Oil Paintings

Q: Our father favors Western art and especially admires paintings by Frederic Remington. For his 60th birthday, we'd like to give him an original Remington oil painting, or a fine artist's reproduction or copy of one. Where can we find them? Also, is there a book on Remington's works you can recommend?A: Original oil paintings by Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861- 1909), one of America'a best-known and celebrated Western artists, are sought after for their vivid portrayals of cowboys, Indians, cavalrymen, camp outs, war scenes and Western life.

The Harford County Cultural Arts Board has an exhibit by Harford County artist Lin McLain is on display at the Council Gallery, 212 S. Bond St., Bel Air. The exhibit features oil paintings with the focus on scenes from nature. The show, which runs through March, is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. McLain's work is inspired by nature and the desire to "capture the beauty and amazing wonders of it all," according to a cultural arts board press release.

Ten richly detailed oil paintings of country life hang along the walls of a loft in a pricey three-story model home called the Saratoga in Carroll County's new Challedon golf community.Both the model home, which sells for more than $400,000, and the paintings are the creations of Richard Jenkins, a builder with more than 40 years' experience and an accomplished painter.Mr. Jenkins, a co-founder of the Columbia-based Ryland Group, is president of H. R. Jenkins and Mount Bay Homes builders in Carroll County, which offer custom-built homes, subdivisions, renovations and historic restorations.

'Journey Through Textures: Weavings by Jessica Clow and Margaret O'Brien' The exhibition is on view through Nov. 11 in the gallery at Quiet Waters Park, 600 Quiet Waters Park Road in Annapolis. A reception will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. Information: 410-222-1777 or friendsofquietwaterspark.org . 'Artful Octogenarians: Watercolor and Oil by Bush Keeler and David Keeler' An exhibition of the brothers' work runs through Nov. 11 in the Willow Gallery at Quiet Waters Park, 600 Quiet Waters Park Road in Annapolis.

"Brush Work" at the ARTmatters gallery in Historic Savage Mill offers a look at oil paintings and drawings by Ann Aves Martin and Linda Leonard.Martin's studies have taken her from Illinois to Paris, and she has exhibited her oil paintings widely since the early '80s. Leonard's works combine torn paper with washes of synthetic polymer on canvas, and her colorful approach is reflected in her print designs for clients in film, sports and politics.The exhibit is showing through Aug. 11 at ARTmatters gallery in Historic Savage Mill, Carding Building, Suites 109-110, at 8600 Foundry St. in Savage.

Starting tomorrow, Bendann Art Galleries hosts an exhibit of oil paintings by Adel Sansur titled Expressions and Impressions. Done on stretched canvas, the 25 paintings depict people in a variety of settings, from seascapes to landscapes and stages. The exhibit opens tomorrow and runs through Oct. 15. There is a reception from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. tomorrow. Bendann is at 834 Kenilworth Drive in Towson. 410-825-0585.

Instead of showing their works at the World Fantasy Convention this weekend in downtown Baltimore, an artist couple found themselves searching alleys and trash bins for the nearly two dozen framed oil paintings of fantasy characters reported stolen from a delivery truck."

The Harford County Cultural Arts Board has an exhibit by Harford County artist Lin McLain is on display at the Council Gallery, 212 S. Bond St., Bel Air. The exhibit features oil paintings with the focus on scenes from nature. The show, which runs through March, is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. McLain's work is inspired by nature and the desire to "capture the beauty and amazing wonders of it all," according to a cultural arts board press release.

The still life On Sunday, a new show titled Classical Realist Still Life opens at the McBride Gallery in Annapolis. Oil paintings in the show were inspired by the Old Dutch Masters who worked in the 16th to 18th centuries. There will be an opening reception from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. The show runs through May 8. The McBride Gallery is at 215 Main St. in Annapolis. Hours are 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; noon-5:30 p.m. Sundays; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays. Call 410-267-7077 or visit www.mcbridegalle ry.com.

‘Celestial Praise House for Seneca Village' Exhibit by local artists Leslie King-Hammond and Jose Mapily runs through Saturday, May 1, at Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St. in Annapolis. This large-scale exhibit of Plexiglas and beads depicts a portion of Seneca Village, a 19th-century African-American settlement in what is now New York's Central Park. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Admission is free. Information: 410-216-6180. Art exhibit Show featuring works from students in classes at the O'Malley Senior Activity Center will be on display through May 3 at 1275 Odenton Road.

The painterly colors are as bright as a tropical sun in some of the artwork in the "Contemporary Latin American Art Exhibition" at the Columbia Art Center. Although the subject matter of all four artists tends to be puzzling, it's easy to enjoy their otherwise baffling imagery. The two most colorful artists in this exhibit curated by Marcel Wah are Jose Acosta and Jacqueline Matute. Acosta's acrylic and mixed media paintings are densely conceived compositions in which humanoid figures, natural references and pure bursts of color hold your attention.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Four angry generals, five miffed governors and a pair of missing oil paintings were not enough to prevent President Nestor Kirchner from commemorating the dead of Argentina's "dirty war" with two powerfully symbolic acts yesterday that hit hard at the legacy of the country's former military dictators. Kirchner dedicated the Museum of Memory at the Navy Mechanics School, former site of a clandestine concentration camp where thousands of prisoners were tortured and murdered between 1976 and 1983 under military rule.