Above: Jack Balas, 2015; THIS IS AMERICA (#1227); watercolor and acrylic on paper, 22” x 30”
other sources. My MUSE/ MUSEUM series pays tribute to many artists and a few authors I’ve admired over the years, including John Steinbeck, Bruce Nauman, Robert Adams, Georgia O’Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, William Kentridge, H.C. Westermann, Reginald Marsh, Marsden Hartley, Grant Wood, Keith Haring, Karl Bodmer, Winslow Homer, Raymond Pettibon, Vincent Van Gogh, Kara Walker, Phillip Guston, and Edward Hopper, among others.
If I could have coffee with any one of those alive, it would be Kentridge. He is one of only three artists who stopped me cold in my tracks the first time I saw his work. www.jackbalas.com
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