What History Has Taught Me

The secret to a good painting is trust what you know.

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 From an artist’s perspective, fear can make you too careful, so trust what you know and work through it.

My favorite painters of Western art are Frank Tenney Johnson, Howard Terpning and Ernest Blumenschein.

The world’s best art school is the one that gave me my foundation—Art Students League of New York in New York City under Frank Reilly.

I enjoy learning and stealing from Frank Reilly, Antonio Mancini, Nicolai Fechin, John Singer Sargent and Anders Zorn.

The world’s most overrated art is bad art. Never overestimate the taste of the American public.