what inspires me, all the things that i paint are thing that i know very well. >> reporter: and jamie wyeth will tell you: it's all he's ever known. 60 years of the prolific painter's work are now on view at the museum of fine arts in his first major retrospective. it takes us from wyeth's boyhood promise to late-in-life reflections. seeing all your work from very early on, to the most recent pieces, what is it like to see everything in one place? >> the emotion is sheer terror on my part, i mean i really am not being cute about it, i try to tell a variety of friends of mine, it's as if you're in a room and everybody's reading your new novel or your new poem, all the inadequacies staring at it, i cringe and say 'iwhat wasi thinking? why did i get obsessed with that?" so its not a pleasant experience, i'm obviously incredibly honored. >> reporter: in truth, he's always been in the spotlight as the third generation of the famed wyeth family, the son of andrew, the grandson of n.c. were you conscious of who came before you in terms of your father and grandfather and what they depicted? >> well

and from boston, the artist jamie wyeth. picking up where his father and grandfather left off.on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by lewis b and judy and josh weston. joyce v hail.