Böcker av Gary Lee Kvamme

James Swinnerton is certainly one of those painters who found their happiness in the vast, arid, and bewildering desert. For many artists, like Conrad Buff, Maynard Dixon, Clyde Forsythe, Fernand Lungren, Robert Rishell-the desert inspired artistic enlightenment. The abundant beauty that existed in the quiet of the desert became their muse.Swinnerton loved the austerity of the desert. In his paintings he captures the same loneliness that Edward Hopper has in his cityscapes.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by James Swinnerton utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Carl Sammons was one of the more notable early California Impressionists. His best-known subjects include California landscapes and coastal scenes. While much of his work was done in California, he also traveled and painted throughout the Western region, including sites in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. He was a critical and commercial success in the 1920s and a commercial success again in the 1950s.Carl Sammons' lack of recognition today may be due to several reasons. First, unlike many of his more renowned colleagues, Sammons chose to limit the amount of time and effort he spent vigorously promoting his art. He didn't participate in many public or juried exhibits; preferring to sell his paintings through galleries, private exhibits, and personal contacts. Sammons felt painting wasn't a competitive endeavor but an act of creation in which each artist expressed his interpretation, each equally valid, with the ultimate verdict lying in the hands of the purchaser of the painting. However, by not participating in juried exhibits, he excluded himself from the possibility of winning awards, another way that artists gain historical recognition. Sammons was a very private man, and he chose not to participate in many of the same activities that his peers did. Therefore, many of the records that art historians normally look at to support an artist's place in history do not exist for him.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Carl Sammons utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Alson Skinner Clark remained steeped in the Impressionist tradition throughout his life. He appears to have been painfully aware of the ever-increasing mark that Modernism was leaving on the Western world's artistic landscape, but he remained an Impressionist at heart. What separated Clark from many of the painters of the day was his extensive training at the top art academies in New York, Chicago, and Paris. James McNeill Whistler and William Merritt Chase were two artists that Clark was particularly enamored with. Additionally, he travelled extensively in his search for fresh and unique subject matter. Although he called California home in the latter years of his life, Clark painted extensively in New England, New York, South Carolina, Illinois, Canada, England, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Panama, Mexico, and Croatia (formerly Dalmatia).The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Alson Skinner Clark utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Si Chen Yuan was a Western-style painter who happened to grow up in China and made an important contribution to the art of Carmel. He is renowned for his modernist landscape paintings.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Yuan utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Paul Lauritz was a Norwegian-born noted Southern California painter. His diverse subjects include desert scenes, portraits, snow scenes, marines and landscapes. His work is in the permanent collections of the Crocker Art Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is represented at The Irvine Museum and San Diego Museum of Art.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Paul Lauritz utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

William Ritschel was primarily known for his marine and coastal views of the Carmel area. A talented and successful early California artist, his paintings still evoke a strong emotional response. Using impressionistic lighting effects to create scenes that varied from quiet moonlit shores to dramatic, violent ocean storms, Ritschel had a remarkable ability to convey a particular mood or atmosphere.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Ritschel utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

George Gardner Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did panoramic views.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by George Gardner Symons utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Ferdinand Burgdorff is known for his romantic landscape paintings of the Monterey Peninsula and the desert Southwest. His paintings are in the collections of the De Young Museum, San Francisco, the Oakland Museum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, among many others.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Burgdorff utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Porfirio Salinas dedicated himself to painting landscapes of Central Texas with particular attention to the bluebonnets that grow in abundance in the springtime.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Salinas utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Walter Ufer was a colorful personality. He was a generous, outspoken man with a sensitive social conscience. Accordingly, Ufer depicted the Indian with an unblinking eye for detail, often without the romanticized trappings of lost grandeur. His bold, confident use of thickly applied paint, which he had learned abroad, was intensified by the vibrant color and sharp contrasting light of Taos. Ufer was very fond of the work of John Singer Sargent, and his work shows this influence in the portrayal of the hands, faces, and garments of the figures. Ufer, however, in his best work, went beyond the surface of things to expose the undercurrents of human feeling. Unlike so many of his Taos counterparts, he seems to have been struck by the irony of the Indian's lot in this artistic paradise, and he used the language of paint to argue more eloquently than he could have done with words.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Walter Ufer utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Carl Oscar Borg was one of the greatest artists of the American West. His works are held by the University of California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hearst Free Library, Montclair Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, the Library of Congress, Goteborg Museum in Sweden and the Bibliothèque in Paris.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Borg utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Many of August Gay's oils were painted on cigar box tops and small segments of artboard. His wonderful depictions of the Monterey Wharf, of the Carmel Valley, coastal scenes, and the fishing fleet of Monterey Bay were inspired by the Cubists in form and by the Fauvists in bold and colorful planes of colors. Gay's high level of art began to receive national recognition in the 1950s.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Gay utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Jack Wilkinson Smith's paintings are full of poetry-lyrical rather than dramatic. His work impresses the observer as warm and sensitive to nature's beauty in its simplest forms with a consummate perfection of his craftsmanship as well.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Smith utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Arthur Grover Rider is known as a supreme colorist with an extraordinary ability to illuminate his canvases. He excelled in painting landscapes, florals, seascapes, animals, and figures. His works feature loose brushstrokes and close attention to lighting and atmospheric effects. During his last years, he specialized in architectural themes such as cathedrals and buildings with red tile roofs.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by A. G. Rider utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Benjamin Chambers Brown is best known for his plein-air Impressionist landscapes of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains and expanses of brilliantly colored poppy fields. His works are in major museums in the United States and Europe, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, and the British Museum in London, England.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Benjamin C. Brown utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Anna Althea Hills was an exceptional California impressionist. She was a daring and able painter, and valued member of the Laguna Beach Art Association. Her paintings hang in the Laguna Art Museum and the Irvine Museum, the Fleisher Museum, and the Orange County Museum.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Anna Hills utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Arthur Hill Gilbert's paintings of California are a monument to his art and to the lovely land he cherishes. To know his work is to know the man himself-modest, generous and wholly understanding.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Gilbert utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

An artist with the instincts of an explorer, Theodore Wores had a lifelong interest in recording in his paintings the people, customs and scenes of other cultures. His artistic quest for colorful, exotic subjects led him to paint his native San Francisco's Chinatown, then Japan, Hawaii, Samoa and Spain.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Theodore Wores utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

Charles Reiffel was a prolific painter who contributed to the development of art in California. He was frequently seen on the backroads of San Diego County painting the hills, farms, and countryside. His unique landscapes earned him acclaim locally and nationally.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of paintings by Reiffel utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

A quiet, modest, gracious man, who lived alone and did not prosper from his painting, Gunnar Widforss left a great legacy and a constant source of inspiration to succeeding generations of western landscape painters. The accuracy of his drawing and use of color and his ability to express deep space and atmospheric effects are unrivaled. He was a member of the California Watercolor Society and the Scandinavian-American Artists. His works are held by many important private collections throughout the world and can be viewed at the Yosemite National Park Museum and the Museum of Northern Arizona which held a retrospective of his works in 1969.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of watercolor paintings by Widforss utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

George Post was born in Oakland, California and felt a profound connection to the land. His expressively rendered plein air compositions captured the essence of California's diverse landscapes in a manner that resonated with both critics and art patrons alike, and his numerous painting excursions abroad widely expanded the geographical scope of his creative vision. Additionally, Post forged a reputation as one of the most influential watercolor instructors of his era, conveying his deeply held principles of artistic craftsmanship to successive generations of students from the 1940s through the 1980s.The present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of watercolor paintings by Post utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.