Herb Fillmore III

Herb Fillmore III has painted since 2009 while being a data scientist. He is an autodidact with limited formal art education. While, still in his “salad days” of styles and topics, bold colors are a constant. Recently, expressionist/fauve-like landscapes and interiors have replaced abstracts. The masters, styles, and techniques of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s are his primary sources for his education and inspiration— Cezanne, Matisse, early Picasso and Kandinsky— yet he returns often to O’Keefe and Diebenkorn. He is a contemporary colorist, a “retinal” painter of decorative canvases, fond of a recent gallery visitor’s comment: “your paintings make me feel, they make me think, they make me happy.” He is curious and experimental-- each day learning more about the fundamentals with a concentration on attitude, seeing, approach, materials, and techniques to impart energy and narrative to his work. He is a member of the Nyack Art Collective, the Edward Hopper House, and the Arts Council of Rockland. He was a 2023 recipient of a Westchester “Arts Alive” Grant on Cezanne. 

I hope my viewers find beauty, humour and meanings that are new and inspiring in my paintings with the changing light and their changing lives. 

Educated as a data scientist and health care professional, Herb is self educated in oil painting, most recently with intensive studies of Cezanne. 

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