXh9sHW7-mkZ-83YSjUG1zrU1wiChz40uXlsZ_7bUguso2b4GEEaC5qZom-_RsfNzVd_XPKKesxObY6mWds3DW9-jYlSbH5hdwUQLyT6ekHeUy44XsBP-Qd0g4WAWOwBTBaH-NAwLKn/s400/edvard-munch-the-dead-mother-1899.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 636px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*You will note there are very few, if any, portraits artist's mothers in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries because so much art at that time was dominated by religious paintings and portraits commissioned by the wealthy.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PART TWO TOMORROW</span></span><br />Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see Part Two, 20th and 21st century artists like Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, and David Hockney's portraits of their mothers.

From Whistler to Warhol, Famous Artists Paint Their Mothers, Part One of Two.

In honor of Mother's Day this coming Sunday, I thought I'd share with you several portraits of the female forebearers of various res...

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