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I sat in my truck on the Tonawanda rez one winter day and sketched this scene in ink and later painted it. I had my old friend Goof with me while I worked. A common practice. He has seen more of my paintings created than anyone I suppose.Years prior to this we sat in the same place while I drew the same scene. But then it was a hot, rainy summer night.

Arthur Barnes is a artist who works in a variety of mediums including ink, watercolor, pastels and oils. He prefers to work directly from life and his favorite subjects are landscapes with an emphasis on nocturnes and scenes of the Erie Canal. Arthur has had little formal training but was fortunate to study a year under Juanita Greene Parks in 1982. She had studied under Reginald Marsh and Robert Brackman. Brackman was a student of Ashcan artist/ teacher Robert Henri. Since that time, Arthur has been on a consistent course of self-training in art with an emphasis on learning through experience much like the Ashcan artists. "You learn to draw. . .by drawing," his teacher often recited. Artists Statement on Nocturnes "Half of our...