John Milu Truesdale

“At a ripe old age of 18 l forced myself to seek out Art. Nothing else mattered, I had to improve, to become the best I could be. Little did I know it would and remains my life's work. Thanks to Kathy Shepard a Gallerist in Texas I was able to paint with Sergei Bongart and he rocked my world. Sergei painted in a style I later coined the Russian Colorist Movement. His style was loose, bright and filled with color, I was captive to the emotion of it, the power and yet how soft it can become. Conveying every emotion of my life that at the time l had no words for. Sergei was directly related to my self education and studies in Europe. He made the off hand comment" surround yourself with great art or you will accept mediocre". That one statement catapulted me to Paris with a one way ticket and 500S. Stepping foot on Parisian soil I was at peace for the first time in my life, but that is another story all together. I met 2 female artists standing in line at the Grand Palais for an Impressionist show. Ursula was well known in her youth in Canada the other Donnie Buffalo Dog as a Native American artists. They took me in a few week later when I made my way to their studio home in Provence, later on the farmed me out to Nicola Politi in Milano. I fell in love with Provence as I was fascinated by the Impressionist and their unbridled use of color. I spent the next 15 years painting mainly Provence with excursions into the Umbria and Tuscan countrysides.”

Percy

Acrylic on canvas

 48”x48”

$5000

2022/23

Orbs of Greener Pastures.