Love. Serve. Remember.
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 20 inches Homage to: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) "Saying Grace,” cover for The Saturday Evening Post (November 24, 1951) “My most recent painting pays homage to Norman Rockwell, whose profound and...
A Close Call
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 15 inches Homage to: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905) "The Life of a Hunter–A Tight Fix,” 1856, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR Price upon request
I Am . . . Here, There and Everywhere
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Tiziano Vecelli (or Vecellio) known as Titian (1488/1490-1576) “Supper at Emmaus,” circa 1530, Louvre Museum, Paris. Price upon request
Manet Revisits the Folies Bergère
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 30 by 30 inches Homage to: Édouard Manet (1832-1883) “A Bar at the Folies Bergère,” 1882, The Courtauld Gallery, London Manet’s friend and student, Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) “Portrait d'Edouard Manet,” 1867,...
Commander in Chief
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) George Washington 1796-1803, Clark Art Institute John Faed (Scottish, 1819–1902) Portrait of George Washington taking the salute at Trenton, Westervelt Warner...
America’s Pastime
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 30 inches Homage to: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) April 23, 1949 “Saturday Evening Post” cover illustration “Tough Call,” The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY. Depicted within the...
Vincent’s Light
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 16 by 13 inches Homage to: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) “The Starry Night” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY SOLD
Charisma
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 15 inches Homage to: Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) "Napoleon at the Saint Bernard Pass” 1801, Musée du Louvre, Paris SOLD
A Fair Wind
©by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 18 by 24 inches Homage to: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) “Breezing Up” collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Photograph of Homer as a Student in Paris, 1866, photographer unknown U.S. Navy ship’s clock,...
Sunday Afternoon
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Homage to: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) “La Grenouillere” National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden Bronze Prancing Horse, Italian, mid 16th century French Clock, c.1880, private collection Price upon...
Legends
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Silver beaker, Dutch circa 1600 Cartel clock, circa 1850 from Claude Monet’s bedroom at Giverny Price upon request
Homage to Buttersworth
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894) “America’s Cup Yacht VIGILANT, 1893” Clock by Robert Fulford, Alexandria VA, late 1700s Ship model-America’s Cup Defender COLUMBIA, circa 1900 Price upon...
Self Reliance
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 16 inches Homage to: Grant DeVolson Wood (1891-1942) American Gothic, 1930, Art Institute of Chicago SOLD
The Pissarro Sketch
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 16 inches Homage to: Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) "Boulevard des Italiens : Afternoon” Private collection Self-Portrait, 1873, Musée d’Orsay, Paris Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) “Mona Lisa” The Louvre, Paris...
Pop
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Clockwise from upper left: Superman (from the “Myths” suite) 1981 Marilyn Monroe 1967 Sitting Bull (from the Cowboys and Indians suite) 1986 Moonwalk 1987...
Manhattan in the Moonlight
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 30 inches Homage to: Childe Hassam (1859-1935) “The Avenue in the Rain” The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) “Up the Avenue from Thirty-Fourth Street, May 1917” private collection...
La Belle Vie
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Homage to: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) “Luncheon of the Boating Party,” 1881, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC “Portrait of Mme. Monet,” Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown,...
A New World
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 36 inches Homage to: Frederic Remington (1861-1909) Evening on a Canadian Lake, Collection of William I. Koch, Palm Beach FL The Mountain Men, Bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY Charles M. Russell...
Homer and Cortez: Summertime
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 16 by 20 inches Homage to: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Boys in a Pasture Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA Price upon request
Seeking Balance
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) "Woman Holding a Balance" Price upon request
The Sport of Kings
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 24 inches Homage to: Edouard Manet (1832-1883) The Races at Longchamps, 1866, The Art Institute of Chicago Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Before the Race, 1882, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown,...
Duet of One
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 24 inches Homage to: Jan van Eyck (c. 1395-1441) The Arnolfini Marriage, 1434, National Gallery, London Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), 1433, National Gallery, London Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance), 11th...
Apollo’s Angels
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 40 by 30 inches Homage to: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) The Dance Class, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Entrance of the Masked Dancers (detail), Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA Dancing Lesson,...
An Evening with Vincent
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 24 inches Homage to: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Starry Night, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY Self-portrait in Felt Hat, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) Flowers in A Vase, Hermitage Museum St....
Alluring
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 40 by 30 inches Homage to: Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague The Glass of Wine, Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Franz van Mieris (1635-1681) The Oyster...
Summer Song
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Homage to: George Stubbs (1724-1806) “Baron de Robeck” private collection Price upon request
Little Red Schoolhouse
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 24 inches Homage to: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) “Snap the Whip” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH “Homework” The Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY Price upon request