Bøger af Gary Lee Kvamme

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

A proponent of the California Style of watercolor painting, Milford Zornes worked for nearly one hundred years documenting with his vivid colors, expansive brushstrokes, and abstract interpretations the beauty and evolution of California's landscape as well as Hawaii, Mexico, Alaska, South America, and Europe. He was also an avid teacher, helping to mentor young artists at schools including University of California at Santa Barbara, Pomona College, Otis Art Institute, and Riverside Art Center.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of watercolor paintings by Zornes utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Frank Tenney Johnson was among the most reflective, introspective artists ever to portray the West.Johnson was an excellent draftsman. He used the best materials available to an artist. As did others, Johnson painted with brush, knife and fingers. Above all, Johnson painted scenes of the West that were tableau-like; he rendered romantic, poetic Western genre scenes that differed entirely from the stop-action, narrative works of his contemporaries, Charles Marion Russell and Frederic Remington. Johnson painted scenes that reflected his preference for nonviolent subjects, scenes that showed the cowboy, the Indian or the Spanish settler in a pastoral context. Among these quiet, philosophical canvases two types stand out: his paintings of horses and his luminous night scenes.Since his death in 1939 his paintings have grown steadily in popularity and have been found to be a primary and constant source of inspiration to succeeding generations of painters.

Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel was a plein air painter in watercolors and oils who lived and worked with her artist husband Elmer Wachtel in the Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, California, in the early 20th century. She painted primarily landscapes of the dramatic Californian and Southwestern terrain. Her work was valued in her own day, and her works were exhibited across the United States.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Wachtel utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Living for many years on the Monterey Peninsula, Mary DeNeale Morgan was a prolific painter in oil, watercolor, and pastels of the region's geography and historic architecture. Among her paintings were scenes with cypress trees, sand dunes, adobe structures and ocean views.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by M. DeNeale Morgan utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Hiroshige's sole teacher was nature. He was an arch-impressionist. In special atmospheric effects, such as moonlight, snow, mist and rain, he achieved a variety of effects that were unrivaled at the time. His work had a profound influence on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists of Europe: Toulouse-Lautrec was fascinated with Hiroshige's daring diagonal compositions and inventive use of perspective, Van Gogh literally copied two prints from Hiroshige's famed series, 100 Famous Views of Edo in oil paint. Utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement, the tired, timeworn woodblock prints by Hiroshige (1797-1858) are, in the present undertaking, painstakingly restored and re-energized with a vivid and palpable sense of their original freshness and immediacy.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

A new, vibrantly colorful array of impressionistic paintings of landmark sites of nineteenth century London.

Paul Dougherty was a painter of dramatic marine scenes and desert landscapes imbued with a certain poetic and romantic charm.His work is in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Joslyn Museum in Omaha; and the Fort Worth Museum in Texas as well as many other major museums.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Dougherty utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Frequently called "the last great American impressionist," Guy Carlton Wiggins made an essentially European mode of painting his own, basing his style on French Impressionism, distilled through the work of Childe Hassam and John Twachtman.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Guy Carleton Wiggins utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

Hiroshige's sole teacher was nature. He was an arch-impressionist. In special atmospheric effects, such as moonlight, snow, mist and rain, he achieved a variety of effects that were unrivaled at the time. His work had a profound influence on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists of Europe: Toulouse-Lautrec was fascinated with Hiroshige's daring diagonal compositions and inventive use of perspective, Van Gogh literally copied two prints from Hiroshige's famed series, 100 Famous Views of Edo in oil paint. Utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement, the tired, timeworn woodblock prints by Hiroshige (1797-1858) are, in the present undertaking, painstakingly restored and re-energized with a vivid and palpable sense of their original freshness and immediacy.

Largely a self-taught artist, Selden Connor Gile would spend most of his free time hiking and sketching the hills near Oakland and Berkeley. Gile's home became a meeting place for like-minded artists, and Gile's hospitality was legendary. Banding with five other artists, Gile would be a member of one of the finest and most unique painting groups California had ever seen.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Selden Connor Gile utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Taut and tense. WWII in retrospect, distilled to an intriguing, haunting experience, food for thought in the Janus-faced modern world. Frank and heartfelt tale of counter-espionage set in southern France during the final months of WWII. A relatively inexperienced captain, Alger Hutton, is assigned by Army intelligence to the task of sending misinformation to the Nazis through a French collaborationist turned pro-ally. In spite of his effort to keep the contact impersonal, Hutton is attracted to the man and his family and drawn into their friendly circle. Then he meets a lovely young French woman who further complicates his life. The whole business ends in personal tragedy and leaves Hutton transformed from a likable, well-balanced, cheerful young officer into a calloused, heavily drinking vagabond in the space of seven short but eventful months.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

