American painter Aaron Westerberg is clearly an old soul. After I came upon the painting above, I wanted to know more about the artist, but expected to learn he was alive and working in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Not so. He is in fact a relatively young man! In his bio, the artist acknowledges that his aesthetics more closely resemble late 19th century American paintings than anything contemporary. Not surprisingly, his main influences are James Whistler and John Singer Sargent. Westerberg has certainly earned his place among them.

Westerberg is fond of exploring the subjects of love, both successful and unsuccessful. In fact, since he went through a painful breakup himself in 2024, he noted that his paintings took a definite turn for the unhappy and uncomfortable. His subjects may not be happy, but his work is truly spectacular.

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