The Sentinal Canvas Print

The Sentinal 2008 I'm always on the hunt for a good scene to draw. On the way in to a friend's house in Lockport, NY I saw this scene and knew I wanted to paint it. It was very cold out. I bundled up as much as I could and went out to brave the weather. I sketched it rapidly studying the colors. I brought it inside and was itching to paint it. I knew the colors I wanted to use. But I held off painting it till I could scan the drawing as I prefer to do. When I eventually got it scanned I painted it rapidly remembering the basic colors I had in mind. In spite of the fact that it was done quickly I was proud of its execution. I saved this piece to enter it in the annual exhibit for the Buffalo Society of Artists. It was rejected.

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...