Shows and Events
Nayeli Mancilla: WNMU John Stermer Art Scholarship Winner, 2024-25
We (John Stermer Estate/ Stermer Art LLC) would like to congratulate Ms. Nayeli Mancilla for being the academic year 2024-2025 Western New Mexico University (WNMU) John Stermer Art Scholarship winner! Artist’s Statement. As a way to introduce Nayeli and her work, we would like to share with you Ms. Mancilla’s artist’s statement: “My journey into […]
Stermer Thrives In Bayard, New Mexico, 1959 – 1971
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 […]
France And Spain: John Stermer European Era
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 […]
Three Watercolor Paintings
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 […]
Vladem Contemporary Art (NMMA) Exhibition “Off-Center…”
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; […]
John Stermer At The Art Students League of New York, 1947 – 1951
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. […]
John Stermer’s Early Years*
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 […]
“Tree Rock”: An Excuse To Paint
Greetings! I would like to talk to you about the painting “Tree Rock” and John Stermer’s motto, “The Subject Is An Excuse To Paint”. To explain, when asked about how he found his subject matter, John Stermer (Dad) liked to say that “the subject is an excuse to paint. And, I find excuses everywhere: in […]
Watkins Glen NY & A Conversation Long Ago
Greetings! I would like to share with you a detail portion of an early John Stermer oil painting of Watkins Glen, NY. Watkins Glen is not too far from where John grew up in Elmira, NY and I think it was a favorite place for him. Not surprising, then, that Dad took us (his […]
Drawing Of A House, 1946
Greetings! I would like to share with you a drawing of a house John Stermer did back in 1946. It is a of drawing of a house across the street from his parent’s home in Elmira NY. The drawing is unusual in that it has some notes and corrections around the house. I don’t know […]