“Great art when it represents beauty, is there to nourish the human soul.”: American artist Richard Schmid

“A great painting has the power to inspire and uplift people,” says Kristen Thies, a curater of Fine Art Collections since 1998, and the founder of West Wind Fine Art, LLC, located in Walpole, NH.

West Wind Fine Art is a recipient of LUXlife Magazine’s Global Excellence Award in the nomination Best Fine Art Gallery – New Hampshire.

Kristen Thies’s creative marketing expertise helped many gifted artists gain well-deserved recognition at the national and international levels.

Kristen specializes now in original oil paintings and drawings by the internationally renowned artist and author Richard Schmid and national award winning artists Nancy Guzik, Kathy Anderson, Daniel J. Keys, Judy Stach, Timothy R. Thies, and Johanne Mangie.

Richard Schmid (1934 – 2021)

Richard Schmid is regarded as one of the world’s most influential artists. Schmid was the recipient of almost every major award offered in the United States and his paintings were exhibited in more than 50 one-person Art shows. In 2003, Richard received a Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Lyme, Connecticut.

“Sunday Afternoon”

“Contemporary realism as a genre owes a deep level of gratitude to the life and career of risk-taker Richard Schmid, who carried the torch for realism throughout several decades until it reemerged in popularity in the mid-1990s,” wrote former Arts editor of American Art Collector Magazine, Joshua Rose.

“Nancy Painting”

Schmid’s art and teachings have impacted the lives and careers of artists worldwide, among whom are talented American painters Nancy Guzik, Judy Stach, Timothy R. Thies and many others.

“Sunday Afternoon”, “Nancy Painting”, “Portrait of Timothy R. Thies” are just some of Richard Schmid’s wonderful paintings showcased by Kristen Thies.

“Timothy R. Thies”

“My paintings show the inherent beauty of the people I paint,” said Richard Schmid.

Among his numerous beautiful still-life paintings that delight art lovers are “Apples and Oranges”, “White Begonias” and many others.

Tina Garrett

Tina Garrett is one of the most well recognized women artists in American Contemporary Art.

Her paintings center on emotion and mood, and they often contain dramatic light or atmospheric effects. Her works tend to evoke an undefinable resonance— haunting and laced with mystery. Such is Tina’s wonderful paintings “Zephyr”.

Tina has earned recognition as an Art Renewal Center Living Master, (ARCLM) and holds a Master Artist designation from the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society.

Judy Stach

A lifelong resident of New Jersey and a part-time resident of Florida for over thirty-five years, Judy Stach’s intimate understanding of life along shore is reflected in her oil paintings of seascapes and landscapes which come alive with children at play, sailboats breezing by, and gardeners tending flowers.

“Sail-sail-away”

“Birkshires”

Her painting style is impressionist/realist, painting from real life (en plein air) and photographs, often combining both techniques to complete a painting using the full range of colors, values, and light found only in Nature.

Johanne Mangi

Some form of art has always found a place in Johanne’s life and animals of all sorts captured her attention. She was well known as a child in her neighborhood visiting all the neighbors’ dogs and cats and even collecting a few along the way. What she didn’t realize was that she couldn’t keep them. That was back when people let their animals roam.

Her marvelous painting “Borzoi” shows a good natured, gentle and calm dog of an aristocratic breed exhibiting sensitivity and a sense of humor.

“Heart and Soul”

Timothy Thies (1954-2010)

Though his life drew to a close far too soon, Timothy R. Thies left an extraordinary legacy of fine art paintings in private and corporate collections nationwide.

Among them are:

“Peonies”

“The English Gardener”

“Jersey Shore”

Timothy Thies is recognized as one of America’s finest artists, whose works won many prestigious awards and are highly appreciated by art lovers across the United States and abroad.

By Gilbert Castro | ENC News