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 […]
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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
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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
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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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Greetings! I would like to simply share with you John Stermer’s painting Monastery At Metaore, Greece. The built environment, by which I mean buildings and architecture, were favorite subjects of John Stermer. For one thing, you have all those nice lines to work with. Also, in the painting, you might notice
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You may have noticed that the artist John Stermer has a lot of tree paintings. That is, trees are the primary subject matter in several of his paintings. So much so, that you might wonder why and what was the significance of all those trees. I have been thinking about these trees for a while.
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Hi! Today I would like to share with you a “detail” or partial photo of the John Stermer oil painting “The Swim Team”. Need I say that this one is another family favorite? You may think it a bit odd that I start out the fall season by sharing a summer-themed painting. After all, swimming
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Greetings! I’d like to share with you two pieces of art by John Stermer: a preparatory drawing and the subsequent painting titled “Nets Drying – Maine” (oil, 1980). He found his subject during one of his trips to Maine. Truth time; I really wanted to post both of these pieces at the same time. To
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Greetings! I’d like to share with you one of John Stermer’s nautical themed paintings. Titled Rockport House (Inv # S-18), it is a small painting done in oil and on linen. Even though it is small, it has a presence. Perhaps that is because of the thick impasto application of the paint. Also, Rockport House has
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Introducing A Favorite Still Life. Greetings! I’d like to share with you a John Stermer still life painting. Titled “Plant In A Clay Pot”, this is another favorite. Just a pause here for full disclosure, I have many favorites; it comes with being one of the artist’s daughters. Incidentally, there are some compositional notes
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