In this issue

Dedicated to Realism • Randall W. L. Mooers: Playing with Nature’s Forms • Tor-Arne Moen: Summer Pastimes • Maritime Life: Collector’s Focus: Marine Art
Sensational Shores • Collector’s Focus: Coastlines • The Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in the Midwest • Upcoming Solo & Group Shows from across the country

DEDICATED to REALISM

Mauricio González’s collection reflects his knowledge and passion for contemporary artwork.

4 mins

PLAYING WITH Nature's Forms

Randall W. L. Mooers paints contemporary still lifes that cause the viewer to pause and contemplate the scene.

4 mins

Summer Pastimes

RJD Gallery presents new works by Tor-Arne Moen that evoke memories of yesteryear.

4 mins

MARITIME LIFE

Growing up on the south shore of Boston, my brother and I developed a love for all things nautical from the lobster boats, dories and pleasure craft of our own time to the thriving shipbuilding hub of the 17th to 19th centuries.

6 mins

SENSATIONAL SHORES

When we think of Atlantic coastal scenes, we think of Maine, the Jersey Shore, Miami—seldom connecting these disparate shores to the continuous eastern coastline of North America, which is over 2,000 miles long.

3 mins

Luminous Adventures

Looking at artist David Dunlop’s body of work, one will instantly notice his fascination with the outdoors—both urban and rural—as his pieces range from impactful cityscapes to quiet waterways and meadows.

1 min

Flowers Bloomed

As people quieted and headed indoors during the global health crisis, the world outside was still stirring. Wildlife and nature awoke from the winter hibernation and brought forth new life, as it does season to season, year after year. In the new exhibition While We Were Still…Flowers Bloomed, Turner Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will pay tribute to the bountiful blossoms.

2 mins

Depicting Reality

Having a 30-year career in art direction, graphic design and illustration, Donna Slade has what she calls a “straightforward approach” to her contemporary realistic paintings. She observes her subjects closely, paying attention to all the details and aims to “capture and portray the ‘real’ and not the ‘ideal.’”

2 mins

Artistic Harmony

In the late 1980s, artist Stephen Jesic found he was captivated by the colors and vibrancy of Australian birds and added them to his oeuvre of still lifes and landscapes.

2 mins

Allegorical Realism

Florida-based artist Kevin Grass blends photorealism and Flemish painting techniques in his allegorical paintings.

2 mins

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American Art Collector Magazine Description:

Previewing upcoming art exhibitions from coast to coast, American Art Collector is a unique monthly magazine specially designed to bring living representational artists, galleries and active art collectors together in one place.