John Alexander´s primary focus began with the landscape, and the artist has freely disclosed that the Texas of his early years offered him a broad palette, from "rolling hills and pine forests, salt marsh beaches, and dark, murky bayous" to "rocks, desert, and cactus." For Alexander, these landscapes were frequently alive with menace, whether populated by alligators and birds of prey or specters of the Ku Klux Klan. After moving to New York in 1979, Alexander found in his memories of Texas a fresh impetus, as he tapped into local myth and legend in his brilliantly splintered and increasingly abstract compositions. In subsequent decades, Alexander brought a new breadth of vision to his depictions of his immediate environment,.....

The works of Woodrow Blagg are representative of an expression that began to emerge in the 1980’s which is counter trend, seeking to turn the contemporary scene on track by calling for a further acknowledgment of the complexities within art and life.

Educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Blagg has pursued unique channels leading to a means that he felt is important to his art. Interests in photography, literature, mathematics and philosophy have remained significant toward his understanding,.....

“An important work of art is one offering rich opportunity for aesthetic investigation. For this reason the paintings of Jon Carsman are of exceptional interest. His works reveal a consistent stylistic morphology; his links to the traditions of American realist painting demonstrate historical sophistication, and his works contribute significantly to the overall development of the new Realist style. Super Realism, a relatively new style that has emerged in America and Western Europe, is recognized as a major development in the history of contemporary art. It is a style that, in all probability, could not have been imagined twenty years ago when all serious art was primarily non-objective and based upon the painterly discoveries of.....

Woody Gwyn, a longtime resident of New Mexico, was born in San Antonio. His landscape paintings reflect the wide horizons of his childhood in West Texas. Remarkable in their technicality, Gwyn’s large canvases are primarily about light and space. He says, “Light and space are what concern me as a painter. They are what define me as a painter. New Mexico gives me an abundance of both. Space defines the physical. Light defines spirit.” Whether it is a pastoral field of grass or a cropped stretch of interstate highway, Gwyn’s paintings explore the grandeur of the American landscape.....