Aside from composition Mr. Hough conducts, writes poetry and paints in an anguished, Abstract Expressionist manner.
In his spare time, Tait hiked the Adirondack Mountains; camping, hunting, and painting in a summer studio he built.
The underlying portrait, they found, was of a different, plainer woman and painted in a different style.
The interior is minimal and painted in a blue and putty-gray motif that resembles a JetBlue boarding gate.
They now live in an old net loft in the village, and paint in a converted barn nearby.
"I think it was Magritte who used to go outside and paint in a business suit," Mr. Shifreen said, brandishing a pair of brushes in his left hand.
Similarly, subjects from everyday life, composed and painted in a less-finished manner, were allowed in what had hitherto been the academically rigid category of "genre".
But his self-portrait is by far the best thing about it, and painted in a completely different light and register.
Boyer brings together elements and concepts from geography, critical theory, architecture, literature, and painting in a synthetic and readable work that is broad in its reach and original in its insights.
Objects in lacquer, chiefly from the state of Chu and from Sichuan, depict hunting scenes, chariots and horsemen, and fantastic winged creatures drawn from folklore and painted in a simple but lively style.
