July 10, 2014 Issue to promote the Saugerties Art Tour
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Critique of Harry Orlyk’s artwork
Originally published May 17, 2011:
“My attraction to his [Orlyk] farm landscapes probably owes something to my own family history of potato farming in Aroostook County, Maine. My grandparents on both sides were among 6,000 farmers in that county in the 1930s and 40s…I have been so inspired by Orlyk’s work…I think this is what art is all about…it expands our own horizons when we meet an extraordinary individual like Harry Orlyk who is willing to share his love of life and his dedication to his art with everyone.”
Review of Andrew Wyeth’s work
Originally published:
August 19, 2010:
An Interview with Victoria Browning Wyeth “One of my favorite Wyeth paintings is Winter Fields from 1942…The ground level view of the dead crow inspires an entire story in my mind about the inhabitants of the distant farm, since I was brought up in Maine among a similar landscape. The wonder of freedom is at the core of art. Wyeth found truth and beauty in everything that he painted…”