February 15, 2012
Haynes Galleries’ Inaugural Exhibit
To Showcase Wyeth Collection.
Four generations of the First Family American Realism.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.– For the Wyeths, fine art is a family affair. And for Gary R. Haynes, the artist and founder of Haynes Galleries in Nashville, Tenn., Andrew Wyeth has been a source of inspiration since the 1960s. That inspiration grew into a passion for collecting – first books and letters, then prints, and later, landmark paintings – not just by Andrew, but by the entire Wyeth clan.
February 14, 2012
Let the Muses Guide You to Nahsville's Most Inspiring New Fine Art Gallery
Haynes Galleries has found the perfect home: directly on the Music Row Roundabout, where exuberant dancers celebrate the artistic spirit in us all. It’s an inspiring setting, where you’ll discover some of America’s most important artists.
February 14, 2012
Haynes Galleries Opens New Gallery in a Landmark Location
Nashville’s fine art scene is expanding in a big way. Haynes Galleries has announced that it will open a new gallery focused on three centuries of American Realism on Nashville’s historic Music Row Roundabout in early March.
February 1, 2012
Visions of Villarreal
If the creative fervor of youth, stylistic appreciation of antiquity, and existential propensity for introspection were to unite on canvas, the results would likely resemble the works of twenty-four-year-old artist Jesús Villarreal. Luckily for us, Villarreal recognizes the fortuitous outcome when he assumes the dual roles of...
February 1, 2012
22nd Antiques and Garden Show of NashvilleFebruary 10 - 12
NASHVILLE - Haynes Galleries is pleased to announce its participation in the 22nd Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville at the Nashville Convention Center from February 10th through February 12th. The Show is recognized as the largest antiques and garden show in the country. It features nationally and internationally- renowned experts in the fields of antiques, decorative arts and landscape design. The Antiques & Garden Show benefits the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art and the Exchange Club Charities.
December, 2011
Santa Fe editor John O’Hern talks with Burton Silverman
about realist art and his zeal for painting from life.
When my colleagues and I began the Re-presenting Representation exhibitions at the Arnot Art Museum in the 1990s, we were a lonely voice in the wilderness. The community of contemporary realist artists loved the exhibitions, the local public was curious, my peers in the museum world thought I was wasting my time, and the wider art world couldn’t have cared less.
January 1, 2012
Another fresh new year is here...
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
December 2011
May Your Holidays Be Filled With Joyful Moments That Bring Pleasure To Your Heart
With gentle thoughts that bring you peace. And may you receive in full measure, health and happiness, and may a guardian angel preside o'ver your life throughout the year.
September 2011
Silverman Exhibit Extended until September 29
Response to “Burt Silverman: Painter of People and Places” has been overwhelmingly positive, attracting the attention of collectors and artists alike.
September 2011
Burton Silverman: The Humanist Spirit exhibition
at the Hofstra University Museum
September 1 - December 16, 2011
The exhibition Burton Silverman: The Humanist Spirit demonstrates the continuing power of the realist tradition in the 21st century. Through Silverman’s use of contemporary realist portraiture, the exhibition examines the commonalities of existence of “everyman”.
September 2011
Burton Silverman's Art Students League of New York Workshop:
"The Figure: Portrait & Pattern" December 5-9, 2011
The first class in this workshop will require the student to make a finished drawing study as a classic preparation for developing a painting. The drawing will be used to anticipate painting and compositional problems as well as to study formal sculptural relationships in rendering the figure in a realist manner. The first session will also include a drawing demonstration by Mr. Silverman to illustrate the salient issues he wishes to emphasize.
September 2011
Haynes Galleries Presents
"The Art of the Still Life"
Haynes Galleries is pleased to present “The Art of the Still Life,” a wide-ranging exhibit featuring the work of 20 contemporary artists. There will be an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, and the show will be on view through Sept. 29 at Haynes Galleries, 91 Main St., Thomaston.
September 2011
Haynes Galleries Hosts a Conversation with
American Realist Peter Poskas
THOMASTON, Maine — Haynes Galleries is pleased to host a conversation with Peter Poskas, a master of contemporary American realism. The discussion, which complements Poskas’ luminous landscape show “Timeless Places,” will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 at Haynes Galleries, 91 Main St., Thomaston. The event is free and open to the public.
August 2011
Nashville Arts Magazine has selected two works from the American Realism collection of Haynes Galleries
to feature on its cover.
NASHVILLE - “September Afternoon,” an oil painting by famed illustrator N.C. Wyeth, is one of the artist’s rare personally driven works. Inspired by the pastoral scenes that surrounded him in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Wyeth turned to the e...asel, and in the early 1900s, he began painting in the style of Divisionist artists.
