Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.

Born in Altmar New York he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City. After his death in 1965 his widow Sally Avery donated the artist's personal papers to the Archives of American Art a research center of the Smithsonian Institution. C.

Born in Altmar New York he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City.