Road to Bayard. After spending almost nine years in Europe, it was time to come home to the United States. And so, John, Lucy, and their five children arrived in Silver City, NM, just before Christmas in 1959.  Their first accommodations were rooms at the downtown Murray Hotel.  Almost immediately Lucy and John fell in […]

Introduction. I would like to continue talking about  John Stermer’s history.  In this article, we will discus John’s time in Europe, and, more specifically, France and Spain.  He and his new wife, Lucy, would live there from 1952 through 1959.  John and Lucy would leave Europe with five children, an expanded portfolio, and experiences for […]

In recognition of “World Watercolor Month”, I thought I would share three of John Stermer watercolors. Early Days. I am not sure when John Stermer started working with watercolor.  But, it is possible he was taught or mentored by Lars Hoftrup, Elmira NY, during his teens and early 20s. This could have been the late […]

About “Off-Center…” Hi!  We would like to share with you news about an exhibition at “New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary”, Santa Fe, NM.  The exhibition is called “Off-Center: New Mexico Art 1970 – 2000”,  Christian Waguespack, Curator.  The show features works by artist from around the state: from Santa Fe to Silver City; […]

I would like to talk to you about John Stermer’s education at The Art Students League of New York during the late 1940s and early 1950s.  This was a key time in his development as an artist. To explain, this is the second in a series of articles on John Stermer’s life and artistic development. […]

Formative Years, through 1946* This is part one of a series of articles about John Stermer’s life and development as an artist.  This article gives a brief summary of the early years, that is from childhood through to his Navy years in World War II. The narrative of this series of articles is based largely […]