

- Oct 29, 2019
A Portrait of Perseverance and Excellence: Anna Klumpke (1856-1936)
The following article is found in the 3rd Quarter 2019 issue of The Art of the Portrait journal. Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, a petit genre painter who portrayed everyday life and portraiture, was born in San Francisco on October 28, 1856. Anna was the oldest daughter of German-born John Klumpke’s and American Dorothea Klumpke’s six children. Anna’s well-educated and hard-working father immigrated to New Orleans, and in 1850, he left Louisiana and moved to San Francisco for the Go


- Oct 8, 2019
Balancing Art and Business
Technically, every artist is in the business of working and selling themselves. However, Lauren Amalia Redding, silverpoint artist based in Naples, Florida, also has a brick and mortar storefront. Along with her husband, sculptor Brett Harvey, Lauren opened H&R Studios in 2018, providing them with separate private studios as well as teaching and gallery space. Detail from De donde crece la palma, 2015, Silverpoint on hand-gessoed panel, 18 x 24" Prior to opening the studio, L