Rod Penner’s America: Small Town Nation

This site is Free & Ad-Free! If you find this piece worthwhile, please donate via PayPal to support it & independent Art writing. You can also support it by buying Art & books! Details at the end. Thank you. Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava Show Seen- Rod Penner: Small-Town Meditations – Traveling exhibition seen […]

NoteWorthy Art Books- Rod Penner: Paintings, 1987-2022

This site is Free & Ad-Free! If you find this piece worthwhile, please donate via PayPal to support it & independent Art writing. You can also support it by buying Art & books! Details at the end. Thank you. Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava. Book review- Rod Penner: Paintings, 1987-2022, published by The Artist […]

Rod Penner’s Neighborhood

“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor, Would you be mine? Could you be mine?”* In 1927, the Painter & Photographer Charles Steeler spent six weeks Photographing the 2,000 acre Ford Rouge plant in Detroit on assignment for an ad agency1. So taken by what he had seen there, […]

Q&A With Master Painter Rod Penner

During the recent show, Rod Penner, at Ameringer McEnery Yohe, I was fascinated watching visitor’s reactions to the work. While it was hard to know if they were familiar with Rod Penner’s work, most seemed taken, startled & impressed with his incredible technique. But then, they lingered. Often for quite a while. I well know […]

Rod Penner: Brilliance, Under Cloudy Skies

“Rod Penner” at Ameringer McEnery Yohe is my NoteWorthy Show for May. “Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear”* It turns out to have been more than worth the wait. The chance discovery of Rod Penner’s rarely seen work in April, 2016, left me eager to see more of it for the past year. Finally, that […]

NoteWorthy Art Books, 2023

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NighthawkNYC.com Is 8! A Look Back…

This site is Free & Ad-Free! If you find this piece worthwhile, please donate via PayPal to support it & independent Art writing. You can also support it by buying Art & books! Details at the end. Thank you. Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava. As the world continued to emerge from the horrors of […]

Edward Hopper’s Impressions of New York

This site is Free & Ad-Free! If you find this piece worthwhile, please donate via PayPal to support it & independent Art writing. You can also support it by buying Art & books! Details at the end. Thank you. Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava (*-unless otherwise credited) Show Seen: Edward Hopper’s New York @ […]

Draw!

Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava  For The Record #4. Is Drawing becoming a lost skill in today’s world? That would be tragic. For any number of reasons, perhaps the foremost being that I believe Drawing is an essential life skill. The cellphone camera seems to be replacing Drawing for many people, and I think […]