Peter Trippi

2 weeks ago | fineartconnoisseur.com | Peter Trippi

Fine Art Collection Profile >After several years of effort, Anne W. Brown and Rusty Munn completed the design and construction of their “forever home” in the scenic Four Corners region of southeastern Utah, where the state touches upon Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. It was writing and music that brought this couple together in their 60s, but especially art of the American West, which both have collected for decades.

1 month ago | fineartconnoisseur.com | Peter Trippi

On Collecting Fine Art >Born in Germany but a U.S. citizen for many years, the New Jersey-based businessman Dieter Weissenrieder became interested in the visual arts as a young adult thanks to a close friend who became a curator at a major German museum. His wife, Eleanor, a retired schoolteacher, grew up in suburban New Jersey, so she has visited New York City’s museums all her life and began bringing Dieter along soon after they met.

1 month ago | fineartconnoisseur.com | Peter Trippi

From the Fine Art Connoisseur March/April 2025 Editor’s Note: “The art collectors highlighted in this issue of Fine Art Connoisseur buy art with their eyes and hearts…”Collecting Art for the Right ReasonsMy favorite issue of the year is the one that highlights real-world collectors of contemporary realist art. This is that issue, and we hope you will enjoy “meeting” the individuals and couples who have so generously opened their doors.

2 months ago | fineartconnoisseur.com | Peter Trippi

Building an Art Collection – a Fine Art Collection Profile >Tom Vining is a retired veterinarian who lives in a small town 75 miles west of Houston. His home is adorned with approximately 275 paintings, almost all of them on display with — amazingly — enough wall space for more. Ranging from figures and still lifes to landscapes and cityscapes, these works have been created by impressionist and realist artists in America, Russia, and Ukraine, most of them after 1980, though a few before.

Jan 6, 2025 | fineartconnoisseur.com | Peter Trippi

A Western Art Collection Profile >The artist Billy Schenck lives near Santa Fe with his wife (and business partner), Rebecca Carter, in a handsome adobe house built by the renowned landscape architect John Brinckerhoff Jackson (1909–1996) and then completely renovated by the couple. Here at the Double Standard Ranch they have created their own Shangri-La for making and displaying art, and also for playing the equestrian sport of ranch sorting, at which Billy excels.