Art Shows in Progress

If you are in upstate New York and would like to view some beautiful art, I recommend checking out two shows that Central New York Watercolor Society has going on right now. In full disclosure, I have a single painting in each show, but there are plenty of paintings by many different artists at each gallery to see. There is something for everyone’s tastes. Information is below.

Bountiful Approval, watercolor, 16×20, by Katie Turner

2024 CNYWS All Member Exhibition:

March 15-April 28, 2024

Art in the Atrium Gallery, 201 East Washington St., Syracuse, NY

Hours: Fri 12-8 Sat 12-6 Sun 12-6 For more info: cnyarts.org/art-in-atrium (315) 435-2155

Riverside, watercolor 23×30, by Katie Turner

2024 CNYWS Signature Show

March 23-May 25, 2024

View Arts Center, 3273 State Rte 28, Old Forge, NY 13420

Hours: Mon-Sat. 10-4 Admission $10 For more info: Viewarts.org (315) 369-6411

Hoffmann’s Hedgehog

“Hedgehog”, Katie Turner, watercolor after Hans Hoffmann

Hans Hoffmann was a German painter during the Renaissance.  He specialized in watercolor and gouache nature studies but also painted religious pieces in oil and also portraits.  This Hans Hoffmann (with two “f”s) is a different artist than the Hans Hofmann, the German born American painter who died in New York in 1966 at the age of 85.

“A Hare in the Forest”, by Hans Hoffmann

According to Oxford Art Online, Hoffmann was appointed as a court painter in 1584 for the Holy Roman Emperor in Prague.  That is when he really developed his work, creating a large art collection.  Hoffmann was an imitator of Albrecht Durer’s works and some of his paintings have been mistakenly attributed to him.

Hans Hoffmann sketch of squirrel

I’m inspired by his animal and insect nature studies.  Artists of that time rarely painted from nature so that makes these pieces even more unique.  The hedgehog is my favorite piece but his “A Hare in the Forest” is not far behind. 

Have you discovered a Hans Hoffmann Renaissance animal favorite?  Do you have a certain animal you like to reference for sketches or paintings?

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337138

The World of Animals Created by Hans Hoffmann

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