Portrait of Andrew Wyeth (1969) depicts his father with a sober expression.
 His eyes, something Wyeth focuses on to indicate character, are determined and focused.
 The ruddy face of his father, and the large buttons of his naval coat, with all else in black, suggest that the subject had just arrived home fresh from a brisk walk by the sea.

In New York during the 1970s, Wyeth painted Andy Warhol, Rudolf Nureyev and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 Wyeth and Andy Warhol exchanged portraits of each other.
A  1976 show featuring the portraits, at the Coe Kerr Gallery in New York, has been credited with reviving the popularity of the genre, after a period of being eclipsed by Abstract Expressionism.
Curator Wendy Wick Reaves has said of the pair: "They were considered polar opposites.
Andy was called the Patriarch of Pop, and Jamie was called Prince of Realism. ...
Both had become enormously famous but also had endured extraordinary critical censure for the way their art was done.
And they had a lot of interests in common: They collected Americana; they were interested in death and morbidity.
They really got along splendidly."
In Portrait of Andy Warhol (1976), Warhol seems to be "caught off guard without his personal persona".
 Nureyev's portrait reflects an intense man.
 Wyeth was fascinated by Nureyev, and found him to have an animal-like presence and strength that is captured in the portrait.

Apart from visits to New York, his primary subjects in the 1970s and 1980s were the people, animals, and landscapes of his Pennsylvania home and of Monhegan island in Maine.

Some of Wyeth's most famous animal portraits are: Portrait of a Pig (1970), Angus (1974), Islander (1975), and  10W30 (1981).
Wyeth knows the animals that he paints and the work grows out of their kinship.
When painting animals Wyeth changes the textures of the paint to reflect fur, wool, or feathers.

Wyeth's self-portrait Pumpkinhead—Self-Portrait (1972), depicting a figure in black standing in a field with a pumpkin over his head, is as self-effacing as his father's self-portrait Trodden Weed (1951), showing only Andrew's legs from the knees down.
Jamie Wyeth submitted it to the National Academy of Design as a required response to his invitation to join, but it was rejected.
He then submitted a half-length nude self-portrait against  a dark background, securing his membership at the young age of 23.

Kleberg (1984), portrays a yellow Labrador adorned with a comical black ring drawn around one eye, sitting next to a traditional skep beehive.
 The painting captures Wyeth's love of animals, but also reflects some of Wyeth's favorite books, visible on a bookshelf in the background.
Titles of books indicate the close connection to his family: Treasure Island, illustrated by his grandfather, N. C. Wyeth; Christina's World made by his father; and The Stray, written by his mother, Betsy Wyeth and illustrated by Jamie Wyeth.
 Other individuals who earned his respect are represented: Howard Pyle in Pyle's Book of Pirates, Lincoln Kirstein's Lay This Laurel, and a biography of John F. Kennedy.
Favored books include The Magus by John Fowles, The Wanderer by Alain-Fournier and the children's book Wind in the Willows.

Much of his output since 1990 was created at Tenants Harbor.
Wyeth's fascination with island life is revealed in its more disturbing form in If Once You Have Slept on an Island (1996) which depicts a young woman sitting on a tousled bed who appears sad and exhausted from wild dreams.
The title was derived from a poem by Rachel Field with the opening lines:
If once you have slept on an island,
You'll never be quite the same.

Screen Door to the Sea, painted in 1994, is also representative of this era.
 This painting features a teenage islander who Wyeth painted a number of times, named Orca Bates.
On painting him, Wyeth has said, "I see a distinct islandness with islanders, a certain edge.
Am I putting that into them?
I don't care, as long as something comes out of it."
 This painting is representative of an “elusive form of realism”, typical of later works by Wyeth.
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Portrait of Andrew Wyeth (1969) depicts his father with a sober expression.  His eyes, something Wyeth focuses on to indicate character, are determined and focused.  The ruddy face of his father, and the large buttons of his naval coat, with all else in black, suggest that the subject had just arrived home fresh from a brisk walk by the sea.
In New York during the 1970s, Wyeth painted Andy Warhol, Rudolf Nureyev and Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Wyeth and Andy Warhol exchanged portraits of each other. A  1976 show featuring the portraits, at the Coe Kerr Gallery in New York, has been credited with reviving the popularity of the genre, after a period of being eclipsed by Abstract Expressionism. Curator Wendy Wick Reaves has said of the pair: "They were considered polar opposites. Andy was called the Patriarch of Pop, and Jamie was called Prince of Realism. ... Both had become enormously famous but also had endured extraordinary critical censure for the way their art was done. And they had a lot of interests in common: They collected Americana; they were interested in death and morbidity. They really got along splendidly." In Portrait of Andy Warhol (1976), Warhol seems to be "caught off guard without his personal persona".  Nureyev's portrait reflects an intense man.  Wyeth was fascinated by Nureyev, and found him to have an animal-like presence and strength that is captured in the portrait.
Apart from visits to New York, his primary subjects in the 1970s and 1980s were the people, animals, and landscapes of his Pennsylvania home and of Monhegan island in Maine.
Some of Wyeth's most famous animal portraits are: Portrait of a Pig (1970), Angus (1974), Islander (1975), and  10W30 (1981). Wyeth knows the animals that he paints and the work grows out of their kinship. When painting animals Wyeth changes the textures of the paint to reflect fur, wool, or feathers.
Wyeth's self-portrait Pumpkinhead—Self-Portrait (1972), depicting a figure in black standing in a field with a pumpkin over his head, is as self-effacing as his father's self-portrait Trodden Weed (1951), showing only Andrew's legs from the knees down. Jamie Wyeth submitted it to the National Academy of Design as a required response to his invitation to join, but it was rejected. He then submitted a half-length nude self-portrait against  a dark background, securing his membership at the young age of 23.
Kleberg (1984), portrays a yellow Labrador adorned with a comical black ring drawn around one eye, sitting next to a traditional skep beehive.  The painting captures Wyeth's love of animals, but also reflects some of Wyeth's favorite books, visible on a bookshelf in the background. Titles of books indicate the close connection to his family: Treasure Island, illustrated by his grandfather, N. C. Wyeth; Christina's World made by his father; and The Stray, written by his mother, Betsy Wyeth and illustrated by Jamie Wyeth.  Other individuals who earned his respect are represented: Howard Pyle in Pyle's Book of Pirates, Lincoln Kirstein's Lay This Laurel, and a biography of John F. Kennedy. Favored books include The Magus by John Fowles, The Wanderer by Alain-Fournier and the children's book Wind in the Willows.
Much of his output since 1990 was created at Tenants Harbor. Wyeth's fascination with island life is revealed in its more disturbing form in If Once You Have Slept on an Island (1996) which depicts a young woman sitting on a tousled bed who appears sad and exhausted from wild dreams. The title was derived from a poem by Rachel Field with the opening lines:
If once you have slept on an island,
You'll never be quite the same.
Screen Door to the Sea, painted in 1994, is also representative of this era.  This painting features a teenage islander who Wyeth painted a number of times, named Orca Bates. On painting him, Wyeth has said, "I see a distinct islandness with islanders, a certain edge. Am I putting that into them? I don't care, as long as something comes out of it."  This painting is representative of an “elusive form of realism”, typical of later works by Wyeth.  Th
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