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Terrence
Fogarty
hockey prints capturing a Minnesota tradition of sport from Art Barbarians.
If you're from
Minnesota or you know someone from here, you know how important
the sport of hockey is to our State. It's our baby and probably
born from the extended winters we have here. We like to have fun
and competition even in the harshest winters and that's
reflected in our great hockey tradition. Although wildlife
art is our specialty, there's another genre which we take a lot
of pride in carrying, the sports artist. Terrence Fogarty
hockey prints capture the feelings of our sport from early
childhood to the great Uinversity teams of the past and the
Olympics. This artist brings
out those feelings or youthful days that we treasure so much and
we feature
here on our web site or
you can check out a video interview with the artist exclusively
from Art Barbarians (32MB). We have a couple of examples of this
fine artist's work. You get a sense of perspective
in his art and an excellent color representation that is deep
and rich.
Terrence Fogarty hockey prints are famous to Minnesota sports
enthusiasts. He has been commissioned to paint some of the
most historic sporting events in Minnesota.
In the artists own
words:
"A common question I get is what experiences have inspired me to
paint sports scenes since I was in grade school? If I had to
name one event that may have contributed to my interest in
sports as a subject matter, I might have chosen a Saturday when
I was 10 or 11 years old. I was walking down University Avenue
toward Memorial Stadium with my father. It was a brilliant fall
day. In the background the band played and I was as close to
heaven as a 10 year old can get anticipating a box of corn and
an afternoon of football. The beauty of that day was the simple
elements of a sporting event, the band, stadium and the crowd.
I sometimes create images that remind me of the way sports were,
images that sometimes are a little too perfect. Maybe it’s a
subconscious influence of Norman Rockwell’s images. I really
can’t say. Conversely, some of my paintings are simple, stark
reality. These images, like a piece I did on a baseball field in
Montana are without embellishment. They are scenes true to life,
but in many cases even more romantic than the pieces where I
have chosen to use artistic license.
Another one of the
great Terrence Fogarty hockey prints is the picture at right which is
titled "Late Skate". This image
gives the feeling of the dedication, the discipline of the ice. It looks so much like the Midwest and
you can almost smell the fresh, cold air just as the subjects of
this great print did.
You may want to
browse our sport prints and you'll find that
our selection of paintings is one of the
deepest on the Internet, with many
artists
listed here. We're adding
new paintings and prints everyday, after that you may want to
move onto our
original paintings area which will give you an idea of the
depth of the art we carry. It's exciting to be a
part of an offering which brings people such a sense of
satisfaction and joy. The colors,
the depth, the natural settings, all of this makes this art we
care about so special. We have many personal relationships
with many of these artists that we exhibit and sell, and they trust us
to portray their art in a correct manner. Those
relationships give us the advantage of getting you some of the
best new art first, so you can add to your collection before
what you want is gone.
Call us if you
have any questions about anything you see on our web site or
need to know more about Terrence Fogarty hockey prints.
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