“I love exploring the common man. I like things that have a sense of struggle about them, a sense of survival about them.”—Dean Mitchell With thanks to our co-producer Shirley Holland, we were honored to welcome acclaimed painter and Clark Hulings Foundation Advisory Board member Dean Mitchell to a recent Evenings with Hulings Virtual …
“Even when Hulings’ villages, markets and mission bustle with activity, they depict cultures so old that they blur the edges between culture and nature. His paintings are mosaics—and also stained glass—but imagine mosaics cracked by time, with vines and weeds growing up through them, nature entwining culture, portrait entangled with landscape, held suspended in a …
“I think it’s important to connect back to Clark Hulings’ ideas about relationships. It’s about people; not just about art and objects.” We were so fortunate to welcome Fine Art Connoisseur Editor-in-Chief Peter Trippi—with his special guest, collector and visual artist Libby Whipple—to our first Evenings with Hulings Virtual Salon Event! In this video, …
“Hulings’ life’s work is depicting work. Working people in working situations—whether they’re farmers, laborers, whether it’s an urban setting, a village setting, or a rural setting. That sets him apart from almost any other American realist of his time.”
“In The Pink Serape, there’s busyness and a focal point. There’s a lot going on: the movement, the energy, the colors. I go back to this painting over and over again, and each time the story unfolds, it’s a little different.” Indianapolis’ Stephen Zimmerman is an art collector, a St. Louis Cardinals fan, founding …
