It can be seen as an affectionate portrait of the austere coastal spot that would become the artist's home base during roughly the last third of his life. Scrub, rock, sand and sea become a shifting mix of cool and warm shades, further differentiated by a variety of strokes, flecks, fillips and washes. Also wonderful to see are a group of pastels by John H. Twachtman, still one of our most underrated artists. Not everything in the show is in six figures. He spent many years living in Europe.
Modernist works are abundant.
If you can't make it to the gallery, you might want to buy the handsome catalogue, although not all of the items will still be available. For those of you who don't indulge in the tube, Survivor is a reality-based show in which a bunch of folks vie for big money by roughing it together in some exotic locale. Every few days, more works were draped in black. Some artists resorted to the usual political strategies. But Lauren Baxter kept her head down and emerged the winner.