Incollect Magazine - Issue 3

JENNESS CORTEZ Homage to the Creative Spirit “Commander in Chief” © by Jenness Cortez, acrylic on mahogany panel 30” by 24” Studio & Gallery • Averill Park, NY • Tel. (518) 674-8711 • Commissions Accepted • JennessCortez.com Elements of my painting include work by Gilbert Stuart (1755 -1828): George Washington 1796 -1803 , Clark Art Institute; John Faed (Scottish, 1819–1902): Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton, Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art; John Trumbull (1756-1843): George Washington, 1790 (also known as Washington and the Departure of the British Garrison from New York City ), New York City Hall; 1976 Miniature Copper Bicentennial Liberty Bell replica; Washington’s sideboard for the “New Room” at Mount Vernon, by John Aitken, Philadelphia, 1797. –– JENNESS CORTEZ