Luminescent and evocative, the art of Albany, New York, painter Richard Callner offers a distinctive yet constantly changing perspective on modern painting. Born in Lithuania in 1927, Callner grew up in Chicago. Callner credits his early visits to the Field Museum of Natural History as having a strong influence on his early monster paintings. At age 17, Callner dropped out of school and joined the Navy during World War II. His strongest memory from...