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HOMER EXHIBIT SHOWCASES A MASTER AWASH IN VERSATILITY

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20051106
Author:Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent

WILLIAMSTOWN - "At present and for some time past, I see no reason why I should paint any pictures," wrote Winslow Homer in 1893. "P.S. I will paint for money at any time. Any subjects, any size."

Homer was a masterful artist, and a versatile one, experimenting across media and deepening his work over time; if he wasn't painting oils, he was making watercolors or prints. "Winslow Homer: Making Art, Making History," an exhibition of the Clark Art Institute's substantive Homer collection, attests to that. It also shows him to be a canny businessman, in tune with the market and what would sell.

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