My solo exhibition ‘Illuminating Dickens’ opens on Thursday, November 1st at Gallery 1516. This exhibition features almost 50 new drawings and paintings intimately entwined in the timeless narrative of Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. The paintings were created for The Easton Press limited edition release which is now sold out. This is the first time that…
Last night, the Salmagundi Gallery in NYC awarded Jeremy Caniglia’s monotype “Remembering Rembrandt” with the prestigious N.C. Wyeth Merit Award which is the SCNY highest honor. Caniglia said he was “so surprised, humbled, honored and speechless”. It was a wonderful gathering of painters, printmakers and patrons. Caniglia also stated, “This award has double meaning for…
Jeremy Caniglia will be giving a lecture and workshop at Iowa State University on Monday April 16 from 7:00-8:30pm Caniglia’s lecture is titled “Into Purer Light”. The lecture will focus on his new series of work as well as the Nerdrum School and the Future of Figurative Painting. He will discuss his experience working with…
I spent the last 2 weeks on a quest to see the Caravaggio’s of Rome, Naples and Sicily. I took a group of students and the journey was incredible. The paths to grasping the complexity of Caravaggio’s paintings are multiple and variable. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) chiaroscuro style, is gorgeous and stark with its…
Thank you to the jury for selecting my painting “The pale moon settles, outside the night winds moan. Tonight I sleep alone” for Infected By Art Volume 6! Congratulations to all the finalists! https://www.facebook.com/infectedbyart/?fref=mentions
I would like to thank everyone who came out Saturday for the lecture on “Kitsch, the Nerdrum School and the Future of Figurative Painting”. It was wonderful to see so many painters who were interested in Kitsch, Nerdrum’s philosophy and his school. It was also wonderful to have my fellow Kitsch painter Luke Hillestad give…