by Thordis Simonsen | Aug 12, 2018
Irving George Lehman, Russian/American, 1900-1983 painted metal assemblage on wood base, 19 in. american artists early to mid-20th century works on paper This collection includes etchings, lithographs, watercolors, block prints, and photographs depicting landscapes...
by Thordis Simonsen | Aug 12, 2018
Eirini Koroki, Greek, contemporary paint on re-purposed board, 15.5 x 19 in. greek art & handcraft metal, wood, fiber, clay The collection of handmade utilitarian objects from Greece includes ceramic jugs from Florina, textiles from Metsovo, finely carved spinning...
by Thordis Simonsen | Aug 12, 2018
Michael Mrowka, American, 1955-Dances in Two Worlds, wood, 1991, 45 x 21 in. June 2018–June 2021 When the Museum of Authenticity Gatehouse neared completion at the beginning of 2018, I began to search for the focus of an exhibit that could be installed there while the...
by Thordis Simonsen | Aug 12, 2018
Thordis Niela Simonsen, American, 1944-#50, tempera, 1989, 35 x 23 in. thordis niela simonsen Works by 2-dimensional artist Thordis Niela Simonsen include black/white photographs, tempera paintings, oil pastel paintings, and monotype prints. artist statement All my...
by Thordis Simonsen | Jun 22, 2017
On a blistering hot day in August 1979, I drove 112 miles on secondary roads across three rural counties in what used to be known as Alabama’s “Black Belt” from my base in Monroeville to a town called Eutaw. There, I rendezvoused with Edna Thomas, a 74-year-old social...
