#tonalist

I loved Tonalist so much (even though the things I remember most about his win in the Belmont was the bitching afterwards from one of California Chrome's owners). I remember being sad when he retired the following year (I was greedy, he had a longer career than most multiple grade-one winning colts honestly)

Jan Schmuckal

Two oil paintings recently finished waiting for varnish.  I have been looking at the tonalist movement of the early nineteenth century.  I like the approach of those artists.

Another lovely tonalist painting by Andrew Broussard

“Sun and Mist,” Leon Dabo, 1909, courtesy of the Montclair Museum. French-AMERICAN Artist Dabo, who was born on this day in 1865, was one of America’s leading Tonalist painters. Many scholars consider Tonalism as the first truly American art form. It deemphasized fidelity to an accurate representation in favor of summoning up a mood or feeling. In this sense, it was a precursor to Abstract Expressionism and it is known that Jackson Pollock, for example, was a fan. Dabo studied with Whistler, among others, and his work is in nearly every major museum world-wide. He is an important component of our personal collection, and his florals are sublime. @stillwellhousefineartantiques @mammontclair #artoftheday #leondabo #americanartists #tonalism #tonalist #paintingoftheday #postimpressionism https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbZKQSg1LT/?igshid=10z9rdi749yoa

First ever Instagram Live, so I decided to do 2 paintings at the same time. You can see it on my story for a little while if you want to see it. These are both #WIP I’m letting the paint tack up before the next layer of color. #tonalist. . . . . . #painting #Wip #igtv #instagramlive #landscapepainting #art #landscape #oilpainting #watercolor #contemporaryart #likeforfollow #artist #artistsoninstagram #artcollector #followback (at Michael Orwick Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B--yLmWHYVN/?igshid=aumkno2oc7b9

FULL ON ART NERD! Anyone can organize their closet by color, but what about by value? Dark to light. I find for many of us painters seeing color as value can be a real challenge. I’ll admit most of my t-shirts are gray tones, but still. #artnerd #tonalist #artlesson #stupidwasteoftime (at Wasting My Time) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cnshEnugr/?igshid=1pn2ihbwkla54

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold (The Falling Rocket), 1875.