Robert Henri is to be remembered distinctly as a painter of portraits. Under his brush the likeness becomes a living reality. One carries away from an examination of his work the impression of "unpreparedness" on the sitter's part. The sincerity seen in his portraits is the result of a remarkable ability shown in painting the eyes. While, for the most part, he paints in a bold style, which by dashing strokes realizes a finish adapted to being viewed from a considerable distance, on the other hand his intelligence leads him to adapt his form of artistic expression to suit his sitter. He has no cut and dried style which is employed for all alike. Robert Henri represents, in his absolute sureness and brilliancy of technique, his restlessness and constant experimentation, his freshness and modernity, the present-day American.

This is an excellent array of Russian paintings fascinating in content and dazzling in style and technique. That they illustrate historical places and events are almost irrelevant for those places and those times have become dimmed in memory of most of us without history degrees. These paintings draw you in and make you want to find out their historical connections and meanings as well as make you want to find out about the artists who created them and the ones that intrigue you.It's a great introduction and armchair visit to Russia.

A new, vibrantly colorful array of impressionistic paintings of landmark sites of nineteenth century London.

In the format of a journal, Reilly, a carefree Jack Russell terrier, tells the story of a rather eventful day in his life in his own voice. He captivates old and young alike with his wit and ability to get away with virtually every canine antic imaginable without punishment. A must for every dog-lover.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

Hanson Puthuff painted the rolling hills, mountains, plains and valleys of California with an open, broad-stroked style, combining vibrant colors and subtle atmospheric perspective. He remains one of the most popular of the California plein air painters from the 20th Century.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Puthuff utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

Grayson was almost exactly my age and size, but she had something I lacked-a thin-lipped look of wolfish sah'jo. Her dark eyes were habitually slitted, and her mouth oddly off-center, always poised between a mirthless grin and a snarl. Her long hee'tahm vo'lahsy curled under at the base of her skull, and her rookahs were covered with heavy gold and silver rings. There was one for each yoo'bee and thumb, and all of them were set with knobby precious stones. Her lee'poys parted now, and her long white zoops showed plainly in the semi-darkness. "I was coming back to inspect my prizes," she said in a vo'cho like a fine-bladed saw chuckling through soft metal. "And look what I've found." The open mouth of her heavy, handmade side pistol pointed steadily between my eyes. "I find my erstwhile neighbor risen from the dead, and in the company of a crippled nepreeyah'tel and her lover. Indeed, my day is complete."

One of the leaders of California plein air painting and considered the Dean of the Santa Barbara painters, John Marshall Gamble exemplified the California tradition of painting the magnificent flowering landscape en plein air. He was an astute observer of nature and was inspired by the natural design created by the flowers along the hillsides and canyons.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Gamble utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

A new array of paintings combining loose, freewheeling brushwork with a minimal palette of colors to convey the vast and varied aspects of the First World War.

When he steals a top secret government paper and publishes it, Moo'rohn, a hard man with an impressive past and a dubious moral character, gets shipped off El'eeah to Rosh'nee with a "kee-roy bil-yet'ten" meaning he can't return. Now the authorities, called Sehkoor-eht'so, are going to let him lose on the unruly planet. Tsahm'bee, the main city, is run by a corrupt mayor, ruthless ba-zoos and a self-serving joon'sah force which shamelessly conducts systematic shakedowns. Moo'rohn comes in as a one-man wrecking crew guaranteed to bust things up and break some heads. Stark and gritty. A sci-fi world in which things get done with a large cast of reprobates and no real hero as such, for noble reasons, for justice, or because it is the means to the next meal.

Of the seventy or so American painters who visited the "Orient" after the Civil War (1861-1865), Frederick Arthur Bridgman stands out for the volume of his work and the number of trips he made. Bridgman particularly distinguished himself in the depiction of daily life in Algeria, which he first visited in 1872.During his first winter in Algiers, Bridgman began to explore contemporary North African life, for which he later became renowned. From courtyards to barbers, Bridgman noted all parts of this new life. The following winter, Bridgman traveled to Egypt where he busied himself depicting the streets of Cairo. He painted a few of the major Islamic monuments and some landscapes, but his true interest brought him back to contemporary lives of the Egyptians and Algerians.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Frederick Arthur Bridgman utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

John Emms was at his very best when he was painting dogs. His unique ability to capture the majesty of the hound coupled with the humor and mischief of the terrier was derived from an intimate knowledge of his subject, drawn from years of experience working with the dogs that he painted and studying their character and physiognomy both in kennel and studio.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by John Emms utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.