August 2011
Haynes Galleries Presents Burt Silverman
Painter of People and Places
THOMASTON - Haynes Galleries is pleased to present a selection of figurative and landscape work by acclaimed American realist Burt Silverman. An opening reception is planned from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at 91 Main St. Thomaston.
August 2011
Haynes Galleries Presents
“Timeless Places,”
the Luminous Landscapes of Peter Poskas
THOMASTON — You are cordially invited to an opening reception for “Timeless Places,” the luminous landscapes of contemporary American realist Peter Poskas, from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at Haynes Galleries, 91 Main St., Thomaston.
July 2011
August Exhibits at Haynes Galleries Feature Contemporary
American Realists Peter Poskas, Burt Silverman
THOMASTON — Haynes Galleries is pleased to announce two exciting exhibits of contemporary American realism for August. "Timeless Places," the luminous landscapes of contemporary American realist Peter Poskas, opens 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, and the show will be on view through Aug. 31.
July 2011
Haynes Galleries Summer Exhibition, American Realism:
Works on Paper, 1862-2011
Kicked-Off the July 4th Weekend Celebration In Thomaston, Maine.
THOMASTON — The quiet town of Thomaston, Maine, hummed with excitement on Friday, July 1, during the opening reception for American Realism: Works on Paper at Haynes Galleries.
June 2011
Haynes Galleries Celebrates American Realism:
Works on Paper, 1862-2011
Exhibition Features Almost A Century And A Half of Works on Paper by American Masters Homer, Sargent, Wyeth, Rockwell; Contemporary Realists Young, Brega, Karsh and More.
THOMASTON, Maine — Works on paper are a beautiful conundrum. Yes, a photograph, drawing or watercolor can be as enduring as the finest oil, as detailed as the most complex egg tempera. But there’s a sense of spontaneity inherent to the medium that gives works on paper a certain spirit all their own.
June 2011
A Magical Maine Morning
THOMASTON, Maine — The ever inspiring and magical Maine morning appeared in all her glory for the opening reception of "Gary Akers: Maine Mornings" presented by Haynes Galleries in Thomaston on June 4th. The sun beamed from a deep blue sky like an invitation for all to enjoy the wonder and beauty that artist, Gary Akers, encapsulates within the breathtaking egg tempera, drybrush and watercolor paintings on display.
© N. C. Wyeth
May 2011
Haynes Galleries Adds N.C. Wyeth’s “September Afternoon” to the Thomaston Maine Gallery’s Impressive American Realism Collection.
THOMASTON, Maine — Though N.C. Wyeth is best known for his illustration work, landscape painting was his passion, and there is no finer example than his 1916 oil on canvas “September Afternoon.” In a letter to his mother, Wyeth said he would submit it to the country’s leading exhibits as an attempt to “debut into the legitimate field of painting.”
May 2011
Haynes Galleries Presents a New Exhibit by Painter Gary Akers That Celebrates the Magic of a Maine Morning
Exhibition Features 25 Tempera and watercolor paintings. Opening reception: Saturday Morning June 4th, 9 to Noon.
THOMASTON, Maine — There is nothing quite like a Maine morning. The sun rises earlier here than anywhere else in the nation, and for a few quiet moments, you feel as though you’re the only person awake, anywhere. For the artist Gary Akers, there’s no better time to capture the romance of this place.
April 2011
A Portrait of American Realism
Gary Haynes sought Andrew Wyeth’s Maine—and found his own
MAINE - In an unassuming old sea- captain’s house on Main Street in Thomaston, Gary Haynes has created an unexpected shrine to the masters of American re- alism. Their works are dressed in custom frames so handsome that the frames themselves are works of art, and on this particular evening they are ar- ranged on the gallery walls in a carefully curated exhibition. The works may number the dozens, but Haynes knows each one intimately.
March 1, 2011
Haynes Galleries debut at the 21st Antiques and Garden Show in Nashville includes a Veranda Magazine Collector's Tour
NASHVILLE - Haynes Galleries’ presence at the 21st Anniversary of the Nashville Antiques and Garden Show added world class fine art to the reason the show draws attendees from all over the country. During the three day event from the Preview Party, attended by the Nashville area’s finest, to the closing day, the convention halls were filled with a record setting attendees. Just folks looking for good ideas and a bargain or two, collector’s from all over and Nashville’s cool country celebs.
