PALETTE KNIFE OIL PAINTINGS BY STEPHEN ROTH aka ARTMAN.  A UNIQUE STYLE OF PAINTING THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS REALISTIC IMPRESSIONSIM THAT IS OFTEN CALLED "CARVING IN OIL PAINTS".  THE SUBJECTS  ARE CAPE-SCAPES, LANDSCAPES AND FLORALS. STEPHEN ROTH HAS BEEN PAINTING FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND WAS ATTRACTED TO THE USE OF THE PALETTE KNIFE BY AN EARLY MENTOR, JOHN GOULD SR.

THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY HAS CROSS-LINKED IT TO OIL PAINTING, THE CAMERA IS ALWAYS NEAR BY.THIS EXHIBIT WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 50 WORKS AND IT WILL BE IN THE MARION CRANE ROOM OF THE SNOW LIBRARY IN ORLEANS, MA