Musings About John

Portrait of Mr. Brandtner, By John H Stermer (detail) Oil painting, 1972

“Mr. Brandtner”, A John Stermer Portrait From The Early 1970s

Greetings!   I would like to share with you a portrait John Stermer painted in the early 1970s.  I remember my father painting this portrait of Mr. Louis Brandtner when I was a teenager.  What struck me was all the brown colors in the painting.   Also, this was the first time that I remembered …

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Portrait of John Stermer, Photo by Victoria York

John Stermer – Portrait of the Artist by Victoria York, Part 2

  Greetings!   This is the second half of a two part photo journalism essay about John Stermer by Victoria York done in the mid 1980s.  The first part dealt with his early life just prior to the Second World War.  Part One also introduces Ms. York and her photo journalism project.  Therefore, we invite …

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Portriat of John Stermer By Victoria York

John Stermer – Portrait of the Artist by Victoria York, Part 1

About The Author. Greetings!  This is a special photo journalism article written by Victoria York of Silver City, NM. To elaborate, Ms. York was assigned the project of creating a photo journalism article of John Stermer while attending Western New Mexico University (Silver City, NM) in the 1980s.  Her instructor was Robert “Bob” McCullough, a …

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Spiritual In Nature: Kneeling Nun Mountain

Spiritual In Nature: Trees, Mountains & Cathedrals

Greetings! I was talking to my sister yesterday about Dad’s paintings.  And, during the conversation, we started discussing his tree paintings.  That is, there are several John Stermer paintings that feature trees.  We agreed that trees were a favorite subject. Hmmm, Dad had a lot of church and cathedrals paintings too, my sister noted. Then, …

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