Author Archives: Alan Singer

Buffalo Road

 Jim Mott ” Night Blizzard”, oil on panelBefore we hit the road for Buffalo, I want to call your attention to the new online magazine called: “Explore Art” which is directed by Renee Rose.  Here is a link to look over what she is accomplishin… Continue reading

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Afternoon in Ithaca

 Herbert Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell, Ithaca, New YorkToday, we have a late afternoon appointment in Ithaca, New York, and luckily we have a terrific sunny day to drive in and onto the Cornell University campus.  I have some of my father… Continue reading

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Art Community

 Cab Calloway on left and Arthur Singer on right in Jericho for dinner circa 1975I grew up in a household with art and music, mostly because my parents were both involved in the visual arts, and my father had close friends in the Jazz World! &nbsp… Continue reading

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East & West

 We start out this new year thinking about how sales of art are being effected by conditions in the marketplace.  My father, Arthur Singer ( 1917-1990 ), left me some wonderful Japanese prints in his will, and now the time has come to see if … Continue reading

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Snowscape

 Winter is here!  It is snowy but glowing, and I wanted to check in with people who read these posts and thank them for their attention!  I got started writing about the visual arts many years ago because there was so little in the newsp… Continue reading

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Best Wishes

 My new studio view in the Egypt Hills, December 6, 2024The old studio view from The Hungerford BuildingEast Main Street, Rochester, NYAs this tumultuous year draws to a close, I offer my Best Wishes to you my readers, and there is so much to be t… Continue reading

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Breakthrough

 ‘Our Nature”, a Singer family show presented earlier this year inRundel Library, Rochester, New York January  thru  May 2024We are proud and pleased to be a part of a creative family engaged in the visual arts community.Just recent… Continue reading

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First Hand

Lin Price spoke at Axom in the South Wedge, Rochester, New YorkSaturday, November 16, 2024Last Saturday night I heard a very inspiring talk given by Lin Price at Axom in the South Wedge.  Lin Price is a painter and I had seen some of her artwork i… Continue reading

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Consider Arts & Culture

 Autumn in New York, we visit The Memorial Art GalleryThis year has been a real merry-go-round, and I did not expect it to be so difficult to comprehend how this election season would end!We went on a visit to The Memorial Art Gallery to see the n… Continue reading

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So Much To See

 The “White Bridge” by John Twachtman, oil painting (c. 1900 )atThe Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NYRecently, when I was in The Memorial Art Gallery, I happened to come across a painting called “White Bridge” by John Twachtman, painted at the b… Continue reading

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