Posts by Gael D. Hees

Driven by Intuition

Driven by Intuition

June 5, 2025 | by

People, places, and painting—those are the things Robert Goldman loves. His award-winning, nuanced landscapes not only capture light and color, they have captured the attention of a growing roster of collectors throughout the world. Goldman’s life is punctuated with drawing classes, degrees, studies with other artists, and participation in critique groups as he challenges himself to develop new skills and new ways of seeing. He seeks out the opinions of others and pays attention to their advice. And he credits much of his success to the teachers and artists who have influenced him along the way. In the early ‘80s,
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‘I Believe in Callings’

‘I Believe in Callings’

February 7, 2025 | by

Lying on her back, flat on the ground, watching the clouds’ antics for hours. Running barefoot through the woods, dog beside her, throwing her head back and embracing the sun with arms and laughter. Moving from full throttle to dead stop in an instant, captured by the beauty of a tree. Creeping up on a view as if trying not to scare it away, hoping to snapshot the perfect ray of light in the camera of her mind’s eye. These are some of the earliest memories of landscape artist Romona Youngquist. They are also some of her most recent memories
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Hear the Train Blow

Hear the Train Blow

August 8, 2024 | by

John Coker loves to paint trains—their power and strength, whistles and rumbles. He places those trains in their natural environments, including the rail line it had traveled, and does extensive—and hands-on—research. Before tackling a painting a year ago, he traveled to Colorado, where he took photographs of an empty field where no rails were visible but where he knew the Colorado Southern had once run. He also took photos of the position of the sun and shadows and made notes of the time of day, the way the wind was blowing, the height of the grasses, and the flowers that
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