Recent Purchases from the Gallery include:
Juilette Aristides
"Covenant"
Juliette Aristides (b. 1971) is a mid-career artist living in Seattle, Washington. She has studied at The National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Aristides is an Elizabeth Greenshields grant recipient.
Juliette Aristides is actively dedicated to rebuilding a traditional arts education in the United States. This is exemplified by her teaching and writing. She was an original member of the Water Street Atelier and currently teaches at The Seattle Academy of Fine Art where she founded the award winning Classical Atelier Program. Aristides is a regular contributor to Artist Magazine and is currently writing two books for Watson-Guptill, Classical Drawing Atelier and Classical Painting Atelier. Aristides' work is imbued with confidence and bravura. An innate drawing talent permeates her work. Her work invites the viewer to share an inner world as she explores her identity through the roles of artist, teacher, historian and mother. Aristides utilizes historical references which entices the viewer's intellect. She employs a rich warm palette, reminiscent of another age.
Aristides has had two successful one person shows at Pence, in 2003 and April 2005. She has also participated in group shows across the country, garnering a national collection base as a result.
MAJOR ARTICLE ON THE GALLERY IN AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR
WILL WILSON
http://www.willwilsonstudio.com
"Sweet Nothings"
Will Wilson - (b. 1957) began his career with John Pence in 1980 and has staged ten highly successful one-man shows at John Pence Gallery. In addition to his shows in San Francisco, he has exhibited with Baltimore Life Gallery, Baltimore, MD; Schuler School Of Fine Arts, Baltimore, MD; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY; St. Mary's College, St. Mary City, VA; Society of Illustrators, New York, NY; Denver Rotary Show, Denver, CO; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Memorial Art Museum, Rochester, NY; and the Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY.
Wilson is a master of his painting craft. He creates between 8-10 works each year, ranging in size from 9 x 10 inches to 70 x 50 inches. He works from life and paints figures, florals, still lifes, animals, and self-portraits. His paintings are tight and precise, working in the tradition of the great Dutch Masters and the American Masters Harnett and Peto. For Wilson, it is important to observe, then render all of his subjects in the greatest detail. His sense of humor is plainly evident for all to see. Each of his works, while inspired by trompe l'oeil traditions of the past, contain contemporary references linking his work to the present day.
Will Wilson has been awarded prizes for his paintings in New York, Maryland, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Virginia and Missouri. His works have been acquired by museums, well-known corporate collections, and private collectors of note. Numerous publications including: ArtNews, US ART Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and Baltimore Magazine have singled out Wilson in articles setting forth his emergence as a major force on the American art scene.
KATE LEHMAN
"Self Portrait"
Kate Lehman (b. 1968), from New York and Paris, is a talented painter of the figure, the interior and the still life. From the early age of fifteen, she avidly pursued an art education striving to acquaint herself with the methodologies of the 19th Century academics and has succeeded in a most convincing manner. Her affiliation with Jacob Collins' Water Street Atelier, from 1996, has allowed her to continue these lofty pursuits in an ideal environment and the results are impressive.
Lehman has also studied in Europe and the United States at prestigious academies and with respected artists and teachers such as Carlos Madrid in New York, Patrick Devonas at the Minnesota River School, as well as the Academies Lecompte and Roederer in Paris, France.
Lehman's one-person shows with us in 2001 and 2004 have been very well received. Bold, articulate and assured — she is one of the finest women painters working today.
JACOB PFEIFFER
"Here's Looking at You"
Jacob Pfeiffer — (b. 1974) works in oil and is equally at home painting still-lifes, figures and trompe l'oeil. He is a meticulous draftsman who paints his surroundings and selects objects that whet his appetite and capture his attention. He has an excellent eye for observing detail, nuance and a sense of time and place. His colors are true and his compositions are playful and poignant.
Pfeiffer graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. From an early age he knew he wanted to become a professional artist and has steadfastly worked toward that goal. Pfeiffer is also a key member of the gallery's staff. Many of you who have called the gallery have no doubt met him wearing another hat: he is multitalented.
Pfeiffer's paintings are popular and his collector base is nation wide. In addition to his San Francisco exhibitions, his work has also been shown at The Arnot Art Museum, in Elmira, NY; the Museum of Fine Art, FSU, Tallahassee, FL; the Sangre De Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo, CO and can be found in major private collections across the country. He is a painter with unlimited potential.
STEVE ARMSTRONG
"The Stockbrokers"
Steve Armstrong - (b. 1945), is an artist we first exhibited several years ago as a part of an exhibition that paid tribute to sculpture. His work is most unusual for the big city in many ways - Armstrong is a Kentucky native known for his "Automata" sculpture. Every piece has moveable parts, hand-carved from various woods and vividly painted. He deftly uses gears, pulleys, chains and the viewer's energy to make his sculptures move. They stand tall, they whirl and spin, and they open to reveal an amazing sense of humor. "Automata" sculpture generally fall into the category of folk art. But in the case of Steve Armstrong, he has taken this art form to a new level and raised the bar. He is an American. While his art form falls outside most conventional ideas of what realist art is — he is the best at what he does and our clients should be aware of this rare talent.
Armstrong received his degree from the University of Kentucky. For many years he pursued more conventional ways of earning a living. Yet he had an abiding faith that his increasingly sophisticated, whimsical sculptures, could allow him to express himself and delight those who had the good fortune of finding his sculptures. His works have been featured in galleries, educational institutions, and museums. Since introducing him to our audiences in 1998, his works have been acquired by corporations, our leading collectors and museums of note. These are rarities. We recommend him to you and urge you to consider acquiring one of his wonderfully unique works for your collection.