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On-Site: Rackstraw Downes & Stanley Lewis in The Brooklyn Rail

On-Site: Rackstraw Downes & Stanley Lewis in The Brooklyn Rail

By Alfred Mac Adam

In a bygone age of college football, Doc Blanchard “Mr. Inside,” and Glenn Davis “Mr. Outside” made headlines for the West Point Military Academy team winning several championships with their backfield game, running the ball on the inside and carrying it on the outside. They’ve now been replaced by a couple of landscape painters: Stanley Lewis on the inside and Rackstraw Downes on the outside. Both are plein-air artists; together, they take the landscape tradition in a new direction.