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I made this trip with my family to the Hudson River School by New Britain Museum of American Art<\/a>. I wanted to study some Hudson River School<\/a> paintings in the museum’s permanent collection. Below are a series of photographs I captured showing various closeup details for several oil paintings. The closeup details are very informative, and by studying them, a person can start to appreciate and understand how the painting layers were constructed. The colors in these photographs are not modified from my digital camera, they may not represent the colors of the paintings hanging in the museum, but they are relatively close.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hudson River School – “The Boating Party”<\/em> by George Wellington Waters<\/h2>\n\n\n
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George Wellington Waters ( 1832-1912)
The Boating Party<\/em> ca. 1870s
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Harriet Russel Stanley Fund
2005.04<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Hudson River School – “Sunday Morning”<\/em> by Asher Brown Durand<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Asher Brown Durand ( 1796-1886)
Sunday Morning<\/em>, 1860
Oil on Canvas
Charles F. Smith Fund 1963.04

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Hudson River School – “Scene Near Fishkill Hudson River”<\/em> by Paul Weber<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Paul Weber (B. Darmstadt, Germany 1823-1916)
Scene Near Fishkill Hudson River<\/em>, 1855
Oil on Canvas
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Hudson River School – “Ipwich Marshes”<\/em> by Martin Johnson Heade<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904)
Ipwich Marshes<\/em>, 1867
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Stephen B Lawrence Fund 1961.16<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Hudson River School – “West Rock, New Haven”<\/em> by Frederic Edwin Church<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)
West Rock, New Haven,<\/em> 1849
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Hudson River School – “The Wilds of Lake Superior”<\/em> by Thomas Moran<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Thomas Moran (B. England 1837-1926)
The Wilds of Lake Superior<\/em>, 1864
Oil on Canvas
Charles F. Smith Fund
1944.04<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Hudson River School – “Midwinter Moonlight”<\/em> by Francois Gignoux<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Francois Gignoux (B. France, 1816-1882)
Midwinter Moonlight<\/em>, before 1869
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Concluding Thoughts – Hudson River School by New Britain Museum of American Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What a great exhibit of the Hudson River School by New Britain Museum of American Art. Seeing close-up of how master painters from history did their work is invaluable. In person, you can see each brush stroke, tell what the artist deliberately intended in one area, and see where some overpainting happened in another. Overpainting indicates the artists changed something they didn’t feel was right the first time they put down the paint. This visit was an education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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While I am comfortable working in most mediums, I specialize in landscape oil painting, similar to the famous Hudson River School and Victorian-era artists. ART IN MY EARLY LIFE Like every other artist, I have loved viewing and creating art for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I always drew with pencils, colored pencils, watercolors, and just about every medium I could get my hands on. I received formal art training during my primary school years. When attending elementary school, I received specialized training at the Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. The first formal recognition of my artistic ability happened in elementary school when I won an award, placing me in the top five of a statewide student art competition. During my middle school years, I was invited to attend college-level art classes one day a week at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Also, during this time, I studied watercolor painting with Connecticut artist Kathy Singer. However, my most beloved art teacher was my Aunt Ann Fucich, who instilled in me a love of art when I was a small child. John O'Keefe posing with a drawing outside of the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, when he was seven years old Outside the Museum of Natural History (NYC) at 7 Years Old. (My Aunt Ann Fucich took pictures) My love for art led me to seek a career in mechanical drafting. As new technologies emerged, I advanced to more sophisticated 3D CAD modeling systems, new product development, and, eventually, project management. Throughout the years, I completed many university courses and job-specific training to advance my mechanical design\/engineering career. Even though my work was very technical, an artistic element was involved in designing new products and the associated documentation processes. My love for creating art did not stop at drawing and painting. As a teenager, I started pursuing musical skills. My first love is the guitar, and I ran a small recording studio out of my home for a time while also playing guitar in a few bands. The computer soon became another outlet for creating art. With my computer skills and 3D modeling experience, I began to develop a sophisticated DC-9-41 add-on cockpit package for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The project focused on the Scandinavian Airline Service (SAS) DC-9 airplane OY-KGR. There was extensive programming and many computer-generated renderings and image files assembled in real-time when the game was running, giving the person playing the experience of sitting in a real DC-9 cockpit. A RENEWED LOVE OF ART In 2007 my wife, Jennifer, rekindled my zeal for drawing and painting. Her encouragement and support motivated me to create O'Keefe Arts and take up oil painting as a professional artist. Jennifer also enjoys creating art, and we are working together to promote the business and my paintings because of our shared love of art. I sell original works, accept commission work to create custom landscape paintings, and offer a variety of high-quality pigment prints, i.e., Giclee, reproductions of my artwork. (Websites: www.okeefe-arts.com and www.johnokeefe.net) John and Jennifer O'Keefe outside of the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, when he was thirty-seven years old Outside the Museum of Natural History (NYC) at 37 Years Old. My paintings have been well received in the art community, allowing my works to be displayed in prestigious exhibitions and art shows. In my home state of Connecticut, the Lyme Art Gallery, Mystic Arts Center, Cate Charles Gallery, and the Mill House Gallery have exhibited my artwork. My paintings have won awards, and I have been a featured artist in a group exhibition at the Lyme Art Association's \"17th Annual Associate Artists Exhibit\". In April of 2009, I was elected onto the board of directors of the Cheshire Art League in Cheshire, Connecticut, and I created and managed the league's website until the fall of 2011. Organizations that I belong to are Oil Painters of America, Lyme Art Association, The Salmagundi Club of New York City, Mystic Arts Association, Cheshire Art League (until 2011), and Landscape Artists International. In 2012, Jennifer and I created Painting Frames Plus, where people can purchase high-quality reproduction painting frames. 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