Tallahassee International

I am honored to have been chosen for the Tallahassee International Juried Competition this year.  Unfortunately, I did not get this post up in time and the exhibition is over.  The exhibition was a wonderful array of national and international work showing a huge variety of styles and ideas.  Free catalogues are still available at the museum.

The exhibition happens at Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, otherwise known as FSU MoFA.  This gem of a museum housed in a mid-century brutalist building with beautiful gardens both around and tucked inside of the museum is a must see if you visit or live in Tallahassee, Florida.  

Exciting things are happening at FSU MoFA and next year's Tallahassee International should be amazing as well.  If you are in the area check out their exhibitions. Both  Fallon Theatre and the Museum of Fine Arts share the building at 530/540 Call St. 

Above: Nest, Watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic and oil on paper. 20 x 20" 

Richard Clague and Louisiana Landscapes

I first saw Richard Clague's paintings at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge.  Each state has painters who specialize in landscapes of the state or region.  Suffice it to say Clague was very skilled as a painter and had a keen eye for detail and balance in the lush landscapes of Louisiana.

http://www.knowlouisiana.org/entry/richard-clague-jr

Richard Clague whose handsome self-portrait is above was a Louisiana painter born in Paris. 

Pastoral paintings of rural Louisiana and coastal lines were his specialty.

Clague's contemporaries like Marshall Smith and William Buck also painted Southern landscapes plein air or out in the open with their easels and oil paints. 

Above:

 Self-Portrait dedicated to his grandmother, Madame Pierre de la Roche of New Orleans, with an inscription which reads, “A ma chère Grand-Mère” (To My Dear Grandmother)

Farm in St. Tammany Parish 1951-1870

A short list of museums whose collections include Richard Clague: 

The New Orleans Museum of Art, the Historic New Orleans Collection, Louisiana State Museum and the Ogden Museum of Art.