Waller-Yoblonsky Fine Art

Our Halloween painting celebrates Rangda.  Rangda is the demon queen of the leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology.  Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the forces of good.   She is depicted as a mostly nude old woman, with long and unkempt hair, pendulous breasts, and claws. Her face is traditionally a horrifying fanged and goggle-eyed mask, with a long, protruding tongue. As illustrated in the painting below: Painting of Rangda on Fabric, by Bamboo Brush Approximately 12" X 7"   This painting comes from deep within the country of Indonesia, and from the great island of Bali, which still to this day remains predominantly Hindu.  The art craft capital of Bali is Ubud.  The painting of Rangda is accomplished by bamboo brush in the classical style directly on the canvas fabric. Signed with: W. CAMENG. 5. Ubud, Bali, which appears to be more of an address than an artist's signature.  The paintin

Fame is fickle, many Montana artists have risen to national status, but few remain in the limelight. Greene established a following in his day, and is still collected by sophisticated collectors who like paintings that reflect the Montana landscape.  Owners like to point to their paintings and explain the location and the significance of Greene’s work. Greene was born in Dover, NJ, his father was an artist, who died when he was about eight years old. Like many children in that day with a deceased father, he quit school to go to work and got his first job as an errand boy for a jewelry firm in Newark.  Newark was a hotbed for the jewelry arts at that time.  In his twenties, he worked his way west arriving in Billings, MT in 1916, where he used his childhood job skills to land another job with a jewelry store. World War I came along and Greene was drafted.  Hoping to be sent overseas, instead the military used his jewelry skills to repair optical instruments, ending up in Frankf

Rosenhaft (1925-2015) a contemporary realist that was most closely associated with Salmagundi Club in New York City.  An art club where he would meet with other artists, exchanged ideas and exhibit his paintings.  H e explored a variety of themes ranging from portraits, landscapes, seascapes, interiors and figures.   Rosenhaft was born in Brooklyn, NY, and attended the Art Students League, Tyler School of Fine Art, and the Brooklyn Museum School of Art. He was the pupil of the famous European master, Max Beckman, as well as the American maestro Jon Corbino. He was clearly influenced by Beckman in the case of this painting. Like Beckman, he used dark outlines that contour around his subjects, and created shadows that are inky, sooty. "Tugboats" was a scene that Rosenhaft would have seen in his native Manhattan, Brooklyn neighborhoods. Tugboats maneuver barges and ships up and down the East River guiding the large vessels around the Queensboro and Brooklyn Bridge

Nancy McDonald Reinke displayed the finest draughtsmanship in the world of etching.  The self-evident excellence and skill was demonstrated by being able to draw on a metal plate, and better yet, draw in the reverse, so that when the print was printed everything looked in order.  This also could be described as outstanding graphic design.  She exploits a sense of humor, almost a tongue in cheek in her work, as in the example provided for this blog:  "Lap Cat."   "Lap Cat" by Nancy Reinke Etching - Edition 68/75 Signed in Pencil with embossed NR In the case of "Lap Cat" she renders a story that takes place in a Victorian interior.  The rug on the floor has a Greek meander, the table cloth is a crazy quilt covered with an oversize lace doily, there is an old oil lamp on the table, and the wallpaper is striped.  Far in the background is a Renoir brochure with a cat, and portrait of grandma hangs on the wall.  We are not sure if it is a child or a Victor

Marcella Anderson and/or Marcy Anderson (1946 - 2015) was better known as "MARCEL", a popular serigraph/silkscreen artist, at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in historic Old Town Alexandria, VA. She maintained a gallery and work space at the Torpedo Factory from 1976 to 2015. At the top of the stairs on the 3rd floor was this large light filled studio with a charming blonde woman surrounded by her silkscreens. In the early 80s, her work consisted mostly of water reptiles, fish, birds and environmental scenes. She kept with nature themes during most of her time at the studio. Her obituary stated: "Marcel was known for her bold, yet sensitive, use of color and design. Her images in all media reflected her love of nature. Her glowing color, both intense and delicate, was achieved through the use of transparent layers of color." Marcel was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and studied at the Cornish School of Allied Arts. Before arriving in the DC area, she had