Robert
Huntoon
Reminiscence
oil, 101/2" x 24", $1,750 |
Robert
Huntoon
GALLERY V
The role of the artist, as seen by nineteenth century landscape
painters such as Frederic Church and Asher Durand, is one of spiritual
guide, taking the viewer on a journey into America’s sacred
spaces. Native Vermont painter Robert Huntoon continues on that
mission, distilling the essence of rural New England in panoramic
oils. Exposed to landscape paintings from an early age – his
father’s late wife Maude Perrin, influenced by Maxfield Parrish’s
"Cornish Colony," was a highly regarded regional painter
– it was perhaps inevitable that his life among Vermont’s
verdant hills and river valleys would lead to canvases of his own.
Huntoon has built his technique along the lines of classic Flemish
tradition, with its emphasis on creating a sense of light with layered,
transparent color. His work graces many public and private collections
throughout the country and he makes his home close to "the
soul of the kingdom" in northern Vermont. |
