by Ron Fortier | Aug 23, 2023
New Bedford Arctic Whaling Disaster of 1871 About the Series This series marked my return to the figurative narrative. My evolution from being a decorative painter to a declarative one continued with my America’s Guernica: Greenwood and Charity Ann: Gone! with...
by Jeffrey Wotton | Aug 9, 2023
The 45 Series About the Series This series of paintings was created after I was repatriated to the United States. The title (The 45 Series) alludes to my house number. I don’t title my paintings. These titles are more catalog numbers than anything else because...
by Ron Fortier | Apr 23, 2023
Fairhaven Series About the Series This series of paintings was created during my first return to the United States after having lived in Portugal for several months. I returned to finish some business and my wife-to-be suggested I used the downtime to paint and...
by ronfortier | Jun 23, 2022
AMERICA’S GUERNICA: Greenwood About the Series The ten-painting America’s Guernica: Greenwood series commemorates the atrocity of the incident known by several names, the Tulsa Massacre and. the Black Wall Street Massacre to name just two. The paintings...
by ronfortier | Jun 23, 2022
CHARITY ANN: Gone! About the Series The Charity Ann Series revisits my wife’s enslaved third great-grandmother’s heartbreaking day when her two daughters were sold away from her. We do not know the third great-grandmother’s name or one of the...