February 1, 2011
Haynes Galleries Participates in the
21st Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville
February 11 - 13
NASHVILLE - Haynes Galleries is pleased to announce its participation in the 21st Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville at the Nashville Convention Center from February 11th through February 13th. The Show is recognized as the largest antiques and garden show in the country. It features nationally and internationally- renowned experts in the fields of antiques, decorative arts and landscape design. The Antiques & Garden Show benefits the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art and the Exchange Club Charities.
September 27, 2010
Haynes Galleries Presents Contemporary Realism:
The Work of Philip Michelson
Contemporary Realism Exhibition Focuses On Simpler Times And The Long Lost Days of Summer October 1 through October 29, 2010
THOMASTON - During the month of October, featured artist Philip Michelson’s solo exhibition, Contemporary Realism, brings to life refreshingly uncomplicated images of slightly worn vintage toys and discarded objects. In this exhibition, presents forgotten toys as painted icons, reminding us of the simpler days childhood-a time that existed before the advent of Wii and Xbox.
Estelle Esdale © Yousuf Karsh 1932
September 23, 2010
Haynes Galleries Uncovers Rarely Seen Photographs by Yousuf Karsh
THOMASTON - While Yousuf Karsh is best known for his celebrity portraits, what many fail to realize is that the artist also made portraits of everyday people who were not in the public eye. Many of these photos have remained unpublished and have been seen only by family and friends of the sitter. This is true or the 1950s photograph of R. Frederick Woolworth of Monmuth, Maine and a rare early photograph of Estelle Esdale that was taken in Karsh’s Ottawa studio in the 1930s. These rarely seen portraits are on loan to Haynes Galleries, 91 Main Street in Thomaston through October 23, 2010 as part of the ongoing KARSH Exhibition.
Jean Sibelius © Yousuf Karsh 1949
August 17, 2010
Haynes Galleries presents a Collection of Extraordinary Portraits by Yousuf Karsh.
KARSH Exhibition Featuring Large Format And Vintage Silver Gelatin Prints Opening Reception, September 3, 2010, 6-9PM
THOMASTON, Maine – One of the most important portrait photographers of the 20th Century, Yousuf Karsh reveals the sometimes-veiled character of his famous sitters – often times through the element of surprise. Best known for his grumpy Churchill portrait, Karsh’s photography exemplifies a remarkable talent for capturing not only an intimate moment with the subject, but the essence of a personality as well.
“There is a brief moment when all there is in a mans mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record” -Yousuf Karsh
July 30, 2010
Haynes Galleries presents The Portrait in American Realism.
Exhibition to Feature Paintings and Drawings From Three Centuries of American Artists
THOMASTON, Maine – Haynes Galleries is pleased to present The Portrait in American Realism, opening July 30, 2010, at 91 Main Street in Thomaston, Maine. This exhibition will feature both paintings and drawings from 19th, 20th and 21st century American Realists. The opening reception will be held Friday, July 30, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m.
July 4, 2010
Haynes Galleries Expands to Thomaston, Maine.
Second Gallery of American Realism Art to be Situated in the “Heart of Wyeth Country”
THOMASTON, Maine – Nashville-based Haynes Galleries will open its northeast location at 91 Main Street in downtown Thomaston, Maine this summer. The gallery is housed in the former home of sea captain John Singer, who built the two-story, nine-room structure in 1824.
February 12, 2010
Haynes Galleries Launches New Website Specializing In American Realism.
On March 4, 2010, Haynes Galleries will launch the gallery’s new website, www.haynesgalleries.com, that will offer a glimpse into our private fine art galleries that specializes in American Realism. Haynes Galleries has years of experience in dealing privately in the fine art markets and is pleased to expand our service to a broader audience through the world-wide web. We have a history of working confidentially with clients to ensure the utmost discretion when it comes to buying, selling art, and caring for art.
February 12, 2010
The Wyeth Legacy.
I have been a student of Andrew Wyeth’s art since the late ‘60s, when I studied watercolor painting with Carl Sublett at the University of Tennessee. While I had studied art for two years at the Harris School of Advertising Art, I was more familiar with the illustrators than I was contemporary fine artists. Mr. Sublett summered in Port Clyde, Maine, where his wife grew up, and he had a small summer house just across the harbor from “Eight Bells” – N.C. Wyeth’s summer home.
February 12, 2010
Appraising for the Bic Corporation.
In 2005, Wachovia Bank in New York City contacted me to assist the Norwood Corporation in valuing a large illustrative art collection they inherited with the purchase of a group of small printing companies. After speaking with the new curator and conservator hired to manage the artwork, I learned they had documented 3,000 pieces, and were still counting.